I find it amazing that the only people who publish hate group lists are liberal organizations, such as the Southern Poverty Law Center, which is really an activist group pushing for Homosexual rights and other liberal rights groups. I was reading about an attack on the Family Research Council which has been labeled as a “Hate Group” by the SPLC. The attack was made by GLAAD a homosexual advocacy group which labeled FRC as “one of the countries most dangerous hate groups.” Yet the only hate was the attack made against FRC and Josh Duggar who had applied for a position with FRC. Of course Josh is also a Christian and promotes Family Values which seems to be the “Hate” these people are talking about.
Now, as a Christian myself, I believe in those same family values. Marriage should be between a man and a woman, we are built to complement each other, to fit together if you will. My scriptures tell me that God made us this way so that the man will leave his mother and father and will cling to his wife and the two shall become one flesh. That is a beautiful picture, only possible in traditional marriage. I believe that children should be raised in a loving home, where the mother and father teach the child the things he or she will need to know to go into their own relationships. I also believe that the scriptures teach that homosexual activity is frowned upon by God, I am not taught to hate those persons involved in that activity, just to be unhappy that they are involved in the life style. I therefore act out of love, not hatred, to try to get folks involved in sin, (any sin), to meet Jesus and understand that Jesus died to free them from sin and to bring them into a right relationship with God.
The truth is that we are all sinners, we all condemn ourselves to eternal damnation, but through the grace of God we are freed from that penalty, if we admit we are sinners and ask for forgiveness through the blood of Christ. I don’t expect everybody to believe as I do, although I do want everyone to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and become a part of the family of God. After all we Christians, who are not perfect, just forgiven, are expecting a great supper one day with Jesus Christ as bridegroom and the Church as his bride, and we would hope that there will be myriads and myriads of celebrants there to enjoy that celebration.
The choice of course is always yours, God does not condemn, your decisions condemn you or bring you to salvation. I also think I might receive some hate mail in regard to this particular entry in my blog, but, I felt it necessary to set out the truth in all of this. We act out of Love, because God acted out of Love toward each of us. BTW, I will not deny that there are those who call themselves Christian, who are not acting in a Christian manner. I agree with those who stand against this anti-christian behavior. We who call upon the name of Christ, should act as Christ acted, not as the world acts. Please think about your position in life, what are your activities? Do you honor yourself and God by your actions, or are you still enthralled by the evil one, and the world? I hope that you will read my words and understand that they are not malicious, but rather hoping to bring you to the throne room of God.