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Would Jesus approve of same-sex "marriage"?
One News Now ^ | 5-19-12 | Dr. Jerry Newcombe

Posted on 05/20/2012 11:53:15 AM PDT by ReformationFan

It was one thing for President Obama to call for the legalization of same-sex marriage.

But it was quite another to say that it's Jesus who causes him to embrace this position. This reminds me of what he said a few months ago, on the issue of ObamaCare and the like: Jesus made him do it. I addressed that issue in another recent column.

On May 9, 2012, President Obama told Robin Roberts of ABC News that his position on gay relations has now evolved to the point that he thinks "same-sex couples should be able to get married."

Speaking of himself and his wife, the president said: "We're both practicing Christians and obviously this position may be considered to put us at odds with the views of others; but, you know, when we think about our faith, the thing at root that we think about is, not only Christ sacrificing Himself on our behalf, but it's also the Golden Rule, you know? Treat others the way you'd want to be treated."

It's certainly true that the Lord sacrificed Himself for us. And it's certainly true that Jesus was the first to articulate the Golden Rule. "Do to others as you would have them do to you, for this sums up the law and the prophets" (Matthew 7:12).

But there's a flaw in the Theologian-in-Chief's understanding. Citing the Old Testament, Jesus said, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh" (Mark 10:7-8). One man. One woman.

Today people sometimes say that Jesus never condemned homosexuality. But He did when He condemned pornea (from which we get the word pornography). In Matthew 15:19, Jesus condemned a host of sins, one

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Mainline Protestant; Moral Issues; Religion & Politics
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1 posted on 05/20/2012 11:53:19 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: ReformationFan

No, as it is against His commandments.


2 posted on 05/20/2012 11:55:49 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: ReformationFan
Osama Obama would know Jesus if he tripped over Him in the Rose Garden.He's just one of *so* many atheists (and Unitarian/Universalists...same thing,really) who feel the need to masquerade as a Christian.
3 posted on 05/20/2012 11:59:11 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Julia: another casualty of the "War on Poverty")
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To: DarthVader

No, as it is against his (our) Father’s Torah.


4 posted on 05/20/2012 12:02:51 PM PDT by brent13a (Glenn Beck is an a$$hat.)
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To: ReformationFan

NO


5 posted on 05/20/2012 12:03:11 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ReformationFan
Two passages from the New Testament (Jesus' days on earth)

Romans 1:26-27
26) For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, 27) and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
NRSV

1 Timothy 1:8-10
8) Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately. 9) This means understanding that the law is laid down not for the innocent but for the lawless and disobedient, for the godless and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their father or mother, for murderers, 10) fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching
NRSV
6 posted on 05/20/2012 12:06:54 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: ReformationFan

Jesus Christ kept the WHOLE LAW. That included the law against a man lying with a man as with a woman and vice versa. He would not have taught people to break that law either. - Obama’s skating on thin ice trying to teach that even one jot or one tittle should be ignored. - O’s a vile man. I pray for him as Scripture teaches, but must admit it’s not looking good.


7 posted on 05/20/2012 12:09:21 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: ReformationFan

Approving unnatural use of sex organs would not be on bucket list of Jesus.


8 posted on 05/20/2012 12:09:36 PM PDT by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: ReformationFan

“We’re both practicing Christians.”
Well Barack,when you’re doe practicing and actualy understand what the Bible really says-ya’ll give us a call.


9 posted on 05/20/2012 12:16:14 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: ReformationFan; Cheerio
Jesus' prayer in John 17:17, "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth."
10 posted on 05/20/2012 12:18:22 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (With choices like Palin, Cain, and Bachmann, what could go wrong? Now we know.)
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To: Joshua Marcus

My computer is acting very weird today. I retract my comment because the writer is different from the one I was ridiculing. Sorry.


12 posted on 05/20/2012 12:24:26 PM PDT by Joshua Marcus
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To: Farmer Dean

I would never except the charges if he called me, he always calls to collect.


13 posted on 05/20/2012 12:27:06 PM PDT by Joshua Marcus
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To: ReformationFan

Jesus said, ‘Fear Him (The Father God) who has authority to cast one into hell’. Messing with Gods Word and principles is a dangerous place to be yet so many choose that erroneous path. Yikes...


14 posted on 05/20/2012 12:34:42 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: ReformationFan

Sodom and Gomorrah tells it all.


15 posted on 05/20/2012 12:39:19 PM PDT by Pit1 (Obozo need to go back from where he came from and that's not Chicago.)
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To: ReformationFan

Well folks it looks like the NAALCP goats have chosen to bow down immorally to King BOZer0 instead of the everlasting King Jesus. Choose ye whom you will serve.


16 posted on 05/20/2012 12:42:21 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Cheerio
The folks on that site keep trying to justify their behavior by saying that since Jesus never specifically said that homosexuality was sinful, it must be OK. Well Jesus never mentioned abortion, either, but logic tells us that taking the life of an innocent baby in the womb is murder.

Since sexual relations are designed for procreation, and you have to actually employ some means for it NOT to result in procreation, those sexual relations that will NEVER result in procreation cannot be put on the same footing as those that do. So the societal norms that involve procreation, and the families that result cannot be used to justify a sexual union that can't ever have the same results.

Now folks might say, But what about older people, or people who are sterile, for some reason, and can't have kids? Wouldn't that be the same as homosexual marriages in that they can't produce children of their own? No, because if those folks' biology was working properly, they COULD produce children. Even if all the parts in homosexuals were working perfectly, people of the same sex will NEVER be able to create a child together.

17 posted on 05/20/2012 12:44:05 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: ReformationFan
When a sin is so horrible as to reach the level of ABOMINATION in the Torah—the book Jesus followed and encouraged others to follow—what do you think?
18 posted on 05/20/2012 12:45:55 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("Biden and Obama--funny ha ha and funny queer.")
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To: ReformationFan
God is not confused...

Just sayin'

19 posted on 05/20/2012 12:48:27 PM PDT by Wings-n-Wind (The main things are the plain things!)
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To: ReformationFan
"We're both practicing Christians

Methinks they need more practice.

20 posted on 05/20/2012 1:01:26 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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