A Gospel Response to the Obergefell v. Hodges SCOTUS Decision

1. The Little Mermaid
   Posted September 16, 2015 at 9:23 am | Permalink
   Zrim
   Posted September 16, 2015 at 8:31 am | Permalink
   Ariel, sorry, it was a technical mistake (been having a few of those of late, ahem). I’ll try that last sentence again.

   If your reasoning was applied all the way through then, being innocent but executed by human authorities, Jesus would never have died. Or at least you should be complaining about it since it was the greatest miscarriage of justice in human history. Injustice actually saved us. This isn’t to be flippant about justice, but it is to suggest there is an eternal perspective that could help to adjust an over-developed sense of provisional justice.>>>>

   Thanks, Zrim. Yes, I see your point. There are things worse than suffering an injustice. Besides, God’s plan of salvation is not hindered by human injustice. As we see in Christ’s death on the cross, God used the worst injustice in the history of the world to bring about our salvation. Catholics believe that, too, you know.  

   If we as Christians are willing to preach the Gospel and clearly explain why same sex relationships are sinful – even though God is both willing and able to save the sinner our of love and because He gave His Son to be the Savior of the world – then this could result in the salvation of many. However, if we allow this decision to silence us because we are being called bigots, then how will people hear and believe? 

   If we are not willing to sacrifice ourselves and expose ourselves to ridicule for the sake of Christ, then the injustice is just that. 

   Besides, we are not being asked to lay down our lives, at least yet. It may very well come to that, but it will probably be much more subtle, more insidious. 

   Like, we may be asked to lay down our jobs, or our reputations, and other things we value. We will be called names in an attempt to silence us and bully us into submission to our new masters. We are already being called bigots. The tragedy is that we very well may be asked to lay down our children, to sacrifice them to the dictates of the state’s definition of marriage and human sexuality. 

   Are you ready for that? Have you really counted the cost? 

   I just don’t think you know what you are asking for. Real persecution is no fun at all. 

   …and I hope I am exaggerating the effects of this horrible, illegal decision that our Supreme Court made in their infinite wisdom. Do I respect them? In a theological way, yes. I am not going to pretend that what they did was legal, though, when it is not. They count on all of us playing their antinomian game in order for this to succeed.