Okay, so the world has been lit up with the Duck Men... I've been thinking long and hard, not only to the Biblical correctness that all Christians should adhere to, but also to the fact that some people need to be shocked into the truth. While the Duck patriarch's words were unfiltered and raw, they were not mean or hateful. THAT is the crux of Christianity. Jesus was raw, unfiltered- he called religious dudes vipers and snakes and told them they were the spawn of the devil. John the Baptist was beheaded because he told a king he was in sin for sleeping with his brother's wife. Peter told a couple Christians they had lied to the Holy Ghost...oh, and God killed those two for a pretty simple lie.
Click here to read how the Robertson Family is standing behind their patriarch
Right now I see 2 different Christian churches- I see the ones, not in the spotlight, everyday Joes whose lives may not be picture perfect but they are humble- God just needs a teachable spirit, and then I see those Christians whose lives look perfect but they live in so much pride they can't see past their noses. One is looking for answers, the other thinks they have all the answers.
More everyday Americans want to be in that humble corner and they are backing and supporting this Phil guy. If you are in the other corner, thinking that this dude's comments were wrong or harsh or mean, I beg you to take a look at Jude- this is where the Lord took me today
Jude 21 Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)—[which will bring you] unto life eternal.
22 And refute [so as to] convict some who dispute with you, and on some have mercy who waver and doubt.
23 [Strive to] save others, snatching [them] out of [the] fire; on others take pity [but] with fear, loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh and polluted by their sensuality.
Sometimes you've got to hit people with cold, hard truth...homosexuality is not natural. The Bible says exactly what Phil said "They left the natural use of a woman( a vagina) for the use of a man (a rectum). (Romans 1:27-And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,(male genitals with male backsides) and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet/fitting. (sickness, disease, pain, emotional instability)
When he said he didn't understand homosexuality because a woman has more to offer a man, look no further than Song of Solomon
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
which looks toward Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel,
and your flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 How beautiful and pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights![a]
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your mouth[b] like the best wine.
The dude said the sin of homosexuality didn't make sense, but he said that was the nature of sin, it doesn't make sense...well, that comes from the Bible as well.
Romans 1:27 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
He could have gone even FURTHER...the Word of God does, where he is deriving his authority to speak on such subjects...Romans 1:26 says that
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Some people need to have this explained in a way that they can understand...that a woman has to go even farther into a depraved mind (the Bible's words) to try to use her body with another female...it's not natural, it shows a mind totally away from God.
Some people, you've got to reach out, shake them with the truth and help them wake up from the slumber they've been in. For others, we need to be kind and compassionate. This man's words are obviously for those who need to be saved by "fire," just they way Jesus or Paul or Peter would- speaking the truth in love. I've never seen the show, I don't know the man, but after reading his words through several times I have come to the conclusion that the reason so many Christians are upset is because he said EXACTLY what most God fearing Christians think about homosexuality but are too afraid to SIMPLY TELL THE TRUTH IN LOVE.
My two cents...ya'll know it was coming sooner or later
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