Monday, April 27, 2015

A Confusion of Identity

Recently Bruce Jenner, the Decathlon champion from the 1976 Olympics, did an interview with Diane Sawyer, sharing with her that he was Transgender and that he wanted to become a woman. At the beginning of the interview, one of the first things Bruce Jenner says in response to his identity is that he has always been "confused" about his gender identity. The God we serve is not the Author of confusion (1Corinthians 14).

As the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in regards to the case on Same-Sex Marriage, Satan is already planting the next seed of perversion in the minds of America with the issue of not being the sex you were born as or Divinely created to be.As we get into this, let me say on the front end that I am not familiar with all of the dynamics of individuals claiming to be Transgender. But what needs to be established in the midst of the conversation is what the Word of God says.

The argument, if you will, for being Transgender is that you can be born with male or female genitalia, and not be defined gender-wise by the genitalia you possess. So I can have male genitalia, but I'm not a boy, I'm a girl. I can have female genitalia, but I'm not a girl, I'm really a boy. This is not consistent with the Word of God. The Bible says very clearly that in the beginning, God created man in His own Image male and female (Genesis 1). So what is the distinction between male and female, the genitalia. Now, at the risk of going too far, God doesn't say He created them "man and woman." He said "male and female." So gender identity was determined by God when He first made humanity.

So what about the hormonal issue of gender identity? There have been reports that if you have more estrogen (mostly found in women) than you do testosterone (primarily found in men), you may be more inclined to "feel" like a woman or "feel" like a man (if it's the reverse). This may be the case. But does that in turn "make you" that particular gender? Is gender then primarily hormonally based or gender based?

There's a spiritual element here that has to be addressed by the church and the Body of Christ. God has a Divine Order. Man (humanity) as the creation of God has the obligation and responsibility to submit to that Order. And there are times when God will "allow" things to be "out of order," so that we as His creation, will turn to Him so He can then restore order. But you have to start, with the Divine Order of God.

This is where America has failed. I feel for Bruce Jenner, and every other individual that wrestles with whether or not they're really a girl or a boy. However, the wrestle that people are having does not negate the Divine order of God. So if you were born with male genitalia, you're a male. If you're born with female genitalia, you're a female. That is the Order of God.

So what do you do with the feelings? Those have to be taken to God. I'm not saying that to simply "blow it off" or seem ultra-religious. When one identifies that what they're wrestling with is not within the Divine Order of God, they then seek Deliverance. This is where the witness of the church is failing, because we're scared that if we tell "Bruce Jenner" that he needs deliverance, that we're saying in essence that he's wrong. Yes, I'll say it, he's wrong! But not wrong because of how he feels, but wrong in his lack of acknowledgement and submission to the Divine Order of God.

Saints, this country is getting more and more steeped into the spirit of perversion as an acceptable lifestyle. This is not the will of God for America. Let us continue to pray, for people like Bruce Jenner, and for our nation as a whole, that we will be delivered from the crisis of A Confusion of Identity.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, as Your people, we come before Your Throne of Grace, standing in the gap for the United States of America. Father, we declare and decree that same-sex marriage will not be legislated in this country. We ask Father, as only You as God can do, that You move on the hearts of the Supreme Court, that they will make a decision that is in alignment with Your Divine Will. Then Father, we ask that You release a spirit of Repentance and Deliverance upon our nation. Turn our hearts back to Your Divine Order, and deliver us from the strongholds that have us defying Your Divine Will for our lives. We plead for mercy for America, and we plead the Blood of Jesus over this country. We thank You Father for hearing our prayers, and we count it done. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

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