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I’ve met a lot of politicians in my day, but I have never met former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey. I knew very little about him until his recent book tour put him on nearly every radio and TV talk show on the planet. Why all the fuss? The former governor is a practicing homosexual, and has gone out of his way to confess the details of his sinful lifestyle in his new book.
McGreevey had been publicly silent about his sexual desires for men until he announced two years ago that he was gay and was resigning as governor of New Jersey. Ultimately, he divorced his wife, left her to be the single parent of their baby and moved in with his male partner!
This is our world. Forget political platforms. In our culture, sin is placed on a platform all its own. Want to write a bestseller? Great, just confess the vulgar, nasty details of your perverted lifestyle in a book for the entire world to read. The media are sure to pick up on it and make you a national icon.
Stop right there. Before you categorize me as a gay basher, let me inform you that I believe God loves homosexuals. I have friends who are homosexuals. I have relatives who are homosexuals. Homosexuals are everywhere! Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Homosexuality is like every other sin. Sin abounds. Last time I checked, God hates sin, but still loves sinners. God doesn’t ask us to accept sin, but He does call on us to love. It appears to me that McGreevey has yet to find true love.
Throughout his interviews, McGreevey spoke of how his book was a confession that freed him to be whom his God created him to be naturally. For him, being gay is a natural expression of who he is as a person. Key word–natural. It may be “natural” for him, but it is neither acceptable, nor tolerated by God. As fallen beings, it is our natural desires that got us in this mess. Our natural desires lead us into trouble. Homosexuality, adultery, stealing, gossip and slander are just a few of the natural desires that put Jesus on the cross. Need I go on?
The devil has dealt James E. McGreevey a terrible lie. Can you imagine someone confessing to you that they are stealing from you and then turning right around and continuing to pick your pocket? Confession alone falls short. It is not enough to simply confess your sins. Like all of us, Mr. McGreevey needs to not only confess his sins, he needs to repent. He needs to turn from his wicked ways and run to the arms of a loving God who will radically change his life and free him from the bondage of his sinful lifestyle.
Jesus paid the price to free us from our ugly, natural selves. But we have to accept Him as our Savior, making Him the Governor of our life. Will you join me in praying for James E. McGreevey? I pray his confession will some day lead him to repentance at the feet of Christ. His joy will never be complete until he discovers God’s plan for his life. The same is true for you and me.
October 9th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
Like what you have to say. Your blog makes good since to me.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
re: Confession falls short
Yes, Gov. McGreevey needs to repent. But let’s remember that “repent,” in the Greek, is the word Metanoeo, which means a change of mind; ie, a change in thinking.
Repentence is a deliberate change in how we view things and, particularly, of what we do and why. It does NOT automatically result in a change of behavior, else we would all be sin-free immediately after Salvation and that part of the “Lord’s Prayer” in which we entone, “Forgive us our trespasses,” would be useless and ineffective. If Gov. McGreevey truly repented, but still remained in that lifestyle, albeit while under conviction, would that be sufficient to prevent us from condemning him?
It should be. None of us live truly sin free, saved or not, but it is the heart which God searches and, if McGreevey’s heart is found by Him to be pure, who among us can cast the first stone?
Gary Capshaw