Sin is Sin--And sometimes Human Rights Can be Human Wrongs

Sin is Sin—And sometimes Human Rights Can be Human Wrongs

Since the debate is popping up again I probably need to warn you non-Christians about something.

If Christians condemn homosexuals to exile or death and hell, they aren't behaving Christianly, or as Christ would. Just like when the Crusaders went on a rampage, claiming a mandate from Christ, they were actually acting on their own volition. If Christians express hate for the homosexual, rather than the act, they aren't doing what Christ would do.

Don’t assume that they represent God when they express such sentiments. They are representing themselves. Every ambassador must represent his sovereign within the rules and within a mandate allowed him by the sovereign. If he breaches those rules or that mandate, he cannot claim to represent his sovereign in that instant. Although he could cause disrepute and shame to his sovereign.

The same applies to those Christians who react in a way that Christ never intended.

But.

Don’t expect true Christians to accept and tolerate the exaltation of immorality by the activists for human rights.

There is a moral law that exists. Everyone has a perception of it. Christians recognise it as God’s standards found in His Word. We all breach that moral law all the time. When we do it’s called sin. But Christians don’t accept that our sin is ok just because “almost everyone is doing it”. Or because “that’s the way it is”. Or because “the law does not prevent it”.

And we most certainly are not willing to accept it just because the UN and the human rights movement says "it’s ok.”

Christians recognise sin both in others and themselves. We don’t like the fact that we or anyone else sin. We pray and preach against everyday sin all the time—despite the fact that we are prone to it. And to the extent that a sin is increasingly becoming acceptable and encouraged, Christians will respond with righteous anger.

The problem arises when the Christian’s understanding of right and wrong clashes with the human rights advocate’s perception of right and wrong.

Christians are not mandated to curse and condemn, for they themselves are not without sin. But they are mandated by God to (1) stand up for truth and righteousness, and (2) to  stand against the rise of ungodly and immoral practices.

The most unchristian thing that a Christian could do is to say “it’s ok” to sin.

Christ never said it was ok to sin. He condemned sin. When He saved the woman caught in adultery yes He did say “He who has no sin cast the first stone.” But He also said to the woman:

“GO AND SIN NO MORE”.

When the Pharisees brought her to justice they had recognised and had already condemned the sin. But Jesus kept them from condemning the sinner, because He would not allow a sinner to condemn a fellow sinner. By doing what He did He stamped the authority of His Father as the only righteous Judge who had the authority to condemn the sinner.

But at no point in time throughout His ministry did He tell His followers to be silent about sin and accept it in others, even when their sin did not affect us. Instead He commanded them to spread the Truth—to preach the Gospel.

And that is what Christians have been doing, are doing and will continue to do as long as they have breath in their body.

They will speak of the truth about sin—including the sin of the practice of homosexuality. They will not be silent when human rights advocates, in their ignorance of truth, unwittingly try to promote a grave sin in the society and country in which those Christians live.

Lastly to fellow Christians, remember: SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE.

Heavenise day!

GDW