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Scott Morrison, Christian colleges, & biblical Christianity

The Honourable

Scott Morrison MP

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Morrison in 2021

30th Prime Minister of Australia

Incumbent

By Spencer D Gear PhD

This article first appeared in On Line Opinion, 14 February 2022.

I was shocked to read our Prime Ministerā€™s reported view that he does not support the Citipointe Christian Collegeā€™s promotion of the ethics of biblical Christianity. He did not say it in such straight-forward language but stated,

The federal government will seek to amend a contentious section of the Sex Discrimination Act alongside its Religious Discrimination Bill, in a move that follows lengthy discussions between the Prime Ministerā€™s office and key backbenchers over the past week (The Sydney Morning Herald, ā€œChurch schools will lose right to expel gay students as PM deals with moderate Liberals,ā€ (February 3, 2022)

Letā€™s make it clear: ā€œModerate liberalsā€ are not supporters of what the Scriptures state about homosexuality. The Coalition government wants ā€œto lock in the support of moderate Liberal MPs ahead of a potential vote on the bill in the next sitting fortnightā€ (ā€œChurch schools will lose the right . . .ā€

Wouldnā€™t it be amazing to read a mass media press release that states the Coalition wants to woo Bible-believing Christians in the community and support their views on sexual (including homosexual) ethics ā€“ straight from the Bible?

blue-corrosion-arrow-smallĀ  ā€œThe wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickednessā€ (Romans 1:18).

blue-corrosion-arrow-smallĀ  ā€œGod gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one anotherā€ (Rom 1:24)

blue-corrosion-arrow-smallĀ  ā€œGod gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their errorā€ (Rom 1:26-27).

blue-corrosion-arrow-small ā€œFurthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and maliceā€ (Rom 1:28-29).

Citipointe Christian College Aerial View(photo Citipointe Christian College campus)

Elsewhere in the New Testament, the Bible states that these acts of homosexuality have this consequence:

Donā€™t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Donā€™t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat peopleā€”none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

Instead of trying to save his political backside for the next election and satisfying the LGBTIQ+ people, he should be representing ALL people and telling the truth about where homosexuality will take people. Bible-believing Christians have been betrayed, in my opinion, and should see the political craftiness of Morrison and give up on him at the next election. Iā€™m not convinced an Anthony Albanese led government will present a better option but at least its ethics will be secular and not in the guise of Christianity ā€“ as with Morrison.

The truth about sexual and other sins

Where are the Bible-believing MPs who will speak Godā€™s truth on the eternal penalty of that sexual aberration? Will they speak up when voting on the Religious Discrimination Bill?

Morrison admitted, ā€œMy kids go to a Christian school here in Sydney, and I wouldnā€™t want my school doing that either,ā€ he told Brisbaneā€™s B105.3 radio (Church schools will lose right to expel gay students). He was addressing the Citipointe Christian College issue. So, is he saying he doesnā€™t want a Christian school to tell the truth of the homosexual lifestyle and its eternal ramification?

Citipointe Christian College should feel let down by a Christian Prime Minister who seems to be playing political games for the next election so he can save ā€œsoftā€ Liberal Party seats. He has lost my vote to one of the minor parties that supports and practises biblical standards.

In my view, Morrison has practised reverse discrimination by compromising biblical Christianity and its ethics on sexuality and sucking up to the LGBTIQ+ community to make it look like support for that view. It is a politically correct view that may cost him at the next election.

Copyright Ā© 2022 Spencer D. Gear. This document last updated at Date: 04 February 2022.

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