Don’t Go To See The Movie: Joe Bell

Sin can be so insidious.   And sympathy for sin even more so.  We know that gay marriage is wrong from the Bible.  And we know that the gay life style is not what God planned for us, because the Bible tells us so.  And yet…

There is a movie coming out today starring Mark Wahlburg.  It’s allegedly about a Father whose son committed suicide because he was bullied due to his gay lifestyle. Mark plays the father and dies while on a cross country walk to honor his son. To say it tugs on the heart strings, is to say the least.

But isn’t that what the media, Hollywood and the government are trying to do?  Tugging on our heart strings or bullying Christians into leaving God’s Guidance and the Holy Bible behind in favor of a sinful life style?  Maybe we need to ask ourselves why that is?

Bullying anyone for any reason is, of course, wrong.  It’s unkind.  It’s unloving.  And it is not what God tells us to do.  If fact, God specifically tells us to be “gentle”.  And it is definitely not how Jesus treated sinners…

But so, according to the Bible, is it wrong to choose to live a gay life style.  Watching the movie trailer, it’s easy to feel badly for the young boy and his family.  Clearly, they are suffering.  And those that bully this young boy are wrong.  This is not love or honesty in action.  But the movie clearly supports choosing the gay life style as “right”, and it’s not.  So if love is honest, where was the real love?

Ever hear the saying, “love the sinner, but not the sin”.  That saying applies.  God loves all people and so should we, but part of loving people is telling them the truth.

 If we truly love one another, we need to be honest with each other.  Just as God is honest with us ?