SHOULDN’T WE ENFORCE ALL OF GOD’S LAWS TO PROTECT THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE?

[Brotha Seeking the Truth]

IF NOT, THEN WHY NOT?

[Child of the Kingdom]

I can remember as a child my godfather, a friend of our whole family was a homosexual. At the time I had no idea what that meant. All I saw was someone who loved me and I loved him. This person treated me like his own daughter and he loved me dearly. I can remember being poor as a child but Jody, my godfather always showed up with gifts that would brighten a little girls day. Although I had a sister and a brother at the time, he favored me. This made me feel really special because others in my very own family favored my sister or my brother. But not Jody, I was his baby. For those reading this please understand that Jody was a homosexual man and I was a little girl, so he never harmed me in anyway.

When my mom moved us away we lost touch with Jody even though he was still a friend of our family. I think the last time I saw him I was 8 years old. I later saw him again at my Aunt Rebecca’s house many years later. And right away my cousins started teasing me saying , your god daddy is a F#*%got. I was about 12 or 13 at this time and was already saved at this point. I can remember, that because of my cousins remarks I kept away from Jody. I still wasn’t sure what they were calling him. Unlike today’s generation, I really didn’t know what the true meaning of being gay was. I knew it had to be something bad because of the taunting from my peers. Jody eventually came up to me and said, Why are you avoiding me? I don’t even remember what my response was. That was the last time I say him.

Years after that, my mom told me that Jody had passed away. He had died from Aids. I can remember being so sad because of how I treated him that last time I saw him. I avoided him because of the taunts of my cousins. Even though I was a child I was still saved and had the holy ghost. I should have used that opportunity to tell him about Jesus. Because of how much he loved me I know he would have come to Church with me if I had asked him too. He probably could have gotten saved.

I wanted to share this so it could be understood that I don’t hate Homosexuals. I had one in my life that I loved dearly. However, had I given him the truth about Jesus maybe, he could have been saved. Maybe, he would have ended his homosexual lifestyle through deliverance and sanctification. Maybe, he could have been cleansed from his sins. Maybe he could have received the baptism of the holy ghost. Maybe he wouldn’t have died of Aids. Maybe he wouldn’t have lost his soul.

Had I told him the truth about what the word of God says. Just MAYBE. For the record, I believe that all sin should be addressed according as the word of God speaks. We must preach according to God’s words and not our own. Lying, homosexuality, fornication, adultery, extortion, etc… should all be spoken against because God hates all sin. I Love You brother.

[Brotha Seeking the Truth]

"For the record, I believe that all sin should be addressed according as the word of God speaks. We must preach according to God’s words and not our own. Lying, homosexuality, fornication, adultery, extortion, etc… should all be spoken against because God hates all sin."

I agree, but should we go a step further and pass laws to prevent these sins like it was done for homosexual unions, especially if they jeopardize the institution of marriage?

Fornication, adultery, divorce, and remarriage after divorce are all sins, which in some form threaten the institution of marriage, not to mention against the Will of God, and yet they are now practiced legally in this country.

[Child of the Kingdom]

I don't believe any law of the land that completely goes against God's law should ever be passed. I do know that adultery is still illegal but never enforced. I remember years ago, a woman sued another woman for committing adultery with her husband. The court had no recourse but to honor her lawsuit. She won the case against the OTHER WOMAN. That law is on the books but not many pursue it.

As for all sin the ultimate judge is our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Man's laws will never supersedes God's laws. I remember years ago on a gospel radio station in Detroit where the issue of homosexuality came up. They also talked about pedophiles. In this conversation a man called in and said that it will come down to one day having a right to have sex with a 10 year old child if they consent. I couldn't believe my ears. We must draw the line somewhere and when we seek rights for things that go against God's commandments then we seek to go to hell. What if adulterers start petitioning for rights to be with someone else's husband and wanting legal rights to do so. When will this all stop. If gays want to be together then no one can stop them, however, I don't see fornicators flooding the courts trying to get laws passed saying that what they do is morally excepted. They just do their thing.

Homosexuals seem to be the only ones that are trying to force others to legally, verbally and morally except their behavior which is totally against God. The bible does give provisions for divorce when one mate has stepped out on the other or if the person was saved and the other a non-believer. I do see where church leaders don't deal with these issues very much because many of them are in the very state of sin that you speak of. BUT DOES THAT MAKE IT RIGHT. THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO GOD JUST LIKE THE HOMOSEXUAL. IF REPENTANCE IS NOT ACHIEVED ON EITHER PART THEN THE REWARD IS HELL. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

[Brotha Seeking the Truth]

"I don't believe any law of the land that completely goes against God's law should ever be passed."

Yes, but try telling that to the millions of aborted fetuses and those who supported passing the law to do so.

I find it interesting that many of the same people who support women's rights to murder their babies, are the same people who won't support Gays the right to marry. They are supporting one sin, but not the other. The Bible refer to such people as being double-minded.

"We must draw the line somewhere and when we seek rights for things that go against God's commandments then we seek to go to hell. What if adulterers start petitioning for rights to be with someone else's husband and wanting legal rights to do so."

TOO LATE. That line has already been crossed. It is called remarrying after divorce. According to Jesus Christ, "Whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." If you marry a divorced man, then according to Jesus, you ARE with someone else's husband, and the State have given you the right to do so.

"I don't see fornicators flooding the courts trying to get laws passed saying that what they do is morally excepted. They just do their thing."

And they do it against Jesus' commandment.

1 Thessalonians 4:1-3
1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

"Homosexuals seem to be the only ones that are trying to force others to legally, verbally and morally except their behavior which is totally against God."

I believe those who support abortion would beg to differ.

At any rate, take away divorcées' rights to remarry; take away two consenting adults' rights to have sex outside of marriage; or take away women's rights to have an abortion and see who will be flooding the courts.

The only reason most of these people don't flood the courts is because their sins, for the most part, has already been "legally, verbally and morally" accepted by this society.

"The bible does give provisions for divorce when one mate has stepped out on the other or if the person was saved and the other a non-believer."

The provisions given for divorce were written in Matthew. There were no provisions given for divorce in neither Luke nor Mark. There were no provisions for remarriage after divorce. And since the provisions for divorce written about in Matthew were not found in older manuscripts, it has been suggested that those provisions were later added.

And as far as the provisions for divorce concerning a saved person and a non-believer, that was only Paul's opinion, not a commandment of the Lord.

[Child of the Kingdom]

God Bless you brotha

[Evangelist Altha Fugett]

I don't believe that laws legislating morality should be viewed as anything other than bondage, God, saw that the law wasn't sufficient for salvation and sent his Son to be the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

We are to minister the word of God and change hearts. A law (and I don't believe in abortion)against abortion, puts a desperate young woman in jail.

A law stating no divorce would just open the door for many living in sin and adultery.

We have to be wise as serpents. They will either recieve God's word or not. The wheat and tares will grow together, and GOD will do the seperating. NOT US!