Even as Russia after WW2 built the wall to separate Germany into two nations, so has the prince of this world sought to build a wall dividing the Church.
For there seems to be an ever increasing gulf between Right & Wrong, Truth & lies. Love & hatred in this nation and all nations for that matter that has caused a stumbling block for many in the Church. It is the area of homosexuality and the Church. Even as President Reagan called out to Gorbachev to “tear down the wall” so do I hear the Spirit crying out to the prince of this world holding captive a division of the Church to tear down the walls of deception!
Did Jesus die for homosexuals? Truth
Jesus did, even as He died for adulterers, thieves, drunkards and other sinners.
It is true that Jesus, because of His love for all, will accept any person into His Kingdom even if they do not repent from their sinful life style and continue to live a life as a murderer, adulterer, thief, and or homosexual? LIE
The Bible states that:
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9-10) TRUTH.
We are to stop all murders, thieves, adulterers, drunkards, homosexuals and any other person bound in sin from entering our Churches. Wrong – HATRED.
In fact we are mandated to invite all people into the Church to hear the Gospel message proclaimed that they may come to the saving Knowledge of Christ and His cross so that they may be set free from the prison of DARKNESS and brought into the Kingdom of God. Right – LOVE.
Jesus said that greater love hath no man lest he lay down his life for his friends. Even as Christ was a friend to sinners, so must His followers to the very point of putting to death their personal prejudices with regard to those living a life opposition of a Christian and be willing to reach out to them with the saving Truth of His Gospel, even if that means being spit upon, beating, put in jail and or put to death. Truth, Right and Love.
The Church needs to realize that in its accepting all life styles as being acceptable to God is not based in love rather it is actually based in hatred, birthed in Hell in order to keep a people from coming to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, leaving them in the prison of darkness destined for an eternity in Hell separated from God and His Love. Yes, the Gospel preached in truth is offensive to the sinner yet it must always be presented in Love and not hatred. For we too once were separated from God in fact the Bible states we, while in our sinful state, were enemies opposed to God.
So let us always remember the Mercy that God showed us and walk in the Grace of our Lord in our delivering the Gospel. While at the same time let us not be silenced by the world’s view of what is politically correct or incorrect or what is or isn’t hate speech. For the worst kind of hate speech is the silence of a people who know and hold the keys of truth to set the captives free. Such a people are those who consider themselves before the welfare of their neighbor and Jesus calls us to love our neighbor before ourselves.
Silence does not equal love any more than the shout of truth equals hatred.
Awake, awake o Sleeper, for indeed it is time to wake up from your slumber you precious Bride, for your Warrior Husband has issued to call war…….for the war has intensified as the wedding is soon to take place!!!
So let us start being such a people, sounding the Trumpets of Truth as loud as we can till we see the true walls of hatred being torn down……
~Russ “Rush” Welch
Radical Disciples - A Remnant Revolution 