Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t going to resign.
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.
Yes. And born again, saved, indwelt, justified, sanctified, going on to perfection, a lover of God with heart, soul, mind, and strength, following the most excellent way, and soon (in earthly terms...although regarding time I could certainly be surprised) to be glorified.
You keep getting answered but you keep not hearing it.
Now, tell me: On “follow” and “homosexual marriage” to you affirm Jesus’ words or do you affirm your own?
Thank you, Elsie. Our God is the great I AM.
Your mouth writes checks that your soul cannot pay.
On top of that, you are a liar.
If you were filled with the Spirit, you would not have exhibited such contentiousness...or upon discovery of your error you would have begged forgiveness (as I did for my error).
To think that you were the spiritual support for our troops makes me sick.
If you ask my forgiveness, it will always be ready...unlike yours.
And to think you write hereon about your relationship with God.
Disgusting.
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Jesus doesn't just find homosexual marriage an abomination, he finds homosexual activity an abomination. He told us that.
To wrap a sinful activity around a rite of Holiness (marriage) is obviously wrong...but the ultimate wrong was committed long before the marriage.
I perceive that you are uncomfortable with backing Jesus’ words on “follow” and “homosexual marriage” over your own.
I suspect that you are trolling this thread about Franklin Graham’s solid stand against same-sex marriage with your confusing words about not following Jesus and about homosexual marriage not being the problem.
Just to clarify: Do you recant those words?
Recant what exactly?
That's not very friendly.
So, on this thread about same sex marriage being wrong, are you recanting your statement that homosexual marriage is not what is wrong?
In the motion, Sevier states that since gays can marry “even if they lack corresponding sexual parts,” then he should be able to marry his laptop, which he claims is his “preferred sexual object.”
This must be the ‘obscure biblical passage from Romans’ that Obama was belittling during the past election cycle, in order to justify his flip-flop on the gay marriage issue.
Your posts #53 and #55
It's not that homosexual marriage is wrong. It doesn't even exist in God's realm.
Homosexual marriage is about as affirming as the marriage of a human and a tree.
God's position on homosexuality is not about marriage...it is about the sin, the perversion, of homosexuality.
Homosexuality is an abomination.
There is no Holy Rite or Sacrament which approves it.
Romans 1: 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil
You who are not filled with the Holy Spirit are wondering why others are not friendly toward you.;-)
It wouldn't be fear of your evil nature now would it?
And you, not filled with the Holy Spirit, are ministering our soldiers.
America may be lost...but God is wondering what went wrong.
BTW, I have got your number.
You had so many opportunities to offer the kindness of the Holy Spirit. But you never did.
Because, I fear, you do not know Him.
What is wrong with you?
I have condemned it in every post.
The lurkers you are concerned with read back through a thread. They can see words, attitude, and intent. I’m quite comfortable with all of those.
Moreover, God knows.
I think the reverend Franklin needs to have a Bible study class with “christian” Jimmy Cawtah, who sees nothing at all wrong with queers getting “married”.
Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t going to resign.
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