Lord of the Sabbath
By Nancy Fottrell
Nancy is a native of Taiwan seeking permanent residence in the United States. She manages an ATV import business based in Taiwan, attends The Vineyard, a charismatic church as well as a Chinese Southern Baptist Bible Study and a Presbyterian Bible Study. Nancy and her American husband, Brian, work and live in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

We tend to condemn those who are homosexual, prostitute or divorced. There are many laws in Bible, but in the same time there are a lot of exceptions in Bible. In Old Testament, God teaches us those commit adultery should be stoned to death, but in New Testament, Lord Jesus set the adultery woman free. He was with the Prostitute, tax collector…etc. He teaches us repentance is the most important thing. "Repent, for heaven is near." It's the sinner who needs the doctor. We should have pity on those who sin as most of time sinners don't know they sin. From psychological point of view, even the criminal thinks he is a good man. Maybe we think we follow God and Jesus' commands, but if we don't forgive sinners, we sin.

For homosexual, some are inborn and some are by learning. I think homosexuality itself is painful experience, if we condemn them, we are adding their pain. For prostitute, I believe no one wants to be prostitute as it's against woman's nature physically. We should have pity on her. They must have their weakness. For those who divorce, they must have their reasons. Bible says you should not divorce your wife except she commits adultery. But in the past, people's thought is very simple and they can get together by living together, that's why only adultery is the reason for divorce.

But today the environment is different. Human thought becomes very complicated. Living together by itself can't prove they are a couple. Only when they have similar thought, values and interests and not too different character, otherwise, they can't get together. In Bible, it talks about don't pour new wine into old wineskin; otherwise the skin will be broken. It can be described as the relationship between couples. If one party is very outgoing and the other party is very introverted, can they get together? If we insist for them to get together, they may fight all the time and create problem family.

Kids are the ones who are hurt most. They can have unknown psychological problem. I am from fighting family. My parents never stop fighting. I have some psychological problem, which stumbles my life. My parents don't have happy life and I don't have either. If they divorced when I was very young and remarried and give me a happy family I think I won't have psychological problem. But the stepfather or mother must love me like his/her own daughter, then I will have normal personality.

I think in today's life, spiritual satisfaction is very important. Human beings don't satisfy just with the superficial relationship but the deep part of the heart. We should ask God for wisdom instead of just read mere words. No one knows what Jesus will teach when He comes again. And no one knows the day. We should be ready. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath.

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