It was sad, but expected. The Supreme Court of the United States joined its Canadian counterpart in ruling that gay marriage is constitutional according to the human law, but that still does not make it legal by the divine law.
The Supreme Judge of the Universe already ruled from eternity that marriage is a union between one man and one woman. Nothing is ever going to change that. I do not fear for the people like myself who still choose to say the truth about it, but for the supreme court judges who will one day have to stand before The Supreme Judge who created mankind and instituted marriage. What they are going to tell Him? I pray they will repent before the day of their judgement comes.
Many Christians in America are feeling shaken by this, but they should not be surprised. We are living in the last days and we were warned in the Bible that as the end times progress, the world is going to get spiritually darker, but we are children of the light who should not fear the darkness.
All the more we need to let our light shine before men, so that they will see that light and will be drawn to it. We need to live the gospel out without diluting it and without compromising its integrity. We cannot allow ourselves to become salt that has lost its flavour.
How can we advocate for traditional marriage when the divorce rate is so high? This needs to change. We must submit to God in all things and begin to live by the Spirit, not by the desires and selfishness of our flesh. We have to stop living like the world, so we will not be suffering like it does.
We can only lead by example and things came to this point mainly because many of us don't. I am very blessed to have a godly husband and because we chose God's ways above our flesh, we are happily married now for over 15 years. But we did build our marriage on a solid foundation. We waited for sex until we were married, we did not even kiss before our wedding night. We also chose to do everything we can to make our marriage work by submitting to one another and placing the good of the family above our own desires.
It is sad to see when other Christian couples do not do that because it causes their marriages to suffer or even end in divorce. It doesn't have to be this way, it should not be this way.
As Christians we will one day stand before The Supreme Judge too to answer for what kind of examples we were to the world. The world cannot be changed by politics, but it will be changed by the power of the gospel and the very living presence of God. Let us draw near to Him, so He would draw near to us and shelter us when the judgement falls on the ungodly.
Remember that every nation and culture in history that embraced and celebrated same sex eventually imploded on itself. Sodom, Gomorrah, Greek and Roman empires, where are they today? I am afraid that Western civilization as we know it will meet the same fate. There will be more and more lawlessness, religious extremism, and violence until the freedom the West so cherished will be lost to ruthless dictatorship. For freedom can be enjoyed fully and can last only in godly societies where people practice the golden rule. Democracy will never work for the lawless, godless, selfish, and greedy-it never had.
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