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“8 But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, 9 knowing this: that the law is not made for a
righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers
of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,” [and for murders of children] 1 Timothy 1:8-9New King James Version
(NKJV)
The New American Flag
America has truly lost its way!
By de Andréa, Opinion Editorialist
for ‘THE BOTTOM LINE’:
for ‘THE BOTTOM LINE’:
Published July 12, 2015
RAINBOW- CHRISTIANS
QUIZZED BY PASTOR
“What do you think you understand about Bible
that Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, Luther failed to grasp?”
In the aftermath of the illegal U.S. Supreme Court’s creation of
the “same-sex marriage” law, a pastor’s list of 40 questions for Christians who
support the lawless evil decision, is going viral.
It’s been shared on Facebook nearly 400,000 times and tweeted
more than 3,000. Pastor Kevin DeYoung’s list of questions for rainbow
flag-waving so-called Christians includes: “As you think about the long history of the
church and the near universal disapproval of same-sex sexual activity, what do
you think you understand about the Bible that Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin and
Luther failed to grasp?”
Read the list of DeYoung’s
questions on the website for The Gospel
Coalition, which describes itself as
a “broadly Reformed network of churches.”
DeYoung is senior pastor of University Reformed Church in East
Lansing, Michigan.
He says the court’s ruling “hurts.”
“Making legal and theological
decisions based on what makes people feel better is part of what got us into
this mess in the first place,” he wrote. “There are many reasons for our
lamentation, from fear that religious liberties will be taken away to worries
about social ostracism and cultural marginalization.”
But he said the biggest hurt comes from Christians who give “their
hearty ‘Amen’ to a practice we still think is a sin and a decision we think is
bad for our country.”
Among the questions he asks: “How long have you believed that gay marriage is
something to be celebrated?” and “What Bible verses led you to change your
mind?”
He also wants to know how a positive case can be made from
Scripture “that sexual activity between two persons of the same sex is a
blessing.”
“What verses would you use to show that a marriage between two
persons of the same sex can adequately depict Christ and the church?”
Why, he asks, did Jesus “reassert the Genesis definition of marriage
as being one man and one woman?”
“Do you believe that passages like 1 Corinthians 6:9 and
Revelation 21:8 teach that sexual immorality can keep you out of heaven?”
“What arguments would you use to explain to Christians in
Africa, Asia and South America that their understanding of homosexuality is
biblically incorrect and your new understanding of homosexuality is not
culturally conditioned?”
Specific to the United States, he asks, “Do you think Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama were motivated by personal animus and bigotry when they, for
almost all of their lives, defined marriage as a covenant relationship between
one man and one woman?”
Once the biblical standard is abandoned, he asks, “Should
marriage be limited to only two people?” and “On what basis, if any, would you
prevent consenting adults of any relation and of any number from getting
married?”
And addressing the responsibility of churches, he asks, “What
open and affirming churches would you point to where people are being converted
to orthodox Christianity, sinners are being warned of judgment and called to
repentance and missionaries are being sent out to plant churches among
unreached peoples?”
DeYoung said the questions “aren’t meant to be snarky or merely
rhetorical.”
“They are sincere, if pointed, questions that I hope will cause
my brothers and sisters with the new rainbow-themed avatars to slow down and
think about the flag you’re flying.”
THE BOTTOM LINE: Everyone must understand
that this is just the continuation of the moral decay of a once great country
that began with the removal of the Ten Commandments and the banning of the
Bible from public schools.
If Israel was the Promised Land for the Jews, then America was
the Promised Land for the Christians.
And just as Israel was destroyed and the Jews lost their historical land
because they turned away from the law of God and the basic principles of
Judaism. America will also be lost to
the destructive forces of immorality and the separation from God, and that’s a
guarantee my friend.
This should come as no surprise to Christians as it is
prophesied in the bible: “And then
shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one
another.” Matthew 24:11. “Because
of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,” Matthew 24:12. “Now the
Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from
the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from
demons.” Timothy 4:1 .
“Don't let anyone deceive you in any way,
for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of
lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.” II
Thessalonians 2:3.
These are just a few of the many verses in scripture that forewarn of
exactly what is happing in not only America but the world over. Does this mean that it is inevitable for you
or even for America that we will all fall away from the grace of God? No it
just means that God knew the stupid evil practices that we would be deceived
by.
The promise: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14.
The promise: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14.
Christians, there is still hope for you, but heed the promise or you will
be lost with all the rest of humanity…
Thanks for listening – de Andréa
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