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Christians should stop saying things that produce death.
Jesus said he came to offer a message that gave life and not death! In fact, Jesus said he came to give abundant life! BUT anti lgbt theology does not produce abundant life in those who embrace it – instead it produces death – emotional death, mental death, spiritual death, relational death and even physical death.
When your theology consistently produces death it’s time to admit you have something wrong.
Individuals, institutions and organizations that condemn, exclude and/or restrict people based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or who they date and marry are embracing and spreading shame based messages that do irreparable harm to a whole group of people.
Christians should stop saying things that produce death.
In Matthew 7 Jesus said if you aren’t sure about something check out the fruit it is producing, because “every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit”
People were asking Jesus a lot of questions.
They wanted to know what they should believe – who they should follow – who they should emulate and support.
They wanted to know who was right – who knew the true way – what prophets should they trust – what rabbi should they follow?
Instead of answering with a list of shoulds and shouldn’ts, or naming names, Jesus offered a formula that would be useful to truth seekers throughout all of time.
Jesus advised those who were listening:
When you are not sure about a specific doctrine, or a certain theological point, or some Christian message you can simply check out the fruit that it is consistently producing.
If it is producing good fruit then it is of God and true. Embrace and follow the teaching.
If it is producing bad fruit then it is not of God and not true. Abandon the teaching.
Anti lgbt theology does not produce good fruit and it’s long overdue for churches, institutions and organizations to stop embracing the anti lgbt theology that produces death.
There is an abundance of information available proving that lgbt people who wholeheartedly embrace the idea that all same sex relationships are sinful and unholy typically experience depression, hopelessness, despair, self loathing and many times suicidal ideation. Good theology should make people more whole and healthy.
Christians should stop saying things that produce death.
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