Judgment

As I was thinking about writing this I had to remind myself that I am not ashamed of the Gospel. We live in a time in which faith in Jesus, the one and only God and the only One worthy of our worship and praise is looked at as bigoted and narrow-minded. That's ok because the Gospel is the power of God to save. This begs the question, save from what? From the things that are opposed to God; from the things that are contrary to His character; from the things that oppose His created order; from anything that attempts to remove God from His throne.

The news over the last few weeks has been enlightening. Bruce Jenner has been in the headlines as he has transformed male body into a female body. This change has been celebrated by the masses in conversations, in schools, in the government, in the media, in almost every sector of American life. Our nation has celebrated a slap in the face of God's created order. Haven't you read that in the beginning God made them male and female? (Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:2; Mark 10:6; Matthew 19:4) So, with Bruce Jenner, what are they celebrating? They are celebrating a man taking the identity that God has given him and blurring the lines between male and female. Mankind is celebrating itself trying to undo God's creative plan.

Make no mistake, we can all see God in creation. He has revealed Himself in such a way that all people can know Him. All people can see His creative order and all people must make a choice to follow Him or to follow self.

This brings us to today's landmark decision from the United States Supreme Court. People all over the nation are celebrating the fact that the SCOTUS has redefined marriage. Once again, there is celebrating the attempted undoing of God's created order (Mark 10:6; Matthew 19:4; Genesis 5:2). This is logical conclusion of where we have gone as a nation and is, in fact, the judgment of God on us. The wrath of God is revealed upon the godless and unrighteous who suppress the truth. This wrath is seen when God "gives them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves." Romans 1:24. God has given us, as a nation, what we have desired and we must now face the consequences.

What do we, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ do? We love. We continue to live life in a world that is not our own. For too long we have lived in this world as if this is our home and it is not. In fact, as we continue to live out our faith and God continues to give our nation over to its sinful desires we will be reminded that it is not our home. We belong to the heavenly Kingdom. As each day passes let us prepare ourselves, strengthen our resolve, and put on our armor, but not against flesh and blood because this fight is not against an enemy that we see but against the spiritual forces of the heavenly places. Let us be a light in the darkness (Ephesians 6). Paul sums up our society well in Romans 1:

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29
They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to
parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such
things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.