Turnovers

No, this story isn't about tasty treats or fumbles and interceptions, or changing jobs. It's about something God often does to us whenever we are disobedient. And it's not good.

I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and I came across a picture of someone who had decided to become a surrogate mom for a couple who couldn't have kids.

She delivered the baby this week and shared some pictures - her, her husband, the baby, and the two parents to be - two men.

My initial reaction was, "Well, that's kind of disgusting." But then that quickly changed to, "How sad. How sad we've become."

Think about that newborn baby, growing up without a mom - a female mom, that is. I'm no psychological expert but it seems to me that that would be extremely detrimental to the child's mental health.

And surrogacy - if the surrogate is already married, isn't she committing a form of adultery by receiving another man's sperm into herself? Just wondering.

If we look at same-sex couples from a Christian perspective, the first verse that comes to mind is from the Book of Genesis.

"God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them." - Genesis 1:27

And then, in the New Testament, Jesus expands on this:

"For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh." - Mark 10:7-8

I suppose one could say, "Well, Jesus says 'wife,' not woman," so as long as one of the men says he's the wife....

Let's go back to Moses and the law that God dictated to him in the Book of Leviticus, remembering that Jesus 'came to fulfill the law, not abolish it' (Matthew 5:17)

"Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable." - Leviticus 18:22

'Yeah, but, that's the Old Testament. We are no longer under the law but under grace, right?'

Then what about this New Testament text from the Apostle Paul:

"Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error." - Romans 1:26-27

As much as same-sex couples might seem to be an affront against God, let me assure you of this: Yes, they are. Whether you like it or not. But also notice in verse 26 where it says that "God gave them over.' What does THAT mean? He let them continue in their sin. He turned them over to Satan and their shameful acts. And that was 2,000 years ago!

God has done this before. In the Book of Job we read where God allowed Satan to torment Job. In other words, God 'turned Job over to Satan.' But that was slightly different. Same-sex couples desire to sin. Job did not sin. But it shows that God CAN and DOES turn people over to Satan.

Surely God's wrath is building up against the 'shameful lusts' of us humans. In my estimation, He will return very soon and begin the last seven years of His patient endurance, called the Tribulation.

Thankfully, you and I will not be here to see it. I don't even want to think about what it will be like for those who are left behind.

One thing is for sure - we all must pray. And keep praying.

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." - Romans 6:23

Note: We all sin. "No one is good" as Jesus said. That is why we repent of our sins and place our hope and faith in Jesus. He is our only hope.