Sunday, January 20, 2008

#10 - Does God Approve of Homosexuality?

Today, homosexuality is not only an acceptable lifestyle in our modern secular society, but it has progressed beyond acceptance to the point of being the more favored sexual lifestyle. We live in a society that is seemingly heading towards a future where heterosexuality will eventually be outlawed!

Homosexuality is FORBIDDEN by God! So detestable, so abominable is homosexuality in the sight of God, that He thoroughly and completely destroyed two cities whose inhabitants were engaging in this vile practice! The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were burned to smoldering ashes when “the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.” (Genesis 19:24-25, KJV) Neither the inhabitants of those cities, nor that which grew upon the ground survived. And the ground itself was rendered completely barren. God obliterated these two cities because “the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly” (Genesis 13:13, KJV), “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous.” (Genesis 18:20, KJV) Abraham asked the LORD if He would spare the city of Sodom if even fifty righteous people lived within the city. “And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” (Genesis 18:26) This number was dropped from fifty down to ten righteous people “[and God] said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.” (Genesis 18:32, KJV) Yet the cities were scorched! Imagine, not even ten righteous people in an entire city!

When the two angels of the LORD visited Sodom, they were met by Lot and he took them into his home. But then, all the wicked men of the city—both old and young, surrounded Lot’s house and demanded to have sex with Lot’s two visitors. Lot pleaded with the men not to do such a wicked thing, and offered to them instead his two virgin daughters. The wicked men refused. They wanted to have sex with men! There were so many wicked men, and not one of them wanted a woman! Isn’t this a growing, visible trend in our society today; in cities such as San Francisco and New York City? These are known as the gay capitals of the United States.

God’s commandment is clear: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.” (Leviticus 18:22, KJV) A man shall not lie down to have sex with a man, as he does with a woman. This is abomination in the eyes of God! Gay men worship the male body. They “worshipped 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.” (Romans 1:25-27, KJV) The following underlined labels describe homosexuals: “Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind…shall inherit the kingdom of God” (1 Cor. 6:9-10). One thing needs to be made clear: God does not hate gays, but He hates homosexuality! HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE NOT OK! It’s a heterosexual sin, perverse and disgusting! Christians! Those of you who have fallen into this sin, STOP! Remember God’s commandment, and how He punished Sodom and Gomorrah! If you feel you can’t resist the flames of passion for a person of the same sex—TRY HARDER! The flames of hell will be much more unbearable than this!

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