Month: September 2023

Pride. What an interesting word! What a divisive word.

A parent can rightly be proud when their child achieves something or gets a good report. We can perhaps be rightly proud when we have done something good, or really well, exceled at something or improved in something.

The Bible refers to pride a lot. The Apostle Paul wrote to a group of Christians in Corinth, “I am acting with great boldness towards you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy. 2 Corinthians 7:4

But that is one of very few positive uses of the word in scripture.

Jesus himself said, “For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness.  All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” Mark 7:22

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 31:23

The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Proverbs 21:24

“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.

And classically ….

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

So it is a strange thing to Christians that the word PRIDE should have been adopted by people as a positive word. Indeed we see the words “Loud and Proud” neither of which sound great.

Sex should be a private matter, not ‘celebrated’ on the streets.

To the religious mind, whether that be Christian, Muslim or Jew for sure and probably Hindu, Buddhist and others, the idea of making much of one’s sexuality, especially making a public spectacle (celebration) of it is, well, at worst obscene and offensive, at best sad.

As Christians a major objection is that children are being exposed to adult themes and activities way before they should be. Thus the accusations of grooming in such things as Drag Queen Storytime. Recently, more so in the States than the U K Pride Parades have become an excuse for public nudity, general debauchery and in some cases blasphemy.

It is tempting to include photographs/video. I will refrain.

But please don’t try to tell met that this is all about liberation and freedom. It simply isn’t. Don’t confuse liberty with license.

“PRIDE” has become tantamount to a religion which you must believe in or be vilified and outcast. You have to wear the lanyard, or fly the flag, or use the rainbow crossing. Even the Police have succumbed to the wokery.

Lastly where does this stop. At first it was making homosexuality legal. Then it was pressure to recognise marriage other than between a man and a woman. Then came the flood (!) Transvestitism became a sexual preference, genders multiplied from nowhere, even to wanting to identify as a baby or an animal, dissatisfaction with the body one was born in became a desire to change it by mutilation. Now we are hearing a push to legalise polygamy and paedophilia.

Now, you may say that you identify with one of those things listed but not the others, yet proponents refer to a “community”. How can that be?

For a really good look at what Paul says about homosexuality go here …..

https://www.premierchristianity.com/theology/paul-does-condemn-all-same-sex-activity/14743.article

And remember what the rainbow truly stands for. It is a reminder that mankind was destroyed by a flood because of their sin ….. Genesis Chapter 6

⁵ The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. ⁶ The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

After the flood …… Genesis Chapter 9

⁸ Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: ⁹ “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you ¹⁰ and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth. ¹¹ I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be destroyed by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

¹² And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: ¹³ I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. ¹⁴ Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, ¹⁵ I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. ¹⁶ Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

¹⁷ So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”