The Biblical definition of persecution is being hated or attacked for standing on the Word of God. Whether it was his intention or not, Phil Robertson has become the poster child, and, in reality, this isn't even about Phil Robertson. Now, although I'm sure he never saw it coming, God chose this particular man for this particular moment in time. My belief is it has something to do with the Spiritual strength of Phil and his certainty of who he is in Christ and who Christ is IN HIM! Nevertheless, the war rages.
Recapping: Phil Robertson is the Patriarch of the Robertson family, who have the most successful non-scripted show in the history of EVER! They bring in hundreds of millions of dollars for the A&E Network, to include a $400 million dollar deal with Walmart to A&E's financial benefit. GQ magazine runs him down to do an interview, and the reporter specifically asks Phil what he believes sin is. Now, although I wouldn't use the exact vocabulary he used, Phil proceeds to give an accurate account of what the Bible considers to be sin. Again, I wouldn't have used the same wording in the details, BUT ... when the moment came to back my beliefs scripturally, I would have said the same things he said; because, I read and believe the same Bible.
Now, there is NO WAY on the face of God's green earth that GQ reporter, A&E or any breathing human being who has watched even half an episode of Duck Dynasty, or listened to this man speak for even five minutes, who can honestly say they are surprised or shocked by what he said. It is all he ever says. The man has an agenda, and that agenda is Jesus; and, he doesn't split hairs or make excuses about it. He is one of the most recognizable faces in the country, and Jesus is absolutely the topic of discussion everywhere he goes .... whether it starts out that way or not. Everybody knows this .... or, at least, they should. Well, apparently A&E didn't know, and they promptly rained down a politically correct indefinite suspension!!! Bravo A&E, right? Well, as it turns out .... they are nothing more than a corporate clan of hypocritical socially acceptables. They defended their actions by pronouncing their unconditional support of LGBT and marveled in their support for gay rights equality. Yet, that VERY night .... the scheduled Duck Dynasty episode to air in Northern Virginia was Phil and Miss Kay renewing their wedding vows!!!!! You know? One man, one woman, holy matrimony! Hypocrites!
As a side note .... I read the article .... the entire article, and I have watched the news media madness that has followed. I watched as the gentleman from GLAAD sat on the news the other night, and twisted and turned every sentence from the article into damnation on the LGBT Community. Quite clearly, this young man didn't have the benefit of a Caroline Sabo to teach him that a period after a word, not in an abbreviation, ends a complete thought and the next word beginning with a capital letter starts a new and separate thought. Because what he was accusing Phil of is NOT what he said. The words were the same, but the structure and thought were not.
So lets look at this ..... according to the Bible sexual sin or sexual immorality is ANYTHING sexual outside of the marriage between one man and one woman. You don't have to agree with it. You don't have to like it. You don't have to believe it, BUT, that's what the Bible says. As far as the Bible says, there are no BIG sexual sins and LITTLE sexual sins. Sin is sin is sin. We are the ones who categorize, not God. You can ask a thousand people what they believe is the worst sin, and they would ALL be correct! But, back to Phil ....
And, that takes us to Piers Morgan ....... The GQ article set to release in print next month is released online, A&E slams down the politically correct gavel ..... and Piers Morgan, who, best I can tell has done nothing but slam every freedom we have in this country for as long as he been given a platform, says that Freedom of Speech shouldn't apply to "vile bigots", aka Phil Robertson. That's hate speech. Should Phil be offended? Let me analyze this .... Piers Morgan, a foreign journalist working in America whose citizenship, at last report, is STILL Great Britain versus Phil Robertson, born and bred in Louisiana, raised in Louisiana, citizenship is American. Which one of these two men is really on the short end of who our Constitution and Bill of Rights applies to? Not to mention .... Freedom of Speech was written into our Constitution .... NOT to protect people for things we like to hear, but specifically to protect people for things we DON'T like. I suppose if Piers had been educated in American History, in America, like Phil was, he'd know that!
Here's my thing ..... I, too, have an agenda. Like Phil, my agenda is Jesus. As such, I believe the Bible. I believe EVERY Word of it. I also believe this. Although this is they way God introduced this moment in history, this really has nothing to do with Phil Robertson, Piers Morgan, LGBT or GLAAD, or that sad reporter at GQ, who opened Pandora's Box.
The Bible tells us that in the last days, there will be a great falling away from the church, and that there will be a time of separating true believers from nonbelievers. I believe this is the beginning of that move, and, if church folks are really paying attention, they will see it, too. It is time for the redeemed of the Lord to say so and MEAN it. Either God is who He says, or He's not. Either Jesus is who He says, or He's not. Either we believe Him, or we don't. These are absolutes. It is cut and dry, and it is time to take a stand. The days of feel good Sunday Service Christians are over. It's time to walk our talk! We are either on God's side, or we're not. The time to settle this IS NOW!
If we truly knew the price He paid and the love with which He loves, this would have been settled long ago!
Kalena
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