“Adulterers Sensitivity Statement” ?!

What would you think if you read this statement on a Christian site:

“We affirm adulterers as loved by God and valuable to their families, neighborhoods, friends, and communities. They should be treated with dignity and never caused emotional suffering just because they're attracted to sexual partners besides their spouse.”

I ask this because I discovered a “LGBTQ+ Sensitivity Statement” with similar language on a Christian website. The author admitted sexual sins are uniquely damaging (1 Corinthians 6:18) and LGBTQ+ lifestyles are sinful. But his sensitivity statement suggests these sins aren't related to a person's character and have no damaging effects on families or communities. 

The site contained no “statements of sensitivity” for liars, thieves, adulterers, prostitutes, or gossips because those sins aren't promoted by culture. 

The author talked about his “love” for his LGBTQ+ friends, but admitted that he struggles with “not being fond of everything the Bible teaches.” (source) 

That breaks my heart to hear a Christian say. 

No love is greater than God's. His commands are lovingly designed for our spiritual, physical, and emotional well-being. Sinful lifestyles destroy people and mock God's love.

This should be our “statement of sensitivity”:

 

“‘Let the one who boasts boast about this:
    that they have the understanding to know me,
that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness,
    justice and righteousness on earth,
    for in these I delight, declares the Lord.’” 

Jeremiah 9:23-24  

Knowing God's character and His sacrificial love should give us a “fondness” for everything He teaches, because everything from God is born of love.

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I encourage you to check out today's Bite Size Bible Study: Are You Fond of God's Commands? In it, I further examine some specific claims from this website. I hope you know that I have no desire to pick on this particular website, but it represents many websites and many Christian teachings that have compromised God's truth and downplayed God's love in order not to offend people. This website teaches good biblical truth in other areas, but clearly compromises on some cultural issues. And that makes it even more dangerous because we are more likely to accept false teaching when it's surrounded by good teaching. I also tried to leave my concerns in comments graciously stated, but for some reason, they didn't go through.

 

This example also emphasizes our need to understand the Galatians 1:10 mindset: see Do You Have a Galatians 1:10 Mindset? 

 

I also encourage you to be aware of gay revisionist theology: Lies in Disguise: Rewriting Scripture to Approve Immorality. 

 

Lies in Disguise is a book that can help you understand and avoid half-truths that are damaging the church. And it's concise, understandable, and filled with Scripture like all of Bible Love Note's devotions. Click image to find out more.