Why this statement, "Why the Rejection of the Nashville Statement on Sexuality Is a Rejection of the Bible" is absolutely outright bigotry and hate being splashed around by AMERICANIZED EVANGELICAL'S who have twisted the WORD of GOD until they NO LONGER KNOW the TRUTH of that WORD they say they love so much.
Article written by Dr. Michael Brown except for my
comments that are highlighted in Pink through out this article.
10/30/2017
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In case you have missed it, let me share with you the NOT SO GOOD NEWS from a "CHRISTIAN" who thinks they actually know the heart of GOD. Remember first and foremost that JESUS said you would know them by their fruit Matthew 7:15-20 and His followers are to share the GOOD NEWS of the GOSPEL Mark 16:15, not their HATE twisted scriptures.
Funny that this author seems to think because other "CHRISTIANS" do NOT AGREE with his theology that they are rejecting the authority of the Word of God. It amazes me still to this day how mankind has decided that whatever their personal interpretation of the Word of God, that one is the right one and everyone else is wrong. This my friends is why Jesus said He would send you a comforter who would guide you in all knowledge of the Word of God.
John 14:26 (AMP) But the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will help you remember everything that I have told you.
For those who haven't read the Nashville Statement, you can read it by clicking here {Since the Statement first came out the authors have gone back in and added as many scriptures as possible to justify the HATE it exudes. Guess they forgot you actually need to back up your BIGOTRY with the WORD of GOD you twist to fit your ideology.}, the Babylon Bee, a Christian satirical website, actually sums things up well, and with some well-placed sarcasm: "It says some really controversial stuff for Bible-believing Christians, like that God made Adam and Eve as (trigger warning) male and female, that marriage was created by God to be the union between one man and one woman, that He loves people with gender dysphoria and same-sex attraction even if He doesn't approve of all of their actions, and that He offers His grace and mercy to sinners of all stripes."
Yes, just the most basic of the basics, reaffirming what the church (and synagogue) have believed about marriage and sexuality for two millennia and offering grace and mercy to all. That's why, when I was asked to be one of the initial signatories, I signed on without hesitation. What was there to disagree with?
There is plenty to disagree with when it comes to the Nashville Statement that was drawn up by a group of EVANGELICAL PREACHERS who have taken the WORD of GOD out of context for so many years they NO LONGER KNOW THE TRUTH. The "Church" does NOT need another NO IT ALL PREACHER telling them they must believe what they have been taught for "two millennia". Amazing enough we are taught in SEMINARY to CONTINUE with the LIES and HALF TRUTHS, why? because that is how it has "ALWAYS" been taught. You read that right my friends. We are actually told that the people in the CHURCH have been lied to for so long now that they would NOT be able to HANDLE the TRUTH of GOD'S WORD. Imagine going to school so you can stand in front of a group of people and LIE to them WEEK after WEEK while you fill your bank account with their money. I am BLOWING the WHISTLE, I AM SHOUTING it as often as I CAN, READ and STUDY the WORD of GOD for yourself. Check out ancient history online or in the library. You can LEARN the ABSOLUTE TRUTH of GOD'S Word if you allow the HOLY SPIRIT to teach you!!!
Yet in response to the Nashville Statement a headline on the Huffington Post declared, "Hundreds Of Christian Leaders Denounce Anti-LGBTQ 'Nashville Statement.'" The Post called the statement "divisive and bizarrely-timed," noting that it "drew harsh criticism from many other Christians, members of the LGBTQ community and even the mayor of Nashville."
Need I tell you that this article was penned by Antonia Blumberg for the Post's "Queer Voices" section?
Of course, LGBT activists and their allies will condemn a statement that reaffirms God's standards for marriage and sexuality. Why should that occasion surprise?
What is sad is the FACT that AMERICANIZED EVANGELICALS have lied and twisted the WORD of GOD for so many years they do not even realize how ignorant they sound when making statements like the previous one.
Likewise, a September 1 op-ed piece in The New York Times stated that, "This week, an influential group of evangelical Christians publicly doubled down on intolerance in a message about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people that represents a renewed commitment to open bigotry."
Yes, "The Nashville Statement's harm is more than symbolic. The hateful beliefs it endorses have real-life, devastating consequences."
And who is the author of this article? Eliel Cruz, a self-described "leading bisexual activist."
Are you seeing a pattern here?
The Nashville Statement is a MAN MADE article of LAWS which JESUS HIMSELF would reject just as HE did with the Pharisees. The Pharisees continually tried to trip JESUS up by mixing scripture with man made laws. Every time, JESUS rose above their ignorance with the TRUTH of the WORD of GOD.
The problem is not with the Nashville Statement. It is with the Bible, since the statement only reaffirms what the Bible clearly teaches, namely that: 1) God made humans male and female; 2) marriage, as intended by God, is the lifelong union of a man and a woman; 3) homosexual practice is always sinful in God's sight; 4) God offers forgiveness for all human beings through the cross of Jesus; and 5) those who struggle with same-sex attraction or gender identity confusion can be welcomed into the body of Christ like any other struggling individual, as long as they do not celebrate or affirm that which is wrong.
1. God made mankind in His image this is true Genesis 1:27-28 says God created us godlike in nature male and female.
2. God approves marriage between two consenting adults he proved that when he honored the covenant between David and Jonathan. 1 Samuel 18:3 (AMP) Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Once must also realize that you can ONLY get a MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE from a GOVERNMENT RUN AGENCY NOT a CHURCH.
3. Spiritual Prostitution NOT HOMOSEXUALITY - The Mo-lech worship of Leviticus 18:21 and 20:2-5, 13, with sexual sin and with spiritual prostitution, "I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech (Hebrew - to commit harlotry after Mo-lech)." Leviticus 20:5. God intended to prevent His people from practicing the shrine prostitution of the Canaanites, which He warned against in Leviticus 18:3 and 20:23. The word translated Mo-lech or Moloch (the spelling varies), occurs multiple times in the Bible, in Leviticus 18:21, 20:2, 3, 4, 5, 1 Kings 11:7, 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 32:35, Amos 5:25-26, Acts 7:42-43, Romans 1:18-32.
4. Yes we see over and over again all through the Word of God that GOD forgives mankind from his sins. Once you are God's NOTHING can separate you from HIM, Romans 8:31-38
5. Just an ignorant "Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin" comment that amounts to pure HATE BASED Propaganda NOT the LOVE of GOD!!!
I absolutely do not agree with the NASHVILLE STATEMENT written by a group of bitter "Christians" with nothing better to do with their time. The Nashville Statement was written in a SPIRIT of HATE therefore it has NOTHING beneficial for the SAINTS of GOD. Nor will I endorse the Ignorance of the NAZARETH STATEMENT which does not line up with the Word of God either.
And that's why a counter-statement, called the Nazareth Statement, issued by LGBT "Christian" leaders and their allies, affirms all the talking points of LGBT activism, including:
- That "our wide spectrum of unique sexualities and gender identities is a perfect reflection of the magnitude of God's creative work" and that is wrong to limit God's creative intent "to a gender binary or that God's desire for human romantic relationships is only to be expressed in heterosexual relationships between one man and one woman."
- That it is wrong to argue that "God intended human romantic relationships to be limited to one man and one woman."
- That is unhealthy to force "individuals to embrace a gender identity that matches the cultural assumptions based on their biology."
- That one cannot judge Christian orthodoxy based on views about homosexuality but that is not Christlike to hold to traditional Christian teaching on homosexuality or to refuse "to openly dialogue with LGBT+ people."
Since Jesus said there would be NO MARRIAGE in HEAVEN { Matthew 22:29-30 But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead]. For in the resurrection neither do men marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven [who do not marry nor produce children].} and NO MALE NOR FEMALE {Galatians 3:28
There
is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for
you [who believe] are all one in Christ Jesus [no one can claim a
spiritual superiority].}the Nazareth Statement along with the Nashville Statement are both BOGUS NONSENSE in the EYES of GOD!!!
According to this counter-statement, gender is what you perceive it to be, your biology doesn't determine your gender, men can have God-blessed sex with men and women can have God-blessed sex with women, provided it is "Covenantal," and it is unchristian to uphold Christian standards of marriage and sexuality.
Marriage is a COVENANTAL CONTRACT between two people. It is both SPIRITUAL and PHYSICAL. God blesses those who bind their hearts together in a covenant or marriage to each other. Being single and living in sin is NOT what God wants for HIS CHILDREN, neither does HE want you to enter into a covenant or marriage with no love between the two parties. Jesus talked about the ONLY REASON GOD ALLOWED DIVORCE was because of the HARDNESS of the hearts of the two people Matthew 19:8-9. How many EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS do you know that have divorced for any reason other than ADULTERY? I am quite sure you know many because the CHURCH is FULL of DIVORCED and REMARRIED PEOPLE. It is time for the CHURCH to grow up and quit placing man made laws on everyone that can never be kept by all mankind. Just do what Jesus said to do and love each other. Every covenant relationship is bound in love.
That's why I say that people who have a problem with the Nashville Statement have a problem with God and His Word. It's that simple.
That statement is meant to put BONDAGE on you. God's Word FREE'S you from BONDAGE!!!
The previous statement is NOT ground in BIBLICAL REALITY it is ground in MAN MADE LAWS that CAUSE BONDAGE in the BODY of CHRIST. The Nashville Statement is BONDAGE - The WORD of GOD sets you FREE FROM MAN MADE BONDAGE, "Christ has set us free to live a free life. So take your stand! Never again let anyone put a harness of slavery on you. Galatians 5:1"
There is, however, one more angle to discuss, and that is the connection to Donald Trump.
You might ask, "What in the world does President Trump have to do with this statement on sexuality?"
It appears that some Christian leaders are upset with the statement because some of the signers endorsed Trump or serve on his advisory faith council, as if this somehow disqualifies a biblical statement from being biblical. What kind of logic is this? And what of the fact that other signers were strong Trump critics? And what of signers like Rosaria Butterfield and Christopher Yuan, both of whom came out of homosexual practice and are compassionate gospel witnesses with a non-political message of reconciliation?
Statements like above are misleading because they are absolute falsehoods contrived by the EVANGELICAL CHURCH to make people think they can actually change their sexual orientation just because the "CHURCH" says so. Nothing could be further from the truth.
If a person who is straight goes against what is natural for them then it is a sin and when they leave that relationship they feel reconciled to God, which they surely are. The same is done in reverse for someone who is homosexual trying to be straight which is against their nature. God created us all just as we are and NO ONE can take that away from you. I go into greater depth on this subject in my blog post, Love and Understanding.
A misleadingly-headlined articled in the Washington Post reads, "Why even conservative evangelicals are unhappy with the anti-LGBT Nashville Statement."
Yes, "'Had white evangelical leaders ... withheld support for Mr. Trump after the infamous 'Access Hollywood' tapes, maybe their opposition to same-sex marriage would be viewed ... as a principled, rather than a bigoted, position,' said Skye Jethani, a prominent Chicago-area pastor and author."
With all respect to Rev. Jethani, virtually every evangelical leader I know expressed disgust with those tapes, some of those leaders spoke directly to candidate Trump about them (and in strong terms), and all agreed that this was an ugly part of his past that he himself regretted.
And does Rev. Jethani really believe that liberal Christians, LGBT activists, and the secular media would have greeted our statement on biblical sexuality any differently today if none of us had voted for Trump? Does he really think that we were not already mocked and vilified for the principled, biblical stand we had taken for many years prior to this?
The Babylon Bee asks the question, "Who has signed the Nashville Statement?" The answer? "A whole mob of fringe, hate-filled bigots with zero credibility, such as John Piper, J.I. Packer, Mark Dever, R.C. Sproul, John MacArthur, Al Mohler, Russell Moore, Francis Chan, and Matt Chandler. Just look at that list of theological lightweights—couldn't they at least have gotten some people who've proven themselves as faithful witnesses of Christ?"
Leave it to ARROGANT AMERICANIZED EVANGELICALS {MODERN DAY PHARISEES} to accuse less seasoned men and women of God as theological lightweights. Sound familiar? That's right, the author of this article is one of those AAE'S who have decided to follow an EVIL MAN of the WORLD, Donald J. Trump, calling him good even though all HIS FRUIT is ROTTEN. The AAE'S who have decided to IGNORE the WORD of GOD not once but twice have deliberately disobeyed GOD'S WORD. First they have CALLED that which is EVIL GOOD, Isaiah 5:20 and they have chosen to ignore GOD'S WORD of WARNING about men like Donald J. Trump whom they are commanded to stay away from, 2 Timothy 3:1-9.
In contrast, the Washington Post quoted from almost no nationally recognized conservative evangelical voices, despite its bold headline.
The Bee also notes, with full sarcasm, "That those supporting the Nashville Statement are not doing so because they believe the Word of God, but because they are homophobic, neo-Nazi white supremacists who worship Donald Trump—which makes sense, as long as you don't think about it for longer than about three seconds."
Amazing that they say with full sarcasm what they KNOW to be TRUTH about their HATE FILLED MESSAGE and ORGANIZATIONS. Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council just held a Values Voter Summit recently with Donald J. Trump as the key speaker along with several other speakers who were less than what the BIBLE would consider holy. They even had a White Supremacists, besides Trump, Bannon who is also a NEO-NAZI speak. So I guess you can say the statement about is less sarcasm and more so based in FACT. Read more about this doctrine of demons, here.
Precisely so.
I'm all for dialogue with professing LGBT Christians, and I have often apologized for the church's past failures in our treatment of those who identify as LGBT. And I constantly preach on the need for a baptism of love for those who identify as LGBT.
But love and truth go hand in hand, which is why the Nashville Statement should be affirmed by all those who love Jesus, love the Bible and love the LGBT community.
Whether or not you support the Nashville Statement has absolutely NOTHING to DO with loving JESUS, the BIBLE, or anyone. Jesus said love God and love your fellowman Mark 12:30-31. If we FREELY admit and confess our sins, God will forgive us. 1 John 1:9
No my friends Dr. Michael Brown does not want to have a dialogue with TRUE LGBTQ CHRISTIANS because they would eat his lunch with the TRUTH of the WORD of GOD. Men like Dr. Brown want to continue with the old saying, "Love the sinner, Hate the Sin", which is NOT BIBLICAL AT ALL. Yes, ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of GOD, but the GIFT of GOD is ETERNAL LIFE. Romans 3:23 If you believe in Jesus you will be saved, Romans 10:9 and John 3:16-18. Jesus said EVERYONE who believes will be saved, that would include LGBTQ, John 11:25. It is TIME for ALL of GOD'S CHILDREN to work together IN LOVE not HATE to heal this EVIL WORLD we are living in. As long as Americanized Evangelicals continue SPEWING HATE from their pulpits there will be DIVISION in the HOUSE of GOD in the USA!!!
Dr. Michael Brown (www.askdrbrown.org) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. His latest book is Saving a Sick America: A Prescription for Moral and Cultural Transformation. Connect with him on Facebook or Twitter.
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