Larry Tomczak
The blockbuster Disney classic, Cinderella repeats this advice throughout: “Have courage and be kind.” Tragically the overwhelming majority of Christian leaders have not followed this biblical admonition regarding LGBT deceit and now the day of reckoning is at hand.
Kudos to those leaders who have demonstrated courage over the past decade but to those who have fallen short, may this commentary provide challenge and conviction. Homosexuality is labeled as “unnatural,” “indecent,” “impure,” “shameful,” “degrading” and a “perversion” (Rom.1:24-27) by a loving and holy God and if 2-3 percent practice this lifestyle, it is and always will be sinful behavior.
For the record, deception can be humorous, humane or harmful. Guess which one has been given a “full-court press” by gay activists to dupe the masses in America?
Humorous deception is what I engaged in to fool my adult son on April 1. Although he alerted people the night before on Facebook about my pranks that yearly trick him, I still got him! Sending a florist to his home with an attractive package, he thought he was receiving a monetary gift towards his upcoming third adoption. Instead he opened it excitedly to find a wilted flower and the message “Gotcha!” scribbled on the bottom of the box.
A BMW dealership placed an ad in the newspaper offering a free BMW the same day for the first person bringing in their old vehicle. Yeah, right! Everyone dismissed it as a joke except the woman who brought in her 15-year-old station wagon and drove away with the new $50,000 BMW. Her license plate reads “NO FOOL!”
Humane deception is what takes place to save lives especially during wartime or by law enforcement to capture suspects. During World War II Adolf Hitler was tricked into believing that America’s inflatable tanks and weaponry placed strategically were the real thing. Adding sound effects and a unit of over 1000 “Cecil B. DeMille Warriors,” the Führer was fooled royally by the grand illusion. America’s “Ghost Army” diverted his attention from the real invasions and subsequently his evil reign came to an end through this subterfuge.
Then there is harmful deception that can destroy lives and cultures if not caught before it’s too late. This deception suggest telling a lie to gain an end; trickery to dupe or cheat. At the heart of the unbelievable state of affairs in America regarding gay “marriage” and gay rights is demonically—engineered mass deception.
The LGBT activists with their sympathetic politicians, media, sports and business leaders have had a field day because the calculated deception they’ve engaged in hasn’t been countered by the truth of a biblical worldview. Humble church leaders admit, “We really are the primary ones responsible for this state of affairs. God forgive us!” Because of so many leader’s silence for years, we may very well experience the judgment of what was unthinkable a generation ago—gay “marriage” imposed by law on every state in our land.
Remember the principle illustrated in Ezekiel 3:17–21 where God tells the shepherd–leader to be a “watchman” and warn the flock of coming deception and danger. If listeners heed, both they and the leader prosper. If they ignore, they suffer but the leader is exonerated. Finally, if the leader doesn’t warn them, they all suffer and God requires their blood on the leader’s hands. The apostle Paul understood this in telling the Ephesians he “didn’t shrink back from declaring the whole counsel of God and therefore he was innocent of the blood of them all” (Acts 20:26-27).
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SOURCE: Charisma News
Larry Tomczak
