Today,
reply is on why congregations among Christian churches might consider
making changes to their policies on same-sex marriage. The
understanding that the church must address the concerns and needs of
the community of faith as their servant, rather than the people be a
servant to the church is taken to be a major principle taught by
Jesus Christ. The church is to listen and respond, where legislators
and the courts are deaf and inactive. It is written: Matthew 20:
25-28, King James Version (KJV): 25 But Jesus called them unto
him, and said, Ye know that
the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they
that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall not be
so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your
minister; 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your
servant: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. Also, John
15: 12-13, KJV: 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one
another, as I have loved you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends. To lay down ones life
for a friend is not so much to die as to be a living sacrifice who
yields ones own desire, opinion and self-will to provide benefit, and
unselfishly carry out the will of another. In a word, we say, “to
love” where love is displayed through accountability, balance,
commitment, gratitude, respect and truth. One of the fighters in the
“Yahoo! Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who
uses the ID “Anonymous” (no profile information shown) posted the
following:
Why
are Methodists debating same-sex marriage? That should be a no
brainier?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace,
as in all churches of the saints. (1st Corinthians 14:
33, King James Version (KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Reasoning Together With GOD?(03/11/2019); The Church
Of Jesus (06/18/2018); That GOD Is Immutable (05/04/2017); Thoughts
on Sexual Relationships (03/07/2017); The Cross Condemns Fornication
(05/20/2016); Answered by The Cross? (03/14/2016); Bad GOD, Good GOD?
(01/03/2016); The Male, the Female, and GOD (02/09/2014); Destroying
the Resurrected Body? (02/10/2014)
“Anonymous”,
among those who now account themselves to be followers of Jesus
Christ there are many differences in levels of commitment, knowledge,
maturity, respect, and zeal. There is confusion of human appetite,
desire, emotion, and sensation as the origin for ones actions and
choices, rather than divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and the
sovereign will of GOD. Seeking to address the full person and their
various needs, the church often operates as an institution having
multiple goals and practices that go beyond promoting rebirth,
salvation, and spiritual growth, and that expresses greater concern
for things having a character and nature that is carnal, material,
political, psychological, and social. Efforts to suppress
superstition, and demystify practice and worship have led to
eliminating many ceremonies and formal standards (e.g., dress codes;
speaking within the sanctuary; weekend grocery shopping); and many
congregations no longer promote the truth that GOD is a spirit. The
process and purpose wherein the male and female should populate the
entire earth through the flesh in obedience to the spirit is no
longer thought the only response men and women should pursue (e.g.,
there are donating sperm; surrogate services; the freezing, storage
and thawing of ones own eggs for later in vitro fertilization
(IVF) ). The makeup and substance of mankind once imparted to Adam
from GOD is neither clearly displayed, nor correctly discerned to be
the same indwelling endowment of life essence (we say, breath;
spirit; word). Through the ministry of Jesus Christ, sinners who
return to GOD in repentance are to receive fresh deposits of the
inseparable aspects of divine fullness that include faith, holiness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, oneness without sameness,
personhood, wisdom, and wrath against sin.
The
human process we acknowledge as natural, normal, and ordinary tends
to install as values within the church elements such as ceremony,
habit, human rights, and tradition in place of strict discipline,
sacred doctrine, and godliness. As a result, errors may be found
such as (1) GOD no longer pursues the purposes declared through
Creation; (2) there can be no direct communication, exchange and
interaction between GOD and human beings; (3) mankind will use
education and science to escape the condition that resulted from the
fall of Adam and Eve; (4) the Bible and ancient holy writings are no
longer valid, because divine truth is ever-changing, expanding, and
progressing; (5) GOD wants mankind to have freedom and to enjoy
whatsoever they may desire; and (6) GOD wants the children of men to
control and possess the earth, not merely manage and supervise the
earth. Consider again the following that uses language from the
Bible:
1.
Numbers 23: 19, King James Version (KJV): 19 God is not a
man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should
repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?
2.
Isaiah 55: 10-11, KJV: 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the
snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth,
and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the
sower, and bread to the eater: 11 So shall my word be that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it
shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the
thing whereto I sent it.
3.
Isaiah 45: 17-19, KJV: 17 But Israel shall be saved in the
LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not
be ashamed nor confounded world without end. 18 For thus saith the
LORD that created the heavens; God himself that
formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it
not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD;
and there is none else. 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a
dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye
me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I
declare things that are right.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 4. Hebrews 13: 8, KJV: 8 Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.) Even so, I trust this
fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
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