We live in a society where the threat to the family is under constant attack.
“Marriage and divorce are both common experiences. In Western cultures, more than 90 percent of people marry by age 50. Healthy marriages are good for couples’ mental and physical health. They are also good for children; growing up in a happy home protects children from mental, physical, educational and social problems. However, about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce. The divorce rate for subsequent marriages is even higher.”
I will base my topic today upon the spiritual foundation that gives me my comfort and strength.
I want to talk about Satan preying upon our weaknesses, especially upon the confusion of same gender attraction.
Elder Bednar, an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints gave a talk in June 2006 ; “Marriage is Essential to His Eternal Plan”. Satan is given reference regarding the distortion of the Doctrine of Marriage,
“Lucifer relentlessly assails and distorts the doctrines that matter most to us individually, to our families, and to the world. Where is the adversary focusing his most direct and diabolical attacks? Satan works unremittingly to confuse understanding about gender, to promote the premature and unrighteous use of procreative power, and to hinder righteous marriage precisely because marriage is ordained of God and the family is central to the plan of happiness.
Lucifer’s attacks on the plan are intended to make the sons and daughters of God confused and unhappy and to halt their eternal progression. And he persistently strives to confuse the divinely appointed purposes of gender, marriage, and family.
More recently the devil has attempted to combine and legally validate confusion about gender and marriage. “
This is a subject that is very close to home and personal in my life. It is a subject that is addressed by Churches on a frequent basis and is a threat to the doctrine of marriage.
I had a recent conversation with an individual that supports same-sex marriage and has proclaimed themselves as “Gay” When you have conversations with these folks, they claim to be misunderstood, persecuted, and oppressed. They claim to be acting righteously on a desire that they feel God has given them.
I found it very interesting that Elder Bednar proclaimed: “Satan works unremittingly to confuse understanding about gender, to promote the premature and unrighteous use of procreative power, and to hinder righteous marriage”
Elder Bednar also declared: “More recently the devil has attempted to combine and legally validate confusion about gender and marriage.”
I have concluded that one of the ways Satan is seeking to destroy the covenant of marriage is by gender confusion. Every gender confused individual I have spoken to claims to have found true love by identifying with a “group” that enables them to feel justified in their actions. When asked how they choose to construct their environment, nearly 100% of them live a lifestyle (by their own admission) that is contrary to the commandments of God. None of the individuals I spoke to on this subject seemed truly happy. They claim to be happy but seem to share a common bitterness that is destructive. This thought may further be defined as an unsettled grasping for something that will always be unobtainable. Unconsciously they are fighting against Eternal laws of God. They will never win regardless of what the world thinks. Their lives lack fulfillment because they deny themselves to partake of the blessings and bounty that a family unit brings.
I am grateful for my wife and the decisions we make in our own marriage to live after the covenant of marriage. To those that may struggle with same gender attraction, there is love and fulfillment to be found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He will help you and comfort you
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