From time to time, I have conversations with people in which we talk about the relationship between Roman Catholicism and Christianity – whether Roman Catholics are Christians. The discussion boils down to the question: "What makes the difference between being a Christian and not being one?"

In Philippians 3, Paul warns his readers against the influence of Judaisers – people who were seeking to make Christians obey the Mosaic law. He says there “It is we (in contrast to them) … who glory in Christ Jesus and who put no confidence in the flesh.” (That is, in the ritual of circumcision). This difference is critical.

If we are Christians, it is because we rely on Christ for our salvation, and not on anything we have done. By God's grace, we glory in what He has accomplished for us, recognising Christ's sacrifice to be all-sufficient.

When you just begin thinking that it cannot get any worse, it does. A man’ having a baby and now a Father / daughter having a child and telling the world that it’s all OK. In fact more than that, the father scornfully laughs and says, “Who cares?"

Well, before we start scratching our head too much let’s add a little truth into the mix.  The man supposedly having the baby is not really a man, but a woman who wanted to be a man and who lived in a lesbian relationship (I can’t help but think of Romans 1).  Mind you, except for her reproduction organs, she went to extraordinary lengths to look like a man, even taking testosterone for a number of years.  Oh the depravity of man.

Regarding the incestuous relationship, what failed to be mentioned was that the incestuous couple already had a previous child who died from congenital heart defect soon after birth.  The father may scornfully laugh and ask 'who cares’ and the world may not care a great deal [I think they do], but God’s word says it is wrong [Lev 18] and therefore we care and say it is definitely wrong.