Originally Posted by
mighty maron
The gift of grace covers sin..the blood of Jesus overcame the sting of death and the penality of sin. We are under grace now not law.
so if grace is a gift that is given not earned...how does a christian's attitude towards gay marriage dam them to eternal fire when grace covers this sin?
As a Christian, I believe that the very definition of marriage comes from God, not man. And it is not up to man to redefine what God has already clearly defined. In case anyone is confused on this point, consider the conversation Jesus had with the Jewish leadership in Matthew 19:1-6:
When Jesus had finished this instruction, He departed from Galilee and went to the region of Judea across the Jordan.Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. Some Pharisees approached Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?”
“Haven’t you read,” He replied, “that He who created them in the beginning made them male and female,”and He also said:
“For this reason a man will leave
his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two will become one flesh?
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”
What do we read from this passage? We read that God had a design in mind, and that the design involved one man and one woman. It further is the foundation of what know today as marriage. It is, in Jesus words, the act by which a man and woman become “one flesh”.
So what have we seen so far? We’ve seen the following:
- Marriage is a divine institution created by God
- It has a specific definition, the union of a man and a woman
- It is not to be taken lightly (what God has joined together, man must not separate)
As a Christian, it is simply impossible to hold any other view.