Posted on 06/15/2016 8:54:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
A Sacramento pastor is receiving backlash after video of his sermon discussing the Orlando massacre surfaced online.
In a YouTube video uploaded by Verity Baptist Church, Pastor Roger Jimenez praises the massacre of 49 people at Pulse night club in Orlando, Florida and claims to be upset that the gunman did not finish the job.
The video, which was removed by YouTube on Tuesday for violating their policy on hate speech, has already caught the attention of people intolerant of this pastor’s sermon.
“As Christian’s we shouldn’t be mourning the deaths of these 50 sodomites,” Jimenez said. “Because the bible teaches that these sodomites are all, every single one of them, a predator.”
Known for his “red-hot preaching,” Jimenez is the pastor of Sacramento’s Verity Baptist Church that began in his living room in 2010 and now has over 200 worshipers every Sunday morning.
After waking up to the news of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, Jimenez took the opportunity to preach statistics on gays and lesbians and defend his perspective on why Christian’s shouldn’t mourn the massacre.
In the sermon Jimenez continued to quote directly from the New International Version Bible explaining that gays and lesbians are defined as abusers and pedophiles.
One of Jimenez’ main sources of evidence for his claims came from Judges 19:22-30, a story describing the “vile” habits of homosexuals.
“Our society wants to classify everybody, it’s LBGT whatever,” Jimenez explained. “This passage proves they all go both ways, they’re all a bunch of perverts! The classification is this, they’re unnatural.”
Throughout the heated 45-minute sermon that has received backlash from the general public, Jimenez calls for another massacre and reminds the worshipers that this isn’t just his opinion, it’s the word of the Bible.
“Aren’t you sad that 50 sodomites died,” Jimenez asked. “It’s like the equivalent of asking me, ‘Hey are you sad that 50 pedophiles were killed today?’ No. I think that’s great, I think that helps society. I think Orlando, Florida is a little safer tonight.”
Jimenez ended his sermon reminding those in the church that Christians should have no need to mourn the deaths, claiming that they had it coming.
“Every less sodomite there is in this country is better for our country,” Jimenez concluded.
YouTube users have responded furiously to a majority of the videos found on the Church’s page. Several have taken it upon themselves to rate them on Facebook, explaining their anger at the ignorance in his sermons.
“This man does not know God, he is siding with terrorism....clearly full of self-hate, the blind leading the blind," Theresa Krause wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I hope one day he comes to know God, God is love. He is very far away from that at this point.” Another commenter expressed their disgust in the pastor's sermon.
“This pastor is no man of God! He is hateful and promoting violence against human beings!" Maryann Ciali wrote on the church's Facebook page. "I am of Christian faith and we believe in gods love toward all mankind. So disgusted with this pastor.”
Luke 9:55
Amen!
All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Should we go around killing all sinners, i.e. wipe out everyone? What about that commandment: Thou shalt not kill?
I wonder if this guy is even for real. It’s almost bad enough to think that he’s just someone trying to create a narrative that attempts to make Christians look as violent as Muslims.
More like another freeper that recognizes Islamic terrorists are going to kill people, so maybe if they kill some liberals, the liberals will wake up to the fact that Islam is not going to "get along" with them.
What Europe and this country desperately needs, is more bloodshed from Islamic terrorists to wake us up to the fact that the Islamic ideology is going to kill or subjugate us if we don't stop it.
Back in 1941, Japan did us a massive favor. They woke us up to the fact they were dangerous, and we could no longer sit on our @$$e$ and ignore them.
Yes, 3,000 people died in the Japanese attack, but as a result, Millions more Americans lived. We took action to prevent them from getting so powerful that they could effectively threaten us in the future.
You and DL must be very happy that someone is doing the work for you that you would not dirty your hands with - or is it because you lack the courage of your convictions?
George Washington spent much of his time retreating from the British. To fight when you are over-matched is foolish.
By the looks of things, we will see our enemies attritted in two manners. By death, and by changing their minds as a result of the deaths of others of our enemies.
Islamists attacking Homosexuals (which are a prominent demographic of the Democrat support system) feeds right into the societal changes which need to occur if we are going to save this nation from destruction.
Putting Liberals on the horns of a dilemma created by the inherent contradictions of what they want to believe, is the only viable solution to what currently ails us.
Liberals either have to wake up, or they have to get killed so that other liberals might eventually wake up.
This is the ugly reality we are currently facing.
The creeps who shouted profanities at me while in line at Chick-Fil-A during the ‘buycott’ are not my countrymen. The creeps who go out to persecute and use lawfare bankrupt bakers, photograhpers, pizza-shop owners for not bowing down to their sick perversions are not my countrymen. In fact, anyone who helped push faggot-marriage onto the country is not my countryman, nor someone I’d lift a single solitary finger for.
Waddya bet this sermon gets more media coverage than the imam who called for the murder of all gays? And waddya bet the prez uses this to prove that Christianity is the enemy and at war with America, and has no problem uttering the phrase “Radical Christianity”?
Homosexuals kill people. Far more than do ISIS.
Judges is an OLD Testament book.
IMHO Christians should get their marching orders from the NEW Testament. -Tom
If only we could get the Islamic terrorists to attack the Liberals in the media industry.
Either waking them up or killing them will be to the long term benefit of the nation.
Sad, but true.
Presumably the same God rules both testaments, and If that be the case, I think it is foolhardy to disregard the vehemence he expressed by burning two cities to death because they were full of homosexuals.
I think God made his feelings clear enough on that point.
Where in the Bible did He say this?
No, he did not. He is KJV-Only. He would have used a King James Bible.
Where in the Bible does it say this?
Are we supposed to help the ungodly? And love them that hate the Lord?
Not according to 2 Chronicles 19:2. We earn God's wrath if we do.
(And don't tell me the Old Testament doesn't apply. Read Hebrews 9,10 to find out which limited parts of the OT were fulfilled by Jesus Christ and are no longer in effect. Almost of the OT law still applies. Leviticus 20:13 was never repealed.)
You cannot bring the dead to Christ, our Saviour.
Well, they’ll meet Him, but it is better that they be saved first.
Jesus does condone their lawful arrest, trial and execution for the abominable sin of sodomy.
Does Jesus agree with the author (God the Father) of Leviticus 20:13?
Is this the west coast branch of Westboro Baptist?
We are an independent, fundamental, soul winning, separated, King James Bible believing Baptist church
All the signs of being accountable to nothing but your own opinions. I didn't see anything about the pastor's theological training which I think is limited at best. I would not be inclined to trust a church that advertises it's KJV only inflexibility.
Jesus commands us to love our enemies, to pray for them.
Jesus calls them (and us) to repentance and conversion. We must do the same. Cheering their deaths is cheering their damnation, a truly vile thing to do.
Bullets don’t differentiate between homosexual and straight. No one, except the perpetrators of such incidents, deserves to be killed like dogs.
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