Tolerance Redefined

As most folks have heard by now, a professional basketball player has decided to come out and declare that he is a homosexual. I am sure that there are others as well not just in basketball but all the other sports too. The issue is not the fact that they are gay or lesbians but that they take pride in it. The issue now is what was once considered abnormal and perverted has now become "normal, healthy and acceptable in today's society by the liberals and the radicals. The problem lies in the fact that we as Christians still hold to the belief that what God called a sin in the past is still a sin today. The left and the liberal media calls anyone who holds that world view are intolerant and bigots.But why is tolerance only something that liberals can have while Christians are "intolerant"?

An ESPN analyst was interviewed about the player's admission as to his homosexuality. I believe that this particular analyst was chosen for the fact that they knew he is a Christian and would take the stand that he believes homosexuality was sin as all sex outside marriage is! He stated simply what the Bible has affirmed all along. God does not change his nature nor His standards. So when we as Christians take a stand for righteousness , we get attacked and called "intolerant" because we disagree with someone who has a different view  of what we call sin. They don't like the term 'sin" so they refuse to accept it and what it reveals about themselves. It really doesn't matter what the issue is just as long as Christians speak out against something that society claims is good we will always be called intolerant. Those on the opposing side call us intolerant yet we are not allowed to speak our mind or express our beliefs which tells me they are not being very "tolerant" of us. They claim we need to accept them and their views and dare not speak against them because we are evil and intolerant. The world has always changed and is still changing and not for the better. Sin is becoming more rampant in today's world but I am reminded that God tells us through the Apostle Paul where sin abounds Grace abounds even more! And thank God for His grace! We will need His grace even more than we do now as His return is closer than ever. The  Enemy wants to try and shut us up but we need to speak even louder now no matter what they may call us!

The really sad part about this is the fact we have the truth that the world needs to hear and yet when we try to share the truth we get told to shut up! We can no longer sit back but we need to stand up and not give up, shut up, back off, give in, or compromise. We must remember that we need to reach the lost because they  need to hear truth or they will be lost for all eternity if we don't "preach the  Word" and sometimes even use words! Remember that we are in a war and we cannot lose because our commander in chief is God Himself! Let's speak the Truth in love!