“Thank God for dead soldiers.” This slogan found on protest signs of the Westboro Baptist Church turns my stomach every time I see it. It pains me to believe God-fearing Christians can come to the conclusion that we reap what we sow in this manner. To believe the military—because of their policy to accept people of same-sex lifestyles—is giving God carte blanche to judge and punish them for their decision…I am almost speechless. Almost.
What I read from the Word of God is that homosexuality is a sin. It deserves to be judged by God and will most certainly be done in His timing and in His manner. That said, every sin…be it lying, cheating, lust, murder, or a thousand other godless acts we as humans give in to every day, should be—and will be—judged by God. This does not mean we have the privilege of taking the podium and self-electing ourselves to be God’s advocate in the matter. I find nowhere in the Scriptures where we are to take on this role as judge and jury on God’s behalf.
We are clearly instructed to counsel fellow believers if they are living in contradiction to God’s ways. We are not, however, told to judge and persecute all of humanity for their sins. We are commissioned to speak the truth of the Gospel and act as a light in a darkened world. It is not our business to condemn; that is God’s business. It is not our job to invoke conviction in the unsaved; that is God’s job.
What this church has promoted as an allegiance to acting in God’s will has brought me great shame to the Christianity I have professed to believe. I pray for this church and its believers that God will, indeed, divinely intervene and bring to light that the God of all creation is a God of love and—within that loving role—will judge as He sees fit…not as we see fit.
Painfully in prayer,
Greg Morton
© March 3, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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