Homosexuality,is it a sin ?

Homosexuality , is it a sin ?

We hear a lot today about homosexuality . I do not see that word in the bible . Is it in the Bible, and is it a sin , as so many say ? And are there any homosexual Christians ?

The Bible does not use the word homosexual or gay or lesbian , in defining people who are attracted to the same gender as themselves. The Bible tells us ,” If a man also lie with mankind , as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination ( Lev.20:13) What the bible states is if they do such a thing its an abomination, and under the Law of the Old Testament times they both would have been put to death, as the rest of that scripture states.

In the New Testament, it tells us,” Because that ,when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart were darkened . Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like unto corruptible man, and to birds ,and fourfooted beasts , and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts , to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever , Amen . For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections : for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another ; men with men working that which is unseemly , and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind , to do those things which are not convenient ; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication , wickedness , covetousness ,maliciousness ; full of envy , murder , debate , deceit ,malignity ; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God ,despiteful , proud , boasters, inventors of evil things , disobedient to parents , Without understanding , covenant- breakers, with out natural affection , implacable ,unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God,that they which commit such things are worthy of death,not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. “ ( Romans 1:21-32)

There both in the Old Testament and also in the New Testament it's pretty clear that any man or woman that lays with the same sex, as they do the opposite sex , it is unnatural and unseemly, and it's vile affection, wickedness , and simply put , it is a sin. And those that engage in it, are worthy of death.

But lets examine this a little deeper. There is a word used in scripture that pretty much describes and explains all these vile and wicked acts of sexual sin. The word ,' lasciviousness ' defines all these actions perfectly. From this word we can from it's definition also define other words that fit and make the whole of the actions. Lasciviousness, defined means; inclined to lustfulness, wanton , lewdness, arousing sexual desire, lecherous,salacious . Now your might say that does not fit homosexuality any different then any act of sex, whether homosexual or heterosexually . And your right, but lets continue. From the word ,lascivious or lasciviousness, we get these words and definitions as well. Lecherous , which means ,excessive sexual activity,erotically suggestive,indulgence in sexual activity,arousing sexual desire or interest,lust. Salacious defined ; appealing to or stimulating sexual desire. Lustful,Bawdy ,lewd ,libidinous ,wanton, obscene ,sexual imagination. Lewd defined ; Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire, lustful,obscene, indecent, obsolete wicked , immoral , offensive sexual behavior . Libidinous defined ; exhibiting lustful desires, lascivious, full of sexual lust . Bawdy defined ; Vulgar, lewd , indecent, obscene , lustful , immoral, wicked . Vile defined; Disgusting ,morally depraved, degrading,wicked, loathsome , evil ,Abominable . And everyone knows Affection means, act of affection or acting upon, state of being affected . Put those two together , Vile Affections and you have ; acting upon disgusting and degrading, morally depraved , wicked, evil , Abominable acts.

Now does that describe homosexuality ? Of course it does . But homosexuality is not the only sexual sin mentioned here. Masturbation, oral sex,sodomy , fornication, adultery, sexual imaginations, incest , bestiality , and so on and so forth. Yes, homosexuality is a sin, but so are all these other things .

God does not separate sin from sin. All sin according to the bible results in separation from God. The bible tells us , “ For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” ( Romans 6:23) All sin equals death . It is that simple. And it takes repentance and forsaking sin and receiving Jesus Christ into ones heart and life to be free from sin. We can not battle these problems on our own. Our flesh desires to be satisfied. But that does not give us the freedom to sin, just to satisfy the flesh and it's desires. The bible tells us, “ I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God , that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice , holy , acceptable unto God , which is your reasonable service.” ( Romans 12:1) We have to forsake sin and strive to put it away from us . And by those Mercies of God, we can.

So just by what was given here we see that the word homosexual is not in the bible , however the acts of homosexuality is, and Yes, it is a sin. But are there homosexual Christians ? The answer to that is , No . The bible tells us , “ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God , and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy , which temple ye are.” ( 1 Cor.3:16-17) No person who commits the acts of homosexuality, can be filled with the Spirit of God . Yes, the homosexual can be saved , but he or she would be cleansed from all sin and then they would have to forsake that sin . The Blood of Christ washes away every impurity of sin, and it also cleanses all desire to continue to partake of that sin. Yes, you will be tempted and yes , you will have to battle to over come thoughts and feelings an emotions related to the sin you came out of. Whether that sin is homosexuality, fornication, adultery, lying, stealing, covetousness ,pride ,lusts , envies ,whatever it maybe that is a weakness in you. We as the bible tells us, after we are saved, we are as little children .( Eph. 5:1) We have to learn to grow and learn the things of God. We have to be lead of the Spirit of God to learn how to overcome the weaknesses we have. We have to put on the whole armor of God , to be able to withstand the wiles of the devil , our enemy.(Eph.6:11)

What many do not understand is that the outward or fleshly acts or sin, come from the heart. Many homosexuals claim they were born that way or they have a gene that makes them that way or they can not help who they are, or the worse excuse, God made me this way. No, God made males and females, he did not make homosexuals . He did not make a woman a man, nor a man a woman , and sets laughing cause you are stuck in the wrong body. That is just an excuse to continue in the sin of lust . The Bible tells us this; “ For all that is in the world,the lust of the flesh,and the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life , is not of the Father , but is of the world .” ( 1 John 2:16) And it also states this ; “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scriptures saith in vain ,The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But He giveth more grace ,Wherefore He saith,God resisteth the proud , but giveth grace unto the humble . Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you . Cleanse your hands,ye sinners ; and purify your hearts , ye double- minded . Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” ( James 4:4-10) We have to obey God and resist the temptations of committing sin. It's our soul, and its our life . If we fail and or forsake the gift of Salvation, we forsake God and the eternal life He promised . It's up to you. When we purpose in our hearts to repent and do the right thing God hears us, again as the scripture stated, “ He resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.”

What did I mean that sin comes from the heart ? The bible tells us, “ For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . For every tree , is known by his own fruit . A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks . And why call ye me, Lord , and do not the things which I say ?” ( Luke 6:43-46) So a homosexual who talks the sin of homosexuality and commits that act as you see by scripture how can they call Him Lord and not do what He says ? They are corrupt trees and have evil in their hearts . People have the idea that what you wear or eat or things of that nature defiles you. But it is not true. The bible explains it this way; “ there is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him ; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man . Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man , it cannot defile him : Because it entereth Not into his heart , but into the belly , and goeth out into the draught , purging all meats ? That which cometh out of the man , that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,adulteries, fornications , murders,thefts,covetousness , wickedness ,deceit , lasciviousness, and evil eye , blasphemy , pride , foolishness : all these things come from within , and defile the man. “ ( Mark7: 15-23) Simply stated, homosexuality as all lusts and sin does, comes from the heart of man and out of his or hers heart defiles them. And that sin separates them from God . So again, No homosexuals are born again Children of God . Yes they can be saved, yes , God loves them and died for them and Yes , they can be changed . But it has to come from their heart to repent and forsake sin .

We do not battle this body. The bible states; “ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,against spiritual wickedness in high places .” ( Eph. 6:12) Then it goes on to say put on the whole armor of God so you can stand against it. If we would just simply remember it starts from within us .We look, we think, we imagine and then we act . It starts from within us, not from the outside. We can look at many things and not react at all, but certain things cause a thought and a desire and then instead of resisting, we hesitate and allow the thoughts and our minds and heart to wonder, and that friends is where we stumble and fall. Makes no difference what weakness or issue you have, when you set and ponder on it day after day, at some point you will act upon it. Whether it be homosexuality, fornication, adultery, covetousness, lying, stealing , envy, lusts of all sorts. It all goes back to the worldly things, The lust of the flesh , the lust of the eye, and the pride of life . People desire it from within and then it proceeds out from them. From a simple thought to an action.

Jesus made the statement ; “ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Now , here again we see sin from the heart . You do not have to perform the act to sin, here Jesus tells us to “look and desire or Lust”, after them from your heart is the same as actually doing it . Many homosexuals make the statement I am homosexual but I never act upon it, well quite frankly that's a lie. If it's in your heart to do, you have already done it. Same goes for heterosexuals, just cause you did not act upon your desire, that desire is in your heart to do it, it's the same as doing it. The Bible tells us to flee fornication, that's people that are not married, joining in sex with other people who are not married . That has become a big thing now days. Young people are now degraded if they remain virgins until marriage. The are bullied and mistreated. The world has called evil good , and the good evil , and the bible tells us that would happen as well.( Isaiah 5:20) Many refuse to hear truth and continue to engage in acts in sexual nature but not intercourse and they say it's not real sex, or a bad thing. But as you can see by the definition of lasciviousness, it covers it all . Sin is sin and there is no excuse , nor justification for it . People who commit adultery with some one else wife or husband , is just as much wicked as a homosexual. Many married couples engage in disgusting sexual acts and say it's fine because they are married, that's not true . The bible explains to you it should not be . We are to love our wives as God loves us, and likewise the wife to honor her husband , love and honor is not performing acts that degrade or treat your spouse as an object of wickedness . The term lasciviousness shows you that simply and correctly. Sodomy is vile and evil , no matter who is performing it. Being married , both a man with a woman is no more right then homosexuals engaging in the same act . Sin is sin and wrong is wrong and there is no justification for it.

Yes, people fail and make mistakes. But a mistake is when someone does something unintentional and or gets caught up in the moment . But for most , that is not that case. Many plan it out, and with premeditation, go through with the plan and then make sure they are at a certain place , around certain ones or whatever the situation maybe, but they insure they are in the middle of it and then if and when it's done, then want forgiveness or the excuses to be accepted. An alcoholic , can not be in a bar and then later say I am sorry I drank. The adulterer can not go to his mistresses house and then ,say I did not mean for it to happen . Or fornicators make arrangements to meet other fornicators and them claim it was a mistake. No we have to resist sin and every temptation. But we also have to separate ourselves from the things that will tempt us and cause us to fall. The Bible tells us; “ Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us .” ( Hebrews 12:1) We have to lay them down. Set them aside , and not partake of them. That is up to us to do . God will help us and He Promises us He will ; “ There is no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful , who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape , that ye may be able to bear it.” ( 1 Cor. 10:13)

Also salvation is from the heart .Many attend a church or a group and go about their daily lives , living anyway they wish and because they attend a religious facility that some how equates salvation. Well it does not. Many have been hurt and battered cause they went to these places and among these who claim to be Christ like and have been a partaker of the rituals and services and have been told many things, and they believed they were doing right, only to battle the failures in their life and because they had man made religion and not real salvation from God, they stumbled and fell. And the so called Christians they were among hurt them with words and deceits and blame , and separation. Even those struggling with homosexuality, are told now days it's all fine and God loves you and just come to our church , no one will speak against you and we will tolerate your lifestyle . But what happens when that lifestyle leaves them battered and torn and hurt and diseased and or afflicted and depressed ? They continue getting patted on the back , being told it's O.K. God loves you anyway ? Just come to our church ? The Truth is , it is Not O.K., not at all. Your life is a mess, and God is the Only way to get out of that mess . Jesus Christ died for you. When He hung on the cross and took the sins of mankind upon Himself, He took , fornication, homosexuality, lasciviousness , lechery, salacious , lewdness , lustfulness , adultery , stealing, lying , treachery ,depression, your hurts, your fears, your pain, your place.....He took it all !! He was punished for your sins and my sins . He took our place in Judgment and took our place in hell . Just cause He loved us , and wanted us to be free, and have that ability to come to Him, as we are, and be set free from the bondage, of sin . Yes, even the sin of homosexuality . You can be free of it's hold , all it takes is repentance and belief that what He said He would do, He will indeed do.

There is coming a day when full judgment of this world will take place . And make no mistake, sin will not enter heaven, nor those in whom it dwells. No church, or temple, or synagogue , no man made religious group, no professional doctors, or psychiatrist, no scientist , and no known remedy, will save your soul . Only through and by the blood of Jesus Christ can you be set free and inherit eternal life . Salvation is from the heart, a heart of belief, in what God has said, He will provide. The bible tells us ; “ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead , thou shalt be saved . For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation . For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed .” ( Romans 10:9-11) Remember it's what comes OUT of man , from His heart, whether it be good treasure or evil ., sin or repentance, life or death, it's the choice we all have to make and it's from within us , to make it, one way or the other, there is no in-between . Your words and your actions speak for themselves and it's those things God judges .

But one other thing. It's through marriage , of a man and a woman that sex is allowed. The joining of that relationship and only that relationship can two become one . The Bible tells us , “ The wife hath not power of her own body , but the husband ; and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body , but the wife .” Also right before that it says, “ To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife ,and let every woman have her own husband . Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence , and likewise also the wife unto the husband .” ( 1 Cor. 7:2-4) It goes on to tell us , “Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female ; For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife ; and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh . What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” ( Matthew 19:4-6)   I believe that sums it up, very well.

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Faith as a Child

Faith as a child

What does faith as a child mean ?

When my daughter was younger she always wanted to see a turtle . I made the statement for her to pray and ask God to allow her to see one. And that is what she did. Without hesitation she prayed and said, I just know I will see one soon . That is a child with faith. She did not doubt, or argue or complain, she simply prayed, asked God and stated, “ I know I will see one soon.” Now it was not very long after that , one day we were playing ball in our yard. Our yard is completely fenced in, but yet under our hedges along the fence she yelled ,”daddy a turtle”. Of course being the great believer in God I was, I told her, no honey it can't be its just a rock laying there, and to me that's what it appeared to be. But not her, she yelled again,” that's no rock, it's moving, its a turtle, God gave me a turtle. And yes as I reached down to pick it up, sure enough a beautiful turtle. I carried it over into the grass so she could watch it closer, and she was smiling and said, “ See the turtle, God did it.”

How many times have we taught our kids God can do anything.? All we need to do is believe and trust Him in everything we do. And always pray and ask God, and He will supply and help us in all things . But here like so many, I struggled to simply accept what God did,even when I was the one instructing them to have faith . Faith as a child, is simple Trust and Belief. The Bible tells us, “All things,whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer , believing, ye shall receive.” ( Matthew 21:22) That is exactly what she did. But as we get older we tend for some reason to question and doubt and even simply refuse to accept that simple thing. The Bible also tells us,” But let him ask in faith , nothing wavering. For he that wavereth, is like the wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed . For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.”( James 1:6-7)

In the next verse in James 1:8 it says,” A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.”

I knew God could do it, but I never expected Him to, well not in that manner anyway. But again here I was suppose to be the teacher and yet here I was the one being taught. The Bible tells us ,” Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.” (Luke 18:17,Mark10:15) How can we approach God or enter into His presence and further expect to enter heaven one day with Him, when we speak words contrary to Him . God is about Faith and belief. When we tell our kids or anyone God will do this or that, and yet then in almost the same breath say, but don't get upset if He doesn't or whatever. No God does when we are lined up with His word and obeying His will.

We as born again believers in Christ, have to abide in Him and His word totally and without doubts or wavering in any manner. The Power of God is not among the people of God anymore because we have let down that standard of belief and faith that was once among us . Yes, God still delivers, He still heals, He still sets men free. He does answer prayer, and supplies every need. The fault is not with God, the problem and fault lies within us. He has not changed at all. The Bible tells us,” If you abide in me , and my word abides in you, ye shall ask what you will, and it shall be done unto you.” It says IT WILL be Done. That's not a maybe or might or somewhere sometime, IT WILL. Children trust and know when a parent tells them it will, it simply will, they do not question or doubt or waver, they accept, and that is faith of a child.

Now by God's command, we also are to be that child. We are to accept, have trust and belief and not question, not complain and or murmur. Just Believe . We can not enter into the kingdom of God unless we do enter as children. Children simply Believe and trust and accept. That is exactly what we are to do in all things. We are to take God at His word. And that is every word He speaks. The children of Israel complained, murmured and doubted and even after God showed them so many things they still refused to accept Him by faith. What do you mean , they were God's chosen people? Yes, they were. But look at what took place among them time and again. God kept showing them, blessing them and doing everything for them, and yet every time He instructed them to do something or accept something, they complained, murmured and then refused and rejected what He said. How many of us do that everyday, and many never realizing when we do. ?

I taught my child to believe and trust God, and yet when they did, I with my mouth gave seeds of doubt. “ But , No honey it can't be,” remember ? How often we do these things without realizing the damage and words and seeds of doubt being planted to those we speak to daily. We as children of God are to live and speak the things of God . In Ephesians 5:8 it says, “ For ye were sometimes,darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord ! Walk as children of light.” What is Light you ask ? God is the Light. 1 John 1:5 states,” God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all.” The Bible also tells us that ,”Ye are the light of the world, a city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.” How are we the light of the world ? By God and His word abiding in us.

But it also tells us, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only ,deceiving your own selves.

For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” ( James 1:22-24) Only by doing His word does that light of God shine through us into the darkness of the world.

But it goes so much deeper then that. We as children of God daily have to renew our mind to be like Christ our Lord. If and when we do not read and study and abide in His word and allow His spirit to abide in us, we get weak and fail. We let down, we stumble and we by our own negative words bring doubt and unbelief . And also to many people rely on man to tell them what the Bible says. They attend meetings every week in churches and temples and synagogues and yet rarely if ever read or study or even pray. But when something occurs in their life some need or tragedy they rush to ask God and then get mad when it does not go their way, or there is no answer.

We can not rely on man or some group or some organization or attending church service or temples or synagogues , No we must put all out Trust and confidence in God and Him alone . It is the Spirit of God alone that instructs and teaches us His word. “ But the anointing which ye have received of Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you all things, and is truth, and is no lie ,and even as it hath taught you , ye shall abide in Him.” ( 1 John 2:27) Man makes mistakes and misunderstands and gets high minded and gets tangled up in pleasing people and flattering them, as the scripture above stated they waver and look in a glass and soon forget what manner of man they were, so why would you put any confidence in a man. Put all your confidence in God and His word, and if the man is speaking the word it is still the word of God you hear, not the men or women who speak it. They are mortal men, who like you are subject to failure or mistakes or sin, but God and His word, are pure and they sin not , nor fail or make mistakes. Cling to God and His word alone and be as that child who without doubt or waver accepts, trusts and knows that if God said it, it will be just as He said it would be. That friends is child like faith. “ Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children.” ( Ephesians 5:1)

Have faith as children by allowing the Holy Ghost ( Spirit of God) to lead and direct you through His word, in all things. Before you make any decisions, pray and ask God and believe He will answer and will instruct you on what way you are to go . And be patient and allow Him to speak to you and He will. Sometimes it's through dreams or someone will simply speak His word, or a vision, and by scripture your answer is seen. God reveals Himself to many people through many ways. He knows in what manner is best for you to accept Him. But be patient and wait , like a little child just know He will respond, but in His time . Just as my child waited and knew without doubt or question she would see the turtle, so we must have that same child like believe and faith, that we Will receive when we pray and ask according to His Word and His will.

Later on in another time she asked to see a snake, because she had never seen one of them either and I tell you I do not like snakes, but she prayed and asked to see a just a little one. And again as before, one day playing with a friend , she screamed, “ a snake there is a snake .” I ran out to find a little snake in the yard once again God answered her prayer . Simple thing, but even in simplicity or complexity, God answers prayer, if we will just believe and come to Him as a little child, by faith and trust in His word . God honors faith, be warned parents and instruct your kids on what they pray for , she wanted to see a bear, No , do not ask to see a bear , I told her , somethings , you just do not ask for , that's where my lesson was learned !!

The Bible Man

Why So much Sin on Earth

If God hates sin, why is there so much sin
on earth ? Why doesn't He stop it ?



Yes God does indeed hate sin. So much so He destroyed the earth once
with a great flood. But because also He loved man, he spared Noah and his
family. Just 8 people and animals by a Great Ark. God afterward made a
Covenant with man that He would never flood the earth again, and signified
that Covenant with a rainbow in the sky. Now we all see that symbol of God's
promise in the sky when it rains so many times.( Genesis 9:13)

But why is there so much sin in this world? Even after Noah and his
family survived and now even more so it seems now these many thousands
of years . The Bible tells us that man loves darkness, rather then light . Man
wants to satisfy his flesh and do as he pleases . The Bible tells us that man
refuses to retain God in his knowledge and by doing so, falls deeper and
deeper into sin and more and more wicked actions to be satisfied. (Rom.1)

If you read the last blog ( Does God favor certain ones) you would read
where God punishes those who abide in sin, even His own people. Israel in
the Old Testament, believed because they were God's people, they could do
anything they wished without consequences, but that simply was shown to be
untrue. Also the New Testament religious folks of the day as well, lived pretty
much as they wished, also believing they would have no consequences because
they were heirs of Abraham. But again God showed them that was simply
not the case at all. ( Matthew 3:9 )

As you read the last blog post, you will read that God was patient and
He continued to warn Israel of their wickedness and how He was always
reminding them to repent and turn back to Him. Over Two Hundred Years,
God warned, asked, pleaded, and patiently and lovingly and mercifully,
waited for His people to turn around and forsake their sins and repent so He
could cleanse them and wash them clean and once again be in their midst.
But they simply refused and they were taken into captivity and scattered
throughout the entire world and many perished, and were destroyed and
even their king was killed as it was prophesied ( Read the Book of Amos )

So it is still today. God shows this world and all of mankind in so many
awesome ways, He is still God and is still warning, asking, pleading and
patiently, lovingly and mercifully waiting, giving everyone a space of time to
repent and forsake their sins and turn back to Him. And yet as we all can
clearly see, mankind still loves darkness, rather then light ( John 3:19)

Today we have groups of people, who are doing everything they can to
take away religious freedoms. They want every symbol or monument and even
cemetery headstones removed, stating they are offensive . They do not mind
statues of saints or symbols of moon and star, or monuments that say or
reflect anything, but Christ. The Symbol of the Cross is being attacked on
every hand. Prayers denied, in schools and every public venue they desire
to remove the name of Jesus and any and all depiction that harbors any
mention of Him. Today , like back then they will worship and follow any
idol of gold or silver, or anything that does not offend their desires, just as Israel
was doing, so are people today in every nation, bowing to their idols and
forsaking the One and True God of Heaven . They do not like the Name
of Jesus, for at that Name all things are.

Yes, sin is rampant in our lands. But God calls for His people to turn around
and call out to Him for deliverance . " If my people, which are called by my
Name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and
will heal their land." ( 2 Ch. 7:14) That my friends is the only Hope any of us
have .Our land will continue to go down and faulter and slip further and further
into darkness unless the people repent and turn back to God. Notice He said,
"Called by My name" , that's why they wish to remove His name and anything
concerning the Cross which represents the Atonement He made on Calvary
for us all . Not worried about anything else, just crosses or anything that
will continue to remind them Jesus is Lord and His light shines in their
darkness and reveals their wickedness.

God tells us this,"If a nation shall not obey,I will utterly pluck up and destroy
that Nation, saith the Lord. ( Jer.12:17 paraphrased) but also the same God
sates this as well, " If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from
their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them." ( Jer.18:8)

The Bible tells us that, " If ye forsake the Lord,and serve strange gods,then
He will turn and do you hurt,and consume you,after that He hath done you good”
( Jos.24:20) So you see God is merciful and righteous, and loving, so much so
He will patiently wait and in hopes you will repent and turn around, but if you
refuse even after He has blessed you so much, you decide to forsake Him and
go back to serve things other then Him, He will because of your sins, turn and
do you hurt . Just as He did His own people Israel . After bringing them out of
bondage, putting them in their own land, and blessing them beyond measure,
because of their sins, they separated themselves from God and He no longer
was joined to them , but became as an enemy. He even waited and pleaded,
and showed them through many things, even in the natural realm, rains,drought,
pestilence, and a vast array of things, hoping they would simply turn around
and repent and come back to Him. But we know the story, they did not .BUT
even with all that, He still loved them and spared a remnant of Israel, that was
scattered all over the world. And today that remnant as God Promised, even
after the warning and their hurt, He brings them back into their own land, just as
He said He would.

As long as man continues to turn from God, and as long as man goes his
own way. Sin will remain on the earth, until the time of the end,in which God
warns us about daily,"For my spirit will not always strive with man." ( Genesis 6)
There comes a time when God shall declare an end," And swear by Him that
liveth for ever and ever,who created heaven, and the things that therein are,
and the earth, and the things that therein are,and the sea, and the things
which are therein, there should be time no longer ; But in the days of the voice
of the seventh angel,when he shall begin to sound,the mystery of God should
be finished,as He hath declared to His servants the prophets.." ( Rev.10)

God will cleanse those of sin who repent and forsake sin and abide in Him.
and through Jesus Christ, who by His own Blood Atonement washes them away.
also sets now making intercessions for us daily, our advocate (1 John 2:1) .
But as you see those people who refuse to repent and turn to God shall indeed
suffer the wrath of God, and there will come an end of sin. And God's Blood
bought people will inherit the earth, as He Promised they would.

Yes God hates sin, but He also is long-suffering with us, because He loves
us. So much so He died for us, shed His blood and took not only our sins
upon Himself , but also our punishment, we all deserved. Let His love and
Mercy, encamp you today and humble yourself and pray and seek His face.
repent and make Jesus Lord of Your life, that you will not have to be
subject to His wrath. And He will, hide you in the shadow of His wings and
through and by Him alone, you will find rest for your soul and no harm will
befall you, and you will miss His day of Judgment on all the ungodly and all
those who choose darkness, rather then His marvelous light.

Sin will end on day. God has declared it. But for you, sin can end today
through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, who cleanses us from it and also
makes a way of escape from every trial and trouble, that comes our way,as
long as we cling to Him, every moment of every day.


The Bible Man