Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that gay marriage is legal in all 50 states which overturns 14 states' ruling that marriage is only between a man and a woman. Many of my friends and family on Facebook are taking their stand; some definitely for the gay marriage and some definitely against. To me it was a sad day but it has been leading up to it for a long time and though I do not agree with the Supreme Court, it was very obvious that this was the decision they would make. But why?
I think it goes back to the Church of Jesus Christ. No, I am not talking about the Mormons. I am talking about the born-again, believing that Jesus Christ paid the penalty for my sins and was raised on the third day, trusting Him and repenting of our sins Church. Slowly but surely we have allowed what is evil to be called good. And now we are just seeing the end result of it.
We as Christians have not truly pursued the Word of God. We really do not believe it. If we did, would we allow the orphans and widows to suffer? Would we be pursuing our own agenda of making my life here as comfortable as possible? Would we still cheer for our favourite team, yelling and screaming and getting so excited, but come on Sunday morning and keep watching our watch wondering, "When will he stop talking?"
We have allowed sin to rule in our own lives. We don't believe God when He says:
For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.” (Malachi 2:16 NASB)
We've justified the things we want in our own lives. We are okay with divorce because, "There is no love between us." Love is a choice not an emotion. I think if we were to test our love to the following standard we would see that WE do not measure up:
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
Or what about when He says:
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. (1 Corinthians 6:18)
More often than not it is okay for a man to live with a woman because they love each other. I am not questioning their love here, but God says to flee from sexual immorality. If you truly love each other, get married! God's design is for a man and a woman to be married. But we don't really want to believe that part.
Just one more:
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. (Deuteronomy 6:5 and again in Mark 12:30)
You see, I put this one in because it is too easy for me to be judgmental. I know I fall so short here though. I do not always love the Lord my God with all my heart and all my soul and all my might. I cannot do it my own. I need His Spirit to move in me, to work in me. When I don't put the Lord first in my life, it is easy to ignore the widows and orphans around the world that so desperately need our help. It's easy to focus on my goals for my life and what I want to achieve and what I want and think I deserve to have in this life. It's easy for me to focus on my team and just do my duty by going on Sunday mornings.
This morning in My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers said this, We put our common sense on the throne and then attach God’s name to it. We do lean to our own understanding, instead of trusting God with all our hearts. For too long the Church has just come to accept the evil and allowed it in our lives. We need to be living for Christ with Him fully ruling in our lives. I need to. I need to believe Him. I need to take Him at His Word. What about you?
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