It’s a flashing sign of the times that the days of Lot are upon us. “Gay Pride Month” now seems like every month, and this scourge upon our nation is being celebrated and pushed to an extreme degree.
Some saddening statistics have recently come out about what’s happening in our country. The statistics say a record 7.2% of US adults here in America are non-binary, transgender, or same-sex attracted, with some believing the number to be as high as 10%.
These are staggering and shocking numbers about the moral pollution in our society.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, in 2019, signed a law implanting LGBTQ inclusive curriculum in the state in grades five to twelve. They were the second state, after California, to do this. Since that time, the number of self-identifying non-binary students in New Jersey is up 4,000%.
In the 2019-2020 school year, there were 16 students in New Jersey that identified as non-binary. In 2022-2023, it skyrocketed to 675 students, 41 of which are in elementary school.
It was reported that 40% of students at Brown University, an Ivy League school in Rhode Island, identify as LGBTQ, which is double from the year 2020 and almost triple from 2010 when the number sat at 14%.
Here’s another statistic that is stunning to me. 30% of Millennials, those born from 1984 to 2002 (the era of my two sons and daughters-in-law), self-identify as non-binary. It gets even worse. In Gen Z, which is those born around the year 2000 and beyond, 40% identify as non-binary.
Now listen to this. 30% of young professing Christians, according to the study, identify as LGBTQ. I say “professing Christians” because, obviously, many of them are not genuine believers and don’t understand what the Bible says.
Those studies reveal what we see happening in our culture today—the floodgates have been thrown wide open.
A Social, Psychological, & Spiritual Battle
Why is this happening? Well, I think there are several reasons, including psychological and social explanations, but ultimately, there’s a spiritual force behind this, and that is Satan himself. Satan is striking the heart of humanity.
Human beings are made in God’s image. We’re the crown of God’s creation, and Satan wants to do all he can to mar the image of God and humanity. He did it dramatically in the fall (Genesis 2), and since that time, he’s been trying to twist God’s creation.
People are rebelling against God, which is where it ultimately started. It’s self-worship. It’s the cult of self, where an individual determines their morality, their gender, and their sexual preference, and not God.
There’s an element here of what I would call “social contagion” passed from one person to another. So many young people today don’t have any hope, meaning, or purpose in their lives. They’re seeking a community, and many are seeking attention. In this victim group, they can be welcomed in and get that attention, which is drawing many people to this movement.
The problem is, it’s not really an issue of their body; rather, it is more an issue of their mind and soul. Once entering this movement, they ultimately find that it also doesn’t bring hope, joy, purpose, and meaning. Some undergo radical surgeries that have changed them, and they’re plunged into even deeper distress.
Ray Stedman, a well-known pastor from California, said years ago, “When people forsake God, they lose the sense of their own worth.” As a culture today, we’ve lost God, and as a result, people have lost themselves and are trying to find something to give meaning and purpose.
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