Another day, another organization that claims to represent the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ moves further away from the true Gospel of Christ.
Lutherans Urged to Accept Gay Clergy
The national assembly of Evangelical Lutherans urged its bishops on Saturday to refrain from disciplining ministers who participate in same-sex relationships. The board stopped short of allowing gays and lesbians to be ordained churchwide.
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So now anyone who can fool the Lutherans to make them a minister within their organization can later go openly engaging in homosexual activity and not be disciplined. This fails to hold ministers to the standard outlined in scripture and it certainly allows evil to feel comfort in their camp.
1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (New King James Version)
9) I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
10) Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.
11) But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—not even to eat with such a person.
12) For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?
13) But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
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The Lutherans will no longer put themselves away from evil doers who claim the name of the Lord. This means the Lutherans will fall further into bad doctrine and heresy.
In the very next chapter after the verses noted above, the apostle Paul wrote a warning to saints, that was direct from God through the Lord Jesus Christ, by way of the Holy Spirit. It makes clear the major error the Lutherans have just made.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (New King James Version)
9) Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,
10) nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
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They are embracing something they should be fleeing from.
1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (New King James Version)
18) Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
19) Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
20) For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
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Satan is building up his own churches, and he’s got a cross on the front door of his buildings!
I could just puke!
August 12th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Please recognize that the ELCA “lutherans” represent the largest of the lutheran churches but that all the other ones are united in condemning not only the homosexual errors but also their loss of any respect for God’s Word itself.
You are absolutely right in your condemnation of ELCA!
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Lutheran Synod, the Evangelical Lutheran Synd, and the Association of Free Lutheran Churches may have problems but they are united in condemning homosexuality in any form. Praise the Lord!
August 13th, 2007 at 8:18 am
Guesting on the Sandy Rios Show
I will be joining Sandy Rios tomorrow on Chicago’s 1160 AM for her afternoon radio program. We’ll be discussing the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America’s (ELCA) 10th Biennial Assembly now in session in Chicago and its …
August 13th, 2007 at 8:20 am
Hi tolonaro,
Lutherans who disagree with the recent decision should split from those others immediately and form a new denomination. Starting with the doctrine the Lutherans had 2 weeks ago and working from there. Meet and establish leaders who are not afraid to condemn evil and as a body of believers devote themselves to being true to scripture. From there, they can decide how they will best adhere to and spread the message of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Lutherans refused to bow to Rome and you who know the truth should not accept being part of a bunch that now has given place for homosexuality, which was never allowed before.
Staying with the bunch that has condemned themselves by embracing evil is a terrible idea. They’ve made their allegiance known and it’s time for those who truly love and fear God to “put away from yourselves the evil person.”
I know there are Lutherans who don’t like the recent ruling. I’m glad you realize I’m not saying all Lutherans think it’s a good thing. But I do feel you who know the truth need to leave, because it’s only going to get worse with the group you are currently part of. Leave them, stand for truth and make it known that this is not a negotiable issue. Not a petty matter, but a serious problem that you refuse to bend on, not even by allowing yourselves to be remotely associated with it.
When looking at the vote, I noticed there are a vast number of you who disagree with the decision. It would be best to let those who wish to keep evil doers in leadership go their own way without your support, that is paid to Lutheran leadership.
August 13th, 2007 at 9:07 am
I wonder what men like Martin Luther, and John Wesley, and Francis Asbury, and John Knox would say if they came back and found the churches they established in the shape they’re in.
Ephesians 5:11-12–”And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.”
August 13th, 2007 at 9:25 am
tolonaro, I did not realize that the groups you noted are apparently already separate from the ELCA. Good they are. Please excuse my lack of understanding about the various Lutheran groups.
The ELCA vote did show lots of churches were against that decision, although they lost the vote. Those are the churches that should leave the ELCA immediately.
August 13th, 2007 at 11:35 am
Homosexual Wears Kente Cloth. Shows He Has Little Knowledge of Ghana’s Laws and Culture.
I saw this picture and I’ve been laughing for almost 2 days since seeing it!
Bradley Schmeling, a homosexual who claims he’s a minister,
wears the cloth of a people who OUTLAW homosexual activity. What an idiot!
But given he thinks he&…
August 13th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
IC, your point about leaving should become the standard of these apostate homosexual affirming church. Those who are under such rule would do well to get out and refuse to negoiate on matters of sexual immorality. They will soon find our that when these homosexuals reach a high level of authority, like Gene Robinson in the Episcopal church, they will dole out retribution against anyone refusing to bow Baal’s sexual altar (read: tolerance and inclusion) or applaud their rebellion.