The recent events in
the supreme courts have made me do some digging and some soul searching. On March 26th, the supreme courts
started hearings on homosexual’s right to be recognized by the United States as
married couples. This bought on a mass
of tweets, Facebook post, articles, and blog post. It seems like every time that there is a political
debate, everyone magically becomes a politician. But that is beside the point. As I evaluated the tweets, Facebook post,
articles and blogs I saw some things that sicken me. So this post is my response to the events
that have taken place this week.
It would appear that we as Christians have forgotten the
most important thing about being a Christian.
Jesus is questioned in Matthew 22 about what the greatest commandment
is. This is Christ response. I want you to read it and soak it in. Verse 37-40 reads “He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your
soul, and with all your mind. This is
the greatest and most important command.
The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets depend on these
two commands.” To sum this
section up, Jesus tells us that the most important thing to do is Love God and
Love people. As I read these tweets, Facebook post, articles and blogs I sense
that we, as Christians, have lost this.
This is the most important thing that God wants us to do and we have
forgotten it. If anyone needs to hear
this it is me. For I have forgotten this
command and my heart is broken. So I
offer you a solution to the debates that are at hand. Let us not offer an opinion or judge those who
act not like us. Let us instead love God
and love people, for that is what we are commanded to do. Notice in Matthew 22 that Jesus doesn’t say
that the most important thing is “to win your side of the debate” or “to judge
people by how they act.” We have no authority
to judge, we have no authority to debate.
Why? Because debating and judging never leads to unity. Debating and judging always leads to disarray
and confusion. Debates never change people;
it only makes them mad and angry. Look
at the argument over predestination vs. freewill, black vs. white, Democrat vs.
Republican. They have been fighting over
the same issues for hundreds if not thousands of years. Jesus tells us to love God and love people
because that is what the gospel message preaches. The gospel always unifies. The gospel always brings change in
people. When God touches us, we are
forever changed. Debating won’t change
anything, but God will. If you want to
see change focus on loving God and loving people because that is where we will
see the most good and see the gospel spread.
So let’s put down our political arguments and pick up the Bible and tell
someone about God and let Him change them.
Let’s go out today and love God and love people and then sit back and
watch the world be changed.
Now
you say “What about the sin? What about the homosexuality?” When we learn to love God and love people, we
learn to hate sin because sin does not love people and sin, most certainly,
does not love God. You see, sin made us
dead but Christ made us alive. If we shout
the gospel message to the world, then the sin will be taken care of. So learn to love God and love people for that
is what sin hates the most.
