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Living Trans Lives
Living Trans Lives
I am against living a “trans” lifestyle. It is a false reality, because it is a facade. “Trans-living” is constantly in the news today, but it is nothing new. I portend, religious people might have started and perfected the trend of living fake “trans” lives.
“Trans” living involves the seeking attention, focusing on clothes, wanting special treatment, forcing people to call them approved terms, and more. Does any of this sound familiar?
SEEKING ATTENTION – “They do everything to be seen by others… (CSB’17 Matthew 23:5a)
FOCUS ON CLOTHES – “…They enlarge their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.” (CSB’17 Matthew 23:5b)
WANT SPECIAL TREATMENT – “They love the place of honor at banquets, the front seats in the synagogues,” (CSB’17 Matthew 23:6)
DEMAND APPROVED TERMS – “…and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people.” (CSB’17 Matthew 23:7)
I’m convinced that much of what the world does wrong, the world learned it first from fake religion. In the Bible, it isn’t called “trans” living. Its called hypocrisy, literally, “a false face”. Hypocrite (hypokritḗs) was commonly used of Greek actors, including men pretending to be women (women were not permitted to be in plays). Very fitting, isn’t it, comparing religious hypocrisy to transgenderism!
Look again at Paul’s challenge to change the inside:
“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.” (CSB’17 Romans 12:2)
To “conform” is “assuming a similar outward form (expression) by following the same pattern (model, mold)” (HELPS Word-Studies).
To “transform” is “changing form in keeping with inner reality” (HELPS Word-Studies). It is used of Jesus’s transfiguration where the outside got changed by Jesus’s true inward identity. That is what must happen to us!
“We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.” (CSB’17 2 Corinthians 3:18)
Instead of being transformed (Rom.12:2), too many modern “Christians” are satisfied appearing changed, living trans-lives. We change the outside, our clothes, our language, our outward identity; but inside our true identity, our real self, hasn’t changed. Changing the outside without changing one’s true identity sounds very much again like hypocritical living:
““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.” (CSB’17 Matthew 23:25)
““Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and every kind of impurity.” (CSB’17 Matthew 23:27)
If we want to tell transgender folks to stop living false identities, they have a right to say, “You first. You started it”.
If transgenderism is obviously a false identity, what about us “Christians”? Are we transformed or just “trans”?
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