There are sins that God detests: All of them! God detests all sins!
When the government decides that we are going to make these sins acceptable as the law of the land, as the United States of America has now done, then we are truly headed for great trouble. This is supposed to be the land of the free, but with true freedom, there is responsibility. This is not freedom when it goes against God’s commandments, it’s bondage. I’m here to tell you what God says in His word because after all, this blog is called “God’s Word for Today,” and I’ve been called to warn you.
I could see this coming. It was clearly evident, as state after state began to change their laws. Christians saw it coming, too. The wise Christian move was to clearly define marriage as what was created by The Creator, God as: “one man and one woman,” God’s only equivalent of marriage. Even that was not enough to this country anymore, a land of many men and women who have strayed so far away from the truth.
The United States Supreme Court overruled what was once called “marriage.” The majority vote became the law of the land in the United States, enacting a new law that changes the definition of marriage. Now same-sex marriage is allowed and legal in every state in this country. If you are a Christian, and you have no problem with this, and maybe you even support it, then you are NOT following God. Not only are you not following God, you really better think about what you’re saying when you call yourself a Christian! I tell you the truth!
It is all here in God’s Word:
“Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.” (Leviticus 18:22)
Sin is sin. It’s not just only about same sex marriage, but this is today’s subject and apparently today’s highly held sin, too.
“Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people — none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
This includes sex outside of marriage, folks! Yep! Sin is sin. But let’s stay on the main subject for today.
I thank God that He can help everyone to change, to stop the detestable sins, to repent, and to receive forgiveness.
For “Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:11)
We have no excuse for not knowing God or the truth. God’s Word explains this all in Romans 1:19-21 (going forward). He tells us how the people who won’t worship Him or give Him thanks will begin to think up foolish ideas and their minds will become depraved, dark, and confused.
“Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies.” (Romans 1:22-24)
“They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.” (Romans 1:25)
“That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.” (Romans 1:26)
“And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.” (Romans 1:27)
“Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.” (Romans 1:28)
“Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip.” (Romans 1:29)
“They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents.” (Romans 1:30)
“They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.” (Romans 1:31)
“They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.” (Romans 1:32)
A warning: “And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.” (Jude 1:7)
Do not twist this scripture. God is clear what true love is and it’s not sexual (such as homosexuality or any other sexual promiscuity or fornication): “Owe nothing to anyone — except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.” (Romans 13:8)
God explains a true marriage is one man and one woman. “To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” (1 Corinthians 7:2)
“From the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.” (Mark 10:6-9)
We have allowed the re-creation of the terms “wife” and “husband” to apply to men with men and women with women, but God NEVER intended acceptance of this sinful re-creation.
You cannot be a friend of God and a friend to the world. Choose this day who you will serve and your ultimate destination can be decided with peace. I pray you choose wisely.
Until we virtually meet again, may God call you to Himself.
God’s Word for Today: “Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
Copyright © 2015 by Patricia Shehan
