Stay close to Christ and avoid Satan’s temptations – The Town Talk

We may not perhaps be too greatly surprised, but we are still all wounded by the ongoing collapse of the culture of life and marriage in our society.

This is a much harder road, to be sure, but is this not what our savior chose in the garden, when he prayed for the cup of his holy passion to pass from him? As his children, we are privileged to have his covering, his protection, and his guidance with us continually. “She held her head and prayed for her. That was all”. That explains that target on the backs of believers throughout history and should remind us all that there is indeed a target on all of our backs. So we truly do not have anything to fear.

First, when the right-wing Christian folks speak of God ordaining marriage to be between one man and one woman I wonder where they got that.

[Lambeth Palace] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, spoke to staff at News UK’s London headquarters [on Tuesday] about the “inescapable reality” of Jesus in his life. So I have to begin to rely on what God says, not just on my circumstances. Amos at first felt inadequate for the task, saying that he was only a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs; nevertheless, God insisted in choosing him to be a prophet. We have biblical, scriptural evidence of two spirits that operate in the lives of mankind that blew God’s mind. He encouraged those who have had the experience of the renew “to go forward, share it with the Church”, a service he called very important. My point, as I was intrigued by Bishop Jakes’ reference, is that I don’t view myself as a threat to anyone based upon my belief in one God, the Holy Trinity and the truth of Jesus Christ. “I’m a Christian because it makes sense to me, because Jesus rose from the dead, he conquered death and sin and suffering”. And because this is the case, we can and should be grateful and give thanks to God for his deliverance. (Hebrews 4:12) Do you see? We can triumph over any setback, because the Lord is on our side.

The TV analyst and America seem to be unaware of the Word of God, which says, “it is better to trust the Lord than to put confidence in man”. We are then given the incredible gift of faith to strengthen us and give us hope for the future. This would mean, in fact, that we subordinate our faith to worldly powers and mores.

(ThyBlackMan.com) We are talking about overcoming the spirit of unbelief. “But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God” (1 Corinthians 1:26-29). “All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

We ourselves, collectively and culturally, by how we have predominantly chosen to live, have thus created the false and deeply damaging idea that marriage is merely what the Obergefell decision assumed it to be, instead of what it actually is.

In matters of civic duties, Christians are admonished to pay their taxes and be respectful of those in authority (cf. Romans 13:6-7). It still amazes me how such principles of unconditional universal love for humankind got Him killed.