Sometimes people will ask, "Why do Christians get so upset about homosexuality?" This may be contrasted with the sin of adultery, Christians don't go on as much about that do they?
This criticism may come in the form of a statement, "I'm not as concerned about what goes on between consenting adults, I think there's enough to worry about with all the poverty and injustice in the world."
So why are right thinking Biblical Christians causing so much of a fuss over this issue. Is it just our homophobia?
No.
This is just where the battle is.
It didn't make sense for the Americans to fight the Germans on such a wide front in the second world war. The Battle of the Bulge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge) was difficult and bloody, but it was where the Germans were pressing the attack so it is where the Allies had to stand and fight.
The argument over homosexuality in the church is really a battle about the Bible. The conservatives are fighting over the principle that the Bible is the final authority over doctrine and practice. That is, the Bible tells you what to do and and what to believe.
One of the things the Bible says quite clearly, emphatically and consistently is that homosexuality is wrong.
So when a Christians claims that homosexual activity is alright, they are departing from the Bible, blatantly. This is something Christians cannot do and remain true to their calling. So that is why Bible believing Christians oppose the homosexual lobby in the church.
Martin Luther is quoted as saying,
"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing him. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point." Weimar Ausgabe Briefwechsel 3, 81f.
In my opinion, adultery is probably a greater issue in the church (in terms of frequency of occurrence) but there is nobody who seriously stands up and says adultery is OK. (Yet!)
But there are plenty of voices calling for the acceptance of homosexuality in the church.
This is just where the church is leaving the rails, so this is where we have to try to get it back on track.
This criticism may come in the form of a statement, "I'm not as concerned about what goes on between consenting adults, I think there's enough to worry about with all the poverty and injustice in the world."
So why are right thinking Biblical Christians causing so much of a fuss over this issue. Is it just our homophobia?
No.
This is just where the battle is.
It didn't make sense for the Americans to fight the Germans on such a wide front in the second world war. The Battle of the Bulge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge) was difficult and bloody, but it was where the Germans were pressing the attack so it is where the Allies had to stand and fight.
The argument over homosexuality in the church is really a battle about the Bible. The conservatives are fighting over the principle that the Bible is the final authority over doctrine and practice. That is, the Bible tells you what to do and and what to believe.
One of the things the Bible says quite clearly, emphatically and consistently is that homosexuality is wrong.
So when a Christians claims that homosexual activity is alright, they are departing from the Bible, blatantly. This is something Christians cannot do and remain true to their calling. So that is why Bible believing Christians oppose the homosexual lobby in the church.
Martin Luther is quoted as saying,
"If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing him. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved, and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point." Weimar Ausgabe Briefwechsel 3, 81f.
In my opinion, adultery is probably a greater issue in the church (in terms of frequency of occurrence) but there is nobody who seriously stands up and says adultery is OK. (Yet!)
But there are plenty of voices calling for the acceptance of homosexuality in the church.
This is just where the church is leaving the rails, so this is where we have to try to get it back on track.
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