Public Celebration Of Sin: The Episcopal ‘Church’ Shows Pride In Their Apostasy

“Who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” (Romans 1:32, emphasis added). According to God’s Word, it is a sin to give approval to those who practice sin. And yet consider a recent choice by the Episcopal church to change their historic church shield to incorporate the pride colors. They are actively doing what God hates by approving of sin—the sin of pride, that of man being his own god to redefine what God has defined.

During our most recent Answers News broadcast, Patricia Engler shared the interesting backstory behind the original Episcopal shield and what it stood for:

The Episcopal Church is kind of like the American version of the Anglican Church, from what I understand. This Shield is the English flag and it is of St. George, [who] was a saint under Emperor Diocletian. He was an emperor in the 300s—this is the time that we call the great persecution in Rome.

The great persecution did not start overnight. In ancient Rome, basically, the great persecution started with cancel culture. Emperor Diocletian dismissed soldiers and palace officials who wouldn’t sacrifice to Roman deities; he removed Christian texts, closed Church buildings, forbade Christian services, and restricted Christians’ legal rights.

Eventually, he issued an edict that would lead to clergy being imprisoned unless they sacrificed. Then he made that universal ultimatum that you have to sacrifice or you [will] be tortured, killed, and imprisoned.

Yes, the Episcopal church is showing its apostasy with this public declaration of its celebration of sin. And during the month of June, we likely will see other examples of “churches” compromising on the truth of God’s Word. But consider this warning from Scripture:

Matthew 5:13 KJV – “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.”

This denomination has lost its saltiness. It is no longer a preservative against the rot of the culture nor is it the flavor of the gospel in the world. In an attempt to show the world how “loving” and tolerant they are, Episcopalians have left truth far behind and have hitched themselves to a perverse movement that will only push for the acceptance of more and more sexual sin, leaving hurting victims in its wake.

Our culture will always change what is “good” and “true.” An ever-changing culture cannot be the standard for truth to those who profess Christ. The only ultimate standard is the unchanging, eternal Word of God. That is a sure place to base our thinking now and forever.

Isaiah 40:8 KJV – “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.”

Matthew 19:4-5 KJV – “And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?”

It doesn’t start overnight. It arises through a series of steps that demand Christians compromise on God’s word to accommodate the surrounding culture. That’s exactly, ironically, what this church is doing
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Well I’m a traditionalist Roman Catholic so I feel it necessary to comment that what the Episcopal church is now doing is to belatedly follow what the Catholic Church commenced doing at the Satan Council (Vatican Council II, 1962-1965). Consequently Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, founder of the Priestly Society of Saint Pius x (SSPX), rightly referred to the post VC-II Catholic Church as the Conciliar Church. This new church has now suffered the loss of at least 75 million members in the U.S. alone.

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Anyone who doesn't believe that we're in the Days of Lot, as prophesied in Luke chapter 17, isn't paying attention.

The hour is very, very late indeed. There's not much time to freely share the Word of God and the opportunities are already closing.

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Genesis 19:27-28 KJV

27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19%3A27-28&version=KJV

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[can't find the door]

Genesis 19:1-11 - New King James Version

Sodom’s Depravity

1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground.

2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”

And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”

3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house.

5 And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”

6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him,

7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly!

8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”

9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+19%3A1-11&version=NKJV

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