Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Commentary: Rapidly Declining Mainline Church Seeks to Require Ministers to Support Transgenderism, Gay Marriage
The Presbyterian Church (USA) has permitted, but not required, its ministers to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies since 2014. But that allowance is no longer sufficient for the progressive denomination; it now aims to mandate that future ministers affirm transgenderism and same-sex marriage as prerequisites for ordination. At its General Assembly this June, the denomination will take up legislation that would implement that requirement.
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The Presbyterian Church has lost its way. Instead of preaching the gospel, now they want to move into marketing themselves. If they take this path they are nothing more than merchants and money changers.
ReplyDeleteJoining their Methodist & Episcopalian bretheren I see. I think the Baptists will be the last holdout religion. That is until the Atlanta diocese decides to cave in favor of all their rainbow mafia members
ReplyDeleteThe past, as good as it was, is the past and there's no going back. Won't be too long before you'll see 2 dudes de-virgining each other on the altar after exchanging their marriage vows presided over by a 250-pound ordained Lesbian who'd make Hillary Clinton look like Jennifer Lawrence. Amen.
ReplyDelete“Sorry, suck the dick, lose the Kingdom.”
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fSDpdD6ym10
WiscoDave
This is from 1 Corinthians 6.
Delete9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
The most important part is verse 11. Some of them were sinners, but now they are not because of the Blood of Christ. No doubt these Corinthians were no perfect people, but due to the Blood of Christ, God no longer considered them as sinners, even though it is likely that they still committed sin.
My point is that we are sinful, and no one sin is any worse than another. Try
James 2:10 for that idea.
PigPen51 got it just exactly right. Thank you!
DeleteThe word 'WERE' in verse 11 implies repentance, which means they are no longer practicing those sins.
DeleteRepentance typically requires an admission of guilt for a wrong; a promise or resolve not to repeat the offense.
So, yes, while we are washed clean, that doesn't mean we practice the same sin.
So, shall we then continue in sin that grace may abound? Paul replies with a resounding “God forbid” (Romans 6:2). To desire to continue in sin shows a misunderstanding of this abundant grace and a contempt for Jesus' sacrifice. Either we believe what God says is true or we don't.
This is how Leftist god-builders killed the Episcopal church.
ReplyDelete"And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers." John 10:5
Avoid this psuedo-cult like the black plague.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's another reason PC-USA hasn't seen a dime from me in 20+ years. There are other branches that haven't lost their minds. That's where we go.
ReplyDeleteOrganized religion has always been about control of society through guilt and shame. Society has taken a extreme left turn so the moderators of control has to adapt or get real jobs.....
ReplyDeleteJD
Just the next step in the slow insidious creeping plan. Fracture places of worship and any traditional culture, move to next one, wash, rinse, repeat.
ReplyDeleteJust to let ya know; the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod still practices and teaches the Word of God. You may have heard that "lutheran" churches practice secular lies. The Evangelical Lutheran Church Association is one that comes to mind.
ReplyDeleteSo keep that in mind when you are looking for a church body that respects God's Word in peoples lives.
I left that church when money ("pass the plate around") became important. This latest confirms I won't be back. Attendance is down - so is funding - and rather than go back to fundamentals, it's easier to pander to the evil ones. Just one more money-grubbing corporation.
ReplyDelete2Peter2
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
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But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
The Presbyterians split into two distinct groups many years ago, PCA, which kept the traditional beliefs, and PCUSA which is the liberal branch.
ReplyDeletethe Methodists are in the process of doing the same thing now.