CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 1, 2023
LAST WEEK, SOUTH CAROLINA CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY MACE SPOKE AT A CHRISTIAN PRAYER BREAKFAST AND SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN SHE SAID HER FIANCE WANTED TO HAVE SEX WITH HER THAT MORNING. SHE TURNED HIM DOWN BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE LATE FOR THE BREAKFAST. SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE BACK IN THE EVENING, IMPLYING THEY WOULD HAVE SEX THEN.
CHALLENGED ON HER COMMENTS MACE SAID SHE GOES TO CHURCH BECAUSE SHE IS A SINNER, NOT A SAINT.
THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REPENTING OF SIN AND JUSTIFYING SIN. IN ROMANS 6:1-2, PAUL WRITES: “SHALL WE GO ON SINNING THAT GRACE MAY INCREASE? BY NO MEANS. WE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE DIED TO SIN; HOW CAN WE LIVE IN IT ANY LONGER.”
MACE’S COMMENTS ARE A TERRIBLE WITNESS TO UNBELIEVERS AND TO WEAK CHRISTIANS. THE WORD “FIANCE” TODAY IS OFTEN USED TO JUSTIFY LIVING TOGETHER WITHOUT MARRIAGE. IT USED TO BE CALLED “FORNICATION,” REMEMBER?
MACE IS DIVORCED WITH TWO CHILDREN. WHAT KIND OF EXAMPLE IS SHE TO THEM?
YES, ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD, INCLUDING ME, BUT NO CHRISTIAN SHOULD DENY WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS ABOUT SIN AND REPENTANCE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
Very good piece. A couple things you might have added. First, what does that say about her church and pastor in allowing her to go without repentance or discipline? Second are the biblical texts, one in Psalm 66 where regarding iniquity would cause the Lord not to hear her, plus Proverbs 28 where such a person’s prayers are an abomination.