A person might have expected that at the death of Rod Meredith, the focus of the Living Church of God would not be so consumed by sex, but no, Gerald Weston carries on the tradition.
According to Weston, Living Church of God members are being intimidated in Australia over its gay marriage referendum. Weston is even distressed that the national football team stood up for the referendum. Bob Thiel will NOT be pleased!
Add to that California's recent decision to allow transgender individuals to have a classification on their driver's license so that they might live lives a little bit more stress-free. Because of that CA might be being punished by Weston's god with fires that burned 6,000 homes and killed 50 people. Weston even admits he may be jumping to conclusions about that extreme stretch of his imagination, but he does it anyway in order to denigrate the citizens of California. He even jumps to the conclusion that Australia is suffering from drought as a punishment from his god.
Living Church of God members are encouraged to believe that these are all sure signs that the end times are swiftly crashing down around us. Weston also believes that their right to freedom of speech is in jeopardy which will inhibit them from preaching what they think is the gospel.
Never fear though, the collapse of society, while maybe 50 years away, is still swiftly crashing down around them...as it has for the last 80 some years.
Psalm 133:1 tells us, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” This is a fitting description of what we encountered in our travels among God’s people, and I trust you found the same to be true wherever you traveled over the Festival period. But this is not the world to which we’ve returned. At the time of this writing, Australia is spending more than $95 million (in U.S. dollars) on a non-binding referendum in an attempt to trivialize and pervert the marriage relationship between a man and a woman. We heard numerous reports from our members of intimidation to cast a “yes” opinion for same-sex marriage. Some businesses display “yes” posters and make it clear that they expect their employees to fall in line. Government buildings, which one would expect to be neutral, display the rainbow flag, making it obvious which side they support. To be sure, there are vocal critics on the “no” side, but “yes” has the support of the media, academia, many businesses, most celebrities, and even the national football team.
Truly, this generation has no respect for God or His instructions found in the Bible. “There is no fear of God before his eyes” (Psalm 36:1); and “The wicked in his proud countenance does not seek God; God is in none of his thoughts” (Psalm 10:4). Even in the unlikely event that these misbegotten efforts fail, same-sex marriage will eventually prevail in Australia, just as it has in the other Israelite nations. It is only a matter of time. The god of this world and his invisible spirit influence will make sure of that! Is it any wonder that parts of Australia are in severe drought, and some farmers, seeing no hope for the future, have committed suicide?
And in California, Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law a bill allowing people who consider themselves as transgender to identify as having a “non-binary” gender on state identification documents such as driver licenses. It might be a stretch to blame the fires that have destroyed 6,000 homes and killed nearly 50 people on a single piece of legislation, but it is evident God is withdrawing His blessings from the “Golden State” and from the Israelite nations as a whole for disregarding His ways.
Many members of the Church sense that time is closing in on us and that real persecution is just around the corner. We are losing our freedom of speech, which is so essential to the preaching of the true Gospel and proclaiming the Ezekiel warning. A cadre of people—small, percentage-wise, but very vocal—have taken over our governments, educational institutions and the media as a whole, and people who lack a godly moral foundation are going right along with it. So, while the Feast of Tabernacles was an oasis of peace, love and harmony, we must not be lulled into a lukewarm Laodicean attitude. We may be surprised. It may take longer than we expect before man’s Babylonish system comes crashing down, but collapse is on the way.
Non-binary gender isn't the same as transgender. It is a state of gender ambivalence, in which one floats in self-image between male and female. It's like the old Saturday Night Live skits on "Pat", where one's gender is left open, and isn't defined.
ReplyDeleteWeston should do a little more research if he wishes to be taken seriously. He's also behind the times. Freedom to be a jerk in one's speech has once again raised its ugly head starting last November. The ACOGs have a new lease on life when it comes to judging, condemning, and bullying people who are different from them.
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But it's true that you can't express disapproval of gay behavior without being abused. There should be freedom of conscience and freedom of speech.
ReplyDeleteCallers on talk back radio who disagree with homosexually are called ugly names. I've stopped listening to these programs. If they're not going to play be the rules, to hell with them.
"We heard numerous reports from our members of intimidation to cast a “yes” opinion for same-sex marriage."
ReplyDeleteLast I checked LCG discourages voting. So why are they pointing out that member are voting? Also, for a church that claims to not be involved in politics, they have an awful lot of political opinions.
November 23, 2017 at 1:50 AM says:
ReplyDelete"But it's true that you can't express disapproval of gay behavior without being abused. There should be freedom of conscience and freedom of speech.
"Callers on talk back radio who disagree with homosexually are called ugly names. I've stopped listening to these programs. If they're not going to play be the rules, to hell with them."
You are absolutely right that there should be freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. And there is. Freedom of conscience allows people to discover their own needs and struggle to meet them in their own lives. Freedom of speech allows defenders of homosexuality to call attackers ugly names. It also allows attackers to call defenders ugly names. Everybody is free to choose whether to act like a tolerant, empathetic person or a bigoted jackass.
Your choice to avoid programs where you have to listen to the bigoted jackasses on one side is a good one. Do you also avoid the bigoted jackasses on the other side? They are just as nasty, and even more plentiful.