LGBTQ AND CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY BY PASTOR GREG ELKAN.

Just as the Feminist Movement did to women, (and BLM to blacks), the people most harmed by the current LGBTQ+ Movement are the LGBTQ people themselves. Anyone with a general idea of Christian anthropology and the current LGBTQ ideology will quickly see the area where both will conflict – and it has nothing to do with sexuality or even morality. 

Christian anthropology aims to dispel the illusion of our dissimilarities. It insists that our differences as human beings – our race, religion, culture and, yes, our sexual preferences – are all superficial. Deep down, we are all the SAME. LGBTQ ideology, however, is founded on the principle of individuality, and of being true to who you are! 

Actually, the current LGBTQ ideology has effectively shifted the conversation (along with the people it’s supposed to be defending) to a position of irredeemability. Previously, the all-important thing people – both gay and straight – wanted to know was if homosexuality was a sin. And in order to defend their positions, both camps went to the Bible – particularly the 6 so-called “clobber passages” that directly address homosexual acts. Their interpretations may differ, but their source of authority was the same.

Today, however, the LGBTQ+ community have been taught to dismiss the Bible altogether as nothing more than the work of superstitious, culturally-ignorant and misinformed nomads living in ancient Palestine. The moment you portray the Bible writers as people who know nothing about the complex nature of human sexuality, genetics, or modern cultural mores, then whatever they say about homosexuality can be deemed irrelevant a priori. 

Thus, the LGBTQ movement has done to its members what the Serpent did to Eve in Eden: questioning the authority of God’s Word (Gen 3).  

Of course, anthropology also confronts the sin of homophobia – which many Christians are guilty of. Acting holier-than-thou or pointing out _other peoples’_ sins is something humans are good at, and this is no exception. The LGBTQ+ community cannot, however, use the actions of biblically ignorant (and probably equally sinful) people as an excuse to reject God. 

The Bible is not a clobber book; it’s a message of God’s unconditional love to all humanity. If you’re gay, understand that God loves you, because He’s the one that made you. God’s not out to get you; rather He’s the one who went all-out to save you by dying on the Cross to deliver you from Sin (Jn 3:16-18). 

We all – both gay and straight – are sinners deserving of God’s judgment; don’t let the Gay Rights conversation make you forget that. You must not conflate the secular fight for LGBTQ+ acceptance with spirituality; God’s laws are not influenced by decisions of Supreme Courts.  

The issue I want my LGBTQ+ brother/sister to see is that the current ideology of “individuality”, “self-love” and “pride” (no pun intended) aren’t particularly traits that leads a person to the Cross. There’s only one _“I am,”_ and it’s not you; there’s only one identity, and it’s not yours. We get saved by abandoning ourselves first and yielding to the transforming power of God’s love, not by picking and choosing which parts of His word to accept. 

Being Born-Again is not a philosophical conversation; it’s a lifelong making process. Salvation begins only when I admit that I’m a sinner in need of God’s help. When I come to God _Just as I am without one plea, (“but that His blood was shed for me”)_ I’ll see the side of God not seen in all this furore: His radical and beautiful love for me!

AMEN

PASTOR SGREG ELKAN. 

More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.

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