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(Franklin) Graham: ‘True Followers of Jesus...Cannot Endorse Same-Sex Marriage'
CNS News ^ | May 16, 2014 | Michael W. Chapman

Posted on 05/19/2014 3:58:40 PM PDT by xzins

Franklin Graham: ‘At Every Turn, the Gay and Lesbian Agenda is Being Pushed by This Administration’ Rev. Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (AP)

(CNSNews.com) – Rev. Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said that “true followers” of Jesus “cannot endorse same-sex marriage” regardless of what President Barack Obama, the Congress, the Supreme Court, or the media say about the issue, adding that marriage was “settled by God Himself” and cannot be modified by man.

“True followers of Jesus Christ, whose salvation is based entirely upon God’s Word, cannot endorse same-sex marriage, regardless of what our President, the Congress, the Supreme Court, the media or the latest Gallup poll says about the matter,” said Rev. Graham in his May 2014 column for Decision magazine.

“This moral issue has been settled by God Himself and is not subject to man-made revisions or modifications,” he said. “In the end, I would rather be on the wrong side of public opinion than on the wrong side of Almighty God who established the standard of living for the world He created. Marriage is a biblically moral issue, not a political or theological one.”

Rev. Graham made those remarks after first discussing how “pressure from the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community” on the A&E cable channel had tried to force Duck Dynasty off the air last year because its patriarch, Phil Robertson, had expressed his “biblically based convictions.”

Graham also noted how the restaurant and country store chain Cracker Barrel had initially given in to LGBT pressure and pulled all its Duck Dynasty products from its shelves, only to reverse itself after an uproar by millions of Americans who support the show.

“In both cases, the LGBT lost,” said Rev. Graham. “While many in the liberal and progressive media have deceived the public into thinking that this group makes up a large portion of our nation’s population, surveys support the fact that this small but boisterous movement consists of less than 2 percent of society.”

Rev. Graham went on to discuss how the international Christian aid group, World Vision, had also apparently given in to pressure in March, announcing that it would hire people in same-sex marriages. That decision also caused an uproar from donors and other evangelical groups, and World Vision subsequently reversed its decision within two days.

At the time, Rev. Graham, who is head of the international Christian aid group Samaritan’s Purse, said, “In our country today, there is tremendous pressure on Christians, churches, and Christian organizations to lower our moral standards. God is clear in His Word, and His standards never change. I’m thankful that Christians across the country urged World Vision to reverse their decision, and prayed fervently that they would do so. Three cheers.”

Rev. Graham: ‘True Followers of Jesus … Cannot Endorse Same-Sex Marriage’ Regardless What the President, Media, Supreme Court Say

After commenting on Duck Dynasty and the World Vision scandal, Rev. Graham said he was grateful about how things concluded but hoped the fundamental issue would “cause a depth of soul-searching” because, as he understands it, there is no compromise on marriage.

“This debate is ultimately about something much more important than the question of same-sex marriage,” said Rev. Graham. “It is about the great compromise, calling into question the authority of Scripture. If Christians do not agree concerning the authority of Scripture, we will eventually disagree about all sorts of things.”

He continued, “The church is on dangerous ground when it departs from the teaching of Christ and attempts to redefine His commands and compromise His truth. There are many things in Scripture that Christians disagree on, but the Bible is crystal clear about the sanctity of life and marriage. It is also clear that homosexuality is spelled out as sin—there are no ifs, ands or buts.”

Rev. Graham ended his commentary by telling those in “the LGBT community” that God “loves you and will forgive you,” and that God “is eager to forgive all sinners,” including Graham himself.

Franklin Graham, 61, is married, has five children, and lives in Boone, N.C. He is the president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and the Samaritan’s Purse.


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To: xzins

The Holy Spirit is not argumentative...but you are? What gives?


101 posted on 05/19/2014 6:34:46 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.


102 posted on 05/19/2014 6:41:24 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
Amen to what Rev. Franklin Graham is saying here!   (Thanks for posting this.)

One of my prayers right now is that Graham and his words on this important matter will prove inspirational and eye-opening to the current Archbishop of New York City, Cardinal Dolan, so Dolan can carefully and prayerfully rethink his own foolish use of words and phrases (in regard to practicing homosexual football players) such as Dolan's shameful "Bravo!", and "Good for him!", when Sam came out of his perverted closet, and bragged about his sinful and aberrant lifestyle.

Franklin Graham displays tremendous courage with this much needed message of truth he is openly proclaiming here with clarity and love, and I believe all Christians must boldly stand together and speak with a much louder and more unified voice on this "homo-marriage" issue, as well as on the "pro-life issues".

To Rev. Franklin Graham:    May the Lord bless you real good.

103 posted on 05/19/2014 6:43:21 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: RoosterRedux; xzins

“We do not follow Him...we become One with Him.”

No, we follow Him. If you are His sheep, you will know His voice and follow:

“He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out of the fold, and when he has driven all his own flock outside, he goes in front of them himself, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will never follow a stranger—indeed, they will run away from him, for they do not recognise strange voices.”

“Moreover we know that to those who love God, who are called according to his plan, everything that happens fits into a pattern for good. God, in his foreknowledge, chose them to bear the family likeness of his Son, that he might be the eldest of a family of many brothers. He chose them long ago; when the time came he called them, he made them righteous in his sight, and then lifted them to the splendour of life as his own sons.”

We do not become Jesus Stew. He calls, and we are to follow. And God will change us, but he does not make us “One with Him”. We are placed IN HIM:

“and has lifted us right out of the old life to take our place with him in Christ in the Heavens.”

“No, there is no us left to follow Him. We die and are transformed into His likeness. / That leaves nothing of us left to follow Him.”

Not in Christianity. To be filled with the Holy Spirit doesn’t mean we are filled like water filling a cup. Instead, it means we give control to him - the analogy is:

“do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit” - ie, be as controlled by the Holy Spirit as a drunk is controlled by the booze.


104 posted on 05/19/2014 6:44:55 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I sooooo miss America!)
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To: xzins
Don't ramble in Scripture when a simple yes or no will suffice.

As I have said, if you are not filled with the Holy Spirit, He awaits you.

I have nothing to do with this equation...it's just you and Him.

105 posted on 05/19/2014 6:45:17 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

1 Co 2:10these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.c 14The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16for,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord

so as to instruct him?”d

But we have the mind of Christ.


106 posted on 05/19/2014 6:47:33 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
What is more important to you? To win an argument with a fellow Christian...or to bring the souls of those who might lurk on and listen to FR to Christ?

What is your job? Do you live in Christ...or?

107 posted on 05/19/2014 6:52:16 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux; P-Marlowe

You have been answered multiple times. You won’t hear it.

Now you answer my question: Do you agree with Jesus’ words, or do you agree with yourself on “follow” and “homosexual marriage”?


108 posted on 05/19/2014 6:53:50 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: All

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109 posted on 05/19/2014 6:54:42 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
DUH!

110 posted on 05/19/2014 6:55:20 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Java4Jay
The Health Risks of gay sex.

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html

 

Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and
their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men
from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them
."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.

Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Doonesbury Cartoon for Feb/08/2013

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.


Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.



2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.
Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.



But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.


If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...
 

 
 
 
 
 
 


The Health Risks of gay sex.


111 posted on 05/19/2014 6:55:52 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: jazusamo

I totally agree with what the BOOK says!


112 posted on 05/19/2014 6:56:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Farmer Dean
It’s another truth that we hold to be self obvious.

Some bozo's in high office somewhere thought Christians would vote for a deceived MORMON; too...

113 posted on 05/19/2014 6:58:21 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: xzins
BTW, not once have you spoken to me of being "born again" of the Holy Spirit.

Again I ask, is your Christianity a kind of mechanical, legalistic ritual...or is it alive by being infused by the Holy Spirit.

If you are a legalist...I again invite you to call Christ into your heart and soul and body.

This will change everything.

I am not perfect. Actually, I am a complete jackass...an idiot. But I am His idiot.

He who lives in me is overwhelming...and He forgives me of my idiocy.

He asks you to invite Him in.

The Christ...He is calling you out.

114 posted on 05/19/2014 6:58:56 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: dandiegirl
I have been trying to think of ways to tell my children (early 20s) that gay marriage is wrong without sounding so out dated as they perceive me to be on this issue.

Show them the BOOK!

Do YOU believe it?

115 posted on 05/19/2014 6:59:24 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: RoosterRedux

My intent on this thread in this discussion was to prevent Franklin Graham’s words from being diluted by sophistry. Since he spoke the mind of God on this subject, then that aligns me with supporting God’s own words on the subject of homosexual marriage. And since the Holy Spirit reminds us of Jesus’ words, then that aligns me with the Holy Spirit.

I don’t worry much about lurkers. They are smart. They can read through an entire thread and see how a conversation has developed.


116 posted on 05/19/2014 7:00:57 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
Simple question, Dude. Are you filled with the Holy Spirit or aren't you?

Yep or Nope?

117 posted on 05/19/2014 7:01:25 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

I am glad that you are a jackass. Now, it would be nice if you were a jackass who depended on the Word of God.


118 posted on 05/19/2014 7:02:39 PM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

But are you filled with the Holy Spirit? How hard is that?

119 posted on 05/19/2014 7:02:53 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: xzins
1 Peter 4:12-19

12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

120 posted on 05/19/2014 7:05:29 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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