Kingdoms in Conflict

As most of you already know, Prop 8 has been declared unconstitutional by the courts. It's in the appeals process so the fate of this is up in the air. Most likely it will end up in the Supreme Court and the whole country will have to wait to see what the final judgment will be.

Though the prospect of having homosexual marriages legalized and the ramifications this decision may have on our schools, work places and even our churches is unsettling, we should not be more alarmed than we should have been before. Which sin is worse, homosexuality or worldliness or bigotry or idolatry or apathy or believing and preaching false doctrines or......................

We are not alarmed when we see idolatry in our own hearts or worldliness and apathy in our churches and yet when we see sin being embraced by a world who has publicly rejected Christ we ought not be surprised and caught off guard. I am concerned for my children sending them back to public school and what they will be exposed to there. But I am equally concerned that they will grow up to embrace a nominal faith holding to a form of godliness and yet know nothing of its powers.

Jesus said that His kingdom is not of this world. If it was He would not have given Himself to sinners to be crucified. He could have easily summoned legions of His angels to fight for the control of this condemned world. Instead He calls His church to be the light and to call the world through the preaching of the "foolishness" of the cross to another kingdom. A kingdom which president does not change every four years. A kingdom whose king is perfect and immutable. A kingdom that will not fade or change with time. A kingdom where the perfect law will be ruled by a perfect judge with a perfect advocate standing as our perfect mediator.

We should be good citizens of Rome but never forget that our true citizenship is somewhere else. Soli Deo Gloria!!!!