27.6.15
As evangelical Christians, we dissent from the court’s ruling that redefines marriage.
The state did not create the family,
and should not try to recreate the family in its own image. We will not
capitulate on marriage because biblical authority requires that we
cannot. The outcome of the Supreme Court’s ruling to redefine marriage
represents what seems like the result of a half-century of witnessing
marriage’s decline through divorce, cohabitation, and a worldview of
almost limitless sexual freedom. The Supreme Court’s actions pose
incalculable risks to an already volatile social fabric by alienating
those whose beliefs about marriage are motivated by deep biblical
convictions and concern for the common good.
The Bible clearly teaches the enduring truth that marriage consists of one man and one woman. From
Genesis to Revelation, the authority of Scripture witnesses to the
nature of biblical marriage as uniquely bound to the complementarity of
man and woman. This truth is not negotiable. The Lord Jesus himself said
that marriage is from the beginning (Matt. 19:4-6), so no human
institution has the authority to redefine marriage any more than a human
institution has the authority to redefine the gospel, which marriage
mysteriously reflects (Eph. 5:32). The Supreme Court’s ruling to
redefine marriage demonstrates mistaken judgment by disregarding what
history and countless civilizations have passed on to us, but it also
represents an aftermath that evangelicals themselves, sadly, are not
guiltless in contributing to. Too often, professing evangelicals have
failed to model the ideals we so dearly cherish and believe are central
to gospel proclamation.
Evangelical churches must be faithful to the biblical witness on marriage regardless of the cultural shift.
Evangelical churches in America now find themselves in a new moral
landscape that calls us to minister in a context growing more hostile to
a biblical sexual ethic. This is not new in the history of the church.
From its earliest beginnings, whether on the margins of society or in a
place of influence, the church is defined by the gospel. We insist that
the gospel brings good news to all people, regardless of whether the
culture considers the news good or not.
# posted by claus_kirche @ 19:40 
