Last night President Obama in an ABC interview expressed his support of gay marriage. He said, "At a certain point, I've just concluded, that for me, personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married." President Obama's interview and support of gay marriage should not come as a shock; because, his stance recognizes a growing support for homosexual marriages in America. According to a Gallup Poll released on Tuesday, 50% of the American population is in support of gay marriage and 48% of Americans are against it. Homosexual marriage stands in stark contrast to the Bible; which teaches that marriage is God's creation and God's design for marriage is between a man and a woman.
President Obama's remarks last night are troublesome and should drive us to our knees to pray for the state of our country; however, his remarks should not make us fearful. We should not fear because regardless of President Obama's stance, society's acceptance of a sinful lifestyle, or the seemingly imminent persecution for taking a stance on this issue; God is still on His throne. God did not abandon His throne last night. No, God was on His throne when the universe was created. He was on His throne when dinosaurs roamed the earth. He was on His throne during the Neronic and Domitian persecutions in Rome. He was on His throne when the English arrived in America and established the Plymouth colonies. He is on His throne when Muslims persecute Christians and He will be on His throne long after all of us have departed from this planet. John Piper says, “God will be on His throne ten trillion ages from now when all the puny potshots against his reality will have sunk into oblivion like BB’s at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.”
Regardless of what happens, regardless of whether or not every member of society accepts a sinful lifestyle GOD will still be on His throne. God will still be ruling and reigning from Heaven. In a brief 110 years this planet will be populated by a brand new set of people and all seven billion of us alive today will have vanished off the earth. But not God! He never had a beginning and therefore depends on nothing for His existence. He always has been and always will be alive and on His throne.
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