Does God Hate Sinners?

DOES GOD HATE SINNERS?

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THE FRED PHELPS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY

Rom.5: ⁶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

⁷ For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
⁸ But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Now the Calvinist leaning believer would suggest that this love for sinners is only extended toward sinners that are among the chosen or the elect. And this constricted view of God’s love also necessitates the doctrine called limited atonement. It suggests that when Christ died upon the cross He only died for the elect, which we understand is a miniscule portion of humanity. But Peter gives us a clear view of false teachers who are unregenerate and whose eternal punishment awaits them.

II Pet.2: But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

² And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
³ And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Now the teaching is very clear here unless you do linguistic gymnastics designed to force a square doctrinal peg into a round Scriptural hole. These false teachers were bought by Christ at the cross but they denied His purchase. Yes, you must also understand the Scriptural teaching that God has given men a free will.

Heb.10: ²⁹ Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

This Scripture again states that the blood of the covenant had sanctified them and yet they eventually counted it an unholy thing. That is crystal clear. But it even goes a step further. Another Calvinist concept is called irresistible grace which teaches that once God send His redemptive grace toward one of His chosen sinners that it cannot be resisted. That sinner must be saved irrespective of his own will. And yet this verse states that this sinner has done despite to the Spirit of grace. The Greek word for “despite” implies an insult or to behave insolently toward the Spirit of grace.

How can that be? If God does not send the Spirit of grace toward all sinners, then how can an unconverted dead man insult the Spirit of grace? Of course it clearly reveals a human will albeit still a gift from God. But let us take a look at another teaching in which Jesus expresses His love for a sinner who refused Him. This is the story of the rich young ruler.

Mk.10: ²⁰ And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.

²¹ Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
²² And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.

This man rejected Christ in favor of his wealth and yet Jesus still loved him. This once again shows that God’s love is not just for a very small group called the elect. God loves the world and I do mean “world” as it is universally understood. This theology that suggests God who is love only loves his friends flies in the face of His admonition to us to love our enemies. So God commands us to imitate Him, and He commands us to love our enemies, and yet He does not? And not only does He not love His enemies, but He hates them? And much of this theology comes from a restricted view of the atonement and a carefully selected portion of Scripture culled out from the Old Testament.

But not only does this erroneous theology lead people into error and even self righteousness, but it presents a platform wherein believers can hate unbelievers and feel they are just projecting what God feels. In fact while they speak viciuos words against unconverted sinners they believe they are the voice of a hateful God. God’s wrath is God’s justice upon sin and those who stand without His redemption. But the word “hate” is many times a “Hebrewism” which is used to overstate something to make a point. If your eyes lust after a woman are we to pluck it out? Again, a linguistic vehicle which uses exaggeration in order to amplify a principle.

The suggestion that God hates sinners is an error that is usually tied to the doctrine of limited atonement. Those that embrace such a philosophy cannot bring themselves to understand that God loves without condition and even those who reject Him forever can still be loved by God even while suffering eternal justice. There have been earthly fathers or mothers who have discovered that their son has committed an heinous crime, and even though they will always love their son they go to the police and turn him in. Yes, they were part of bring justice to their son but they still loved him.

Jn.3:16 - ¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Notice the word “world” is separate from the word “whosoever”. If I was going to clearly show that God only loved the “whosoever” part then the verse should read, “For God so loved whosoever believeth in Him so that they should not perish but have everlasting life. The clear teaching is that God so loved the world so that whosoever, or anyone who believed would have everlasting life. It is most disingenuous to dissect the word “world” and redefine it in order to fit into your theology.

II Pet.3: ⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Again, one must repackage the word “all” to mean “ a few” because the common understanding of the word “all” does not fit in your theology. And if God desires all sinners to be saved, and if Jesus died for the sins of the world, then God loves all sinners. Yes, I do mean all. God’s Being is love and all fall under the canopy of that unsearchable love. But not all will love Christ. And therein lies the eternal distinction.

Matt.23: ³⁷ O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

And here we have Jesus expressing His desire that the Jews would receive Him and believe in Him even as children. He loved them and earnestly desired to see them saved, but in His own words it was they who would not. How can God say He desires to see a people saved and yet He would not draw them to Himself, in fact He would not even die for them and provide redemption for them? It is an absurd suggestion. When I told a leading reformed teacher that no one could read the Bibnle initially on an isolated island and believe the Bible teaches that God hates sinners he told me verbatim “That is why we need teachers”. Indeed.

To suggest that God hates the vast and overwhelming portion of the human race is to make God a respecter of persons and more hate than love. It just is not true. It never has been true, and the very foundation of the gospel is the love of God spilled out for whosoever will believe. And the gospel mission to go into the uttermost parts of the world and preach the gospel to every creature is not some perfunctory game which has no passion or urgency since all who God has chosen will be saved regardless. God is sovereign and in His glorious sovereignty He has created a being with His own image imprinted upon his soul and with a subset within His sovereignty called a free will.

Men can hate God but God is still love. And His love is without conditions and lives eternally. Yes, that kind of love is beyond us. Just visit the cross and you will see eternal love. That sacrifice was more than just a neat transaction for a comparable handful of souls. It was more than a foregone conclusion without any vulnerability. This death, this cross, was the ultimate expression of love offered to God’s own enemies in full view of those alive then, and in full view to all through many narratives, and with a vulnerable love which openly calls for all who are heavy laden to “Come”. But what kind of love is only expressed to those who will be empowered against their will to show a requited response to that love? It is like when I used to play soldiers and I manipulated the soldiers on both sides of the pretend war.

No one deserves God’s redemption, and without an offer of redemption there is no love. The highest and most clear expression of God’s love is at the cross. What kind of God could die for everyone but instead dies for a very, very few and justifies His constrictive offer by submitting His sovereign credentials (like it or lump it) and then spends two thousand years orchestrating a divine game of solitaire which reflects nothing but what God has done for Himself. And in the end God lines up a small group of sinners, forces redemption upon them, and like marionettes He sticks His irresistible hand inside the opening in their backs and makes their mouths say “I love you.” And that brings Him glory?

No, the glory will be that any of God’s creation surrendered to Him by faith and by His power alone we were saved. During that first Passover night in Egypt, the people of God were to eat that lamb. Of course God saw the blood inside the house as they prepared the meal. Yes He saw the blood as the Passover Lamb was slaughtered. But only the blood that was placed on the doorposts was redemptive. And it wasn’t God who took the lamb’s blood and painted it on those doorposts. No, it was those Jewish sinners.

 

THE HORROR OF GOD'S LOVE.

Hell Yawns Even Wider

HELL YAWNS EVEN WIDER

Is.5: ¹⁴ Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

 

In the 16^th century men like Martin Luther and John Calvin actively led a revolt against the heretical teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. That movement is called the Reformation. Recently the Roman Catholic Church has been quite successful in recruiting Protestants from all denominations to convert back to the Roman Catholic Church. It is quite astounding to see not only Baptists and Pentecostals become Roman Catholic, but preachers as well. And men like Scott Hahn and Marcus Grodi, both former Presbyterians, converted to Catholicism and now are instrumental in alluring protestants into the Roman Catholic Church.

In actuality the core of their argument is not Biblical but a suggestion that the Roman Catholic Church was the first church ordained by the Lord and headed initially by the Apostle Peter. They argue that God set up His church and that His church, the Roman Catholic Church, is the only church that can be traced unbroken back to Pentecost. Of course some Baptists and Church of Christ and others claim the very same thing. That is the foundation for their argument.

And with that supposed evidence, combined with the growing discontent within the evangelical community, many Protestants and non-Catholics are converting. There is a program on the Catholic network entitled “Coming Home” which interviews recent converts weekly. And the core elements in most of the testimonies are a searching heart and an acknowledgement that the Roman Catholic Church was the original church that continues today. Many have read the early “church fathers” and take their teachings as truth since they lived closest to the time of Jesus. Now that presents some real problems since it makes men the arbiter of church truth.

While some of these people claim the close proximity to the life of Jesus raises their spiritual insight above and beyond all others, there is another way to look at it which is equally as valid. Some of those early church fathers did not have the completed New Testament and they did not have a time tested perspective which could discard many traditions and Old Testament carry overs. But when sifted Biblically, the Roman Catholic Church has many bizarre teachings. But the most grievous teaching of all is that salvation is through a system of works. But all men including the so called "church fathers" must bow to Sacred Scripture for truth.

Having said all that I now must address something else. Although there are evangelical ministers who have not converted to the Roman Catholic faith, there are some who are diabolical bridges of spiritual treachery and who are leading masses to confusion and even destruction. Some say nothing but others endorse error and falsehoods and by their words they lead even millions astray. Rick Warren is one of the worst and is a false teacher to some extreme. The Roman Catholic Church has begun a movement called “Coming Home” which seeks to bring all people back to the “Mother Church”. And Rick Warren has openly expressed support for that effort and that movement.

HERE is the article.

Can you even believe such a thing? Here in these last days men are suggesting a reverse Reformation. And so called protestant ministers endorse such a thing? It is almost beyond belief except that we know how diabolical the evil one is. Men and women throughout church history suffered and even died at the hands of the Roman Catholic Church and yet today Rick Warren opens the door for souls to enter. This is a spiritual paradox which takes deception to a whole new level. This is deception evangelism at the hands of those who claim to know Jesus. Truth lies massacred in the streets and lost souls scurry to pick it up.

 

Hell hath enlarged itself and men are holding open the doors.

A Monstrous Idol - Capitalism

A MONSTROUS IDOL

CAPITALISM

I Cor.10: ¹⁴ Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.

Idolatry is a sin. We often see it in the strict sense of bowing before a sculpture or a golden calf. We seldom see idolatry as it is practiced within our own culture since we do not physically bow before anything. However there are many idols among us as well as in the church regardless of how we do or do not bow before them physically. No one can worship God while he worships idols. This is a sad tale of spiritual adultery and a people who turned away from Christ in order to cling to false idols.

Some treat their homes and cars as idols. Some embrace sports teams or pets as idols. Some see their ethnicity or even their gender as idols. All of us are tempted to embrace idols in some form. But there is an idol which has not just crept into the church. It has been welcomed and celebrated. This idol has compromised almost every area of spiritual life. It has made people have divided loyalties. It has made people hate. It has made people embrace violence. It has made people self righteous. It has created sectarianism. And in many ways it has changed the nature of Christ and the nature of the gospel. The depth and seriousness of this spiritual compromise cannot be overstated.

I have watched and listened as preachers and Sunday School teachers and mature believers have fallen under the spell of this idol and have allowed it both change their views as well as change their tone. I do not know what else to do but to continue to expose this idolatry for the spiritual adultery that it is. It is commonly called nationalism and it is expressed as a love and allegiance for a certain nation. In this case it is of course America. Although I see some believers coming out of this major deception I continue to be most saddened by its continuing affect upon many more.

But I would like to peel off all the layers of this deception and expose it for what it is. The reason people love America and are willing to defend it even with war is because of the lifestyle it now provides. In essence, it is the prosperity in America which elicits affection and loyalty and even love. Yes, money itself is basically at the root of patriotism. If this were a very poor nation which offered little in the way of success it would be a somewhat different story. It was in the midst of this prosperity that the prosperity movement within the church was birthed. And most of the evangelical churches in America considers wealth to be a blessing from God without exception.

Even the moral issues take a back seat to money. It isn’t President Obama’s pro-choice stand which elicits the most fire from the church. It isn’t his stance on gay marriage either. He is called a socialist and portrayed as deconstructing the American way of life which is code for taking our property and money. People are against illegal aliens because they believe they are a strain on the American budget. The term “liberal” is a pejorative that indicates higher taxes and social programs. Everything either directly or indirectly revolves around money. “How can gay marriage revolve around money”, you ask? Watch:

 

 

And there it is unvarnished and naked for all to see. While the church contends that gay marriage is unbiblical on moral grounds many have ulterior motives. Can you actually believe such a thing? Matthew Hagee is the son of prosperity preacher John Hagee. Money and capitalism is a god to these kinds of hucksters and even gay marriage means a hit on our pocketbooks. What kind of twisted mind sees things like this economically? I will tell you. It is a mind consumed with the love of money. They see capitalism as a divine gift and a pathway to divine prosperity.

Of course I do not suggest any earthly economic structure as divine. But capitalism is basically an economic and political system which touts personal aggrandizement through industriousness and clever investment. It is seen as a ladder to personal and accumulated wealth.

So nationalism in America is completely tethered to the issue of wealth and the accumulation of such wealth. On earth there is little wrong with such a system, however how can we reconcile that with God’s Word? The New Testament is replete with warnings about seeking wealth and storing up such wealth. But it is astounding how clear Scriptural teaching has been sacrificed upon the altar of the cultural norm. When it comes to money, the lusts of men’s hearts have become the driving exegetical force. Personal wealth is the peg hole into which the cylinder of Scripture must fit.

Money is little more than the tangible revelation of extreme narcissism which is the antithesis of the Christian faith and practice. When a culture has been built, processed, and made successful upon the making and keeping of money then it can have an enormous affect on people’s thought patterns and perspectives. Anyone who seems to inhibit our path to financial gain is met with disdain and acrimony. And those who seem to be supported by our hard fought financial gain without showing an acceptable level of industriousness are often hated. Money is a pie from which everyone draws and about which many fight. I am owed my slice of that pie and I must build upon that first slice until I own my own pie.

And when a culture encourages behavior both openly and subtly to that end, then the integrity of the Christian faith is in jeopardy. There can be only two paths for our faith when we live in and among a culture such as this. Either we humbly but forcefully fight to remain separated from the philosophies of that culture, or we slowly but surely acquiesce to those philosophies. And if the church embraces those philosophies, then there is no battle at all. And eventually the church construct, the church practices, the church buildings, and even the church theology become a reflection of the culture rather than of Scripture.

And even dismissing the carnal ramblings of such men as Hagee, the western church has become a powerless organization which spends obscene amounts of money on staff and buildings and self serving activities. Sunday after Sunday millions upon millions of evangelical church members pour into debt ridden buildings for a few hours and then return to their innocuous and unremarkable lives which appear very similar to those who stayed home on Sunday. And because the church has become a willing part of the culture, words of hate, words of complaint, words of greed, words of pride, and all kinds of words in support of vain philosophies are common within the community of faith.

And woven within the entire fabric is money and a hedonistic lifestyle. The deception has become so deep and so profound that even capitalism is embraced as coming down from heaven. Any criticism of capitalism is viewed as an attack on America and vice versa. But we as believing followers of Jesus should never embrace anything except the words which proceed from God’s mouth. And if we take just the Sermon on the Mount alone as a divine template, well we must admit we have strayed far from home. That is unless we chose to defend our opinions over God’s Word. And if that is what you desire than you need not go further than the Sunday morning service.

The Wrath of God

THE WRATH OF GOD

I am a redemptive person because I believe that God is a redemptive God. HERE are my thoughts.

Jude makes it clear that some respond to the compassion contained within the gospel, while others are stirred by the fear of God. And I suggest that the church has lost any sense of the fear of God. And I am not just speaking of reverence, but I am speaking of literal fear. The church operates without a trace of the fear of God except for a few self righteous people who seem to love God’s wrath.

Rev.6: ¹⁶ And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

¹⁷ For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

As we approach the end of all things and the sure coming judgment of God upon this world, we must present a balanced view of Almighty God including the unpleasant aspects of His character. This is not to paint God as a white male with a long beard who relishes in dishing out severe punishment. But this is to present the truth that God has provided a way for redemption, but that all who will stand before Him draped in their own sins will face unfathomable justice without the mercy and grace only found through Jesus Christ. This is no fairy tale; this is no fable; this is no small issue.

I realize that such things are seen as archaic perspectives which have long since given way to a more enlightened picture of the Creator. I realize that things on this earth have become so enjoyable that even Christianity has had to adjust its divine presentations. I realize that our own minds see such things as unreasonable and out of touch with the modern realities. I realize all those things and more. But I implore you to examine your view of God juxtaposed against the revelation of Holy Scripture and with that decide to which will you surrender and pursue. You are not running toward the end. The end is racing toward you.

I was raised in a home where there was little domestic unpleasantness. My mother and father did not fight, and my father was a mild mannered man. But I can remember one day going on a visit with my mother to another home and hearing the father swear and get angry. I was afraid. Perhaps you were raised in a home where there was strife and perhaps you felt uncomfortable and even afraid sometimes. And many children cringe at the thought of an angry father or mother coming at them with anger. It happens in millions of homes.

But now pause and think of what fear we should feel if we give any credibility to the Scriptures. It is almost impossible to imagine the immensity of the wrath of the Creator God. To even bring up the subject in this modern evangelical climate is to lose your evangelical audience. But be that as it may, there are still many clear and undeniable warnings in Scripture that expose a coming judgment from Almighty God. And that fact has found so little place in this modern version of Christianity that people no longer actually believe it and the lost world is no longer confronted with it.

People today only fear death because it may bring a cessation of their personal party. They wish they could extend their earthly stay so as to continue to enjoy its fleshly fancies. And any philosophical suggestion concerning the afterlife seems reasonable and legitimate. In fact, the more pleasant the better. Any hint of judgment is rejected as religious folklore and must be erased in favor of self serving sophistry. The fallen nature of man hungers and thirst for and even demands words of comfort and encouragement even if it means you must tell lies and half truths.

It is true that God is a God of redemption. And that redemption is offered by faith alone in what God the Son has finished for us. But outside that very fine line which begins and ends with Jesus is a territory lined with justice and accountability. Yes, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of an angry God. It seems so ethereal and filled with fantastic imagery. But what will you do when that which seemed so much Brother’s Grimm materializes into a reality which eclipses everything you thought was reality? What would it cost you to take a month or two and search out if these things are true?

What would it cost you if you do not search them out and you found yourself in the midst of everything you ignored with no way out and without a second chance? One day you will stand before a Holy God. On that day He will either come to you as your Savior, or He will come to you as your judge. As Jesus asked the disciples He asks you today.

“Who do you say that I am”.    

There are many, many truths presented in the Scriptures, and there are many attributes of God also presented in those same Scriptures. But as it pertains to justice, wrath, punishment, retribution, and the eternal consequences of our sin there is only one issue which can cause God to redirect those revelations of who He is and direct His mercy, grace, and life giving attributes toward those who once were pending recipients of His justice.

The issue is Jesus, His Son.

So God has offered up His own Son as a sacrifice for our sin. No human mind can fully comprehend that magnitude of that gift. But to all who refuse that gift of grace there awaits an amazing and mind boggling power called the wrath of God. If you could even get a small glimpse of such power you would immediately be convinced to run to Jesus.

Jn.3: ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

³⁶ He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

God’s wrath is coming.

For our God is a consuming fire.

There is still time.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.

Gay Marriage?

GAY MARRIAGE?

There are only two kingdoms. The kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness. There is no gray area and no one can straddle those two kingdoms. And the only way to enter the kingdom of God is through a personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the born again experience. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the key which unlocks that door. Millions upon millions have attempted to enter through other doors and millions have assumed they were successful; however upon their death they have surely found that they were deceived and ultimately they had lost their souls.

But as believing followers of Jesus Christ and citizens of the kingdom of God do we seek the approval of men? And in that same context, are we interested in what rules the kingdom of darkness uses to rule their kingdom? There is no common ground at all, and many times things that seem  common to both kingdoms are subtly and cleverly used as Trojan Horses which bring in all sorts of confusion among God’s people. And many times God’s people become so distracted about these issues that they literally leave the gospel. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. No man can serve two masters.

This week the Supreme Court of the United States is deciding the issue of gay marriage. And while this is happening millions of professing believers are not only consumed with that issue, but many are forecasting national doom if the court decides unbiblically. So what they are saying is that although millions of people are engaged in sexual sins of all kinds across the nation, but if they call what two men are doing a “marriage” that will really tick God off. Do we as believers seek the approval of men?

Many years ago it became evident that people were leaving their spouses and claiming they were never married. And so that demanded a more concrete way to make marriage official. So the culture suggested that a priest or minister officiate the ceremony and sign an official document recognized by the government. In general that is how we have arrived at the traditional marriage construct in the west. And the reason the church went along with it and still does is primarily financial. Today it revolves around taxes and the ability to receive a fair divorce settlement.

But eventually the church got married the same way as does the world. Sadly the church gets divorced the same way as the world. Let us be clear. The government does not force anyone to “get married”. You could stand in front of a company of believers and have the elders officiate your vows and pronounce you married before God without any governmental validation. But again you might relinquish some tax benefits and in the event of a divorce you would face some obstacles.

But as we walk before Jesus in the kingdom of God we have been called to be salt and light in order to let God use us to draw men to the gospel. We are in this world but not of it. So how are we as believers supposed to get involved with the rule making within the kingdom of darkness? We know that God teaches us that marriage is between a man and a woman, and more specifically between a male follower of Jesus and a female follower of Jesus. That is the New Covenant way of the family.

But within the kingdom of darkness and among those who reject Christ, does God offer some ground rules? Does God accept and ordain a marriage between two Satan worshipers? Between two Muslims? Between two atheists? I ask you, to what purpose is it that the marriage of two hell bound sinners is accepted and approved of God? How can two completely fallen enemies of God have a sanctified marriage? The answer is that in God’s sight they cannot. Everything an unredeemed sinner does is fallen and has no righteousness whatsoever. He is incapable of doing anything acceptable in the sight of God.

So the marriages that take place outside the kingdom of God are little more than part of a fallen culture. They cannot be approved of God. And in that light, we as believers must always look at the kingdom of darkness with a redemptive eye and not with an eye to modifying their behavior without Christ. And that principle is exactly where the church has made their mistake and through that mistake we have constructed a competition to the gospel. Nationalism and a desire to moralize a fallen culture has displaced the Great Commission. And in order to keep a thin layer of divinity upon that earthly mission the church has embraced and taught that America is a kind of New Testament Israel even if we refuse to put it in those terms.

And I have said all that to say this. What does it matter to the kingdom of God what the kingdom of darkness does? Gay men and women are allowed to live together and engage in whatever they desire, so why does the word “marriage” elicit such energy from believers? The world can call a “duck” a “cow” but it is still a duck. The entire realm of sin, and more specifically sexual sin, as it is believed and practiced in the world is a colossal mess. And the government’s attempt to make it more acceptable is useless before God and should be irrelevant to us who follow Jesus.

The sanctity of marriage is in shambles within and without the church. But what the world describes as morality and acceptable has no consequences for the church. Fallen is fallen. Depraved is depraved. We cannot accept the world’s definition of marriage, but neither is that our battle. Let the Supreme Court make gay marriage legal. Let the states vote to accept gay marriage. That does not change God’s Word, and it should not deter us from living and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We do not war against the flesh or the government. We battle against spiritual wickedness in high places whose desire is to damn the souls of men, gay or straight.

Gay marriage is coming and is already here. One of the most diabolical strategies of the evil one is to convince people that just because they are against gay marriage they are right with God and have eternal life. But in every situation and as it pertains to all these issues the answer will always be the same. He that hath the Son hath life, and he that hath not the Son hath not life. Let us not fight useless battles, but let us go without the camp bearing His reproach and sharing the redemptive love of God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Political endeavors concerning morality, regardless from which side they emanate, are not only hollow but they are enemies of the gospel.