No doubt that many of you have heard about the Gay Rights Activists running into a church in Lansing, Michigan, throwing propaganda pamphlets around and screaming that “it’s okay to be gay”, while protesters outside yelled obscenities and phrases like “Jesus was a homo”…wait, I thought Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child?

We Christians have no one else to blame for this particular situation; other theological issues aside. As always, I preach AGAINST “man’s theology” that has crept into the church by leadership unwilling or unable to address it or completely ignorant of its tight grip around the throat of the modern day US church! “How did we get to this?” I’ve heard many ask. Let me say this without any reservation or hesitation….

YOU COMPROMISED!!! Did I say it loud enough? If I had a megaphone and I was standing outside the doors of Mount Hope Church in Lansing I would be yelling….YOU COMPROMISED!!!

How harsh, some of you might be saying to yourself; but you get it! Others of you simply don’t get it at all! For those of you who are completely clueless as to the harsh attitude towards Mount Hope Church…of course it isn’t just Mount Hope Church, it is all the churches in our nation who DO NOT call it’s members to holiness and righteousness, who simply deal with the problem by sending them out for counseling instead of dealing with issues in a completely biblical way! Counseling can only be effective up to a certain point; then no more.

NOT ONCE did Jesus ever stop preaching and recommend that one of the folks in his audience “seek counseling”. Jesus dealt with the issue right then and there!!!!!!!!!!! Did I say it loud enough! NOT ONCE!!!!!

For those of you who still don’t know what I am talking about, let me spell it out for you in a detailed, yet simple to understand format…

1. Jesus preached that they should repent from their sins. (Who can really say what sin is these days? Many churches don’t preach on sin for fear they might offend someone; mind you not all, but many.)

2. Jesus preached that they should never again return to sin “for something worse could happen to you” (John 5:14). What might that be? Take a look at Matthew 12:45 or Luke 11:26.

3. He healed their diseases.

4. He delivered them from their demons.

5. He died on the cross for their sins, so that when He went to sit at the right hand of His Father, they could continue to be free from the snares of Satan and his demons!

Okay, so what is the missing piece of this mind boggling puzzle the church as a whole stands and scratches its head, saying “we are praying and doing the best that we can!” Really? Has any church or ministry offered deliverance from the tormenting spirits of homosexuality?

Yes, my friends, homosexuality isn’t caused by some genetic flaw, it isn’t the way God “made us”, it isn’t environmental, it wasn’t playing with dolls for boys or climbing too many trees for girls, it wasn’t their mother paying too much attention or their father ignoring them, it wasn’t even being molested as a child….let’s face it my Christian brothers and sisters, most of us don’t even know why….but I can tell you as matter of fact, as Jesus delivered all those He encountered in His ministry; it is a tormenting spirit! Simple as that! Tormenting the poor soul until they give in to their lustful desires and then it has “a foothold”. Once the foot hold has been established, the poor soul stands very little chance of regaining any self direction; torment is ongoing and continuous.

If and only if, that person is delivered from that tormenting spirit will they ever know completely their freedom! Sad but true; even in Christian ministries that deal with helping homosexuals out of that lifestyle, they completely overlook the spiritual aspect of their condition, leaving them to deal with these horrible things under there own will power. That usually doesn’t last long. Sure they have the Holy Spirit to help and guide them, but it is no different than if you had a deer tick attached to your body, sucking your blood and getting bigger by the minute…you wouldn’t just stand there, feeling hopeless and praying “dear Lord please deliver me from this tick”…you would find a doctor who could help you remove it safely and heal the wound so it wouldn’t get infected or infested by another tick! Same principal applies here…Jesus said Himself that “it’s not the healthy that need a doctor, but the sick” (Matthew 9:12) Who are the “doctors” in this scenario?…. CHURCH PASTORS, LEADERS, DEACONS, ELDERS, etc…..wake up and don’t let another soul perish!!! I really am begging now! I’m on my knees!

What seems as obvious as the nose on every homosexuals face should be the tormenting spirit that resides inside! We have compromised ourselves out of teaching the true bible, because it seems so illogical, so nonsensical, surely Jesus wasn’t delivering people from a “spirit”, it had to have been just a virus or bacteria, because it is just too unbelievable even for many of us Christians to believe that “demons” exist. Surely the bible was referring to something else? No my friends, it wasn’t!

The only way we are ever going to be effective in the world is if we teach and preach THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH! Not with words of hate, but with words of love. You can NOT preach a message about leaving the homosexual lifestyle without offering them REAL healing and deliverance! Not some phony blanket “deliverance” ceremony where everyone leaves with what they came in with! Deliverance ministry is messy, exhausting, time consuming, not fun, not always monetarily profitable and at times dangerous; but EVERY leader in the Christian community should be able to do it like knowing the Ten Commandments or the “Our Father”! That my friends is how Christians can be effective in their communities and heal those who come to us for help…including the homosexuals! Forget about political agenda’s and begin at the grass roots. Stop laying blame, pointing fingers or putting up banners of harsh accusations and criticisms. Offer them the way out…REAL help, not just words! We will never reach those that Jesus came to save if we COMPROMISE! If not for me, do it for Jesus, because He said…

“And these signs will accompany those who believe…” Mark 16:17

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