The Power of Gay is more than more than conquerors

The Power of Gayness is more powerful than death.

It is more powerful than life. It is more powerful than angels, rulers, things present or things to come. It is more powerful than powers — more powerful than height, and depth, and everything in all creation.

That’s what a lot of Christians keep telling me, anyway, because they keep saying that just being gay or lesbian, bisexual or transgender, somehow separates people from the love of God.

And that’s just an amazing claim. An astonishing claim. It’s like saying that gayness is more powerful than Superman times the Hulk times Green Lantern’s ring times infinity squared.

The Apostle Paul said that nothing can separate us from the love of God.

And then, because he was kind of worked up, Paul went on to explain that by nothing he meant nothing:

For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And yet, somehow, people keep suggesting that gayness can do what none of those other things can.

Powerful stuff, this gayness.

Or, maybe, not. Maybe those Christians are just wrong.

This was prompted by Jason Micheli’s guest post at Jesus Creed, “Sinners in the Hands of a ___________ God,” which is way better than the fire-and-brimstone sermon it takes its name from.

“God has not had it up to anywhere with you,” Micheli writes. It’s a beautiful thing.

The illustration above comes from the Marvel/DC crossover comic that punted on the perennial question of who would win if Superman fought the Hulk. That’s a fun argument for comic book fans. The theological equivalent of that perennial argument isn’t nearly as smart, sophisticated or interesting: Who would win in a fight between human sinfulness and God’s love?

That’s a no-brainer. It’s barely worth discussing. That’s not Superman vs. The Hulk. It’s not even Superman vs. Unarmed Henchman No. 3.

(None of which is to suggest that gayness is an example or sub-set of human sinfulness. It’s not. It’s an example of human human-ness, and God loves human human-ness — so much so that God chose to take part in it.)

P.S. With all due respect to the big green guy, Superman. One-on-one, that’s always my answer, unless we’re talking Superman vs. Doctor Strange.