Post by fearnot on Oct 8, 2022 10:19:27 GMT -5
Called to Account: MacArthur Highlights Newsom’s Unbiblical Worldview
13 For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16 Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
Psalms 139:13-16
On Thursday, John MacArthur,
pastor of Grace Community Church in California,
penned an open letter to Democrat Gavin Newsom
calling the California governor to repentance over a series of recent decisions.
Describing what he called the “diabolical effects” of the governor’s worldview,
MacArthur specifically mentioned Newsom’s policies on
abortion,
transgenderism,
homelessness,
and crime.
However, MacArthur’s strongest words were reserved for the governor’s recent billboard campaign
that used Scripture to promote California’s permissive abortion laws.
On Tuesday, Newsom signed 13 abortion-related bills into law.
Of note, Assembly Bill 2223 prohibits investigations into
a miscarriage,
stillbirth,
or abortion,
even if a coroner sees evidence of foul play such as drugs in the baby’s system.
In addition to these abortion-related measures, Governor Newsom also signed SB 107,
a controversial law that allows California courts
to temporarily take custody of a child experiencing gender dysphoria.
Incredibly, the law empowers state courts to take custody of out-of-state children seeking “gender-affirming health care.”
The term “gender-affirming health care” often includes
cross-sex hormones,
puberty blockers,
and even permanent, irreversible surgeries.
Thus, under California’s new law, minor children struggling with gender confusion
can come to the state to receive drugs and treatments without parental notification or permission.
As Pastor MacArthur notes in his letter, many of the governor’s policies reflect an
“unholy, upside-down view of honor and morality.”
But, according to MacArthur, one of the governor’s most egregious actions was
his financing of pro-abortion billboards in other states that invoked Scripture.
“You further compounded the wickedness of that murderous campaign
with a reprehensible act of gross blasphemy,
quoting the very words of Jesus from Mark 12:31
as if
you could somehow twist His meaning
and arrogate His name in favor of butchering unborn infants.”
He (MacArthur) pleads with the governor to repent.
“My concern, Governor Newsom, is that your own soul lies in grave, eternal peril,”
MacArthur explains. “You will stand in the presence of the Holy God who created you,
who is your Judge, and He will demand that you give an account
for how you have flouted His authority in your governing,
and how you have twisted His own Holy Word to rationalize it.
As you look over the precipice of eternity, what will your answer be?”
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