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The differences that the withdrawal WILL NOT MAKE!!!

Below is a copy of an article which appeared today (8/9/25) in the ‘Belfast Newsletter’.

The change has come about as a result of the very adverse publicity surrounding the chairman of the Education Authority, which up to now had administered guidance on ‘Transgenderism’ to school pupils and teachers.

The publicity I refer to is that aroused by the rather robust confrontation of Mr Mervyn Storey, DUP member and elder in Ballymoney Free Presbyterian Church, by two members of the Burke family, Mrs Burke and a son, Josiah, outside Ballymoney Free Presbyterian Church. That confrontation was followed by  articles in the ‘Burning Bush’, in which there was a repeating of our ‘oft-repeated’ opposition to the two-facedness of Mr Storey. He has a history of putting ‘policy’ before Christ in his public life.

(See — ‘One Final Word . . . . .’)

This response by DUP Education Minister, Paul Givan, is part of the cover-up of the ongoing sell-out by the DUP to trends within society which are increasingly overthrowing the Holy Law of God.

The outcome of Givan’s belated decision will be nil in one instance and very detrimental in another.

It may well appear to get Storey off his self-impalement, but only his public repentance and repudiation of his past behaviour and resignation from the DUP, will do that!

1. It will not make any difference with the schools where teachers’ guidelines on ‘Transgenderism’ have been part of the curriculum and is embodied in the mind-set of teaching staff who are in agreement with such immoral thinking.

The rationalising of the ungodly perversions which took place until now will continue. There is no law to prevent teachers continuing to present the corruptions set forth in the guidelines now withdrawn from the Education Authority website. They remain in their minds and are still part of the ungodly agenda many school teachers live and teach by.

The statement issued by the Education Authority following Givan’s decision shows this to be so.

‘Support and advice remain available to schools on this matter from EA support services in accordance with DE policy.’

There were very few teachers who publicly voiced their opposition to the guidelines while they were in force and we must conclude from that there are many teachers who agree with this wickedness and therefore the ‘guidelines’ will still be pursued in state schools! (more…)

“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee,” Matthew 11:23-24.

“‭For‭ if‭ after they have escaped‭‭ the pollutions‭ of the world‭ through‭ the knowledge‭ of the Lord‭ and‭ Saviour‭ Jesus‭ Christ‭, they are‭‭ again‭ entangled‭‭ therein‭, and‭ overcome‭‭‭‭, the latter end‭ is worse‭ with them‭ than the beginning‭.‭ ‭For‭ it had been‭‭ better‭ for them‭ not‭ to have known‭‭ the way‭ of righteousness‭, than‭, after they have known‭‭ ‭it‭, to turn‭‭ from‭ the holy‭ commandment‭ delivered‭‭ unto them‭.‭ ‭But‭ it is happened‭‭ unto them‭ according to‭ the true‭ proverb‭, The dog‭ ‭is‭ turned‭‭ to‭ his own‭ vomit‭ again‭‭; and‭ the sow‭ that was washed‭‭ to‭ her wallowing‭ in the mire‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ 2 Peter 2:20-22.

It is hard to conceive of anyone being made worse off by hearing the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ but it is undoubtedly so, for those who hear but reject or those who hear and make a sham profession of faith, are like unto the seed sown on the ‘stony ground’ in the Saviour’s parable of “The Sower”, in Mathew 13.

“‭Some‭‭ fell‭‭ upon‭ stony places‭, where‭ they had‭‭ not‭ much‭ earth‭: and‭ forthwith‭ they sprung up‭‭, because‭ they had‭‭ no‭ deepness‭ of earth‭:‭ ‭And‭ when the sun‭ was up‭‭, they were scorched‭‭; and‭ because‭ they had‭‭ no‭ root‭, they withered away‭‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ verses 5-6.

Explanation

The Lord Jesus explains to His disciples what He means by this analogy.

“‭But‭ he that received the seed‭‭ into‭ stony places‭, the same‭ is‭‭ he that heareth‭‭ the word‭, and‭ anon‭ with‭ joy‭ receiveth‭‭ it‭;‭ ‭Yet‭ hath he‭‭ not‭ root‭ in‭ himself‭, but‭ dureth‭‭ for a while‭: for‭ when tribulation‭ or‭ persecution‭ ariseth‭‭ because‭ of the word‭, by and by‭ he is offended‭‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ verses 20-21.

There is terrible judgment awaiting those who reject the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and perhaps worse still for those who make a pretence of obeying the gospel only to cast it aside later.

Sodomites

The judgment that awaits the sodomite is explicitly spelt out by Jude.

“‭Even as‭ Sodom‭ and‭ Gomorrha‭, and‭ the cities‭ about‭ them‭ in like‭‭ manner‭, giving themselves over to fornication‭‭, and‭ going‭‭ after‭ strange‭ flesh‭, are set forth for‭‭ an example‭, suffering‭‭ the vengeance‭ of eternal‭ fire‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Jude 1:7.

They suffered the “‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭‭vengeance‭ of eternal‭ fire‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬”! It is true that “‭The LORD‭ rained‭‭ upon Sodom‭ and upon Gomorrah‭ brimstone‭ and fire‭ . . . ‭out of heaven‭;‭ ‭and he overthrew‭‭ those‭ cities‭, and all the plain‭, and all the inhabitants‭‭ of the cities‭, and that which grew‭ upon the ground‭.‭ ‭But his wife‭ looked back‭‭ from behind him‭, and she became a pillar‭ of salt‭,‭”‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Genesis 19:24-26.

Destroyed

However, that fire only destroyed “Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them” in a physical sense. The inhabitants of these cities DIED under that judgment. (more…)