IT'S A GOD THING

 

When we read John Chapter 8, we read where Jesus was once in the temple teaching the people.  The

"religious" ones brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, to see what He might say when they 

reminded Him of Moses's law that she should be stoned.  They asked Him what He would do.  Jesus then 

took his finger and drew a line into the dirt. We are not told what it was He drew. Jesus simply replied,

"let him who is without sin cast the first stone". At those words, they had no reply. But those who saw it

quietly turnedaside and went away, for whatever He wrote turned out to be one of His most powerful sermons. 

 

The line in the sand?  Perhaps Jesus began writing the law of Moses.  They were face to face with

 their own personal decision...and people do not readily want to come face to face with themselves and the

exposure of hypocrisy hidden in their hearts.   

 

Jesus then spoke to the woman and asked her, "Woman, where are all your accusers?"  She looked

around and saw none.  "Neither do I accuse you" He said. But then He also added, "Go and sin no more".

 

He did not qualify adultery as something to be accepted and condoned, but simply a sin she must turn from. 

 

 

I believe strongly that we are now standing in front of another such "line drawn in the sand".  Do I believe that marriage

is reserved only for a man and a woman?  Yes I do.  Why?  Because God defined it that way.  Do I judge others who

disagree?  No.  But God also defined sex between persons of the same gender as  sin, And again, I must agree with God. 

 

 It's a God thing. 

 

 It is what He says about things which determine my opinions. 

 

 

In this country, citizenship for foreigners requires an application, many months, even years, of waiting,

indoctrination, and an investigation process.  I have had friends from other countries who considered moving here,

 but were turned away by the high cost and long wait to becoming one of our citizens. And I watched the television

showing the elation of those who were finally accepted.There were tears in their eyes as they said their pledges of

allegiance. 

 

But many other thousands do not pay any price at all...they simply come in illegally to enjoy every benefit, but not by

having to work to qualify themselves.  They have an agenda:  Accept me, recognize me, and qualify me as an

American citizen.  In the same way, so many want to be accepted as being 'married'....but not under God's definition

 of marriage...just their own idea.

 

Will that be enough to satisfy their wants?  No...never.  The men of Sodom beat hard against Lot's door to try

and break it down so they could 'know' even the very angels of God sent to deliver his family from the judgment to come.

Breakdowns of moral restraints and the allowance for 'every man to do what is right in his own eyes'  is rapidly

leading us to soon face the same horrible judgment that would destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.

 

It's a God thing, whether we agree it is or not.

 

But it will also surely cost us, whichever choice we make.... For those who choose to defy God's word... judgment to come.   And for those who choose to respect and follow God's word...expect to suffer scorn, hatred, and retribution from those very same ones who now accuse God's people of denying them their 'rights'.  You'll be called a bigot, a narrow-minded intolerant, and a right-wing religious nut.  Even some "Christians' will turn aside from you.  Your government may even imprison you and close the doors to your church for the stand they make on this issue.   Your pastor could be imprisoned should he refused to marry a same-sex couple.

 

We don't have to wait to see if that will happen or not.   It already is, or is presently awaiting Washington to soon make it the law of the land....

 

 

MARY E. ADAMS