The writer writes

 The writer writes

Jesus said,

"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  

bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.... 

Do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:27,28,31 

The Eleven O Clock Parable

  It’s eleven o clock. Inside the court house a judge is about to make his ruling. A community, a nation waits.

  Will the new law be legal?

 Outside the court house men and women with placards chant. On one side of the street stand a group of gay men and women. All in favour of the new law.

 On the other side of the street separated by a line of police stand radical evangelicals, denouncing the new law.

 One man among them screams angrily . “HOMOSEXUALS ARE GOING TO HELL!!!”

 Approached by the media he says it again, “homosexuals are going to Hell.”

 From my office window I watch asking myself the question, ‘is this man an Christian?”

  Wasn’t it Christ who told us not only to love our neighbour but our enemy also?

  Wasn’t it Christ who told us not to judge, lest we be judged likewise?

 Wasn’t it Christ who said go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation?

 Is this man showing love?

 Is this man judging another?

 Can this man be effective in reaching the whole world?

 A question keeps rolling through my mind for which I know the answer, “Can we truly know what is in someone else’s head?

 Do we really know why a person is like they are?”

 For a moment I stare down at the crowd. All the time asking myself who is on the way to Hell this day.

 Turning away from my window I kneel down and pray, “Lord guide me this day. Let me make the right decision on this law.”

Question: If you consider yourself a true Christian. A true follower of Christ Jesus would you vote in favour of a law that restricts the rights of someone else?

Remember Jesus said,

"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets" Matthew 7:12.

Please think about it.