Posted on 07/29/2023 2:52:26 AM PDT by Morgana
One of the nation’s most notoriously woke pastors, Rich Villodas, recently spewed his hatred for Christianity and God while blaspheming God and accusing him of being behind the LGBTQ movement. His fundamental question—how do we free ourselves from the culture wars—begs another question in response: Should we seek to extricate ourselves from these struggles, or rather, should we seek to navigate them through the lens of God’s truth?
Here’s the clip: (video on link)
Villodas suggests that believing “God is with us, but not with them” is a dangerous presumption. Here, we need to clarify what we mean when we say “God is with us.” From a biblical perspective, God is omnipresent. And He is everywhere and with everyone in the sense that His presence permeates the universe. But being “with God” in a spiritual sense—having a personal, redeeming relationship with Him—is contingent upon His grace given to us and reflected in our obedience to His will as expressed in the His Word.
Not that this needs to be spelled out for my readers, but to clearly clarify God’s view of the LGBTQ movement specifically, it is essential to engage with the Scriptures directly. When we consider a passage like Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,” or 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, which states that those who practice homosexuality will not inherit the Kingdom of God, the Bible’s stance is distinct and clear. There is no ambiguity.
In light of such passages, the claim that God supports the LGBTQ movement or is with LGBTQ people, ostensibly overlooking their unrepentant sin, is more than problematic. It’s not about judging people personally, but rather discerning behaviors and lifestyles in light of what God has revealed in His Word. This process of discernment is what Jesus referred to in John 7:24 when He commanded, “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
This passage provides a clear imperative for Christians to use God’s Word as the standard for judgment. Righteous judgment involves discerning God’s truth, not forming opinions based on our preferences or cultural trends.
Christians can indeed find themselves embroiled in the culture wars, as Villodas suggests. But instead of seeking escape, perhaps the better course of action is to stand strong in God’s truth, using it to navigate these contentious waters. As Ephesians 6:13-14 reminds us, we should put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, we may stand our ground, and after we have done everything, to stand. This includes engaging in the culture wars with wisdom, compassion for the eternal state of the lost (as we once were), and a steadfast commitment to biblical truth.
Get out of that church.
amen
A “Christian” pastor who hasn’t read his Bible.
What is the world coning to?
God also isn't "with" (one presumes that means "supporting") drug dealers or child molesters or murderers or adulterers or thieves or liars.
Believing “God is with us, but not with them” is utter nonsense. Do not judge lest you be judged.
God is with everybody, but not everybody is with God.
LGBTQ is sexual perversion and plain wrong. Sexual deviates experience more violence among themselves, a shorter life span, and higher risk of STDs, HIV, and many related mental and physical diseases. That is not disputable.
I feel sorry for people who embrace a lifestyle of mental illness, physical illness that mainly leads to unhappiness and violence. But I love them nonetheless.
I believe it was somewhere in the Beatitudes where Jesus said that we should give the Democrat platform the same consideration and weight as the Ten Commandments. “Verily I say unto you, etc. etc. etc.”
This guy needs to read the story of Sodom & Gomorrah again.
Apparently, he never got the memo. 😆
Who cares about the opinion of a wolf in sheeps’s clothing????
Amen, MM.
Many years ago, I left the Episcopal Church over this issue. He announced that he would teach kids that AIDs was not a curse from God on gays. I said, why not?
Gays took over the church and now there is very little Christianity to be found.
Bizarre that any Christian thinks their religion would approve of a movement based entirely around sexual activity that is by definition not procreative.
I got that same vibe after seeing his picture
God and Jesus are not pro-pedo.
I wish either were here to smite these sick freaks.
We’re in the last days of the Church Age, IMHO
This Laodicean movement shows the prophecy of Luke 17:26-32 coming true.
Satan’s anti-messiah the Antichrist has to be waiting in the wings, ready to confirm 7 years of ‘Peace and Security’.
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St. Paul in Romans and Corinthians SPECIFICALLY called out sodomites and homosexuals as sinners. Jesus Christ, in his gospel on divorce clearly stated marriage being between a MSN and a WOMAN. In Genesis, God CLEARLY STATED he created MAN and WOMAN. In Mosaic Laws, God SPECIFICALLY called out Homosexuality as an abomination and told the Hebrews the reason he was driving the pagans out of the Holy Land because of these abominations and the land would “vomit them out” also if they practiced them. One of the imperatives given Adam and Eve was to “go forth and multiply” and you can only do this if you have a man and a woman.
Homosexuality is a sin but God can and will forgive those who practise it if they confess and repent and sin no more.
I have no idea what this individual in Brooklyn is preaching but it’s not Biblical and no scripture no support.
The churches which allow this non-Christian heresy frequently DENY the resurrection, DENY the divinity of Christ abd DENY the existence of Satan as a malevolent entity and fallen angel
Read “Woke Jesus” - an expose of these fraudulent cults.
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