Why a True Christian cannot be a Modern Liberal

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Here are just a few important reasons why a True Christian cannot be a modern liberal:

The Bible talks about how there's a spiritual change within someone after they've accepted Christ's atonement on the cross and have turned their hearts to him:

Romans 12:1,2
1Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual[a] act of worship. 2Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

1 John 3
5But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. 6No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

7Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous;

8the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.

9No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God;

Christ is VERY clear that those who are redeemed will no longer have the desire to practice sin or support it.

This is strong evidence that modern Liberalism is indeed at odds with what it is to be a true Christian and here are a few reasons why:


1. Liberals support homo-sexual marriage - marriage is a holy institution between a man and a woman originally setup by God in the Garden.

"So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."
—Genesis 1:27

"And the LORD God said, 'It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.' Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: 'This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.' Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."
—Genesis 2:18-25 (NKJV)

"For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due."
—Romans 1:26-27 (NKJV)



2. Modern Liberals support pre-marital sex and any sort of "whatever feels good" montra to those unmarried. In fact, most of them support people "living together" before marriage. They also support a life of everything these scriptures warns against.

"Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God."
—1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NKJV)

"Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,"
—1 Timothy 1:9-10 (NKJV)



3. Liberals support the mudering of unborn children. Christ has a special place in his heart for Children as exemplified by a few scriptures:

Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Matthew 18:6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

In addition, it's clear that God places serious value on babies and has gone to great lenghts in their creation:

Psalm 139
13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.

The Bible is also clear that life begins at conception:
Psalm 51:5
"Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me."

So here we have only 3 examples of why modern Liberalism is at odds with what it is to truly be a Christian. Unfortunately, all too many people these days have polluted what it means to be a Christian - they place the label on anyone who attends a "Christian" church and not whether or not someone has truly been born again.

The late Keith Green summarized this view very well when he said "Going to Church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than going to McDonald's makes you a hamburger."

If you profess to be both a liberal and a Christian, I'd highly encourage you to pray and ask Christ to reveal to you his Word and how it shapes your world views, social and political views.

True Christians cannot sit and allow the above mentioned 2 points go without challenging them.