I do not like Kirk Cameron.
At
all.
Every
time I hear him speak I shake my head.
I'll
be the first to admit I've had limited exposure to his message
though. I am not a hellfire and brimstone kind of guy and cannot
stomach when the gospel is presented that way. I was surrounded by
that style of Christianity when I was young and it was a factor in
how long it took me to come to faith in Jesus. The necessity of
accepting Jesus Christ in order to avoid eternal damnation is
technically correct; however, Jesus did not present the Kingdom of
God that way. His message was Grace first. He did not come to condemn
the world but to save it (John 12:47).
Like
or dislike Cameron though it is blatant use of Newspeak to call what
he said on Piers Morgan Tonight hate speech. To lump a man's polity
expressed opinion in with the same kind of rabid hatred spewed by the
members of the Westboro Baptist Church is an obvious attempt to
squash dissent.
It
is legitimate to ask if the acceptance of homosexuality as normal is
a degrading factor to a stable society. This time of loose morals
where everything goes makes anything acceptable. Is letting people be
free to be who they are bad? Did the Roman Empire fall because their
opulent lifestyle of seeking pleasure whenever and wherever they
could find it made them soft? Or was it because the Mongolians could
shoot a crossbow from the back of a horse? I don't know, but it is
worth discussing.
As
for me I support gay marriage. Freedom has to trump everything and it
has to be defended at all costs. If my lesbian neighbor isn't
allowed to marry whoever she wants then there is a conceivable future
where something I wanted to do would be limited in some way. Perhaps
I would not be allowed to have a Bible study in my home. Without
freedom the gospel of Jesus Christ cannot be implemented in any kind
of meaningful way. Only in a free society can we choose to accept
Jesus as our savior.
5 comments:
Agree, agree, agree! It is laughable indeed that his peacefully expressed beliefs are being called out as hate speech. I don't agree with anything that came out of his mouth but it wasn't hateful.
Right on, Bill.
I have a problem with this post, but first let me establish some background. First, God loves homosexuals just as much as anyone else including His Son (God is not capable of different degrees of love). Second, Jesus Christ died for everyone. Period. Third, homosexuality is just one in whole list of sexual sins including fornication, adultery, pedophilia, bestiality, etc.
So my problem is how do you define marriage? If marriage is merely a civil institution then gay marriage is acceptable. If marriage is defined as a God ordained holy institution between one man and one woman, then we have a conflict. What then is the purpose of the gay agenda in demanding the right to marry and to not be satisfied with a civil union? Is it jealousy? Ignorance of the spiritual implications of marriage (as most people are)? Or is it something more sinister such as a coordinated attack (behind the scenes of course) that will render the institution powerless and ultimately undesirable? I'm asking because I don't know. My fear is that there will come a day when marriages officiated by a pastor or priest will be banned and marriages will only be available through a government official (see 1 Tim 4:3) because of the watering down through divorce and gay marriage.
I don't care about tax breaks. I don't care about financial benefits. I don't care about insurance. I only care about what God's word says. He created marriage and He loves sinners across all races and generations, but he is a holy and just God and will not excuse any that violate His law. Only by saving grace and the Blood of Jesus can we present ourselves holy and righteous before God.
Homosexuality is definitely just another sin among sins. When people say God made me this way and He wouldn't make someone with an orientation toward sin they are forgetting that we are all cracked, broken and leaning toward sin in our own ways. My favorite example to use is alcoholism. You can make the same argument that a alcoholic was born an alcoholic and no one will argue that makes it right.
As for me I define marriage just like you do – a God ordained holy institution between one man and one woman. Unfortunately modern western society no longer defines marriage that way, and I think that is to our detriment. Also, you bring up a good point about the spiritual implications of marriage that I actually didn't think about when writing that blog. I don't think it would have changed what I wrote, but it is important to keep in mind when discussing marriage. What I am saying here is I agree with you and Cameron. That is up to the point of legislation. I am against using the brute force of the government to force people to live in any certain way. Freedom first. As I said in my blog it's the only way that our choices have any meaning and I think it is the only way to avoid your scenario of marriage before a pastor being illegal. We must defend other peoples freedoms so that we can keep our own.
The reason I think people are pushing gay marriage is that they want their sinful lifestyle to be considered completely normal. Accepted doesn't seem to be good enough for them. Thanks for reading RJ, and taking the time to comment.
Hi Bill. I think we're saying the same thing here, but just wanted to clarify a bit. When it comes to the legal or civil institution of marriage, then I have no objection or support. In fact I have nothing to say. The unredeemed (I do not like using the words saved or unsaved) will attempt to do anything to justify the sin they live in like we are seeing with gays and lesbians. The same applies to those who are committing fornication or are involved in idolatry or sexual immorality, but those cannot be discerned by outward appearance (That's why pastors have a counseling session before a marriage).
However, I must draw the line and defend the Word when gays or lesbians (or anyone who blatantly displays a sin-filled lifestyle) insist on uniting under the spiritual institution of marriage. You must not take what is holy and feed it to dogs (Matt 7:6). Is God big enough to defend himself? Absolutely. But He will not intercede on the earth without His followers raising their voices in prayer. As His ambassador, I must take on His mind, His heart and His cause and I will act in defiance of anything that is offesnive to His kingdom (2 Cor 10:4-6). I will not bow my knee to the god of this world nor will I make any agreement with him (Luke 14:31-33).
I am secure enough in my walk with Christ that I can accept "civil institutions" and recognize them as an inferior and powerless covenant between two people. But my marriage is a covenant between God, my wife and me and in it resides great power!
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