God’s Laws Have a Purpose

God’s laws were designed to promote godly and healthy patterns of behavior in our phases of courtship, marriage and sex. Incidentally, that is God’s order. God chose sex to remain inside of the realm of marriage for a reason. As common as premarital sex has become today, it is not God’s plan because it robs the relationship of stability, devotion and fulfillment. God chose sex to remain inside the boundary of marriage because it belongs to a relationship where there is love, commitment and faithfulness. Today we are seeing a full assault on our morality by the government, academia and the media.

New rules from the office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, just released, now reward illegal immigrants with everything from government-sponsored abortions to transgender hormone treatments. When I see the government take action such as this, I am convinced that this administration will stop at nothing to fulfill its agenda, which happens to be an all-out attack on our biblical morality.

Medical professionals today are fixated on the topic of sex and sexuality. I can hardly pick up a professional journal that doesn’t contain articles on “sexuality” or “transgendered kids.” In a recent issue of the medical journal Pediatrics, parents are attacked as contributing to the pathologies of their kids by not being open to their sexuality. These professionals are preaching that young children can self-identify as “transgendered” and parents and physicians should treat them with hormone therapy to suppress puberty until sex-change surgery becomes possible. In California the court has recently upheld this hormone treatment as necessary and in the interest of the child.

This child abuse is being held as enlightened wisdom. There are doctors and psychologists who are more than willing to experiment with puberty-suppressing drugs for children. It’s time to stand up for our children and our families by recognizing when we are being fed lies.

We all know that our children have wonderful imaginations. My boys were both Superman and Zorro, but I never encouraged them to jump out of buildings or defy the laws of gravity. They outgrew those childhood imaginative states just as our kids outgrow any questions about their sexuality.

It is the world’s idea that transgender will become normal, and many unsuspecting parents are being fooled into accepting the idea. I, for one, accept God’s laws. God made boys to be boys and girls to be girls. I reject the idea that sexuality is fluid and changeable. Those people who are telling us our kids can be either are playing God with our most precious possession—our kids. [i]

              

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[i] Rebecca Hagelin, Culture Challenge of the Week: Gender Confusion, 3.8.12

Daniel's Name Stuck

I never would have believed I’d live to see the day our government would require the church to violate its teachings. However, that is exactly what we are seeing the Federal Government do with regard to contraception and abortion.

ObamaCare carries a mandate that all religious organizations must provide birth control, including paying for abortion for their employees. It is clear this president envisions a society where God is not acknowledged. He clearly believes that the government is the ultimate arbitrator of what is right or wrong.

I joined my name this week to a petition along with thousands of other religious leaders who refuse to abide by this mandate. We view this as an attack on God’s standards. Even though we are aware that anyone who dissents is portrayed as a bigot, we choose to follow our convictions. Regardless of the fallout, we are required by our commitment to follow the Scriptures.

I was thinking of Daniel this week, who certainly would have signed this petition. He was just a young man when he was taken into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar’s army. Upon arrival in Babylon, he was enrolled in academic training for three years to learn the language and literature of the Babylonians so they could change his world view.  They started by changing Daniel’s name to Belteshazzar. They may have changed his name, but they didn’t change Daniel. They attempted to make him forget his faith, but they failed because Daniel remained true to his God.

When his parents gave him the name Daniel, they communicated what the name meant: “God is my judge.” They taught him to always remember that God was the one he would ultimately give an account to and not man. These parents sent a sharp weapon into the land of Babylon when their son was taken captive.

I am convinced that those who are committed to following the Scriptures are going to have to stand up against oppression, even coercion, from our own government. Let us take courage because if a man named Daniel remained true to his principles, we can too. Daniel’s name stuck through several successive kingdoms. He is regarded by all those kings as Daniel and not by his Babylonian name. It stuck because Daniel lived up to the meaning of his name.