Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Brian Houston's stand in relation to LGTB

Senior Pastor from Hillsong Church Brian Houston has been criticised for not wanting to take a public stand on LGTB issues. I think people get him wrong. I do agree with the critics that the bible does not condone homosexual connections. But are we called to publicly declare what is sinful and an unappropriate lifestyle? I think the church must do all it can to attract sinful people, not to condemning them. Jesus never condemned, but he said go and sin no more.

Who is more sinful - the adulterer, the prostitute, the robber, the pedophile, the man who almost spanked his son or wife to death, the homosexual, the transgendered? Let's show love and compassion to the world like Jesus did, and let the Holy Spirit convict people of sin and of righteousness. That's His job to deal with people once they are saved and transferred into the Kingdom of God. I would be very careful not to present themes to unsaved people that could scare them away and make them feel condemned and get the impression that "the church hates people like us" because they in their present spiritual state do not understand the point. In times of great revival The Holy Spirit has been seen to convince people on the street of personal sins and made them rush to the altar, but that is the Holy Spirit doing it, and urging the preacher to speak on these subjects. 

To sum it up I do not think it is the church's job to go out and tell people that what they do is sinful. We have no right to judge how people choose to live. It's their own responsibility. If we should do it, then we had to address a lot of things in the world today. Instead make friends with whomever you meet. Show them Jesus' love. Point to Jesus always.

The article that speaks about Brian Houston's opinion is here:
http://www.charismanews.com/world/45811-brian-houston-hillsong-won-t-take-public-stand-on-lgbt-issues 

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