A man was
seen
recently in
the local
BullseyeMart
creating
quite a
disturbance.
He was
moving from
section to
section
complaining
out loud
about how
the signs
were worded,
the products
being sold,
the prices
being
charged. He
complained
to anyone
would listen
about the
policies
being
implemented
by the
service desk
and
management.
Needless to
say, while
from time to
time he got
a few people
to agree
with him,
for the most
part the
customers
looked at
him like he
was a raving
maniac.
Finally, as
he took
matters into
his hands
and stood on
an
“associate
use only”
ladder to
rollback a
few prices,
security
grabbed him
and escorted
him to the
manager’s
office.
Before the
manager
could
address the
man, the man
started in
with
“Finally!
What are you
doing out
there? Do
you see what
a mess this
store is in?
Have you not
read the
operations
manual? Have
you not
heard what
the boss had
to say about
your
policies?
The way you
treat your
customers?
The prices
you’re
charging?
Don’t you
care?”
The manager
stared at
him blankly
for a
moment,
unsure how
to proceed.
“Excuse me
sir. Do you
work for
BullseyeMart?
Perhaps the
corporate
office?”
The man
straightened
up his
clothes and
sat upright.
“Why no, I
work for
Carpenter’s
General
Store down
the street.
But still
the boss
said…”
“But sir,”
the manager
cut him off.
“Your boss
is not our
boss.”
Such is the
case when
Christians
try to argue
social and
political
issues with
the world
from a
biblical
perspective.
Our God is
not the god
of this
world. You
cannot
disciple a
non-Believer.
First people
must come to
Christ and
be willing
to submit to
Him solely
on the basis
of what He
did for them
and their
recognition
that they
are lost
completely
without Him.
The world
is lost and
that is far
worse than
any of the
specific
sins they
might be
committing.
Yes they are
sins, but
their boss
is not our
boss as it
were.
Convincing
people to
behave a
certain way
apart from
belief is
religion and
it carries
the wrong
notion that
they can be
saved by
their
behavior and
not solely
by the
atoning
blood of
Jesus
Christ.
Christians
want to get
mad and in
an uproar as
we watch the
world
turning more
and more to
sin. We want
to change
social and
political
policies to
be (or
remain)
Christian-friendly
when that
borrowed
time has
expired. Are
you any less
a Christian
if the Ten
Commandments
are not
displayed in
a
courthouse?
Is the world
any less
Christian?
The answer
to both is a
resounding
“NO!”
America was
never a
Christian
nation. That
is a myth.
It was
founded by a
group of
people with
great
political
ideas and
some
grounding in
biblical
truth, but
was never
meant to be
a Christian
nation but a
place where
all
religions
would be
free of
state
interference.
For a couple
of hundred
years it
wore the
mask of
Christendom,
but it
dallied with
the world as
well… now
the mask is
coming off
and
Christians
want to get
mad about
it?
That said,
Gay marriage
(its own
word since
two same-sex
gay people
can never
ever truly
be in a
“marriage”,
they can be
in a Gay
marriage,
which could
just as
easily be
called
Zinklewism
or
Rondsplader
or something
else), will
be “legal”
soon.
Society has
no sense of
moral
bearing and
no goal of
self-preservation.
Abortion was
legalized in
the 70s.
Prostitution
won’t be
long after.
As will
drugs. I AM
NOT saying
those issues
are
connected
(except by
lack of
intelligence
and common
sense) and
that there
is crossover
in the
groups who
choose to be
gay,
patronize
whores, or
take drugs.
“Marriage”
is and
always will
be the union
of one man
and one
woman,
period, end
of
discussion.
“Gay
marriage”
will never
be
“marriage”
in the same
way that a
man in drag
will NEVER
be a woman.
Even if said
drag
requires
several
surgeries,
medications,
and is
recognized
“legally.”
The world,
including
America is
“falling
apart.” Why
wouldn’t all
these things
become
legal?
Quite
frankly, as
a Christian,
it’s not my
place (or
the
church’s) to
“change the
world”
except one
by one,
sharing the
Good News of
Christ Jesus
to people.
To help them
see that
they are
sinners
(whatever
flavor of
sin it is:
homosexuality,
adultery,
fornication,
murder,
covetousness,
hate, pride,
etc… all are
sins equal
before God)
and that sin
separates
them from
God. But God
loved them
so much, so
much that He
sent His
only Son to
die and pay
the price
for that
sin… that if
the will
accept the
free
salvation
offered to
them, they
can live
eternally
with God.
There is no other way to God but through the blood of Christ Jesus.
[Jesus said,] “I am the way, and
the truth,
and the
life. No one
comes to the
Father
unless by
Me” (John
14:6).
That is the
purpose of
Christians.
Not to rebel
when pagan
society
turns
against
them. It
would be
great if
(legal or
not) no one
murdered or
had an
abortion or
committed
adultery or
chose a gay
lifestyle.
These are
symptoms.
The sickness
is sin.
Daniel never
told
Nebuchadnezzar
he couldn’t
have his
statue or
laws
requiring
people to
bow down
before it
when the
music
played.
Daniel took
care of
himself and
refused to
dishonor God
by
complying.
And he was
willing to
accept the
price to be
paid for his
fidelity.
That is the
Christian’s
role in
this.
Likewise the
apostles
didn’t tell
the
Sanhedrin
they needed
to be more
tolerant of
Christian
views. They
preached.
They got
thrown in
jail and
beaten and
released.
They
preached
again.
Repeat.
We are
totally to
be
subservient
to man’s
laws EXCEPT
where they
contradict
the Word of
God.
We cannot
make the
country or
the world or
(Obamachadnezzar)
conform to a
faith they
are blind
to. They
will pass
their laws
and continue
into
darkness on
the path
ironically
called
“enlightenment.”
Nothing they
pass can
separate the
saved man or
woman from
God. But we
as
Christians
are not to
take part in
anything
that is
against God.
If a church
rightly
refuses to
Gay marry
same-sex
couples --
that is
their
choice. And
they may
lose their
tax exempt
status, be
fined,
jailed, or
prohibited
from
performing
real
marriages.
So be it.
This will
extend to
the
periphery of
marriage-associated
businesses
too.
Photographers,
cake makers,
facilities,
etc… A line
in the sand
is being
drawn. Will
Christian
business
people stand
firm or
cave? Quite
frankly they
should
continue to
practice as
they are and
if the time
comes that a
gay couple
wants to
press the
issue, then
they have to
close up
shop or just
say “no” if
possible.
They will
have to be a
Daniel and
face man’s
wrath of
ignorance by
doing what
is right, no
matter what
the
consequences.
“For do I now seek to satisfy
men or God?
Or do I seek
to please
men? If I
were yet
pleasing
men, I were
not Christ’s
bondman”
(Galatians
1:10).
A test is
coming. Who
passes and
who fails is
up to each
believer.