Following the US Supreme Court ruling on Friday legalising same-sex marriage, Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas, admitted that he has been "bombarded" by questions from people who are eager to hear his thoughts on the matter.

During his church service on Sunday, he finally weighed in: "I'm not really as concerned about this as a lot of people are. I think that we should not lose our mind over the world being the world and the Church being the Church. This is not a news flash. The world is gonna be the world and the Church is gonna be the Church, and you have to understand the difference."

Jakes said it is the job of the Supreme Court justices to uphold the constitutional rights and legalities of all Americans, and they are not tasked to debate the Scripture.

"They are just not debating Scripture," Jakes stressed. "I guarantee you that they were not in there looking at Romans 1 and 1 Corinthians this and weighing it against the policies."

America might have a lot of Christian population, but the country is still a democracy and it is not governed by theocratic principles, he said. What people need to concern themselves with right now is that their religious freedom be respected and protected so that they do not "get caught up in the winds of the world and go the way the world is going."

It is up to the Christians to act on what is happening with the government and nation, he said, so that Christianity will still be the dominant religion in the country.

"We need to change as a Church, too. We need to start reaching out to all types of people and preaching to them and ministering to them and sharing our faith with them," he said. "I don't mean on Sunday morning. I mean in the mall, I mean in the grocery store, I mean while you're getting your hair done. It's time for you to be a real Christian. I mean a real Christian, and win people to Jesus Christ. And you can start in your own house."

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/bishop.t.d.jakes.not.really.concerned.about.same.sex.marriage.ruling.says.supreme.court.did.not.debate.scripture/57598.htm

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I subscribe to your ideology Bishop T. we Christians still have a lot of work to do... surely the world must be the word and the church the church

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A very good way of not answering the question All these business men turned pastors leading people to hell

Christians criticizing same sex marriage are bunch of hypocrites when the writer of the King James Bible was a gay, an admirer and lover of men

there are worse things that are legal but we're not shouting about them....like execution of convicts in some countries. The world is different from the church.

The problem of christian shaky stand on gayism started when they focus on prosperity,man of god worship,dogma and fanatism instead of seeing souls who are thirsty hungry for a saviour.
What happen to a man whose house is burning, and he is killing mosquitoes??

Blackfire:
The problem of christian shaky stand on gayism started when they focus on prosperity,man of god worship,dogma and fanatism instead of seeing souls who are thirsty hungry for a saviour.
What happen to a man whose house is burning, and he is killing mosquitoes??

My thoughts exactly. Christianity has really lost its way. Sadly, it will get worse from here cos Christ himself predicted this in the book.

seagulsntrawler:

My thoughts exactly. Christianity has really lost its way. Sadly, it will get worse from here cos Christ himself predicted this in the book.

in the face of money in quantity of dollar, pounds, and euro how many pastors do u know that will still oppose gayism... A storm is coming

Blackfire:


in the face of money in quantity of dollar, pounds, and euro how many pastors do u know that will still oppose gayism... A storm is coming

There is none, I am afraid to say.

UIA04:
A very good way of not answering the question
All these business men turned pastors leading people to hell

You allowed your personal bias against him to cloud your judgement. If you had read the article patiently you would have discovered that he is against the gay law.

What he's trying to say is that America is a secular country and not a christian state, so they have the liberty to create any law they want. However it is our job as christians to preach God's commandments to people, not waiting for the government to approve christian laws.

Please try to read the article again, patiently this time.

michaelwestern:


You allowed your personal bias against him to cloud your judgement. If you had read the article patiently you would have discovered that he is against the gay law.

What he's trying to say is that America is a secular country and not a christian state, so they have the liberty to create any law they want. However it is our job as christians to preach God's commandments to people, not waiting for the government to approve christian laws.

Please try to read the article again, patiently this time.

I understood the post the first I read it sir. And I still stand by what I said earlier. As a man of God whom many look up to I was expecting him to outright denounce gay marriage as a sin and quotes the necessary scriptures to buttress such it doesn't matter what time you are living in or place what is bad
And unrighteous is bad. Though we are to pray for the lost that doesn't mean we should hide under that not to outright say yes or no no when asked such questions about issues that are glaringly condemned in the Bible.
If not convinced go and read what Billy Graham said about gay marriage .
These are perilous times for Christians very soon churches would be condemned or even face judgement for refusing to marry gay couples Christians would live In fear of expressing their views for lack of acceptance.
Every one knows td Jakes is a celebrity pastor he wouldn't want to step on toes for saying the truth so he danced around it.



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