A true Christian does not take God’s grace for granted

I write in response to a letter written by Mr George Michael Kizito in which he expresses his grievances on the ‘Bahati Bill’ (Anti-Homosexuality Bill). Much as I may consider changes in this Bill as far as the death penalty is concerned, I find his arguments wanting in regard to the grace of God and fighting sin using state municipal law.

I would like to tell Kizito that sin and crime are stated differently depending on the authority attributed to either God or the state respectively. Kizito could be part of the Christian fraternity whose moral strength has been compromised by the western civilisation of tolerance even in the face of possible danger, thus takes God’s grace for a ride.

Kizito argues that we live in the New Testament period of grace where the Mosaic Law of killing homosexuals is redundant, overboard and superfluous. I wonder whether Kizito has read one third of the Bible because if he did, then he would not live in oblivion to the fact that Jesus, the cornerstone of the New Testament, categorically states in Mathew 5:17 that he did not come to break the Mosaic Law but to fulfil it. Paul also asserts in Romans 6:1, that: “should we keep sinning that grace may abound?”
The biggest problem we have with Christians like Kizito is the absence of discipleship. Such people tend to mislead the masses to follow their own selfish doctrines based on a need to appease the masses even at the expense of their allegiance to the supreme authority.
Secondly, I would like to know from Kizito whether state authorities are instituted by God and if yes, then they directly ascribe to the supremacy of God. Though Kizito says no scripture in the New Testament allows fighting sin using state municipal laws, Romans 13:4 illustrates that authorities are sent by God to punish those who do wrong. Laws are thus given by God to create a sense of order and sanity and anyone that lives contrary to the jurisdictions is liable to punishment.
I find the Bahati Bill necessary because it will help us make a statement over what we uphold as true and virtuous.
Ronald Balugiire,
sirrnb1@yahoo.com