Job 32:21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away.
Censure and applause are often used by devils to get persons to buckle under pressure, and bribes, gifts, and promotions are often employed by the Balaamites of our day, to try to get some to recant their convictions of truth. But it must never be so with those who are called to deliver present truth.
[The Desire of Ages pp 330] In the heart of Christ, where reigned perfect harmony with God, there was perfect peace. He was never elated by applause, nor dejected by censure or disappointment. Amid the greatest opposition and the most cruel treatment, He was still of good courage. But many who profess to be His followers have an anxious, troubled heart, because they are afraid to trust themselves with God. They do not make a complete surrender to Him; for they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender may involve. Unless they do make this surrender, they cannot find peace.
They might be booed, heckled, insulted, maligned, and economic boycotts may take a fearful toll on a person’s finances, but the truth in the matter must never be sacrificed for some temporary advantage. What God has said on the issue of marriage is set in stone, and will never be changed by any mortal man whoever he may be.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!