The people of the United States are confronted with many problems of various kinds. None is more vexing to them than the demand of homosexuals and their mantras demanding that they be allowed to marry. All sorts of remedies are proffered but none work very well. Congress passed the defense of marriage act, which is patently unconstitutional. Such a law isn’t within the delegated powers of Congress since it is foreign to the powers of Article I, Section 8. A call for a constitutional amendment has been ongoing, but that isn’t the answer either as will be seen. (The Constitution limits government, not people.)

The clamor of those against queer “marriage” is that marriage is being destroyed. Actually, queers aren’t destroying marriage. It is those who are failing to stand up for marriage; and that failure is laid at the feet of those who call themselves Christians. It must be remembered that God joined one man and one woman together no matter what the queers demand or their supporters say is right. It isn’t a civil rights issue. It is a sin issue pure and simple.

A disease has crept across the land and it has silenced the churches. Mainly it is people expecting government (politicians) to solve moral and other problems rather than speaking out against sin and immorality. We live in a politically correct society that has silenced those who claim to be God’s people. They don’t want to be thought of as not tolerant, considerate and respectful of the feelings and idea of others, so they remain silent instead of confronting ungodly ideas. And with the silence, immorality of all kinds is flourishing.

Jesus said in Matthew 5:14-16, Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. The verses need no explanation. Those who follow Jesus are to act like it and preach and teach the good news and that includes speaking out against the sin we see rampaging across our republic. Electing politicians to office who, though they may be of a conservative nature and who express some godly ideas, will not change the moral and spiritual climate of the country. Only God following people can do that by speaking the message of God brought to us in Jesus Christ.

Read the words of John Adams concerning morals and the Constitution. We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – Address to the Military, October 11, 1798

The Constitution is the design for our republic and the federal government. It is neither moral nor immoral; it is amoral and only deals with the government powers, not the morality of the people or those in power. The founders supposed that those who would lead us would be God-fearing men and women who would be honorable in their dealings both publicly and privately. We can see from daily events that their supposition, while true at one time, is now false. The people, who do the voting and who are responsible for the ungodly holding office, must return to the ways of God and make their voices heard across the land. They must throw aside party and do God’s will, not party will. Standing for the Truth found in God’s message of Jesus Christ will begin to change the direction of the country. Nothing else will work.

© 08-07-2010 DEC