In the Bible Saint Paul mentions an innumerable company of angels (Hebrews 12:22). And likewise Saint John, after experiencing a supernatural vision, describes numbers of angels that he saw. And the number of them was 10,000 times 10,000 and thousands of thousands (Revelation 5:11). There are some interesting things that an ancient document tells us about the orders of angels : The heavenly powers, what they are like and how each of their orders is occupied in the service and plan of this world. However I have excluded the information from here due to concerns about the origin and authenticity of the document.
Now there is an old saying that Love darkens counsel, and the Penguin Dictionary of Proverbs contains a number of sayings that connect with this including, One cannot love and be wise. These sayings seem to connect with things that Saint Paul said at 1 Corinthians 7:32-33 about the implications of being married. And they also connect with the notable mistake of king Solomon. Solomon found out the hard way that Love darkens counsel after impious women caused him to backslide. Read 1 Kings 11:1-11. And there is that relevant story about Samson and Delilah in the book of Judges.
It seems that genuine Christians are being tested nowadays to see if they are willing to show constancy to purpose against a high profile adverse influence. It is reasonable for us to pray for l.g.b.t. persons that God would transform them from what they are to what they ought to be. But for us to pander to their desire to destigmatize perversion and encourage them to feel glad about being perverse is unreasonable. As things get worse genuine Christians should pray for courage, enough courage not to pander to the onslaught of bad influence being propagated by the community of antichrist. Do not join the side of cowardly apostate clergy who insist that we should turn Bible doctrine and its sexual ethics upside down to cure the inferiority complex of a perverse minority.
Source figures say that in 6/2020 the USA adult l.g.b.t. community was about 4.5% of the adult population. In 7/2021 I read an article on Premier Christian News containing words from a man who accused certain Irish clergy of lacking courage because they were not willing to support l.g.b.t. causes. Clearly this man's definition of courage is warped. The Bible says, Be of good courage (Psalm 27:14). This implies that there is more than one kind of courage and here are some relevant sayings : Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into recklessness. Discretion is the better part of valour. That last one implies that what appears to be courage may be foolish rashness and what appears to be cowardice may be wise caution.
Anti-l.g.b.t terms ending with phobia are a lie. I can remember years when those words did not exist. The adversary invented those words to try to depolarize good and evil, make wrong seem right, make right seem unimportant and vilify those who stand up for Biblical righteousness. From a simple perspective this would appear to be a battle of numbers and consensus. But however you look at it, one righteous person plus the Lord and his angels is a unanimous majority. THEY ARE THE WINNERS.
George Warner
