Alistair Begg Approves Of Attending Homosexual "Weddings" And Giving Them Gifts

 Alistair Begg now approves of attending and giving a gift to a homosexual "wedding" to "build bridges" and avoid being labeled as "judgmental".

"I asked the grandmother, does your grandson understand your belief in Jesus? Yes. Does your grandson understand that your belief in Jesus makes it such that you can’t countenance in any affirming way the choices that he has made in life? Yes. I said, well, then, okay. As long as he knows that, then I suggest that you do go to the ceremony, and I suggest that you buy them a gift."

~ Disntr

You could not be more wrong, anti-biblical, unholy, man-centered, and pragmatic if you tried with this one. Biblical Christians are NOT called to "build bridges" with unbelievers, because:

2Co 6:14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?

2Co 6:15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever?

2Co 6:16 What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

2Co 6:17 Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,

Begg is promoting the mockery of marriage which Christ Jesus created and to which He likens the relationship of Himself to His church. This is utter evil.

BUT....

This is NO surprise. I warned of this man years and years ago because he raised red flags:

In 2004 he played Bobby Jones' golf instructor in the movie of the same name where he cussed. A pastor taking on an acting role which cusses? Hello?

In 2015 Begg brought in false teacher and heretic Tim Keller as his "Basics" pastors conference.

In 2018 Begg joined compromisers and heretics at the Getty's Sing! which included Ravi Zacharias, John Piper, Ligon Duncan, JD Greear, music group Shane and Shane.

In 2019 Begg joined gnostic feminist heretic Beth Moore to preach at the National Preaching Conference at liberal Baylor University's Truett Seminary.

For many years he was on TGC's Council Board.

All that said, Begg is not much different than John MacArthur who himself answered in 2017 Ligonier's Conference to the question if it's sinful to bake a cake for a homosexual "wedding":

"No, it's not sinful for a cake maker to make a cake for a gay wedding anymore than its sinful for a guy who runs a restaurant to serve dinner to somebody who is gay, sits in a booth and eats the food, or goes to the market and buys a loaf of bread and you own the market," he argued. "What the issue is, is not whether that's sinful. It's weather the federal government can demand that people do certain things, which goes against their Christian conscience."

"I actually think that we need to show love to everyone and particularly, we need to do good to all those that are outside the kingdom, as well as inside the kingdom, as much as possible — a gesture of kindness toward some unregenerate person is in itself not a sin" . - CP article

I said this in response to MacArthur's compromise, but will say it to Begg's too: "Doing good" doesn't include promoting their sinful behavior. He's mixing the idea of the Good Samaritan (meeting a TRUE need and doing good) with selling meat for idol worship (which is not a need and is helping them sin against the Holy One of Israel) and it just can't be done biblically. How is it showing kindness and love by aiding and abetting a pagan do continue in his abominations and doing so as a Christian? How?

Rom 1:32  Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. 

Rom 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.)

Rom 3:6 May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Rom 3:7 But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

Rom 3:8 And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just.

1Th 5:22 Abstain from every form of evil.

Isa 31:2 Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers and against the help of the workers of iniquity.

Isa 31:3 Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; So the LORD will stretch out His hand, And he who helps will stumble And he who is helped will fall, And all of them will come to an end together.