We hear today, “what part of NO do you not understand”. Jehovah asks “what part of defilement do you not understand?” In Lev 18 “You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act”. In other words, homosexuality is not only wrong but it is detestable in the eyes of Jehovah. What we read in Lev 18 is spoken about in Romans “For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men...” Jehovah is reasoning, no He is commanding!!! His people and us in the 21st century. Lev 18:24-25 “‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things. Therefore, the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants.” Did you grab that? It is not only a detestable act but it defiles the person AND the land. In the NY Times there was an article titled “Gay Marriage, Passed, Awaits Veto by Christie” with a picture showing those in the Assembly rejoicing over the passage of the same sex marriage law. Excuse me! Paul wrote Eph 5:11-12 “Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention” and yet here we see that our governmental leaders who should be examples of godliness revealing that even though “they fully know God’s righteous decree …they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.” In essence they are thumbing their noses at God and openly and flagrantly disobeying Him. End result? We are beginning to see the effects of this defilement in the people and now in the land. How much longer will God’s mercy be upon us? We need strong leaders around the world to stand against this mockery and defilement. We need to protect our next generation (Ps 78) or we will stand accountable because we refused to stand and proclaim His truth. Principle: We are to love the sinner but hate the sin. May we be bold today! Pray for our leaders! Pray for our nation! Pray for those who are blind to the truth!
A good article on the truth; http://bible.org/article/homosexuality-christian-perspective
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