In the second point you talk about loving our neighbour. Surely the distress felt by LGBTQI people presently caused by this plebiscite is a reason to say “yes”, thus affirming their homosexual orientation, loving them as Jesus taught.
A belated response to those Christians saying “yes” or abstaining and a reminder to pray.
And this of course leads to the threat to our freedom – control of belief and to speak of that which we believe, and beyond that, control of our thoughts and minds – if necessary with correctional re-education classes. This threat is spearheaded by the push for same-sex marriage
And the battles of our time are very, very deep in their significance of warfare in Deep Heaven.
Firstly, by the outright rebellion against and direct attack on God’s Creation order of masculinity and femininity and the institution of marriage.
Secondly, by the attack – relatively new for our generation in our part of Western civilisation – directly on the church itself, the Body of Christ. To silence it, to divide it, to destroy our freedom to teach our children about our Christian faith.
The Australian Christian Lobby described as heavy-handed, the ACT Government’s latest attempt to force contested rainbow ideology on Canberra’s junior and senior sporting clubs through the launch of its ‘Everyone can Play’ guidelines.
Yes, of course it’s incomplete. You will note I have only picked 50th 75th 100th 150th 200th 500th and ones of particular significance to Australia, to Christians and to Jerusalem, not leaving any space for the 40th anniversary of Star Wars (sniff!). I’m stopping now otherwise I’ll spend all day on this remarkable history…
The messages to the angels of the seven churches are from Jesus to the church, messages of condemnation, confrontation, encouragement and blessing. They are to wake up, to confess the sins of lukewarmness and compromise and tolerance (!), to prepare them for the future attacks, to be faithful and victorious to the end.
They are messages to us today. They are to prepare us for the future. Blessed are those who hear.
Peace. I send you. Receive the Holy Spirit. Forgive.
You have a purpose; I am giving you a much higher purpose than anything you could have imagined. Do you remember how I pronounced forgiveness of sin and that this was so much more than healing people’s bodies? Now I give you the same authority. This is what you are now to do.
As the Father sent me (to proclaim forgiveness) so I send you (to proclaim forgiveness). Jesus sends us to proclaim the good news of God’s forgiveness to all who will believe and accept it. This is the heart of the gospel.
PERTH EASTER PARADE 2pm – 4pm Sunday Starting at Stirling Gardens
Marching the streets at Easter is a very good opportunity of collective Christian celebration and witness in a gentle non-confrontational way of loving our neighbour, to proclaim that most fundamental part of the Christian story: Jesus died for you and me and He is risen!
The words are immortal: Greater love hath no man more than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Today is the day my Uncle Ernest (Dalziell), aged 19, died 100 yrs ago on the first day of the Australian advance on Bullecourt. 11 April, 1917
