The Church of England has dropped its prohibition on gay clergy in civil partnerships becoming Bishops. 

The announcement from the church's House of Bishops states the church would allow gay clergy to become bishops, if they promise to be celibate, reported BBC.

The Church of England has already agreed to allow people in civil partnerships to become clergy, providing they promise to remain celibate.

Let's recap.  The Church of England will allow gay clergy to become bishops, if they promise to be celibate.  The first challenge I have to that allowance is that homosexuality is an abomination in the sight of God, "You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is an abomination" Leviticus 18:22.   

The Church of England allows gay people, who are in gay relationships, to become clergy, providing they are celibate.  If these people are "celibate," then what really defines them as gay?  It would have to be their homosexual way of thinking, being gay psychologically.  The Bible covers that sin too, for Jesus said,
"I say unto you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart" Matthew 5:28. 

Homosexuals, mentally or physically, have forbidden urges they refuse to control.  If they consistently refuse to control and gain spiritual victory over these urges, they eventually become reprobate - without a conscience.  This is one of the few sins which leads to a reprobate mind, according to the Word of God, "For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; and likewise, also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in lust one toward another, men with men working that which is unseemly and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error, which is meet.  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient" Romans 1:26-28.

Any way you look at it, "celibate," or not, the very thoughts of being gay are an abomination to the Lord and will lead those who commit such sins to a reprobate mind.  When God turns a person over to a reprobate mind, they believe lies, they have no conscience left and there is no hope for them spiritually. 

Apparently, the Church of England hasn't learned very much about the Holy Word of God in seminary.  What a tragedy, but this is not all concerning the clergy and churches in the UK. 

Statistics show that during a 15-year period 2,596 churches have closed in the United Kingdom.  Muslims purchased many of those churches and converted them into mosques. 

The situation has gone from very bad to worse.  There are now as many as 85 Sharia courts throughout the United Kingdom - and growing. 

People are not allowed to just serve the devil a little bit and maybe attend church now and then.  The Bible says, "He who is often reproved and hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy" Proverbs 29:1.  We either serve God, or satan, there is no middle ground.  Jesus said to the church of the Laodiceans, "I know your works, that you are neither cold or hot; I would rather you were cold or hot.  So then because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth" Revelation 3:15-16.  What the Lord is saying here is that you aren't hot on fire for God, and you aren't a completely cold atheist, you are lukewarm - in the middle, so I will spit you out of my mouth!  The Lord is definitely not pleased.

Are you inclined to believe that, if they do not repent, the Laodieans will enter heaven?  Well, let's read on, "He who overcomes, the same will be clothed in white raiment, and I will not blot his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels" Revelation 3:5.  This is a description of those who overcome. 

If the Lord did not blot out the names of those who overcome from the book of life, then we can only know that those who do not overcome will be blotted out of the book of life.  Jesus went on to say, "And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire (hell)" Revelation 20:15. 

"Therefore seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us; looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God" Hebrews 12:1-2.


God didn't save us to stay in sin's bondage; He saved us to deliver us from sin's bondage, otherwise, the Children of Israel would have never been delivered from Egypt's bondage.  The Old Testament is a "type and shadow" of the New Testament teachings, and the newness of life.

Is your name written in the book of life?  Do you need the strength to overcome?  The Word of God says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13.  He will give you a new life and great strength if you receive Him as your Lord and Savior.  If you haven't received Jesus as Lord and Savior, please visit the How Can I Be Saved page of this website.  Salvation is free and it's only a prayer away.  God bless you.