To all of you who were counting on me and to those who I have let down, please accept my deepest apology. Not in any way did I intend to dishonour your confidence in me or to disappoint you in any expectations you may have held. Regrettably, I have failed. If you would please afford me the opportunity to at least explain.
Just recently, I heard of a decision made by certain provincial school authorities to unanimously allow the presentation of “gay positive” material in our primary schools. Now isn’t that an extremely clever way to cloak it? And I do not mean that the committee that made the decision was necessarily trying to hide anything. They, perhaps, do not even realize the impact of their actions. The hidden influence here is much more insidious. The phrase “gay positive” needs closer examination.
The phrase reminds me of an extremely significant historical event that took place a few thousand years ago. When God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He stipulated only one restriction. He stated that of every tree in the garden they could freely eat but of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they were not allowed to eat. He further warned them that if they ever ate of that tree, the very day that they ate, they would surely die.
The account develops further with the appearance of the devil (also known as the serpent). This evil being approached Eve and seduced her into questioning the truth of what God had said. In process of time he convinced her that if she ate of the forbidden tree, she would not surely die. Now God had said that they would surely die. The devil worked his wiles and convinced her that they would not surely die. The two views were on opposite ends of the spectrum. As you are doubtlessly well aware, both Eve and Adam did eat of the fruit of the tree of which God had said not to eat. And just as God had – they did surely die.
The Bible declares that God is not a man that He should lie. God’s Word is as steadfast and certain as the Author. The words of evil, on the other hand, originate from the father of lies. The only intentions of evil are to steal, kill and destroy that which God has established. The topic of homosexuality is no different.
Romans 1:27
“And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.”
The Bible refers to homosexuality as unnatural, unseemly and wrong. One might even be tempted to use the phrase, “gay negative”. Just how then does “gay negative” get to “gay positive”? Once again the twister of truth has appeared on the scene. It is only the devil that could take a blatant lie and convince man that it is the truth. “Thou shalt surely” becomes “Thou shalt surely not”. “Gay negative” becomes “Gay positive”. Well-meaning committees it seems are duped by the same tactics that fooled Eve several thousand years ago. One might expect a mistake that drove man from paradise and resulted in a world that was cursed would not so easily be repeated.
So please accept my apology. I did not knowingly contribute my tax dollars to support this decision to stand against the clear teaching of Scripture. I did not give any permission to anyone to willingly use my contributions to oppose my God and my Father. If certain provincial school authorities want to use my hard earned money to openly defy God, they will have to answer for their conduct. As for me and my house, God’s viewpoint suits us just fine.