Very apt particularly about the core of following God it's about obedience. John 14:15. To truly love Jesus is to follow his commandments. Evangelist Jacky Hill Perry says "to be a Christian is a death sentence" a death to self and fleshly desires. As one who was delivered from same-sex relationships.
I really like your answer. Being winsome is preferable to being gruff with truth. I always advocate for people to think deeper, to see the substance beyond the shadow. When you see the scripture through a Christological lens, you can see Jesus as THE REALITY everywhere. Hebrews 1:1 God has, in these last days spoken to us BY HIS SON. I envy the disciples on the road to Emmaus, whose hearts burned within as Jesus himself taught them the scriptures! "And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24
[ It's a conjecture of mine that Paul would likely have had multiple theophanies durring his 3 years in Arabia after his conversion and before he met with the apostles. Galatians 1 That would explain his deep understanding of law/grace. With Jesus using him to clarify details of the Gospel that the original apostles were still coming to a full understanding of. Works for me anyway.]
There are multiple responses to the question of same sex marriage. My first thought was to go back to the creation order. God started things off the way He intended. And bringing all the animals to Adam to name was to show Adam that he was missing a complimentary mate. Only male and female together can be fruitful and multiply. God doesn't call things sin just because He wants to deny us their pleasures, but because He knows better that they are inherently detrimental to us. God's love wants what's best for us, not death, the wages of sin. God's words are a guardrail to protect us from harm, not a fence to keep us away from fun.
A preacher friend of mine, when some people justified their same sex attraction. claiming they couldn't resist their natural inclination, he pointed out he had a natural inclination to lust after every pretty girl he sees. But we all have to train and discipline our desires to match up to God's standards, not to go with our natural inclinations. It's not an isolated homosexual issue, we all have temptations we have to crucify our self to. We're not asking them to do anything different than we require of us all.
What other species mates face to face? Is the answer significant?
Why did God wait till after all the animals had come to Adam to be named? "No suitable helper", ie Adam was incomplete without his wife.
Why does sex feel so good? Because the act of copulation makes a complete image of God, so God made it to give us a hint of heaven and what it would be like to live in harmony with him. Homosexual sex is the inversion of God's plan. Anytime you see the inversion, good is bad, bad is good, the adversary is close by
As soon as the kids are old enough I’m getting them J.Warner Wallace’s kids books
He's simply awesome. One of my favorite defenders / explainers of the Faith.
Thank you for this, Tony. It's a great, easy to understand explanation for something that often gets very complicated for people.
Thanks again for the kindness of sharing my work.
I share it because it's good. 🤔
Very apt particularly about the core of following God it's about obedience. John 14:15. To truly love Jesus is to follow his commandments. Evangelist Jacky Hill Perry says "to be a Christian is a death sentence" a death to self and fleshly desires. As one who was delivered from same-sex relationships.
Thanks for sharing, Tambu!
I really like your answer. Being winsome is preferable to being gruff with truth. I always advocate for people to think deeper, to see the substance beyond the shadow. When you see the scripture through a Christological lens, you can see Jesus as THE REALITY everywhere. Hebrews 1:1 God has, in these last days spoken to us BY HIS SON. I envy the disciples on the road to Emmaus, whose hearts burned within as Jesus himself taught them the scriptures! "And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24
[ It's a conjecture of mine that Paul would likely have had multiple theophanies durring his 3 years in Arabia after his conversion and before he met with the apostles. Galatians 1 That would explain his deep understanding of law/grace. With Jesus using him to clarify details of the Gospel that the original apostles were still coming to a full understanding of. Works for me anyway.]
There are multiple responses to the question of same sex marriage. My first thought was to go back to the creation order. God started things off the way He intended. And bringing all the animals to Adam to name was to show Adam that he was missing a complimentary mate. Only male and female together can be fruitful and multiply. God doesn't call things sin just because He wants to deny us their pleasures, but because He knows better that they are inherently detrimental to us. God's love wants what's best for us, not death, the wages of sin. God's words are a guardrail to protect us from harm, not a fence to keep us away from fun.
A preacher friend of mine, when some people justified their same sex attraction. claiming they couldn't resist their natural inclination, he pointed out he had a natural inclination to lust after every pretty girl he sees. But we all have to train and discipline our desires to match up to God's standards, not to go with our natural inclinations. It's not an isolated homosexual issue, we all have temptations we have to crucify our self to. We're not asking them to do anything different than we require of us all.
What other species mates face to face? Is the answer significant?
Why did God wait till after all the animals had come to Adam to be named? "No suitable helper", ie Adam was incomplete without his wife.
Why does sex feel so good? Because the act of copulation makes a complete image of God, so God made it to give us a hint of heaven and what it would be like to live in harmony with him. Homosexual sex is the inversion of God's plan. Anytime you see the inversion, good is bad, bad is good, the adversary is close by