Bishops are not passionate about Gods Laws

 This week the United Kingdom have seen a remarkable move towards the redefining of marriage. This means that same sex couples will be able marry under the Marriage Act if it receives Royal Assent. How did this change happen bearing in mind that it is so opposed to the word of God.The two houses in Parliament, the Commons who proposed and voted in favour of the legislation passed it through to the House of Lords who again voted in agreement with the House of Commons and now the proposed legislation will go to the Queen to be given Royal Assent.      

There are 26 bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords. These are known as the Lords Spiritual. At the start of the day they read prayers and play a full and active role in the life and work of the House of Lords. Since 11^th Century Christian leaders have had an active role in the legislative affairs of the country. In the 14th century, religious leaders and landed gentry formed the 'Upper House'- the Lords. In the early Church there were no Bishops and no House of Lords only the House of God made up of Elders and those with particular giftings -teachers, pastors, prophets, evangelists and apostles who ministered equally alongside each other for the work of God. They kept and taught the Laws of God and as Paul emphasized in Romans Chapter 3 v 31 upheld the Laws of God. 

It was Ignatius of Antioch a Gentile believer in Yeshua who between 103 to 107 AD introduced the idea of one elevated Elder who would be called a Bishop and this position according to Ignatius would hold ultimate power. He wrote “we should regard the Bishop as The Lord Himself “   He said we should do nothing without the Bishop and we should look upon him as a type of Father. Ignatius was of the opinion that the Bishop would follow and protect the word of God from false teachers. That of course went awfully wrong when under Constantine who appointed his own Bishops changed many of the Laws of God leaving the Church in the position it is today compromising with the state.

There is no doubt the Church has compromised with the non religious leaders of this country and have allowed this Bill on Marriage to go forward for Royal Assent. I was with a friend last evening who is well read and has a real understanding of the Politics of our Nation. He raised the point that if the Queen is the defender of our Faith, then will she give her approval. If she does, he says she will be opposing her position as defender of our faith because it is clear that the Bible opposes the sexual union of same sex couples. I do however think that she will give her assent.

The book of Hebrews states “Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure”Hebrews 13:4. So how did we reach a situation in which Parliament defines what Marriage is. In the sixteenth century the Church was concerned about what they referred to as clandestine marriages (marriages not conducted or under the authority of the Church). To deal with this the twenty fourth session of the Council of Trent 1545-1563 set out decrees in regard to marriage. This session decreed that marriages could only be valid if conducted by a priest and at least two witnesses. There had to be parental consent and at least three weeks’ notice given to the community of the proposed marriage.  This brought marriage under the control of the Church with all its non biblical traditions.

Here in the United Kingdom the Marriage Act 1753 was put on the Statute books. This was also known as "An Act for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage" and that is exactly what it was created to prevent. This Act had been preceded by Canon Law within the Protestant Church and the marriage Act of 1753 was the first secular legislation concerning Marriage.

In 1753 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, then Lord Chancellor promoted the bill that required all marriages to be conducted in a Church of England Parish Church and that banns should be called for three consecutive Sundays in that Church prior to the marriage. The only exceptions were Jews and Quakers who were permitted to conduct their own valid marriage services. Other groups, including Roman Catholics and Dissenters were required to marry in the Church of England though many then went to their own churches for a second ceremony.

See my blog http://www.fathershousesc.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/marriage-under-gods-laws-and-with-his.html

The Church in Scotland in recent weeks has not only proved its antisemitic nature but has also made known that it will ordain practicing Homosexual clergy. The Bishops in the Church of Scotland will ordain people who are in sin. This coupled with the pathetic and non passionate opposition in The House of Lords to the proposed Marriage Act by the Bishops is a clear message that we can no longer be led by such men.  

In many Scandinavian countries today there are proposals for making circumcision illegal.  On Tuesday of this week a Newspaper in Norway published a cartoon which depicts the circumcision of an infant, but the sinister-looking people carrying out the ritual are actually cutting off the baby’s toes and stabbing his head with a demonic-looking fork. On the right side of the cartoon, you see police arriving on the scene, but after being assured that the practice is simply an expression of religious belief, they leave. “Mistreating? No this is tradition, an important part of our belief!” the woman is shown telling the policemen.“Belief? Oh yes, then it is all right,” the officer responds while the second policeman apologizes for the interference. The men in the cartoon bear a striking resemblance to the hideous caricatures of Jews in classic anti-Semitic cartoons, right down to their black garb and beards. And they are holding books – ostensibly volumes of Torah – that are soaked in the blood of the screaming child. Circumcision is depicted in this cartoon as a form of mutilation and torture, and the idea that there is a religious basis for the practice serves as the cartoon’s punch-line, as if there are “beliefs” that call for cutting a baby’s toes off with a bolt cutter. See http://www.christiansforzion.com/news/2013/6/2/newspapers-test-acceptability-of-antisemitism

Absolutely correctly and in defence of their faith the Jewish community around Europe and here in the United Kingdom are verbal and in outrage about this. Not only because of the antisemitic nature of this cartoon but because circumcision is a Biblical command for them and is not harmful. We should be standing with them and joining in their condemnation of the secular abuses of their faith. We don’t because our leaders don’t defend what we believe. Why do our leaders not act with the same passion?  

I don’t believe we should be led by this non Biblical leader the Bishop. Church leaders should not be in bed with the secular Politicians and compromising with secular thinking or legislation. We as Bible believing Christians must step out of this system completely-it is not Godly and historically as it is doing today is leading into unrighteousness. Let us not forget that throughout history Bishops led the people into antisemitism caused many Christians to believe that God had finished with the Jews and that the Church was the new Israel. Many Bishops in Europe fueled the hatred which resulted in the Holocaust and Bishops today have compromised and used politically correct language to prevent them from being the voice or fathers of our Faith.

We now have a situation whereby under the Canon 62 of Clerical Subscriptions Act revised in 1887 and 1934 the times of Marriage are limited but not who can be married. The Act of Supremacy 1534 gave parliament the right to decide what constitutes Heresy. The Bible shows the Bishops what constitutes Heresy. Sadly many Bishops consider that the statutes of Parliament  have supremacy over the Bible.        

Isaiah 61 verse 10 says “I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels”.

Can we really say that we are if we follow the unrighteous.??????????

Michael Fryer