Marxism, Homosexuality and the Hope of Anarchy

A state where production is not based on capital gain but on human need. That is what Marx and Engels said was, not inevitable, but possible. Such a society could theoretically exist if the people were intentional on bringing it about. We've seen nations try this and fail. It didn't lead them to the materialistic utopia they had hoped for and did far more damage than good. Yet what if we took out the materialistic point of Marxism and replaced it with a spiritual point? What if Christians didn't treat others good or bad depending on how much a person added or took away from the measure of Christian morality in the culture, but loved all on the basis of the fact that love is the greatest human need.

It sometimes seems as if many Christians want nothing more than to increase what could be termed "moral capital." Many believers step out to increase the amount of biblical morality on earth more fervently than they step out to increase believers in the gospel. This leads to a loveless Christianity where we are arguing with flesh and blood rather than warring against principalities and powers. This has brought us to the point of being accused of hate speech, especially in regards to homosexuality. The sad part is that many professing Christians are legitimately guilty of hate speech towards homosexuals, and in probably more than a few cases, guilty of hate crimes.

Although I would struggle to call such people Christian (no matter what their profession), because of this, Christians have been labeled as anti-gay or homophobic. However, I think it is about time that we stop looking for ways to multiply people who are radical about biblical morality and start looking for ways to multiply people who are radicals for the gospel. I think it's about time that Christian's seek ways to love and share the gospel with their homosexual neighbors, rather than complaining that we are becoming like Sodom, and shunning people out of churches.

Let me be clear that I do believe the bible condemns homosexuality as sin, but the bible does not teach us to condemn others to the extent of excluding them from the love of Christ. Making people created in God's image feel unwelcome in churches and other Christian organizations based on their sexual orientation is far from if not opposite to what Christ would do himself. The church ought to be welcoming outcasts, not creating them.

If we as believers are thinking more about how to meet the needs of the people rather than condemning people for their need we will be the effective loving light of this world. Liars, fornicators, adulterers, murderers, porn addicts, thieves, disobedient children, homosexuals and God fearing Christians are all in desperate need of the love of God in Christ. All fall short of the great commandments to love God with all we are and love our neighbor as ourselves. Let's not fall short of loving our homosexual neighbor.

How then should we speak to those who are dealing with homosexual desires, and everyone else who is struggling with a sinful inclination? We speak to them of the coming glory, the future anarchy. We tell them of the freedom there is in Christ, such freedom that we someday will have no restrictions, no government, no commandments. We shout it from the rooftops, and speak it softly with an offended homosexual friend, telling them of the freedom that is available in being indwelled by the very Spirit of God through faith in the Gospel, in which we have the hope of being so free from our sinful struggles in this life that there won't even be any laws to keep us in check. Every desire we will have will be pure, permissible, and beautiful.

Often times we don't give enough attention to the hope of what we will be in the days of perfection, in the new heaven and earth. Yet this is a crucial point of the Christian message. Anarchy would destroy us now, but in that day, anarchy will be an incredible reality. Our hearts and minds will be so wrapped in truth, our very being so conformed to Christ, to its Maker, that we will be free to do whatever we please, and whatever we please will be pleasing to God. We wont be wondering if someone will judge us, if God will judge us. There wont be any concern of condemnation. We will be free to be who we are, and who we will be will be pure.

Our role as Christians is not to try and increase or maintain moral capital on the earth, it is to think of the needs of others, in particular, that all need Christ, and when we have to call sin sin, we do it with love, not in hopes of convincing a person to keep our moral standard, but in hopes of introducing a person to the living savior, their advocate, brother, King and friend. We bring them the gospel of acceptance into the family of God, freedom from sin, and freedom from condemnation. Free from being condemned by God, free from being condemned by themselves, and free from being condemned by their new Christian family.