The
Christian Thing To Do…
Will a man sell his own soul
to be accepted, or will he be intolerant for Christ?
By de Andréa
September 27, 2013
Recently George H.W. Bush was wheeled out as the
token imprimatur for a same-sex wedding ceremony maybe you caught it on the
news. It reminded me of an event in Chicago back in 2010.
A man wearing nothing but underwear on a
city street in Chicago jumps down from a parade float to run over to another
man who is wearing a t-shirt that read “I’m Sorry.” The men hug; the
photographer’s camera clicks, the picture is posted.
The picture showed a group of professing
Christians at the Chicago Gay Pride Parade and a homosexual man dressed only in
underwear hugging one of these professing Christians. There were various
captions and a whole host of approving comments underneath the picture.
What was the reason for the hug? Well, I
think that becomes obvious when you witness the message that these ignorant Christians
had on their signs and placards: one said, “I’m sorry that Christians judge
you,” and another “I’m sorry the way churches have treated you,” and finally,
“I used to be a bible-banging homophobe, sorry.”
Nathan said: “I hugged a man in his
underwear. I hugged him tightly. And I am proud.”
I’d like to know exactly what you are proud of, Nathan. Are you proud of accepting the outcasts and
the down-trodden and bringing the message of eternal life in the person and
work of Jesus Christ to the lost…‘or’ proud of being accepted
yourself Nathan, by the world, by the age, by those
who are at enmity with Christ, and by those who urinate on the Word of God and
seek to muzzle the bearer of His Word?
Given the message on their signs, their
approach and their method, I can’t help but conclude that this outreach was a
self-serving promotion the likes of, “look me over but don’t overlook me.”
But it wasn’t as much what was heard but
what wasn’t heard from these so-called professing Christians attending this rally
of Satan. We heard nothing about Jesus
Christ, the cross, salvation, the Grace of God, forgiveness, redemption, sin or
the Savior; but we did hear “acceptance
and reconciliation.”
The Biblical doctrine of reconciliation
has nothing to do with being friends with the world, that’s called fellowship;
and fellowship with the world or this age is absolutely condemned in the
strongest of terms. (We must live in
this world but not become a part of it)
As A. W. Tozer puts it, “Christianity
today is not transforming people; rather it is being transformed by the people.
It is not raising the moral level of society; it is descending to society’s own
level, and congratulating itself that it has scored a victory because society
is smilingly accepting its surrender.”
The tragedy of modern discipleship is
the Christian’s lack of discernment, which has led the exchange of duty and
devotion to God, to a saccharine sentimentalism called tolerance. The disciple who is to walk in the
steps of Christ must reconcile “the world” that
God loves in John 3:16 and “the world” that
He hates in I John 2:15.
Christ warned that all those that live
Godly will suffer persecution and if the world hated Him, then it would certainly
hate his servants. Tell me, is there anything about the false gospel of the
Marin Foundation “Christianity” that would suggest that type of reprisal?
No, the
world will hug them, kiss them, and thank them, and why? Because these
professing Christians “tolerate” that a soul that God loves and Christ died for
should not be called out of their “death-style” by a loving Christian, but
instead — patted on the back by embarrassed believers all the way to their
Christ-less grave.
The savior for the lost, the hell-bound
and the hell deserving is not tolerance, but the risen and glorified Lord Jesus
Christ. This new virtue of tolerance is but an opiate to satiate the long
atrophied sense of accountability that lays dormant in the self-righteous
coward.
“In the world it is called Tolerance,”
writes Dorothy Sayers, “but in hell it is called Despair … the sin that
believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with
nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for
nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.”
THE BOTTOM
LINE: If you consider yourself to be a
Christian my friend, you had better prepare yourself to be persecuted, and I
don’t just mean verbal abuse or even the denial of ones right to practice one
beliefs. But the kind of life threatening persecution that may require one to
physically defend the lives of one’s family.
The kind that will require one to choose martyrdom, or’ to fight back. I can tell you this…I will not apologize for
being a Christian, I will not surrender to the enemy of God or make excuses for
His law.
What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the [the acceptance of
the] whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36 We are rapidly approaching the crossroads of the final decision my friend.
What is yours going to be…?
If you agree, please share these posts with your friends, family,
co-workers. The only way to defeat the apathy and propaganda of the
government and its controlled media is to spread the truth.
Thanks for
listening – de Andréa
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