Demonic Distortions

Our enemy is Satan, not people. Let me just point that out before I go any further. What I'm about to say will offend some people, but the truth always does. And honestly, I am saying it because the truth is the standard that we are measured against. The topic: How Satan distorts and uglifies the good thing called marriage that God established.

I have read the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and they are quite thoughtful and enlightening. Two demons are corresponding about how to sucker people into falling into Satan's traps. I don't know what demons really say to each other, but I have seen a pattern lately of how Satan is working in the area of marriage. Men and women who reject loving the opposite gender have been fighting for the ability for a long time to get gay marriage legal at least in the law of the land. However at the same time, there are more and more young men and women who are choosing to live together and not get married. Satan is crafty! Satan can convince a a man and a woman that God intended for marriage to reject His holy ways, while at the same time tricking people caught up in the sin of homosexuality that they deserve to get married. Both things dishonor God. Both things are rebellion against His holiness.

Now I must say that there are a lot of folks who are seeking to please God. There are young men and women that are waiting til they are married to be physically intimate. There are homosexuals who fight their urges and reject that "lifestyle". They deserve our encouragement and support.

I have heard it said, "I was born gay" or "God made me this way." I honestly think the first answer could be yes. We all struggle with sin. Sin is passed down to us from our fathers and it is in us at birth. If it were possible to raise a child without any influence of sin around them, they would still sin. And that sin could be anything! I think most parents will agree that their infants are self absorbed, and as they grow up, they are pretty selfish and often rebellious. Hitting a little closer to home, I think all my sin is encapsulated in pride, selfishness, and outright rebellion. It's that way for all of us. But when folks say these sorts of things, they are trying to justify their sin. The sin has them bound as a prisoner, and it owns them. Sometimes, the rebellion gets to the point where God just gives them over to their sin and lets it rule their lives. (Romans 1)

I just wanted to share this because I see this as a clear pattern of how Satan distorts God's ways and mocks his Maker in the process.


Johnie