This is blog #10 of a continuation of my response to a missive/blog posted several months ago entitled "Why I am a Christian Who Supports Gay Marriage." Please Google it and check it out before continuing.
Concerning God's Ordered Purpose for Humanity
Finally, if there's one phrase we could use to describe all of God's Creation I think it would be "ordered purpose." You see, God created and creates all things on, in and about this world for a purpose...Ultimately, of course, for HIS purpose! But not only that: When He created all things and placed them in His Creation, He didn't just do so "willy nilly" and expect them to accomplish their purpose by happenstance (as in the theory of evolution): He created everything, seen and unseen, with an intricate, detailed design that would allow it to achieve the purpose for which it was created. This is especially the case with living things...And most especially the case with human beings and their bodies.
Our bodies are sacred (the word "sacred" means "set apart for" or "to") overall because they were ultimately designed to be the temple of the Holy Spirit here on earth. But they were also designed with sacred, personalized attributes, features and abilities - both broad and specific - to help each one of us to accomplish the specific purpose for which He placed us in His Creation; just like snowflakes, there are no two of us humans that are exactly alike. The most obvious physical features which we were born with and over which we have no choice include our ethnicity (or culture), our race (specifically, our skin color), our hair and eye color, and our gender (male or female). (And yet, we are all made in the image and likeness of God!) But there's one thing you cannot tell about a person from analyzing a DNA sample or a gene chart: His or her sexual proclivity...or preference. Unlike the traits of our fleshly bodies, which are determined by our DNA and genetic makeup (over which we have no control), our sexual proclivities are part of our spiritual nature and are controlled by mental and spiritual decisions, which result in what we call behavior (which, of course, is controllable).
Our gender, specifically our sexual identity as male or female, was designed by God with one, and only one, specific purpose in mind: Procreation! (Please take note here that I am not saying that God mandates that married couples must have children, and no where in the New Testament does it say that.) In fact, the design of the male/female gender differences in all the living species of nature on Earth testify to this function and purpose. And I'm not just talking about the differences in genitals here; I'm talking about everything from muscle mass to cognitive reasoning to emotions - the whole package. It doesn't take a genius or a rocket scientist to comprehend that the whole gender package was designed with one purpose in mind: To conceive, birth and nurture children to adulthood, so that they might be moved to accomplish the purpose for which God specifically created them for in His Kingdom, which includes the procreation of humanity on Earth. Unfortunately, we have selfishly focused on making it all about a small, usually pleasurable part of the process, the act of copulating, rather than following through with God's original purpose. To put it bluntly, we have made it all about the orgasm instead of the organism! Isn't it amazing, how we ignore God's sacred design in order to fulfill our own selfish, flesh-driven purposes?
Concerning the So-Called "Golden Rule" and Real Love
At the end of her missive, the blogger says that the biggest reason for her support of gay marriage is the Golden Rule (which, in actuality, is a title made up by man and is not used in the Bible)...And then promptly leaves out the most important half of the so-called Golden Rule! The so-called Golden Rule encompasses the TWO basic commandments that Jesus reduced the Laws of Moses and the Old Testament to in Matthew chapter 22:37-40 (note that Matthew 7 is only a partial summation of the Law and Commandments), Mark 12:30-31 and Luke 10:27-37. Take note that the FIRST commandment of the summary is this: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all soul and with all your mind and with all your strength." In view of this first commandment, can anyone not see that if you are ignoring the sacredness of God's design and purpose for your body, you are not showing Him that you love Him with all that you have, and that you are, therefore, breaking the so-called Golden Rule.
As for the second commandment to "Love your neighbor as yourself", does the author even know what the definition of "neighbor" is? Do you? Hint: It's not about loving anybody and everybody! In fact, Jesus took the time to answer that very question in Luke's account of this incident. As matter of fact, why don't you go back and read that account right now; it's Luke 10:29-37. Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan, and then asked who was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of people who beat him up, robbed him and left him in a ditch to die. Turns out your neighbor is one who needs your mercy and help with their problems and weaknesses, not one who "loves them" by just leaving them alone to do whatever they want. You see, using half of a scripture reference to make a point is like telling a half truth, which of course, is the worst kind of lie. In fact, the suggestion that I am loving my neighbor by misusing the sacredness of his or her sexual organs or gender is just plain ludicrous. Can you just imagine standing before God sitting on His Judgement Throne at the end of our mortal life and trying to justify to Him how we "modified" our sexual practices/functions and His sacrament of marriage to accommodate our beliefs on how these things should have been set up in order to satisfy our individual needs? I just do not understand how someone who claims to be a Christian can consider these things and not see the absolute hypocrisy and error of their blind support for either homosexuality or gay marriage!
Conclusion: What Is Your Identity?
As I close on this matter, let me once again reiterate that it is not what we do or what we say or what group we are a part of that will determine our eternal destiny...THAT is determined by who we are SPIRITUALLY in God's eyes as an individual: You are either alive to Him through the indwelling presence of His Son, Jesus Christ, in your life when you become born again, or you are dead to Him because of Christ's absence; the former spends eternity with God in Heaven, while the latter is eternally damned along with Satan. Put in the context of this discussion, the question is, what is your spiritual identity? That was what Paul was trying to point out in 1 Cor 6 about who will inherit the Kingdom of God: At the end of the day, whether you identify yourself as a homosexual or a heterosexual makes no difference in the eyes of God. Only when your identity becomes "born again child of God who has been justified and sanctified by the recreation of your spirit with the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit of God" will you inherit the Kingdom of God and eternal salvation. Your identity, i.e., who you are, will always trump your actions, i.e., what you do. But please know that in the end, your actions tend to indicate who you really are! As the old saying goes, "Apples only come from the apple tree."
Finally, please know this: God's Word says this, "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life."(Gal 6:7-8) Friend, if you claim to be a Christian, you have to ask yourself this question: Does your support of gay marriage and homosexuality sow to the latter...Or to the former?
NOTE: Concerning Comments
I have disabled any comments to this blog. If you have a problem with anything I've written, please take it up with God and the Holy Spirit. It has taken me almost three years of praying, listening and studying as the Holy Spirit directed to bring this response to publication in this blog. If you think I made a mistake in any of my responses, please take it to God and ask Him to show me my error. If you have a problem with my interpretation of the Scripture or Bible references I used, please don't take my word for what God is saying...Go and ask Him to reveal to you the truth of His Word about all this, because, frankly, in the long run (or should I say, "in the eternal scheme of things"), what I have to say doesn't really matter!
