Sorry, but there are simply no better words to describe such folks. They are clearly apostates. And they are clearly wolves in sheep’s clothing, just the kind Jesus warned about. They are seeking to drag the church down into the pit of hell, and take as many folks with them as they can.
We have yet more examples of apostate church leaders leading their flocks astray in order to push their detestable and sinful lifestyles. Instead of agreeing with God about their sin, abhorring it, repenting of it, and turning away from it, they champion it, celebrate it, flaunt it, revel in it, and promote it.
Romans 1:32, speaking directly about the sin of homosexuality, describes these false shepherds to a T: “Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”
Consider this astounding news item: “The Dean of St Albans, Dr Jeffrey John, accused the Church of England of hypocrisy on the issue of homosexuality and said it ‘frankly, doesn’t deserve to be listened to’. Dr John, who is in a celibate civil partnership, was twice in line to become a bishop but his appointment was blocked because of opposition from conservatives within the Church.
“It emerged earlier this year that he has examined the possibility of suing the Church for discrimination because of his treatment. He recently described it as the ‘last refuge of prejudice’. In a highly critical positing on the website of the Out4Marriage campaign, which backs the change, Dr John accuses his own Church of failing to have a Christian attitude to gay marriage.
“‘I am sad because the Church that I love and serve is opposing it, when it should be rejoicing at it,’ he said. ‘And [I am] sad because the Church is meant is show Christ’s face to the world and on this subject, it doesn’t.’ The Church of England has been accused of inconsistency in its attempts to reconcile traditional teachings on sexuality with more liberal interpretations.
“Its current stance is that homosexual people can be priests but must remain celibate because of the Bible’s teaching on sex outside marriage. Yet, at the same time, it is officially opposed to allowing gay couples to marry – although some senior clerics are in favour. In its official response to the Government’s consultation on same-sex marriage, the Church of England even suggested that the move could open the way to disestablishment. Dr John said: ‘If you are gay, please don’t judge God by the Church. The official Church doesn’t speak with integrity on this issue and so, frankly, doesn’t deserve to be listened to.
“‘If you are gay, then please understand that God made you as you are, and loves you as you are, and if you invite him into your relationship, then of course he will bless you and sustain your love just as much as he blesses and sustains any other marriage. I know that’s true from my own experience and that’s why I’m ‘out for marriage’, because I’m sure God is too’.”
OK, so let me see if I have this renegade right: If the church firmly stands on the Word of God on this issue, then it is being “hypocritical” for some reason. It seems the only hypocrite here is this false prophet who pretends to be a Christian and a church leader even as he rejects the clear teachings of Scripture and the church on human sexuality.
In addition, the church “doesn’t deserve to be listened to”. Instead we are supposed to listen to an openly rebellious and sinful church leader pushing his sacrilegious PC rubbish. His fallen and sin-soaked word is to be taken over the clear and unchanging Word of God.
And this rank apostate wants to sue the Church for “discrimination”. Oh really? So when the church is faithful to God’s Word and God’s standards, it is somehow being discriminatory. By this guy’s perverted reasoning if the church did not appoint atheists, Hindus and Muslims into positions of church leadership, it would be guilty of discrimination as well.
Not only that, but the “official Church doesn’t speak with integrity on this issue and so, frankly, doesn’t deserve to be listened to”. Oh really now? So he is telling us that only when the church denies its own doctrinal standards and throws them out in order to be chums with the world and its sin can it have integrity and be listened to. I see.
His last line is certainly a real lulu, the highlight of his degenerate and reprobate mind: “If you are gay, then please understand that God made you as you are, and loves you as you are, and if you invite him into your relationship, then of course he will bless you and sustain your love just as much as he blesses and sustains any other marriage. I know that’s true from my own experience and that’s why I’m ‘out for marriage’, because I’m sure God is too.”
Let me just try that one out with a few other words. “If you are adulterous, then please understand that God made you as you are, and loves you as you are, and if you invite him into your relationship, then of course he will bless you and sustain your love just as much as he blesses and sustains any other marriage. I know that’s true from my own experience and that’s why I’m ‘out for marriage’, because I’m sure God is too.”
“If you are bisexual, in love with a man and a woman, then please understand that God made you as you are, and loves you as you are, and if you invite him into your relationship, then of course he will bless you and sustain your love just as much as he blesses and sustains any other marriage. I know that’s true from my own experience and that’s why I’m ‘out for marriage’, because I’m sure God is too.”
“If you are into children, then please understand that God made you as you are, and loves you as you are, and if you invite him into your relationship, then of course he will bless you and sustain your love just as much as he blesses and sustains any other marriage. I know that’s true from my own experience and that’s why I’m ‘out for marriage’, because I’m sure God is too’.”
Yep, it all sounds perfectly logical and biblical to me. Aren’t we glad we have enlightened minds and progressive spirits like this to set us straight on Christian ethics? Silly old me – there I thought God said what he meant and meant what he said.
But now I have the real story: God’s Word is just a lot of tripe which we can take or leave as we like. It is not true, it is not absolute, it is not binding, and it is not authoritative. We can just treat it as so much mere good advice. And if we want to live in the cesspool of sin, we can just give it the old heave-ho altogether.
If I were in the UK and a leader in this church, I know full well who I would give the heave-ho to. This reprobate should have been dumped years ago. No wonder the church is in such an abominable condition – imagine allowing vicious wolves like this to remain and to destroy the flock of God.
I would hate to be this guy when he meets his Maker. He will have plenty of explaining to do.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9421350/God-backs-gay-marriage-says-Dr-Jeffrey-John.html
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