Jesus Accepts Gay Marriage
By Jake Kohl
According
to Elton John in Time Magazine, “…Jesus would approve of marriage equality….”[1] John
stating in an interview that, “If Jesus Christ was alive today, I cannot see
him … saying this could not happen,”[2]
and then defending his position by stating, “He [Jesus] was all about love and
compassion and forgiveness and trying to bring people together, and that is
what the church should be about.”[3] This
belief and radical statement has become a more and more common belief as well
as being accepted by a large part of society, both Christian and non-Christians alike, including different
denominations who support gay marriage such as the Community of Christ,
Lutherans and the Old Catholic Church to name a few.
The view
that Jesus would accept gay marriage is becoming increasingly supportive within
the family, schools, churches, entertainment industry and the media in general,
and it is true because of the many who rally in support of equal rights including many Christians and religious leaders alike.
As one proponent (Christian) of gay marriage stated concerning gay marriage and
the Christian faith in our era, “It was a time when everyone was supposed to
evolve….”[4] This
belief has impacted both secular and religious realms because scripture has
either been twisted or eliminated to conform to this particular sin. As more
and more denominations accept and/or encourage this sin as acceptable behavior approved by God, then we will continue to fall as a nation and people. We
call evil good and good evil – which is the moral norm.
The
fallacies of this belief are refuted by looking into scripture and seeing that
Jesus Himself upheld the moral law in the Old Testament which included sexual immorality. His statement that he
didn’t come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it[5] is
valid even today. Jesus wouldn’t and has never condoned gay marriage or any
other sin. Rather, “Jesus condemned "all" sexual activity outside of
marriage between a man and woman when He said, "Out of the heart proceed
evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornicators…these defile a man (Matthew
15:19).”[6]
References
Feeney,
Nolan. "Elton John: Jesus Would Approve of Same-Sex Marriage." Time
Magazine, June 29, 2014. Accessed September 1, 2014
Idleman,
Shane. "Did Jesus Say Anything About Homosexuality?" Christian Post.
May 28, 2014. Accessed September 01, 2014. http://www.christianpost.com/news/did-jesus-say-anything-about-homosexuality-120501/.
Schmitz,
Matthew. "HOW I EVOLVED ON GAY MARRIAGE." First Things, no.
245 (Aug, 2014): 72,72,71, http://search.proquest.com/docview/1545986007?accountid=12085.
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