What Would Jesus Say About Same Sex Marriages?

      Recently a friend of mine sent me a link to a magazine article from a Christian magazine and the article was written by a pastor who was concerned about the legalization of same sex marriages in New York; with the question WWJD or what would Jesus do? I have thought about that and prayed about that for a few days and I here now offer my humble opinion on that topic. I make no apologies that I write this from a Pentecostal Christian view point, one might could subtitle this "What should the Christian Church Do About Same Sex Marriages".
      God delivered to Moses a large body of laws for the people of Israel to live by, some of these laws were for spiritual living and holiness, some of them were for general health of physical living, and some of them were for moral health and all were important.
      Now Jesus fulfilled the spiritual laws required for holiness and salvation, and you and I are no longer under the Old Covenant that requires an animal sacrifice for the atonement of sin, Jesus paid that price once and for all. PETA would down our throats if we were still doing animal sacrifices.
   Jesus did not abolish the Laws of God, He completed and fulfilled them. Matthew 5:17. Jesus made it clear that the moral and physical health laws that God gave Moses were not to be abolished. They were for the good of the nation, now I know some of them seem silly today, because we now have chemicals to kill mold and drugs to treat diseases, so maybe some of the physical life laws don't apply as much today as they did 4000 years ago.
      That being said the moral life laws, I believe are still as applicable today as they were when they were given. Leviticus chapter 18 gives clear instructions about sexual relationship(whom you are NOT suppose to have sex with), verse 15 clearly refers to homosexual relationships.  Matthew 5:27-28 deals with adultery and then 29-30 instructs us to take serious action to avoid sin and temptation. Matthew 7:1-5 deals with judging others when you yourself have sin issues to deal with. I have put down a foundation lets build a clear statement from this.
      We have no record of Jesus ever officiating a wedding service nor a funeral. We do however have Jesus confronting the church leaders for not doing good on the Sabbath, and being hypocritical towards the laws of God. Jesus healed on the Sabbath and His disciples picked grain to eat on the Sabbath all in direction violation of the tradition of the elders of the temple. I have never found a law in the Bible against healing or feeding yourself or someone else on the Sabbath, yet church leaders condemned Him for healing people on the Sabbath.
      Jesus confronted the church leaders for this type of action, condemning others while in sin themselves,  that is why we have Matthew 7:1-5, please note that Jesus was not saying "Do not judge the difference between right and wrong", He was referring to passing judgement on other people and their sin, while you are neck deep in your own sin. For many years this piece of scripture has been thrown at anyone (include the Christian church) who commented on someone else involved in sin or wrong doings. I have had that thrown at me in the past. I think Jesus is going to confront the church leaders about not speaking out about this sin issue and all the others.
      Jesus would be calling the church to stand up and speak the moral and Holy Truth to this issue. No more namby pamby, don't won't to hurt your feeling, everyone must feel good preaching. The truth is God finds it to be an abomination to His holiness and Jesus is God. The message is clear and should be loud and strong, NO! Turn from you sin, confess and be healed, flee from this or the end result will be a devil's hell for you.

    Alexis de Toqueville a French political thinker and historian wrote the following in his analysis and description of American life, Democracy in America, published in 1835.

I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her ample rivers - it was not there; in her fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there; in her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there.  Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits ablaze with righteousness did I meet the secret of her genius and power.  America is great because she is good, and if America ceases to be good, she will cease to be great.

     Americas' pulpits need to be ablaze again, the fire has died in many places to a very low coal barely burning and in other places the coals are completely cold. This the real tragedy in this whole story.
      I think Jesus would ask "Where is my Church?" "Where are my people?" Then He would weep as He did for Jerusalem. Yes I think Jesus would call it what it is, a sin and then He would call the sinner to repentance and tell them to go and sin no more. Yes Jesus loves the sinner and hates the sin, what a great example to the church today. Love the sinner and hate the sin, stand strong for holiness and God's loving law. Be loud and strong, preach the truth in love, but never back down.
      May God richly bless you today.