A Word To The Victims Of Grand Marais "Pride"
We are here because God is love (1 John 4:8), and He desires us to manifest His love to the world around us by proclaiming His truth (1 Timothy 1:5). Many truth claims are made, but only one is correct. Please take the opportunity to listen to what God says.
Jesus says, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6).
The event being celebrated in Grand Marais is leading up to “Pride” month. It is a celebration of sexuality, but not just sexuality, it is the celebration of men having sex with men and women having sex with women. It further confounds sex by distinguishing between sex and gender and then attempting to separate the two in order to form a new narrative of “acceptance”.
However, God has determined the sex (gender) for each individual, in His creativity, desire, and intricately designed purpose for them, and for you. Men and women war against God by nature because all people are in opposition to God from birth, due to being separated from God by their sin. Romans 3:23 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. This is just another way we reject and war against God and His created order.
God is holy. We have sinned against a holy God. The payment (or wages) for our sin against God is death.
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)
We are all guilty and all stand condemned. Nobody is righteous. “God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.” (Psalm 53:1-3).
God further indicts humanity by specifying some of the types of unrighteous people that would die in their sin apart from Jesus. There is an emphasis about not being deceived about this truth.
“Don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality, 10 no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom. And some of you used to be like this. 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)
The world will tell you to embrace your sin. Event coordinators here will tell you “love is love”, and “teaches children to follow their passions and embrace gender diversity in themselves and others". Don’t be deceived. Don’t let your children be deceived. Protect them from these lies and open your ears to the call from Jesus:
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.” (John 10:27-28).
Soli Deo gloria,
Ken