I was reading an article the other day where President Obama was talking about "Marriage Rights". The implication of his statements were that now that same-sex marriage has been legalized, marriage has now been made available "equally" to everyone. I was in a church discussion a few days ago, and the same issue came up in terms of people being "treated equally" in regards to marriage in the church. Let's set the record straight: Marriage Is Not Equal. This is what you're going to hear now in regards to the propaganda to reinforce same-sex marriage; that marriage needs to be equal across the board and that "everybody" has a right to marry who they want to. However, as Christians and members of the Body of Christ, our stand needs to be that "marriage rights" and the equality thereof, does not represent the Divine Will of God.
Let us establish once again that Marriage was designed by God strictly for a man with a woman. Marriage is a heterosexual enterprise, not a homosexual one. This is something that the church has to stand on and stand for. We cannot compromise the sanctity and sacredness of Marriage. Marriage is not a secular invention, it is a Sacred Institution. Man didn't come up with the idea of marriage, God did! Therefore, He alone reserves the "right" to determine what marriage is, what it should be, and who has "the right" to participate in the institution for which He as God instituted and ordained. For this reason, the church must take the stand and say No, Marriage is not Equal.
We're coming to a point saints where the church's faith is going to be tested on this issue. Collectively we failed the test last year in 2015 when we allowed the Supreme Court to legislate across the country same-sex marriage in every state. Now you've got Christians talking about, since it's constitutional, then the church has the responsibility to honor marriage amongst all couples. No we don't! It is not the responsibility of the church to uphold the Constitution of the United States; it's the responsibility of the church to stand on the Word of God. Whenever the laws of our nation conflict with the Divine Law of God, then we as the children of God must stand on the Word, regardless of what the law says. This is why Peter said in the Book of Acts, "we should obey God rather than men" (Acts 5). At some point saints, the church must take a stand.
This issue of same-sex marriage has not been swept under the rug, particularly with the Lord. The Judgment is set. I believe the Lord is still giving America time to repent of this perverted and abominable legislation; and the repentance must start with the church! We must take the stand and acknowledge to the Lord that we've been wrong in our silent sanction of same-sex marriage. We must raise our voice and take a stand for our God. If we continue to be complicit and complacent in regards to this slap in God's Face, then the Judgement that has been set for this country will transpire, starting with the church. But it doesn't have to be that way if we would simply recognize, according to the word of God, that Marriage Is Not Equal.
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