Posted on 06/02/2023 8:29:47 AM PDT by ebb tide
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(LifeSiteNews) — It may be embarrassing for some of us to defend marriage and other pro-life issues at a family gathering, sometimes with accusations of being hateful and the like. Imagine, however, if, just by promoting the biblical view of marriage, you could face jail time.
My guest today is Matthew Grech, a Maltese Christian and former homosexual who now faces criminal charges for sharing his conversion story and his views of so-called “conversion therapy” on Maltese television.
Back in January, Grech, along with the hosts of a television program he was on, were called in by Maltese police for violating the country’s ban of promoting conversion therapy.
“I had to basically show up at the police station. I was accompanied by my lawyer, and we were given the names of those who reported us,” Grech relayed.
“And one of them just stood out for me because I recognized the name and surname,” Grech continued. “And after a process, we discovered that these three people [that accused us] … are linked to the Maltese government, they’re linked to the Malta gay rights movement, and they’re also linked to the European Union. So we thought, ‘Wow, like we’re dealing with high up authorities here who are aiming at a citizen, a Christian citizen.’”
Grech also told me that while he finds his current situation “bizarre,” he finds that it is necessary.
“You wouldn’t expect that to be happening in a European country, especially Malta with a… Christian legacy, and [St.] Paul the Apostle landing on our island. And it’s heartbreaking when you think about it. But such battles need to be fought in our time, and somebody has to be… willing to go through this.”
While he is unaware of any examples of “conversion therapy” in Malta, Grech told me that what he and people from his church have been preaching the biblical view of marriage, and as a result have become the subjects of slander, hatred, and attacks. He also told me that he believes the law’s aim is to ban the Bible.
“They’re trying to ban the word of God, because the Holy Scriptures themselves are very clear about homosexuality being a sinful practice,” Grech said. “And so … when you actually analyze the law and the way it is written in Malta, one would say, ‘Well, how long is it going to take for them to even now start talking about trying to ban the Bible, because in order for this to be fully effective, the Bible would have to be banned. How outrageous would that be?’”
“The law itself is ideological, and it is religious because it has a belief system…” he stressed.
“The people behind this law cannot claim to be non-religious. They very much are opinionated about the subject, and they would leave no room for any other opinion. So it’s very dictatorial. And so they’re trying to shut down the Christian faith, because the Christian faith is the main voice against sexual perversion and sexual immorality. And that’s the real agenda that is not being talked about. And that’s how it’s certainly feeling in Malta.”
In spite of the charges leveled against him, however, Grech is hopeful about the battle that he finds himself in. According to him, while the political left is persecuting Christians and other opposing voices, and that the law could affect all forms of speech, he and the people with him “have the sense that God is the one who is fighting the battles for us.”
Regardless of his optimism, he warns that “the darkness is definitely getting darker,” and that parents should be vocal about opposition to the leftist agenda in schools. “They can’t afford to be passive,” he told me. “They have to feel very much a part of the decision-making process wherever possible, even in Malta, because … we do see people coming up with initiatives to indoctrinate children towards this gender-free world. And if we’re not careful, if we’re not alert, this will come in like a flood and just sweep our generation with all of this immorality.
Ping
Timothy 3:1-13
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their’s also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Wow, what a story. Good thing it can’t happen here.
The Left has indoctrinated folks into believing this has nothing to do with guarantees of free speech, just newly defined so called “hate speech”.
The truth is this all is the use by the Left of the so called “hate speech” terms, to grab the power of government and place the government against the rights to free speech. Once people hand that power over they will find the government will continually increase the use of that power against free speech until no more real free speech will exist - only government approved speech - the 180 degree opposite of the true meaning of free speech.
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