WHEN HATE MASQERADES AS CHRISTIANITY!

John 11:33-44 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

Westboro Baptist Church is the ugly face of so-called Christianity in America which makes me sick. Any church that claims to be for God and shows up at funeral, to picket, is NOT A CHRISTIAN CHURCH. I am not sorry, debate if you want, where in scripture do you see the Lord Jesus Christ showing up at a funeral, to picket against the wickedness and sin running ramped? Never! So what has Westboro Baptist Church discovered about God that the homosexuals of American, and now UK need to know?

Westboro Baptist Church believes that God will punish the West for it’s acceptance of homosexuals. So their message is to tell others that God hates homosexuals, and the sin of the United States? They have gotten the message wrong. Have they done Eisegesis on Ephesians 5:

Ephesians 5:3-11 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

I used to be a Christian who loved to parade around making people know of God’s wrath being against them. I loved to tell the sinner, repent or go to hell. Wait a minute, but how should I do this? Just as Jesus Christ did? Yes, and the first two verse brings the context of Ephesians 5, so that darkness works are reproved biblically:

Ephesians 5:1-2 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

So is walking in love protesting against gays? Is showing up at funerals and gay pride parades with signs demonstrating that Christ died while we were yet sinners (Romans 5:8)? No it is not. Beloved, we cannot convert any sinner to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. We can say a 1000 words from scripture and the homosexual can still die in his sin. In fact Jesus Christ Himself, told the Pharisees they were not of Him, yet they still did not come to saving faith (John 8:12-56). It takes the work of God’s Spirit to draw a man to repentance in Jesus Christ (John 12:32).

Wait Karsten, hold up a minute. The Apostles spoke to the crowds telling them to repent; Jesus Christ spoke to the crowds and said to repent. Yes, Christ did, and the disciples did as well. But did they hold up signs or say with their mouth what God hated? Did they proclaim destruction, doom, and gloom, or truly announce the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Let’s see:

Mark 1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

Now look hard, where are proclaiming God hates you! Now, they are saying repent, and believe in the Good News. There is no pointing out of their fornication etc, just a call to repent and turn to the true God, the Lord Jesus Christ.

But Westboro Baptist Church makes signs and threatens America with destruction. It shows up at funerals picketing, and you know what, the bottles that are thrown at them are well deserved. That’s not suffering for Jesus Christ, that’s being foolish and being rewarded for it.

Don’t be masquerading around hatred and claiming you’re of the Church. You love Jesus Christ, then why are you picketing against gays? Should you not be living and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ? Can you invite a homosexual to stay in your home, feed him, clothe him, and take care of him? If no, what are you doing out in the street protesting against them? That is foolishness, and you will continue to be rebuked by men cussing at you, or throwing objects at you. Dear Westboro, I’ll leave you with a true way to show men Jesus Christ, and look he doesn't proclaim that God hates them, hmmmm:

Acts 17:22-34 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. So Paul departed from among them. Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.