Sunday, Jul. 24, 2016
IS IT ANY WONDER?
"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?" - Matthew 7:4
The level of premarital
sex among teenage Christians is no different than those who are not
Christian. Divorce rates in the church are really no different from
those outside the church. When you look at these statistics, is it any
wonder that gay activists look at us and cry, “Hypocrites!” And you know
what? There is a certain amount of validity to that charge.
Jesus makes it clear that
God never desires divorce, and that premarital sex, adultery, lust, and
homosexuality are all sins. But too often the church ignores several
sins Jesus lists alongside of it and only focuses only on homosexuality.
We often park on one sin and neglect the multiplicity of sins that are
continual within the body of Christ. Gay activists see the obvious
hypocrisy of this and justifiably demand that we remove the logs from
our eyes before condemning their actions.
When we deal with subjects
like same-sex marriage, let’s be sure we first look in the mirror.
Let’s recognize that all sin displeases God. May we repent of our sins,
and seek to reach out with the love and the hope of Jesus Christ to all
mankind. Remember that no sin is too difficult to be forgiven and
overcome by the power of the cross.
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