John 1:1-18
Jesus still confounds. He comes to those that seem the least worthy and chastises those who feel they are the righteous, the correct ones and the chosen. Once anyone begins to think in terms of we and they, doom looms. As sure as putting yourself first and losing your life, so it will be with those who claim "They" this, and "they" that.
And so it will come to pass that those that feel they have all the answers and are the righteous ones are the ones that will stand there gnashing their teeth and moaning as they are turned away at the gate or sent to the fires of Gehenna. That is my own personal prophesy. Nothing amazing really, Jesus said as much 2000 years ago.
What this means to me and means even more perhaps to the gay community is that there is no reason why they have less of a shot at salvation than anyone else. God welcomes all, embraces all and loves all. It is sadly funny when in an effort to condemn "the homosexual lifestyle" (I always wondered what that was. Is there a straight lifestyle? Is it a "choice" too? ) people turn to a so called Christian fundamentalist for their opinion. The are loaded with snippets of Bible references that are all mis-quoted, mis-interpreted and self serving. I love how people react when I say I am gay and a Christian as if it's some kind of oxymoron. In fact, being gay and being a follower of Jesus Christ and loving God are totally compatible. Especially in light of the fact that God created me this way. How I choose to live after that is between me and God, no one else. The self righteous and judgmental ones who feel otherwise are in for a rude awakening.
His own people did not accept him is a sign of what is happening now as much as it happened in Jesus' time here on earth. The people who feel saved will go away in tears. The ones who are marginalized, humble and loving will be exalted.
I thank God every day for being gay, for His love and guidance and the beauty and bounty of His world.
Jesus still confounds. He comes to those that seem the least worthy and chastises those who feel they are the righteous, the correct ones and the chosen. Once anyone begins to think in terms of we and they, doom looms. As sure as putting yourself first and losing your life, so it will be with those who claim "They" this, and "they" that.
And so it will come to pass that those that feel they have all the answers and are the righteous ones are the ones that will stand there gnashing their teeth and moaning as they are turned away at the gate or sent to the fires of Gehenna. That is my own personal prophesy. Nothing amazing really, Jesus said as much 2000 years ago.
What this means to me and means even more perhaps to the gay community is that there is no reason why they have less of a shot at salvation than anyone else. God welcomes all, embraces all and loves all. It is sadly funny when in an effort to condemn "the homosexual lifestyle" (I always wondered what that was. Is there a straight lifestyle? Is it a "choice" too? ) people turn to a so called Christian fundamentalist for their opinion. The are loaded with snippets of Bible references that are all mis-quoted, mis-interpreted and self serving. I love how people react when I say I am gay and a Christian as if it's some kind of oxymoron. In fact, being gay and being a follower of Jesus Christ and loving God are totally compatible. Especially in light of the fact that God created me this way. How I choose to live after that is between me and God, no one else. The self righteous and judgmental ones who feel otherwise are in for a rude awakening.
His own people did not accept him is a sign of what is happening now as much as it happened in Jesus' time here on earth. The people who feel saved will go away in tears. The ones who are marginalized, humble and loving will be exalted.
I thank God every day for being gay, for His love and guidance and the beauty and bounty of His world.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify to the light, so that all might believe through him. He himself was not the light, but he came to testify to the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.
He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth. (John testified to him and cried out, ‘This was he of whom I said, “He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.” ’) From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father’s heart, who has made him known.
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