Church of the damned!

As Christians put away their Easter dresses, suits, baskets and other stuff, there is a war raging within the Church of Jesus Christ. This war has clearly defined lines of engagement. Most Christians are not even sure what they believe let alone why they believe. The war I am referring to is Authority. Do Christians have the authority to make their own choices concerning Church policies? Can the Church decide what sin is and what it is not? Can a Church pick and choose it’s own Moral standards? I want to share this short article dealing with the issue of sexuality and then make a few comments that will answer the previous questions offered for examination. This article comes from Christianpost.com
“Christianity Lite” is a new religion that presents itself as an updated and modernized Christianity. But the effort to reject Christianity’s understanding of biblical sexuality goes hand-in-hand with the rejection of an entire range of biblical doctrines. Nothing less will sustain their effort. You cannot leave a biblical conception of sin and salvation in place if you are determined to deny the sinfulness of a behavior condemned in the Bible. As Eberstadt concludes:
Christianity Lite has left enough evidence in its wake for us to judge the final outcome of that great experiment: It is a failure. The effort to throw out the unwanted bathwater of the sexual code has taken the baby-the rest of Christian practice and belief-along with it.

A project of theological revisionism is easy to start, but hard to stop. Like a spreading acid, theological liberalism moves from one doctrine to the next, developing patterns of argument that arise over and over again. It is no accident that the very churches and denominations now determined to ordain unrepentant homosexuals are the same churches and denominations that were determined to ordain women to the pastorate. The arguments used to get around, over, and under clear biblical teaching are the same. The Religion News Service report states that many pastors are now caught “between church law and civil law” on the issue of same-sex marriage. They are really caught between the Bible and sexual revolution. The choice for any true minister of the Gospel is clear.
Before long, we will see all too clearly just who will show up to represent Christianity, and who will show up to represent “Christianity Lite.”
Now to answer the previous questions. NO!! Churches do not have the authority to pick and choose what to believe and what is sin and what is right. Who’s Church is it anyway? It is Christ Church! His Word defines sin and salvation. He has the only Authority within His Body, the Church. If you go to a church that debates homosexuality or any sin defined by the Word of God than I would recommend that you leave immediately! Why? Because it is not Christ’s Church! Mt 16:13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?" 14 They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets." 15 "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" 16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, {16 Or ; also in verse 20} the Son of the living God." 17 Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
18 And I tell you that you are Peter, {18 means } and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades {18 Or } will not overcome it. {18 Or } 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be {19 Or } bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be {19 Or } loosed in heaven." Sounds like Jesus is defining His Church. The only Authority for Christian life and action must be obedience to clear Biblical teaching without debate. SIN is not up for debate in God’s eye! Salvation is not up for tweaking to fit our own desire! Any church that debates sinful issue’s is a church of the Damned! Ga 1:6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel--
7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!
9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned! 10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.” What is the True Gospel? 1Co 15:1 Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: {3 Or } that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” This is the Message of the Church of Jesus! It is offered to you and I and the whole world. The only requirement is REPENTANCE! You must turn away from sin and quit debating it! My prayer is that you will grieve your sinfulness and turn to Jesus for Grace and Mercy! Flee from the Wrath of God.