The wrath of God.
The Synod of the Church of England recently met and at the
proposal of the bishops, they passed a motion to allow same sex marriages to be
blessed in churches. There was regret that same sex marriages were not to be
allowed to be celebrated in Churches . which will no doubt be approved in the
July meeting.
The Archbishops apologised to the LGBT organisation, which represents
the homosexual constitution, for the failure to further and approve marriages.
If we turn to the book of Romans in the Bible, we can read
the words ’God gave hem up’. Having stated the righteous shall live by faith,
Paul writes the Word of God from heaven has been revealed against all
unrighteousness and godliness of men and women who support and engage in
unnatural sexual practices, for this reason God gave them up. Hence, the
Archbishops are apologising for not teaching something which the Bible describes as incurring the
wrath of God, which made God give them up.
In plain terms, this is stating God does not approve of
same sex relationships and whilst people are free to follow their own desires
under State law, the Church cannot approve of them. This calls for the bishops to stop their irresponsible
actions, and to honour their vows to preach ONLY what the Bible sanctions, and
keep to what they promised to do.
The Church is the only means of teaching the Gospel. The
Bible states, how can people believe if they have not heard, and how can they
hear if no one teaches them. The Bible
is the supreme authority for all teaching, and is the divine Word of God for
what is right or wrong. If any person in Holy Orders cannot accept this, they
should take the honourable action of resigning. To remain is an affront to God
and Jesus Christ.
The Church of England is the mother Church of the worldwide
Anglican Communion, 75% of which is spread across the world, and the Archbishop
of Canterbury is considered to be the leader of the Communion. That large percentage is firmly committed to
the words of Scripture, and is shocked that the Church of England can so easily
act against the teaching laid down in the Bible, which has the been the foundation
for matrimony since its origination, and is co commanded by God and the Lord
Jesus Christ. In consequence, they are passing a resolution to separate from
the Church of England with sadness, that the Church to which they looked up to, has acted in the
way it has. The Archbishop is no longer seen as leader.
God abandons a nation which acts against His Word, and
those who have disrespected, or have followed their own ways. God withdraws His
grace for all who cause moral chaos.
We have to recognize there is much immorality in society, a
situation in which the Church should challenge and not acquiesce. Virtually on
every entertainment television channel, there is a sexual scene from the mere
suggestive to the blatant pornographic. This is unhelpful for children.
We now have
transgenderism thrust upon us, despite eminent surgeons stating it if medically
impossible. In schools, all forms of sexuality is taught to young people, and even
children of four years are being made to walk in Gay Pride marches without
parental knowledge, and questioned if they think they are of the wrong gender
Bishops sit in the House of Lords for the purpose of
holding the government of the day to hold to a moral compass, but whilst they
may write letters about food banks and climate change, they never write about
how children are subject to improper teaching at schools. In fact, a petition supported by many people,
called on the Archbishop of Canterbury to ban an organisation which teaches children
in Church schools to support homosexual content and abandon heterosexuality.
We have now reached a stage where true believers are
considering whether they can remain in the Church of England when it so
improperly treats Scripture, and such would decimate the Church when it is already
losing members. A huge task has been placed on Vicars who will now have to
declare their views on marriage, which
will inevitably affect relationships. And what a situation for a Vicar who has
care of more than one church, in which there may be differences between his
churches.
God and the Church have become irrelevant to a sizeable
amount of people in society and public life. An example was given
from a political campaign in Scotland at the present time. A vacancy has arisen
as the First Minister of Scotland has resigned shortly after she announced a
bill to the Scottish Parliament, to allow anyone of the age of 16 to declare themselves
to be of the opposite sex to their biological sex, without any medical
recommendation. This of course placed
women in a dangerous, situation for they would have had free access to women’s
own facilities.
The front runner for the vacancy was a woman, with a
formidable record of Parliamentary efficiency. In her campaign speech, she told
she is a member of the Free Church of Scotland, and announced she was a
Christian. She added that she did not favour same sex marriage, sex out of marriage, and was not in favour of casual
abortion. Members of her own Scottish National Party spoke against her views.
Religion is not as
strong as it once was in Scotland, and the press immediately wrote her off in
consequence of her Christian declaration. In a television cross party
discussion she was most aggressively attacked. Her nearest challenger is a
Muslim man who will have much of the same outlook, even if not declaring so.
Christianity is prone to much mockery in public life. One
man who for a short time led the Liberal Democrat Party, but such was the
mockery and harassment when he declared his Christian faith, he had to resign
the Office. In the Labour Party, a
senior member declared, we don’t do God.
I was listening to a broadcast from the United States
Senate shortly after when a member returned after being injured and he referred
to his faith in recovery; the members present all clapped. American politicians
can be open about their faith.
I close with the words of John Wesley.
I want to know the way to heaven; how to land on that happy
shore. God himself has condescended to teach the way; for this end He came from
heaven. He hath written it down in a book. Give me that book. At any price give
me the book.
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