It is not because God intends his human creatures to be ignorant of his will in these areas that the current disagreement exists. The current disagreement exists because some members of the Church of England, including its bishops, under the influence of contemporary culture, have decided to reject, in whole or in part, the orthodox teaching of the Church of England and the divine revelation in nature and Scripture that it reflects.<\/p>\n
Contrary to what the Bishop of London suggests, responding to this situation by suggesting that we are uncertain about God\u2019s revealed will is not a matter of humility but rather of pride, pride in thinking that our doubts about what God has said have any standing in the matter. We may subjectively dislike what God has said, but true Christian humility lies in accepting what God has said and acting upon it anyway. To do otherwise is to reject God\u2019s wisdom and to rebel against God\u2019s sovereign authority.<\/p>\n
It is also pure sophistry to suggest that we know what nature, Scripture and tradition say, but it is unclear what this means in today\u2019s society. It means what it has always meant, either marriage and sexual fidelity within marriage, or sexual abstinence. This was true in the sexually permissive society of the first century Roman Empire and it remains equally true today.<\/p>\n
All this being the case, the proper way forward for the Church of England is not to try to find a way to \u2018live with our disagreements\u2019 over human sexuality in a civilised manner. The proper way forward is for it to submit to what God has revealed and to call on those rejecting what God has revealed in their teaching or behaviour to cease to do so.<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Martin Davie dissects the Bishop of London's speech on Living in Love and Faithhttps:\/\/t.co\/51dBcc26o7<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OIT0fnf1aE<\/a><\/p>\n — Anglican Ink (@anglicanink) February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n