Hated By The World, Loved By Jesus

Last night, a big debate took over my whole Instagram after I was asked a simple question  - "What is your opinion on homosexuality?" The people on my Instagram are very aware that I'm a Christian. I've never hidden my faith from them. My bio, my captions, even my photos, they typically always have something to do with God. I've also never been shy on there about my opinions. I've used a lot of my posts on here for captions on there and yes, I've received hate before. But never in my life have I received as much hate as I did last night. All because I quoted the Bible and told the person that I was against homosexuality - please note, in nowhere did I say that I was against the person. I am against the actual act of homosexuality but I will not be mean spirited to a homosexual. That being said, I will not hide truth from them, either.

"I was just told that, it's okay for me to have a religion and believe that homosexuality is wrong but I can't say anything about it because I may offend someone.

Well, I'm more concerned about the lost people going to Hell than stepping on someone's toes.

In my opinion, never saying a word to a sinner and keeping my faith to myself? That's worse than having the cure to cancer and keeping it from those who are suffering with the disease.

I will be kind, but I will be truthful. And I most certainly will not hide my faith, the truth or the gospel. End of story. It's not an option." - Post from Facebook written by myself.

I got over 500 comments that night, some were defending Christ but most were defending sin. When I finally tried to end the drama (I have no issue with friendly debate but I won't allow meaningless drama) the comments continued rolling in. I posted the lyrics of Sinner Saved By Grace and suddenly, I was mean because I said people are sinners.

Listen to me - I am a sinner. I am disgusting. I am not worthy of God nor am I worthy of His love, His grace, His salvation. But He gave it to me anyways. No one is worthy of what God has given us, but you know what? God loves us anyways. He forgives us, He is waiting on us to turn away from sin so He can wrap us in His arms. But in order to have that, you must repent. I don't want to just say everything I said in my last post but really, it's so important to remember God's stand on this. He doesn't hate us, He hates the sin created by Satan who is trying his best to kill us and keep us away from our Heavenly Father. 

It is not that I'm being mean to anyone. We are all sinners saved by grace, indeed. I sin daily and I fail God daily. I try, but sometimes I don't succeed. I don't wake up in the morning and say, "Hmm, I wonder how many people I can offend today..." I do, however, wake up with a desire to witness. (wait, gotta back up. I wake up with a desire for caffeine. Then, I get in a better mood and want to witness. Very few people wake up feeling saved. Just sayin') I don't want to hurt feelings, but I acknowledge that the truth hurts and sometimes, I'm going to have to step on people's toes in order to share the gospel. It's just a given.

If you are a Christian, you will be hated.
You will be persecuted.
You will be bullied.
You will be mocked.

John 15:18 If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. 

I am proud to be hated by the world, because I know that I am loved by Jesus. It is my goal to lead others to Christ so they can know His love, His grace, His gifts to those willing to receive them. But no one gets saved by the watered down gospel that the world is preaching. Hell exists, folks. It's time that Christian's fight against it.