John MacArthur preached on biblical sexuality last Sunday. YouTube flagged it as “hate speech.”
MacArthur’s sermon was part of a nationwide commitment on the part of thousands of pastors to preach on biblical sexuality. The event was meant to bring awareness to a new Canadian law that bans the promotion and practice of conversion therapy.
In late December MacArthur released a statement titled “A Stand on Biblical Sexual Morality,” which called on pastors to take “a stand for the truth of the saving gospel” by preaching on biblical sexuality.
The event was not only to show support for Canadian pastors, but also to put the “U.S. government on notice that they have attacked the Word of God” in regard to biblical sexuality.
MacArthur told Fox News earlier this week, “Ultimately, the dissenters, the ones who will not cave in, are going to be those who are faithful to the Bible. And that’s what’s already leading to laws made against doing what we are commanded to do in Scripture, which is to confront that sin. And that’s just going to escalate.”
Explaining that Canada’s new law could result in a five-year prison sentence for a pastor who counsels or preaches on biblical sexuality, MacArthur said, “The fact that they identified it as criminal conduct that could give you as much as five years in prison takes it to a completely different level, because Canadian pastors have been put in jail for just having church services.”
Many commentators believe this is just the beginning of Christians being censored even in America.