Once again, Obviously I have heard each side: the supposedly "right wingers" who are outraged at the possibility that 100000 bagillion years of marriage is going down the train, and the "left wingers" who are rejoicing at the possibility of getting the crazy upside down part of life many people call marriage... bahahaha okay so that was a little cynical and anyone can sense my frustration about this. As a Christian, I come from a standpoint that I feel many Christians are failing to realize, our job is to love, to be compassionate, we were not called to be political revolutionaries... We are to be like Jesus and Jesus was not called to be a political revolutionary. I do not feel like I have to put my beliefs on Marriage because guess what, it doesn't matter. Whether I believe in it or not, does not make the matter go away, become absolute or anything... but I can speak out and say that the way we as Christians are handling this idea is wrong.
We are called to love, and yes I wholeheartedly agree with the idea that we should be accountable for our actions and ministered with righteous judgement... but you cannot judge someone who is not already a Christian. That is beating a dog for not carrying you like a horse...and if we are called to love, and called to preach the gospel... this is not the way to go about it... condemning them already to hell with surefire brimstone and hell. and once again... if they are a christian how is screaming at them for thier sin any worse than the pride and false righteous indignation that people are having any better? I will be the first to say it isnt. Something needs to changein a big way, or we will see a dramatic decrease in the christian population; more so than we already have. Rachel Held Evans said it best when she wrote
"We are ready to lay down our arms.
We are ready to start washing feet instead of waging war."
We are ready to start washing feet instead of waging war."
This is what we are called to do. We are not called to be political revolutionaries, or vagilintes, we are called to be lovers of christ. Maybe we need to remember that ?
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Love that you stand for what you feel and are not afraid to speak your mind.
that was my mother for you folks...
Sam, you were raised with the training of Christ so that you would not depart from it. I do feel you have the love of Christ dwelling on the inside; but I know that as Christians we cannot let the idea of a marriage that God created between a man and woman (Adam and Eve) be dismissed. Now, for Obama; wishy washy, going with the popular vote and definetly NOT what Christians stand for. I love that you wrote with the passion for Christ as you have been trained and you definetly are not going with the popular vote of Christians. I just do not want to see a future for my grandchildren as uncertain and not knowing the truths that are black and white and not gray. LOVE YOU SAMANTHA LAND
Mom I tried hard to steer away from giving my opinion but I will say that My children's future will always be gray because if it were black and white, we wouldnt be having these issues. It would be solidified. I do believe that if this is the way that we are supposed to handle issues, something is wrong. very wrong. Once again, I firmly believe that we were not called to be overly political and we cannot be pushy with our faith... being pushy never got us anywhere.. living a life that we are called and TRYING to walk a path of righteousness is the only way we will ever bring people to Christ.
The gray areas are for those who do not have the mind of Christ ...those of us in Christ know that the shades of black (sin) are just the black hole that is insatable and never satisfied, therefore sin has no boundaries. We have to stand for something or we will fall for everything and end up in that black hole (standing up for what we believe to be the truths of Christ) We are to stand with the buckle of truths and when we have done all that we can STAND ... EPHESIANS 6:13
"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
Good ol' tasty can of worms.
I appreciate what you had to say, Sam. Very carefully chosen but powerful words.
When it comes to anything outside of marriage, people are given a free will, and unless they are harming themselves or someone around them, it's their business. We're called to preach the gospel, and if it isn't accepted, shake the dust off our feet and move on. So although I'm not apathetic towards sin around me and definitely want to see everyone saved, I recognize my own sinful nature and remind myself how desperately *I* need a Saviour. I can't possibly think I'm in a better place than anyone - I freakin' need grace, and so does everyone else. So passing legislation concerning moral issues for the most part holds little to zero interest to me.
Marriage, on the other hand, is a sacrament, and that's where it gets dicey. So yeah, I'm going to have to continue to vote against the legalization of homosexual marriage. Civil unions are fine, because they leave the Church out of it.
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