CONCERT OF PRAYER

Pray Week 841

“Marriage Defense”

Genesis 2:21-24 (ESV)  …And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

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“Have a yabba dabba doo time, a dabba doo time, We’ll have a gay old time.” – Lyrics excerpt from Meet the Flintstones theme.

How many of us today would describe our feeling of merriment as “I’m feeling gay”?  I believe that if the Flintstones theme were being written for today’s audience, a different word might have been used to convey merriment.  Why? As societal norms change, new words are always being added, nouns become verbs, and word meanings change and are expanded upon.  Such is the case with the word, ‘gay’ which has come to mean a homosexual orientation preference and lifestyle.  A movement is now underway to change the meaning of the word, ‘marriage’ and the Supreme Court of the United States is debating the issue.

The polarizing effect that this issue is having has to do with the moral compass by which people are guided.  Secular morality is guided by principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong behavior.  Society’s laws are written to define what is right and what is wrong.  One has only to look at the changing ‘blue laws’ in the United States to see how, over time, what was once wrong has become right and vice versa.  The moral compass of secular society often loses its sense of direction.

Christian morality can be defined as the right and wrongness of human actions with respect to how such actions affect the individual, others, or society as a whole. Right and wrong for Christians are defined by the unchangeable Truth of God’s Word.

There is no doubt that many same-sex unions are loving, committed relationships and we would be denying the truth if we did not acknowledge the fact that many heterosexual relationships fail due to the lack of love and commitment.  It is also true that God’s Word defines same-sex unions as sin.  However, it is equally true that all human beings, heterosexual and otherwise, are sinners as well and one sin is not greater than the other.  Regardless of our sexual orientation, we all stand as sinners before God in need of salvation through Jesus Christ.  None of us has the right to cast the first stone.

‘Marriage’, however, is more than a word to be redefined.  Marriage is an institution created by God as the union between one man and one woman. It is the foundation He created for the family and society.  This position has nothing to do with homophobia or hate speech.  It has everything to do with preventing the dilution and corruption of a sacred institution.

Our country has legislated away its biblical moral compass.  The catalyst for this issue is equal rights for same-sex unions under law.  This can be achieved by legislating equal rights for civil unions without redefining ‘marriage’ – unless the real underlying motivational force is to further distance our society from the one true God and His Word.  It is a spiritual war that is being waged.

Let your voice be heard in defense of marriage.  Let it be heard in love; without hate toward people that Jesus loves and died for.  Pray for our nation and our leaders that they will be guided by God’s moral compass.