Recently President Obama made a statement regarding same sex marriages. He thinks that they should be legal. He has been quoted as saying that he calls himself a Christian. If he is a Christian, then he can not believe in this. The Bible says in Mark 10: 6-9
6 But ‘God made them male and female’[a] from the beginning of creation. 7 ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife,[b] 8 and the two are united into one.’[c] Since they are no longer two but one, 9 let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
The Bible is full of all kinds of things that we are not supposed to do. I try to follow it as closely as I can, but I am far from perfect.
Ephesians 5:18
18 Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit.
I have not had a drink since 2003. I just choose not to. The Bible tells me not to get drunk, so I don't.
Ephesians 4:29
29 Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.
The first part of this was a hard one for me to change. I worked on a shipping dock, with truck drivers around all the time. So changing my speech was very difficult for me. The Bible says not to use foul or abusive language, so I stopped. The second part of that passage is easy for me. I am always encouraging people, lifting them up. I always try to see the best in everyone. It's not always easy, I still struggle with this.
This can go on and on. I am just trying to say is that saying you are a Christian, you have to line up with what the Bible says. You can't believe what the Bible says and then go out and say or do something different. Like I said in the opening, this is just my thoughts on what it means to be a Christian. I love everyone the same. I may not like their lifestyle choice, but that is between them and God!
The first part of this was a hard one for me to change. I worked on a shipping dock, with truck drivers around all the time. So changing my speech was very difficult for me. The Bible says not to use foul or abusive language, so I stopped. The second part of that passage is easy for me. I am always encouraging people, lifting them up. I always try to see the best in everyone. It's not always easy, I still struggle with this.
This can go on and on. I am just trying to say is that saying you are a Christian, you have to line up with what the Bible says. You can't believe what the Bible says and then go out and say or do something different. Like I said in the opening, this is just my thoughts on what it means to be a Christian. I love everyone the same. I may not like their lifestyle choice, but that is between them and God!
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