Dear Editor,

“Do you think the Supreme Court changed God’s mind?” That was the question my wife posed upon hearing, once again, of judicial overreach and legislation from the bench. Already judicial activists had overturned the will of “we the people” in over 30 states that had voted by popular majority to define marriage as one man and one woman. No matter.

Somehow five unelected judges found a “constitutional right” for a man to have sex with another man — and sanction it as “marriage.”

Well, they were wrong in declaring slaves as less than persons; they were wrong in saying a baby can be killed in her mother’s womb; and, in trying to redefine what God has already defined, they are wrong again.

Did they change God’s mind? I think not. Here’s what God says:

“If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.” (Leviticus 20:13)

“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator … Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.” (Romans 1:25-26) ~ natural for the unnatural… think about it, if homosexuality is so ‘natural’ why is it that the whole human race would die out in just one generation if everyone chose that lifestyle??

“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) ~ speaks of unrepentant people and their ability to change by the power of God, i.e. no one is “born that way” but can change through Jesus!

“Haven’t you read that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?” (Jesus – Matthew 19:5-6)

“I the Lord do not change.” (GOD – Malachi 3:6)”

To be clear, God loves homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators … all sinners (“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” – Romans 5:8), but he never condones or sanctions the sin.

May we all find the forgiving, redeeming, life-changing freedom and victory in the new birth offered by God to all who come to him, repent and accept Jesus Christ as their savior and Lord. “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin … So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. (Jesus – John 8:34, 36); “Whoever is a believer in Christ is a new creation. The old way of living has disappeared. A new way of living has come into existence.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

Pray for America. We need a great awakening.

Pastor Tim Morbitzer
North Manchester