“…a person of faith who’s also part of the LGBTQ community…”
“Person of faith” and “LGBTQ community” are to very diametrically opposed things. Sorry to break the news to you.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I don’t believe Pete Buttigieg is actually a Christian. Oh, he may BELIEVE he is a Christian, just like so many in churches all across this nation and the world who are being taught a buffet-style of Christianity, and that there are many paths to Heaven. But you can’t pick and choose which parts of God’s Word you want, and ignore the rest. God is VERY clear that there is only ONE way to Heaven, to the Father, and that is through a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. (John 14:6)
How can I say that I don’t believe Buttigeig is a Christian? Isn’t that “passing judgement?” No, moron. It’s USING judgement. Only God Himself will PASS judgement on each of us. However, He instructs us to USE judgement, i.e. to be “fruit inspectors.” (Matthew 7:16)
In Matt 7:16, Jesus says “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?” There are certain fruits that a walk with Jesus produces. The most oft cited passage describing these fruits is Galatians chapter 5. Let’s start by looking at verses 16-26.
Galatians 5:16-26 (NASB) 16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
Here Paul tells us that if you’re still actively trying to satisfy the desires of the flesh, you are acting contrary to the Spirit. He also says that among the fruits of the flesh are “sexual immorality.” There are a number of verses that make it CLEAR that homosexuality, a form of sexual immorality in God’s eyes, i.e. bulls with bulls, and cows with cows, is a sin.
Leviticus 18:22 (NASB) 22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.
Leviticus 20:13 (NASB) 13 If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
Romans 1:18-32 (NASB) 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. 21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.
Pay particular attention to verses 26-27, especially the word “unnatural.” Even if you take this discussion outside the Christian arena for a moment, it is still impossible to argue that homosexuality is NATURAL. If it were, humans would be capable of asexual reproduction. Barring that, if homosexuality were natural, the human race would have ceased to exist long ago. Think back to your grade school biology class.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NASB) 9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
Jude 1:5-8 (NASB) 5 Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7 just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
Homosexuality is CLEARLY a sin, it is a fruit of the flesh and not the Spirit, and thus one could reasonably deduce (judge) that someone who leads a life OPENLY flaunting their disobedience of God’s laws is not a Christian.
Everybody likes to focus on the “love” part of Christianity, but wants to ignore the things that God CLEARLY calls sin and tells us not to do. Sorry, can’t do that. If you love Jesus, and walk with Him, you keep His commandments.
John 14:21 (NASB) 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.”
None of us are perfect.
Romans 3:23 (NASB) 23 for all [a]have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
But there’s a huge difference between making a mistake and repenting of it (turning around and going the other way), and CONSCIOUSLY living in a way that is contrary to what God commands. THAT is what Pete Buttigieg is doing, and THAT is why he makes me so sick when he and others of both his political and sexual persuasion pretend to lecture any of us on anything to do with Christianity.
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Pete Buttigieg: ‘God doesn’t have a political party’
By Veronica Rocha, CNN
Updated 10:27 AM ET, Tue April 23, 2019
(CNN)Pete Buttigieg opened up about his faith Monday night, expressing confidence that he will be able to unite many different groups of people because “God does not have a political party.”
During a CNN town hall in New Hampshire Monday, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor was asked how he planned to unite conservatives, moderates and liberal Christians.
“It can be challenging to be a person of faith who’s also part of the LGBTQ community and yet, to me, the core of faith is regard for one another,” Buttigieg said. “And part of God’s love is experienced, according to my faith tradition, is in the way that we support one another and, in particular, support the least among us.”
Read entire article here: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/23/politics/buttigieg-god-political-party/index.html
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