Apostate Church of England
Yesterday, the Church of England voted to affirm and bless same sex marriages. The vote among the Bishops was 36 for, only four against, and two abstains.
By this vote, the Church of England is essentially saying that they reject God. If you read the Bible, God’s Word, there is absolutely no way you can think that homosexual behavior should be accepted.
Homosexuality Is A Sin
Lets look at a few verses that clearly define homosexuality as a sin to God. It’s quite clear. For example, lets look at Leviticus 18:22:
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
God says it’s an abomination to engage in homosexual activity in this verse. Lest you say this was the Old Testament and no longer applies, lets look at what the New Testament says about homosexuality in Romans 1:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Notice in the proceeding verses God says that homosexuality is unnatural. He also says that homosexuals change the truth of God into a lie. That’s exactly what we are seeing now with the Church of England.
Also, read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah if you want to see how God feels about homosexuality and pedophilia. He destroys entire cities for these offenses.
Changing To Fit The World, Not God
The apostate Church of England is changing to fit the world and ignoring God’s Word, which is truth. Instead they should be changing themselves to fit God’s Word and ignoring the world. God very clearly tells Christians to NOT love the world as James 4:4 shows us:
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Or in 1 John 2:15:
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Parting Thoughts
The bottom line is that we are all sinners and we need Jesus to cleanse us of these sins. However, real Christians recognize these facts and try to turn away from sin. It doesn’t mean we won’t struggle to turn away from them, but we are trying and we are asking Jesus for help with that.
By affirming sin, whether it be homosexuality, getting drunk, stealing, lying, etc., the Church of England is telling us they couldn’t give one care about Jesus. They’d rather confirm to a wicked world instead of putting their faith in Jesus. It’s sad to see and there will be severe consequences for them in the future if they do not repent. Beware false teachers. Beware. 2 Peter 2:1 is very clear what happens to false teachers:
1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.