Westboro Baptist Church has it Wrong!

Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas has been a group of people that came into existence in 1955. Since that time they have become more than just a group of people that meet for “church”, but they have hit the streets to declare their message. They have picketed no less than 43,000 times and spend a large sum of money every year to conduct those protests (that money comes from lawsuits that they have won in a court of a land that they say, “God hates“). They are a hate-group and started out targeting the homosexual community. Since that time, they have gone after soldiers, churches and now today, mine explosion victims.

This group is very troubling to Christians, because they have a message that is not biblical and a method that is not Christ like. Also, they cloak all their hate in the clothing of being called a “church”. Too, their speech ought to make Christian cringe as they use derogatory terms toward preachers, homosexuals and just good ol’ people of this nation.

They trouble Christians, because their message is unbiblical. God doesn’t hate homosexuals, preachers, coal miners and others. No where in Scripture do you find that God hates people. What you do read is that God hates SIN! Its sin that God judges. Actually, God loved man so much that He refused to allow man to stay in and die in his sin. That is why He sent Jesus into the world. Its through Christ that man can have the forgiveness of sins and life everlasting in Heaven. What Westboro preaches is not the message of the Bible.

They trouble Christians, because their method is not Christ like. Christ came to comfort the brokenhearted (not picket at their funeral and tragedy), serve (not seek-out their own profit from one’s loss) and give His life as a ransom for many (not make as many people mad as possible)! Christians are to engage this world in a courageous demonstration of the love and compassion of Christ. What Westboro does is not the method of Christ.

A lot could be said about this group’s history, theology and activity. So I hope that this post has been a help to you for thinking about them and ultimately, caused you to pause and pray for them as they are severely misguided and clearly wrong.

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