On the 18th of July 2019 when the (Executive
Formation) Bill was being debated in the house of Commons, amendments were introduced
by Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow and Conor McGinn MP for St Helens North. They
related to the imposing upon Northern Ireland legislation on the redefining of
marriage and abortion. This would be the responsibility of the Secretary of
State if the Northern Ireland Assembly was not functioning by the 21st
October.
Sadly, both amendments were passed by the majority of the
house despite being opposed by the majority of the Northern Ireland MP’s, whom
we commend for their opposition.
In light of this the following article by the Rev Ian
Brown was published in the Belfast Newsletter-
On history’s side? I
aim to be on eternity’s side
I realise that
the dark decisions taken by the British Parliament respecting Northern Ireland
are not yet binding... although we are well aware that they shall be if the
cartel of wicked men and women who
voted in favour of these nefarious schemes have anything further to do with
it.
Some elements rose to the fore in our nation's
Parliament this week.
One element was hypocrisy.
The Scottish National Party further dishonoured
itself in these votes. This party has made great noises in the past about
abstaining on all votes that affect other devolved jurisdictions in order to
ringfence their own issues. But here there was no such reticence.
Another feature of the debates in Parliament was
perversity.
Since the measures passed by Parliament
specifically target Ulster. I will respond in true Ulster fashion by 'calling a
spade a spade'.
Same-sex marriage is perverse. It is a perversion
of God's order, that marriage should only and always be between one man and one
woman in a loyal and lifelong union (Genesis 1:26- 27; 2:24: Mark 10:6-9).
Abortion is perverse. An allegation recently
surfaced that, on the lead up to the recent Irish referendum on abortion,
YouTube (owned by Google) "blacklisted" a large number of videos on
its platform: 'abortion is barbaric', 'abortion is wrong', abortion is murdering".
If this is correct, my phrase (for the purpose of
this piece) would also have been blocked: abortion is perverse.
It is not health care, or a woman's right: it is
murder; the unjustifiable, unconscionable, sinful slaughter of the innocent
(cf. Psalm 139:13-16; Psalm 127; Job 31:15; Psalm 22:10).
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 dictates that
all birds, their nests and eggs are protected by law and it is thus an offence, with certain exceptions. to
intentionally kill, injure or take any wild bird, or intentionally take or
destroy the egg of any
wild bird. Yet the legislation proposed for Northern Ireland will permit
babies to be killed in their mother's womb, with not the slightest risk of
penalty by any authority.
History was
made in Parliament this week. I thank God for those who registered their
opposition to these assaults on decency and democracy. Liberals are fond of
pulling in the meaningless statement. ‘On the right side of history.' As
history goes in cycles it is pretty impossible to get on the right side of it!
This, of
course, is yet another crude cudgel used by the opponents of true righteousness
to force silence on any-one who speaks from a conscience educated by God's Holy
Word, the Bible. Personally. I don't care about "being on the right side
of history." Not at all. What I do care about - intensely-is being on the
right side in eternity.
It is recorded of our Lord in Matthew 25:32-33 &46:
"Before Him shall be gathered all nations: and He shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33. And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the
goats on the left.
46. And these
shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life
eternal."
No doubt the
so-called 'emissaries of equality' would feel an objection rise within them
right here: "How dare God be so partial? How dare He discriminate!" Whether
they like it or not, God will do as He pleases - He is God - and what He does
will always be right.
Man may celebrate today as if, in breaking God's laws, he
has shaken off all obligations to his Creator and does not need to worry about
Him being the eventual and eternal Judge of his actions. Of course man imagined
this thousands of years ago, as is detailed in Psalm 2:2-5: "The kings of
the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the
LORD, and against his anointed, saying.
3. Let us
break their bands asunder, and cast
away their cords from us.
4. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord
shall have them in derision.
5. Then shall
He speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in His sore displeasure."
Despite the
wicked decisions of men. God is on the throne, still. For time - and eternity.
Some of the men and women in Parliament today may not live to see these
abominations imposed on Northern Ireland - but all will be obliged to give an
account to God for desecrating His laws today and heaping further misery and
judgment on our nation.
Meantime, let us continue to pray that God's promise in
Isaiah 59:19 will be fulfilled before our eyes: "So shall they fear the
name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When
the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a
standard against him."
