George Michael and a swipe at Christians in General.

The above post appeared on my facebook feed. 

My Response: 

The Bible is clear 

A) all sin is damnable (homosexuality, as well as extramarital sex, as well as lying, stealing, dishonouring parents and blasphemy etc etc) and so everyone is in trouble, not just gay people. 

B) nothing we do in our lives counts for justifying us before God - we can do all sorts of good things and God would not owe us a thing - after all, we owe him for our lives - he made us and sustains us and gave us this beautiful world. Yet none of us give God his due and in point of fact we actually mostly despise and ignore him. We try to decide how he must be and if he does not conform to our image of him we reject his Word.

C) But God loves us so much that, in spite of all of this, he has chosen to save us at the greatest possible cost to himself (John 3:16). Only he could live a righteous life and therefore only his sacrifice is large enough (being an infinite being) to cover all sin and bring us home. All sin is wrong, and all self justification is wrong - only trusting and loving Christ is right. Repenting - turning from sin is vital. We are not to just accept sin and, if we are honest, relish it. But - don't take my word for it - read the book of John.

If George Michael is damned it is not because he was gay - it is because he, like everyone, was and is a sinner before an angry God; a sinner who died without knowing the peace with God that comes only through his Son Jesus. 

The challenge for Christians is to stop making homosexuality the umbrella problem rather than sin while making no bones about it - homosexuality is a serious sin against God. 

Consider at length 1 Corinthians 6:9cf
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. 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.

Finally let us be sensitive to those who loved the man and pray for them. Personally, I liked his music.