Jail Is Coming for Christian Ministers

Last week we got stirred up by the story out of Houston where city officials were asking to get copies of various pastor's sermons as they search for evidence of hate speech and discrimination.  For now those officials have backpedaled but we all know that it's only going to be a matter of time until they don't.

Today we have more evidence that the law of the land is going to start attempting to trump the laws of God.  Before that happens we ALL are going to need to ask ourselves what we are prepared to sacrifice when they come for us.

City officials in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho have informed two ordained ministers that they must perform same sex marriages or face jail time and a fine.

City officials told Donald Knapp that he and his wife Evelyn, both ordained ministers who run Hitching Post Wedding Chapel, are required to perform such ceremonies or face months in jail and/or thousands of dollars in fines. The city claims its “non-discrimination” ordinance requires the Knapps to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies now that the courts have overridden Idaho’s voter-approved constitutional amendment that affirmed marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

“The government should not force ordained ministers to act contrary to their faith under threat of jail time and criminal fines,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “Many have denied that pastors would ever be forced to perform ceremonies that are completely at odds with their faith, but that’s what is happening here – and it’s happened this quickly. The city is on seriously flawed legal ground, and our lawsuit intends to ensure that this couple’s freedom to adhere to their own faith as pastors is protected just as the First Amendment intended.”

Here;  http://hotair.com/archives/2014/10/20/hitching-post-wedding-chapel-ordered-to-perform-same-sex-marriages/

"But Dennis, 150 years ago there were certain judges, churches and wedding chapels that refused to marry black people or interracial couples and we now all understand that the law was correct in forcing those folks to comply....how can this be any different?"

Ummmm.....because the Bible says were are ALL OF THE HUMAN RACE (descendants of Adam and Noah) so any one man and any one woman can be married.  The Bible makes no distinction between brown men, dark brown men and light brown men...we are ALL just men.  So if people had discerned their Bibles correctly back then there would NOT have been Bible believing people owning, beating and breeding slaves, much like they are a breed of dogs.

I could line up 100 African black men and ask anyone to point out the men who are black.  Of course 100% of the folks on planet earth would be able to identify all the black men.  Why?  Because they are BORN LOOKING LIKE THAT.

Now with the 100 black men still standing in line ask hundreds of people to point out which black men were GAY.  Of course NO ONE can look at the black men and determine which ones are gay because GAY IS A BEHAVIOR and NOT A PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC!!

They would either have to TELL YOU they are gay and then we would have to believe they are telling the truth...although they could be lying.  OR we would have to witness them engaging in gay behavior (sodomizing another man) for us to know they have gay tendencies.

So please don't let the Pro-gay people argue that this is no different than the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's....because it's not.

And please don't let the Pro-gay people tell you that the Bible doesn't say anything against homosexuality....because it does.  God DOES NOT ORDAIN HOMOSEXUAL BEHAVIOR.

So what do we do when we end up having a relationship at work or school with someone who tells us he is gay?  Simple.  Ask him if he has a personal relationship with Christ and if he says he doesn't then offer to disciple him as you read and discuss the Bible together.  But remember above all else to love him and care about him so that you can show him Christ

Once he knows Jesus, the Holy Spirit will begin to convict him of his sin....the same way the Spirit convicts all of us of our sin....because we are ALL BORN WITH SIN.  That's exactly the reason that we ALL NEED A SAVIOR!

"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

Amen!