Even a guy like me, who only listens to the news when he is driving in the car and it happens to be on the radio or when he is visiting a place that has it on television, has been blown away by all this transgender bathroom discussion. The thrust of this article is not about identifying an alleged chemical imbalance in the brain that causes a person of one gender to dress and act like a person of another gender. It is not about God’s teaching against men dressing like women (Deuteronomy 22:5; 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, where at least part of the lesson in verse 14 is that men are not to appear as women in any given culture). It is not to “demonize” nor make “monsters” out of people of one gender who dress and act like people of another gender. It is not about policy that gives sexual predators and pedophiles the “green light” to prowl the bathroom of their choice.
Rather, this article is about another glaring example of this world’s attempt to rid life of any objective standard by retraining society to think that there is neither difference nor consequences in rejecting what the Bible teaches! How ridiculous can policymakers be to think it is perfectly fine for guys to intermingle with girls in the bathroom or even as some propose, in school locker rooms? Truly, this is a modern illustration of what Paul said about the Gentiles: “although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools” (Romans 1:21-22)!
What can faithful Christians do in a cultural environment such as this? First, know what the Bible teaches concerning God, human nature and sin. Our faith is built on our knowledge of God’s Word (Romans 10:17). Second, continue to live as God instructs, not as the world does (Romans 12:1-2). Flush ungodly political correctness down the toilet – of any appropriate bathroom! Third, not only be ready to answer those who ask why you are different from this world (1 Peter 3:15), but also take every opportunity to verbally teach others what the Bible says, because it contains all the answers we need to please God (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:3). Fourth, realize that “evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived” (2 Timothy 3:13). There is “no new thing under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). God’s people have had to live among the foolish from shortly after the beginning of time. Let us be courageous and stand up for God, “knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58)!
