What is the End?

For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction; their God is their stomach; their glory is their shame. They are focused on earthly things, but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Philippians 3:18-20

I don't know whether it is the fact that my eyes are being opened or that our society is rushing, he'll-bent, on its own path away from Christ. I have been pondering the same sex debate in my country Australia. There is hatred for the sacred and when we Christians make glib, not well thought through remarks or traditionally held beliefs are sprayed out upon the populous we are called bigots, perhaps blind guides would be better.

What is the real issue? It is not about same sex marriage, last time it was about unmarrieds living together before that it was abortion. These are symptoms of a new faith in our country called Humanism. Humanism is depicted by things like: relativism, feel good, do it, a dislike for anything that seems to judge or offer resistance. This religion has grown, fuelled by the churches abuse and failure to care, and a lust for power, self-direction and rebellion against authority.

Same- sex marriage is a part of the humanism theology, as is abortion and sleeping around. Our culture is throwing off restraint at the rate of knots. Christians cannot change the flood by rebuking, spruiking, legalising behaviour. We saw how the people in the Old Testament fared under such a system, they didn't. It failed. The old system is needing replacing, but not by one that denies God, but one that knows how to love the sinner, just like Jesus did.

I have a business colleague who claims to be a Christian and is homosexual. He has married his partner and they are in the process of organising surrogacy so that they can have a child. Where do I stand on this. I disagree because the Jesus I love paid the price for my sin and made a way for me to stay celibate for 12 years now. It has not always been easy, in fact quite hard, but He sustains me. I love the word of God, it is precious to me, I believe all within. When my bible tells me than homosexuality is not God's way, but rather mans way, I believe it. I can trust my God to be just and I know His love is pure and He invites me to be pure.

How do I treat my business colleague? I love him just as Christ loves me, but that does not mean I agree. I can love but stay true to my Lord. I love Him more!

Today I am sad. My country is inviting in things that will consume it. It is inviting hatred from the Muslim community and it will cause great stress, stress that it does not think will come because it is filled with its own pride, but it will come.

Have mercy Lord!

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