Twisting Scripture To Fit Our Lives

I was taken to a homosexual web site while trying to view a news story about Ray Boltz who was a Christian music artist who "came out of the closet" last year. He went on to proclaim he was gay but that he was still a Christian. I was amazed at some of the different postings on that web site. How these people twist Scripture to make it fit their lifestyles instead of making their lifestyles fit Scripture. One woman called Bible believing Christians "nothing but scribes and pharisees" and went on to state that Scripture says nothing about homosexuality. Included below is my response to her diatribe.

Just wondering, you say Scripture says nothing about homosexuality. What about Romans 1:24-27,

"Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, that their bodies might be dishonored among them. 25, For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator who is blessed forever. Amen. 26, For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error."

Sounds a lot like Paul is talking about homosexuals here.

You also seem to be very judgmental toward those of us who hold to the inerrancy of Scripture. As Christians, are we not supposed to live our lives as best we can, according to the Scriptures?? Did Jesus not say, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I say?" Luke 6:46

We certainly should pray for Ray Boltz that the Lord would bring him to repentance, but no matter how you want to twist Scripture to make it fit your lifestyle, homosexuality is still a sin and needs to be dealt with. No one can call themselves a true Christian if they continue living in sin and think its ok. If they refuse to recognize sin as sin and are unrepentant, then they risk dying in their sins and spending eternity in the Lake of Fire.

All sin is an offense to God, from lying to sexual immorality to murder and we have all sinned. This is why Jesus came into the world - to save sinners. He lived the perfect life that we are unable to live, thereby fulfilling the law for us. Then he died a death he did not deserve, thereby paying our fine. What would take us an eternity to pay for in hell, Christ paid for in just a couple of days. Then He defeated death and now sits at the right hand of God and will return soon to judge the living and the dead.

So for all the folks at TurningPoint and anyone else who claims to be a Christian, it is very important to know that it is we who need to make our lives fit to what Scripture says and not try to twist Scripture to fit our lives. We are the ones who are sinful and need forgiveness. We can't run around saying, 'well that was 2000, 3000, 4000 years ago so it no longer applies to us today.' We may have changed but God and His word never change. God tells us to, "Be Holy for I am Holy." So lets make 2009 a year of repentance and lets work to live by the teachings of Scripture and not make Scripture live by the teachings of man.

God bless

Rob

Suicide of the West

Judge Roy Moore

Some of you may be wondering what Judge Roy Moore has been doing since he was removed from the bench for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from his courtroom wall. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama! Wake up Christian, it won't be much longer now until this type of thing is a common occurrence throughout our land. The judge's poem sums it up quite well.

America the beautiful,
or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride;
I'm glad they'll never see.

Babies piled in dumpsters,
Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty;
your house is on the sand.

Our children wander aimlessly
poisoned by cocaine
choosing to indulge their lusts,
when God has said abstain

From sea to shining sea,
our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love
and a need to always pray

We've kept God in our
temples,how callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool,
and Heaven is His throne.

We've voted in a government
that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges;
who throw reason out the door,

Too soft to place a killer
in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
before he leaves the womb.

You think that God's not
angry,that our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
before His judgment comes?

How are we to face our God,
from Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do,
but stem this evil tide?

If we who are His children,
will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face
and mend our evil way:

Then God will hear from Heaven;
and forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land
and those who live within.

But, America the Beautiful,
If you don't - then you will see,
A sad but Holy God
withdraw His hand from Thee.

~~Judge Roy Moore~~

Please be in prayer for this great Godly man and his family who have endured so much over the past couple of years.

Rob