Bible Study February 18, 2025

“False Teachers, False Doctrine”

This is rather long comment but I copied an excerpt from an article I read earlier today. It begins with the words “Lesbian pastor…” Some reading this may disagree with me opinions are fine but they should be based on scripture.”

2 Timothy 3:1 -7

“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! 6 For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, 7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

“Lesbian pastor blasphemes Jesus as ‘drag queen,’ trans activists issue threats at city council meeting.

A female pastor blasphemed Jesus as a “drag queen,” and a trans activist appeared to make threats of violence during a city council meeting in Massachusetts following federal changes that limit legal recognition of transgender identities.

The apparent threat came during a Worcester City Council meeting before the board voted 9-2 on Feb. 12 to designate the city as a sanctuary for trans and “gender-diverse” people.

Worcester, located about 35 miles west of Boston, is the second-biggest city by population in the state, with just over 200,000 residents.

The resolution, titled “Sanctuary City for Transgender and Gender Diverse People,” prevents the city from cooperating with federal or state policies deemed harmful to trans-identified individuals and ensures access to healthcare, housing, education and employment without discrimination.

While critics have argued the resolution defies federal law and fails to protect youth, approximately 200 people, activists and residents, showed up for the council meeting to support the resolution, many of them speaking out — some even singing — during the five-hour public meeting.

Among those who spoke out in favor of the resolution was Julie Payne-Britton, a pastor at the Hadwen Park Congregational Church, which is affiliated with the progressive United Church of Christ. Payne-Britton, who identifies as a disabled, cisgender lesbian, sported a clerical collar as she told council members that if Jesus were at the meeting, He would be “dressed in full drag.”

“The Jesus I know would be dressed in full drag and serving face, or handsome as a trans man, or wrapped in the garb of a non-binary person who knows one gender is way too small to capture their gloriousness,” Payne-Britton claimed. “The Jesus I know would be at this mic with a trembling voice and a shaking body and tears that will not be held back crying, ‘make this city safe for my child.’”

This “pastor” sincerely believes the false teaching she is promoting. No where in the scriptures would Jesus do what she is proclaiming. Some will say tat love is the key and I agree but keep in mind Jesus loves the person but does not condone sin. I do not believe the Jesus I know would show up to a meeting as she has outlined. The Jesus I know would speak the truth in love.

Just as the woman who spoke at the Prayer Breakfast was wrong for what she said (although she has right to be wrong) this woman is no different. Scripture teaches there will be a great falling away in the last days and it appears it will begin in the church.

God Bless.