Marrige, The Law and The Truth

With the recent Supreme Court ruling Friday regarding the same sex marriage law the comments from government leaders are varied. There is one thing that all the proponents are saying. “People can now marry whom they love.” You may have not noticed but the entire issue has revolved around love and the rights of those who love each other being the same sex.

 I do not know of any law that existed that said people could not marry whom they love. In fact many people marry people they don’t love. Some marry for money, some for lust, some because they were not sober enough to know what they were doing.  Why don’t they really say what the law is all about? That people of the same sex can marry one another and enjoy the same marital relationship and status as heterosexual couples. The sin of sexual immorality covers the entire spectrum of who can have sex with whom under the Law of God, married or not. God says that fornication (sex before marriage), adultery (sex with someone after you are married other than your spouse), sex with children, sex with animals, and sex with people of the same gender, all fall under the heading sexual immorality. Here is what the Bible says about it; “In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire” (Jude 1:7 NIV). God has not changed His mind since those days. Here is what the Apostle Paul was inspired to tell the people in Corinth who were out of control as well: “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2). 

The Supreme Court decision orders states to recognize same sex marriages just as they do heterosexual marriages, it does not, and cannot, order pastors, ministers, and churches to recognize it and thereby force them to perform such weddings. The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Authority; Almighty God is! Jesus said “That a man will leave his father and mother (male and female) and be joined (married) to his wife (female), (Mark 10:7 Italics mine). If Christ lives in our hearts and we want to marry then we cannot override that command; yes a command not just an opinion.  

Our President made this statement in a speech Friday after he said this was a “Victory for America.” [1]“Shifts in hearts and minds is possible,” he said. “And those who have come so far on their journey to equality have a responsibility to reach back and help others join them. Because for all our differences, we are one people — stronger together than we could ever be alone.”

 My heart will never shift because Christ lives in it and as long as I have my right mind I will never change it about the Bible. Never forget that God has not been overruled and never will be.

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[1] Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/26/obama-ditch-religious-convictions-about-same-sex-marriage-already/#ixzz3ebSexEC9