{"id":31854,"date":"2023-05-24T12:16:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=31854"},"modified":"2023-08-09T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:47:37","slug":"gay-blessings-a-plan-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/gay-blessings-a-plan-of-action\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Gay blessings\u2019 – a plan of action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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St Peter’s Carmarthen, the oldest place of worship in the oldest town in Wales, but now allowed to hold ‘gay blessings’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In February 2023, the General Synod of the Church of England followed the Church in Wales down the path of allowing the \u2018blessing\u2019 of same-sex couples in its churches and cathedrals.<\/p>\n

The decisions, particularly that of the Church of England, the \u2018mother church\u2019 of the Anglican Communion, have thrown Anglicanism into turmoil.<\/p>\n

The churches of the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans (GSFA) and the Global Anglican Future Conference, representing some 85% of the world\u2019s Anglicans, consider the CofE and the CiW have left the Christian faith.<\/p>\n

GAFCON\u2019s Archbishop Foley wrote in September 2022<\/b><\/a> to CofE Archbishop Justin Welby. In his letter he said: \u2018It is those who depart from the established teaching of the Church who are causing the division (Epistle of Jude 18, 19). I implore you to call us all to repentance and to return to the Apostles\u2019 Teaching of the Bible.\u2019<\/p>\n

Support Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

As we are here to proclaim Biblical truth, let us begin by observing that homosexual relationships are condemned as decadent in Scripture:<\/p>\n

Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:<\/b><\/p>\n

Of course proponents of the measure try to explain words like that away. But we have taken those arguments and the rest of \u2018gay theology\u2019 apart already:<\/p>\n

Bishop Croft Dismantled \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

The faithful in turmoil<\/h2>\n

Faithful members of both churches are now in turmoil. They are gathering to support each other. But are they seeking the Lord for something they can do? Or are they like the divisions of Reuben, contrasted here by Deborah with the men prepared to stand up and fight:<\/p>\n

Jdg 5:15\u00a0 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.\u00a016 Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben, great searchings of heart.<\/b><\/p>\n

Scripture shows God loves men, and women, of action. The Lord receives many prayers asking him to do something. Of course it is natural to pray along with the psalmist:<\/p>\n

Psalm 119:126\u00a0 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.<\/b><\/p>\n

But it remains that the Lord does not receive quite as many prayers asking him what we<\/b><\/i> can do. That means that when we ask the Lord what we can do, he is quick to answer. The principle of \u2018Lord, what can I do?\u2019 may be applied almost anywhere. We may even become like these men – it\u2019s Issachar again – from king David\u2019s army:<\/p>\n

1Chron 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;<\/b><\/p>\n

The Synod Decisions<\/h2>\n

The account of the decision taken by the Church of England in February 2023 is HERE<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Church in Wales made its decision to introduce blessings for same-sex unions in July 2022. The decision was rubber-stamped by a vote in the Synod that September. See HERE<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

A \u2018Liturgy for the Blessing of a Same-sex Civil Marriage or Civil Partnership\u2019 was actually put in place a year or two earlier: See HERE<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

A liturgy of pious denial<\/h2>\n

The liturgy itself is a triumph of pious denial over truth and experience. It contains sentiments like this:<\/p>\n

\u2018Beloved in Christ, we are gathered here today in the presence of God to celebrate N. and N.\u2019s love for each other, to support them in life\u2019s journey and to pray for God\u2019s blessing on their Marriage \/ Civil Partnership as together they live a life of faithful love and commitment<\/i>.\u2019<\/p>\n

A couple of lesbians or two gays may well live together and look after each other, but at a sexual level, especially for the men, the evidence shows \u2018faithful love and commitment\u2019 is a chimera. After all, the modern homosexual movement began by rejecting the model of monogamous marriage.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, research shows promiscuity is built in to homosexuality. Thousands of sexual partners are not unknown in the network. \u2018Flings\u2019 outside living-together relationships are routine. The promiscuity is inherent and has a psychological or emotional root. In his book \u2018Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)\u2019 psychologist Dr David Reuben said of homosexuals: \u2018They are trying to solve the puzzle with only half the pieces.\u2019<\/p>\n

Where is the sexual activity?<\/h2>\n

There is no mention of sexual activity in the \u2018gay-blessing\u2019 liturgy at all. The conventional marriage service, on the other hand, is full of it. Even the modern service<\/b><\/a> says things like this:<\/p>\n

\u2018The gift of marriage brings husband and wife together in the delight and tenderness of sexual union and joyful commitment to the end of their lives. It is given as the foundation of family life in which children are [born and] nurtured.\u2019<\/p>\n

The couple promise sexual fidelity as the minister asks: \u2018forsaking all others, be faithful to her\/him as long as you both shall live?\u2019 They consent to sexual intimacy: \u2018With my body I honour you, all that I am I give to you.\u2019 There is talk of children being conceived, born and raised.<\/p>\n

There is none of that in the \u2018gay blessings\u2019. Even the promise of living \u2018a life of faithful love and commitment\u2019 omits the \u2018sexual union\u2019 bit and the \u2018forsaking all others\u2019. Perhaps these are completely platonic relationships being blessed. Or perhaps the \u2018liturgy\u2019 is simply recognising that sexual fidelity has no relevance to homosexual relationships. Or perhaps raising the matter of homosexual activities would be embarrassing and lead to unwanted prurience. Who knows what was in the mind of those who framed the gay blessing liturgy?<\/p>\n

Reactions<\/h2>\n

The BBC reported on the Wales vote thus<\/b><\/a>: \u2018Same-sex couples can now have their marriage blessed by the Church in Wales after a vote was held. However, the church will still not marry same-sex couples.<\/p>\n

\u2018Former Dean of St Albans, the Very Reverend Jeffrey John, supported the change but described it as a \u201chalfway house\u201d that did not go far enough.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Evangelical Fellowship in the Church in Wales opposed the move, saying it did not uphold the \u201cstandard of Christian marriage between one man and one woman\u201d. But Wales\u2019 bishops said it was a step on the way towards repentance of a history which has \u201cdemonised and persecuted gay and lesbian people\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n

A direction of travel?<\/h2>\n

You may well ask: \u2018the Church in Wales or of England will still not marry same-sex couples\u2019, but for how long? Is there not a trajectory, a direction of travel, here?<\/p>\n

Let us remember, the Church of Scotland voted at its 2022 General Assembly to allow ministers and deacons to \u2018gay-marry\u2019 same-sex couples if they choose. The Scottish Episcopal Church has been gay-marrying since 2017. If Christians in the Anglican denominations of Wales and England quietly accept the new rule, why should their churches not go the way of Scotland, which brought in \u2018gay-marriage\u2019 despite the clear ruling of the Lord Jesus, here recorded by Matthew (cf Mark 10:6-8)?<\/p>\n

Matt 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?<\/b><\/p>\n

Why an Experimental Period?<\/h2>\n

The Church in Wales says: \u2018The service will be used experimentally for five years and it will be up to individual clergy to decide whether or not they wish to lead it.\u2019 In the Church of England it is a five-year \u2018evaluation\u2019 period<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Why are they having a five-year trial period? What is it for? It may be the wording was inserted to allow the measure more easily to pass. Maybe proponents of the measure want to learn from their experience and tinker with the order of service. They could use the period to document reactions from \u2018the gays\u2019 along the lines of those already voiced by Jeffrey John. As the end of the five years approaches, they will no doubt speak of a demand for full gay marriage.<\/p>\n

But perhaps there is another reason. It is not exclusive. It does not negate the other reasons. But it is this:<\/p>\n

I suggest the measure\u2019s proponents want to see if the five year period will pass off without incident. Put bluntly, they want to see if they can get away with it<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

During the experimental or evaluation period the proponents will be fully prepared for individual ministers and lay people to protest to their bishops. They will expect clergy to preach against it. They will foresee statements from evangelical fellowships. They won\u2019t mind letters to periodicals. They will regard papers decrying it with equanimity, responding to them or ignoring them as they wish.<\/p>\n

What They Do Not Want<\/h2>\n

The one thing they will not want is public protests. They will not be at all happy with action against the measure on the streets or in their churches. What about:<\/p>\n

1 Prayer walks around churches or cathedrals which accept the trial. Perhaps we walk around them seven times and blow a shofar. We do not expect the building itself to tumble, but we do expect an impact on the spiritual forces behind the measure:
\nJosh 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times:<\/b><\/p>\n

2 Public protests in the street outside a church conducting a \u2018gay-blessing\u2019 service. Perhaps leaflets are given to those going in. Perhaps banners or placards are raised in the name of the Lord with relevant scripture verses:
\nPsalm 20:5\u00a0 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.<\/b><\/p>\n

3 A protest inside a church or cathedral conducting such a service, speaking truth to power:
\nPsalm 40:9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.<\/b><\/p>\n

4 A witness outside the venue of the Synod from now on:
\nIsa 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.<\/b><\/p>\n

5 A presence at specific \u2018gay\u2019 events or meetings:
\n1Sam 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.<\/b><\/p>\n

The two churches need leaders<\/h2>\n

In practice, the Lord must raise up someone in leadership in respectively the Church in Wales and the Church of England to lead this project. We must pray someone is found who cares enough about the heritage of each province to stand up and lead. Whoever it is will need to:<\/p>\n

(a) Enlist those who will report back with intelligence of the opposition\u2019s movements and developments such as proposed services or gatherings,<\/p>\n

(b) Encourage those prepared to stand outside a place of worship in protest, take part in a prayer walk, stand up in a place of worship to voice objections or even pitch up and minister the Gospel to the lost at the next meeting of a Diocese \u2018LGBT+ Chaplaincy\u2019.<\/p>\n

Do What They Like Least<\/h2>\n

It is a maxim in sport that you do whatever the opposition would like least. In cricket, if a batsman favours spin, bring a fast bowler into the attack. If he likes the short ball, bowl it fuller. From this, we ask what our opposition are comfortable with, and what they would least like. Then we do the latter.<\/p>\n

If what we are doing is outside their experience, all the better. In 2008, South Wales Echo published a blasphemous article. A small group of Christian Voice supporters walked into their reception area, which was combined open-plan with their whole ground-floor office. We prayed and sang hymns. We knew what we doing. We were holding a church service, albeit in unusual surroundings.<\/p>\n

The newspaper folk, on the other hand, did not know what was going on. One could say they were impacted by the fear of God. Down came the directors and invited us into a meeting in the boardroom. They listened to us respectfully and published an apology in the very next issue. Without the impromptu \u2018service\u2019 that would never have happened.<\/p>\n

What Do We Want to Achieve?<\/h2>\n

We should also ask ourselves in any given situation what we want to achieve. We then use all the godly means we know to achieve it.<\/p>\n

Eccl 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.<\/b><\/p>\n

If what we want to achieve is to be considered nice, reasonable \u2018Christian\u2019 people, we can achieve that by continuing with polite discourse, patiently explaining the issues. We shall achieve our aim. We shall also see setback after setback.<\/p>\n

If however we want to achieve an end to services of blessing of gay unions and a reversal of the current trend towards full acceptance of homosexuality, perhaps with recognition of transgenderism next on the list, we shall do something different. We shall take action of a kind they will not like.<\/p>\n

Our action will lead to reaction from the opposition. Sometimes their reaction may prove to be of even greater value to the Kingdom of God than our initial action.<\/p>\n

Do the Little Things<\/h2>\n

The last words of Saint David, just before his death on 1st March 589 were \u2018Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things that you have heard and seen me do.\u2019 \u2018Do the little things\u2019. In Welsh: ‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain.\u2019\u2018<\/p>\n

When we do the little things which only we can do, we can leave the big stuff, the miraculous, the things only God can do, to him. The Lord is looking to see whether our prayer is \u2018fervent\u2019, whether it is serious. If it is, it will avail much:<\/p>\n

Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.<\/b><\/p>\n

In 2006 the blasphemous Jerry Springer the Opera went on tour. Archbishop Barry Morgan called for a Christian protest outside Cardiff\u2019s Millennium Centre. The people came in their hundreds. The theatre-goers stayed away. God did that.<\/p>\n

As the show continued on its cursed tour, some dear ladies in Edinburgh would not join a similar protest outside the King\u2019s Theatre. They just wanted to pray. But although they could have prayed at home, they came down to the theatre and prayed in the cafe, in the midst, as we might say, of Satan\u2019s stronghold at the time.<\/p>\n

When the tour of the show was \u2018ruined\u2019, as its writer Stewart Lee put it<\/b><\/a>, they were pleased to have played their part in his downfall.<\/p>\n

It was only a little thing those ladies did, but by coming down to the theatre, they showed the Lord their prayer was serious enough for him to answer it in power.<\/p>\n

Pray and Work<\/h2>\n

It has been said, \u2018When we work we work. When we pray, God works.’ But the Biblical witness of Jehoshaphat (2Chron 20), Esther, even the early church, shows it is not an \u2018either\/or\u2019. It is a \u2018both\/and.\u2019<\/p>\n

After their united prayer and fasting had unleashed the Spirit of the Lord on Jahaziel to show them what to do, all Judah had to do was go out armed, not fighting, but singing psalms. In response, God sowed confusion amongst their enemies.<\/p>\n

All Esther had to was go in to the king while her people fasted and prayed in unity. In response, God kept the king up all night reading how her uncle Mordecai had saved his life.<\/p>\n

All the early church had to do was send out the Twelve and the Seventy with the Gospel. It was God who opened doors, made divine appointments and paved the way.\u00a0 When we pray and<\/em><\/strong> work, God works miracles.<\/p>\n

A Need for Action<\/h2>\n

The Biblical witness shows that God loves and uses men of action like Moses, David, Jonathan, Samuel and the Apostles. Even the Prophets, filled with the spirit, men whose currency was words, put actions with the prophetic.<\/p>\n

If the faithful do nothing \u2018physical\u2019 the opposition will concluded they don\u2019t matter and they don\u2019t care and they will press on. A strategy of response is needed in a language those in power will dislike but understand.<\/p>\n

Anyone spurred to action will need to cover it all in prayer and trust in the grace and wisdom of God. Reversing these developments is do-able. A church, even a nation, repenting is do-able for God.\u00a0 For both church and nation, if we continue doing what we have been doing, we delude ourselves if we think we shall see anything different from the opposition\u2019s relentless Fabian march.<\/p>\n

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