Is God Being Persecuted By The Sins Of The Christian Church ?

Is God being persecuted by the sins of the Christian Church?  Lets look at this question from the way Jesus may look at it.  Jesus walked the earth for some 33 years loving and changing peoples lives.  He healed the sick, he loved the unloved & he gave his life for all us - so we could be with him.  Jesus took the beating none of us would ever want to take.  Jesus suffered in humiliation and pain just because he loves us.  Jesus died and was buried only to rise victorious!  He fix the one thing that could not be fixed (Sin).  He took our sins onto himself and carried them on the cross and spilled his blood for our atonement.  Who has ever done so much for someone else?  

He did so much for us - that some have a hard time believing it.  What a sad sad thing :(

How does the world look at the Church from the outside?  Well lets see -
A few years ago the world witnessed one of the most horrific sights the church has been involved in. It happened during the TV coverage of the funeral of Matthew Shepherd. A group of professing Christians had traveled to Montana just to hold signs outside the funeral protesting the gay lifestyle. They taunted the victim’s parents as they came out of the memorial service. They yelled at the parents that their son is now in Hell. They held up signs that said “God hates fags.” Not only were they not representing the spirit of Christ, they were putting words in God’s mouth, a dangerous practice, to say the least.

Now I know not all people in the Christian Church act like this.  I know they are not all this extreme, but lets ask ourselves - How do we act when a person that has lived in a different lifestyle or has a bad background or even a person of a different color walks into the doors of our churches?  Are we loving towards them for real or do we act like we love them?  Now don't get me wrong I know some of you are totally loving and welcoming to all :)  But what about the majority ?

What damage does this type of thing do to the Christian Church?  Better Yet Lets Ask - What Damage Does This Do To GOD ??  The people that are most effected by this types of hatred, think that the Church as a whole all think the same.  Many even think that since the Church acts this way then God must feel this way too.  

What does the bible say about hate ?
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
(Matthew 5:43-47) 

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
--1 John 4:20

Next we will talk about the other side of this and see where we all should stand.  Should we stand apart or Hand in Hand ?