Gay Pride and Church?

What a statement. I am not a 'gay-basher' anymore than I am a 'pothead-basher.' I am just interested in what our society ascribes to and what that looks like against the shadow of the Cross. Many people put the cross 'outside' the context of the Word of God - the very place from which we have learned of it. Our God is a God that is not outside the realm of understanding and being known. His Word does tell us about His character; what He loves, what He hates (and yes there are things that He hates), what he offers, and what He expects. The entire book is a biography of Jesus Christ. It tells HIS story from start to finish. It is filled with love AND war. It is filled with forgiveness AND consequences. Understanding God's love means understanding God, and not what we expect out of a god.

The whole ‘Gay church’ is based on the belief that ‘God is Love’ and the Bible is ALL about love…and "homosexuality is love" so therefore God must endorse or accept it. HOWEVER, that type of thinking is so flawed. For instance, what about the man who beats his wife without mercy….and then lifts her bleeding and bruised head up and says “baby, you know that I love you.” Or what about the sex addict that says he loves women and shows it by raping them. I used to 'love' marijuana and the F-word.

The question is not about God’s definition of Love, the question is if our definition matches His….and it does not. His expression of love is beyond our ability to grasp….and it IS exclusive and has boundaries. By that I mean that, though 'He has compassion on all He has made (Psalm 145:9)' and though He 'so loved the world (John 3:16),' to participate in a relationship where you experience this kind of love is exclusive….and it will convict you of sin because you are hurting Him. If you are not in this exclusive relationship, then you are defining 'love' and trying to say that God is with you on whatever definition you’ve chosen. Because of our love, I know that there are things I can do (behavior-wise) that will hurt my wife Mollie. Just because I may like those things, or even ‘love’ them, doesn’t mean that it will be embraced by Mollie. And, most importantly, because I am in a TRUE loving relationship with Mollie, I know when something is hurting her. Homosexuality is so clearly repulsive to God, just as my drug abuse and sexuality outside of marriage (regardless of homo/hetero) was. It hurts Him, even as my rebelliousness hurts Him.

Homosexuals can be saved (praise God). They deserve love just as much as our fallen souls do. They deserve a church to be a part of just as much as the drunk that walks in every week. Those doors are supposed to be open to them, just like anyone and EVERYONE else that struggles with sin in a fallen world. But, just like all sin, it should be something that we become convicted of and begin to turn from. If a church begins to embrace sin, then it suggests that Jesus Christ has died for nothing.

Homosexuals can have 'gay church.' But Salvation (Jesus Christ) is not found in church; it’s found in the body of Christ. When they find Him, and fall in His love, it WILL bring conviction and change. If not, then it's just a building and a group of people that celebrate a MANufactured love.