My Best Friends, Grace and Peace be with you.
Today’s sermon may be hard for some to hear. Some might find it uncomfortable — like we’re walking on eggshells. But if that’s the case, then what good news am I here to preach?
The Gospel is good news! And if preaching it doesn’t fill my own heart with joy and hope in the promised blessings, then I must be preaching some other gospel. Even if I speak the words, if my heart doesn’t overflow with joy, hope, and truth, then I’m only preaching my own words. The true Gospel comes from the heart. Only a heart that truly understands it bears witness to its fruit: a Gospel of grace and peace, not condemnation. The true Gospel leads people to life. A false gospel leads to death.
Let no one leave here today without understanding. Let no one backslide or hinder the Lord’s calling any longer.
Yesterday, I knew nothing about this subject. I cannot boast. My words then were not rooted in truth or understanding. But wisdom comes to those who ask the Lord — and I asked.
This topic stands at the forefront of our nation, debated with fierce passion. So great is the heat that even some seeking righteousness have backslidden. Instead of the Gospel, they proclaimed their own ideas and hindered those being called to glory, salvation, and purpose. Our hearts testify to the gospel we really carry, and who can reveal our hearts better than God? By His grace, understanding has come. I cannot boast, because only yesterday I was a hindrance. I was pulling specks out of others’ eyes while a plank remained on my own. And while trying to remove their speck, I accidentally blinded them and turned them away from the kingdom of heaven.
How wretched that is!
It is possible to recite Scripture word for word and still preach a false gospel. All Scripture testifies of the Truth Jesus Christ. But what testifies of the truth is not the Truth itself. Satan can quote Scripture better than any of us and still lead people to death with the very words meant to point to life. But with the Truth, no one can be led astray. That Truth comes only from asking the Lord, who gives wisdom freely.
Bring your questions to God, and He will teach you.
No one will find truth apart from the Lord.
Lord, I pray we all leave here with understanding — tearing down every barrier that does not align with Your Gospel and Your will. Bring those You have called into the great cloud of believers and into a living relationship with You.
For I would rather be left out of the kingdom of heaven myself if it meant others could enter. Yet how terrible if, like the Pharisees, I kept others out. They knew the Scriptures well, yet preached death instead of life. That only happens through ignorance and lack of God’s truth. But God gives wisdom to whoever asks, and true understanding bears good fruit.
Because the Truth is here. The Good News is here.
The Subject: Marriage and Those Who Shouldn’t Marry
The disciples said to Jesus, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.” Jesus replied: “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others — and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. **The one who can accept this should accept it.**” (Matthew 19:10-12)
This is the kicker. This is the Gospel. This is the blessing someone needs to hear today: *“The one who can accept this should accept it.” If you can accept this word, it is because God is calling you to accept it. And if God is calling you — how great and beautiful the blessing must be!
Isaiah 56 3
Let no foreigner who is bound to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely exclude me from his people.”And let no eunuch complain, “I am only a dry tree.”4 For this is what the Lord says:“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, Who choose what pleases me And hold fast to my covenant—5 to them I will give within my temple and its walls A memorial and a name Better than sons and daughters;I will give them an everlasting name That will endure forever.
We know clearly from Scripture that God designed marriage for one man and one woman. That holy standard is not up for debate — it is His good design. But the Gospel is even greater. Jesus shows us that some are called to a different path: a special, wholehearted devotion to the Lord for the sake of the kingdom of heaven.
Some are born unable to marry in the ordinary way. Some are made that way by the brokenness and trauma of this world. And some choose it freely out of love for God. Even though I come with good news, hardened hearts may still reject it — often because of past ridicule, rejection, abuse, or Christians who preached condemnation instead of grace.
Why do hearts harden? Some were born different. Some were wounded deeply. Too many times, well-meaning believers proclaimed a gospel of shame and death instead of life and hope. Through arrogance and self-righteousness, some spoke hate while thinking they served God. But the true Gospel does not condemn. It points to mercy, purpose, and hope. Those who can accept this calling — already meek and mourning in the eyes of the world — will be great in God’s kingdom. The
Beatitudes are written for them: “Blessed are the meek… Blessed are those who mourn…”
Why do I believe they will be great? Look at the prophet Daniel. The angel of the Lord called him “a man greatly beloved.” Daniel served under the chief of the eunuchs in the royal courts of Babylon. Taken captive from the royal house of Judah, his ordinary future was taken from him. Yet while others suffered in captivity, Daniel remembered the Lord, accepted his place, obeyed faithfully, and God used him mightily. For 2,500 years the world has studied the powerful prophecies God gave him.
God is saying: “If you can accept this, accept it.” Because if you can accept this, I am calling you to be accepted by Me.
This word is for everyone — whether called to marriage or to singleness for the kingdom. If we cannot accept God’s will, can we expect Him to accept ours?
The Lord came for sinners. If I say “I am not a sinner,” then for whom did Jesus come? It is better for God to take my life than for me to lead even one astray from eternal life. So let us speak the truth in love — that none should perish, but all should come to life.
I had a friend when I was little. It didn’t take much to see he was different and everyone called him— gay. As a boy he loved girl toys and girly trinkets. As he grew, we and the world pointed him out , objectified him and even his parents defined him as Gay and that became part of his life. What we didn’t tell him is that God has a plan for him, that hes made special for the kingdom of heaven That he was made for a blessing to the world.
But now I see with new eyes: he was made differently, not for relationships outside God’s design, but for a unique purpose in the kingdom. He was kind and uplifting in ways I wasn’t. Yet many Christians preached death and condemnation instead of showing him God’s deep love and his true calling — a full covenant relationship with the Lord Himself, devoted to the kingdom.
They didn’t preach truth because the truth wasn’t in them. If it had been, they would have shown that every one of us is created by God for His purpose and in His perfect timing. Only the Creator reveals that purpose. Without it, how can we find real joy?
If we are not leading people toward God’s plan for them, who are we serving — the one who gives life, or the one who steals it?
We cannot bear lasting fruit without the Lord’s understanding. This is the heartfelt message the Lord has given us today.
Let’s pray: Lord, open every heart to Your good news. Comfort those who feel different or broken. Strengthen those wrestling with their calling. Call many into joyful obedience — whether in faithful marriage or in wholehearted devotion to You alone. Let no one leave here the same. Fill us with Your wisdom, grace, and peace. In Jesus’ name, Amen. —
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