Our governments continue to pass laws recognizing homosexuality as a “way of life” or a “choice in life”, accepting homosexual partners as ‘normal’ married couples, allowing homosexual couples to adopt children, and making the clear Bible teaching a criminal offence. The time has come for God’s preachers and teachers to proclaim what the Bible clearly teaches as over against the popular view of the media, talk shows, education and Government leaders. Notice carefully what God says in His Word:
2 Peter 2:6, “… turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly … “
Romans 1 :24-28, “Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and 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 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 … “
Jude 7, “Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Here in Jude we are told that God judged Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities about them for two reasons:
1. They were giving themselves over to fornication which indicates addiction to unclean practices.
2. They were going after “strange flesh”. This simply means they were committing the sin of homosexuality. No matter how hard our doctors and political leaders and “open mike” radio shows try to affirm that homosexuality is a disease, God says that this practice is a sin.
This “strange flesh” here means “other flesh”, as being other than what nature has appointed. When God made man at the beginning, He also made woman as a helpmate and it was never God’s intention that man and man or woman and woman, in that terrible act of homosexuality, should be ONE FLESH as man and woman together are.
Notice carefully that Sodom and Gomorrah suffered the vengeance of eternal fire, for God poured out fire and brimstone from heaven to destroy the cities. God says here that these facts are set forth for us today as examples. God warns us clearly and definitely that nations and leaders who disobey His plain teachings will suffer the consequences of His judgment.
The clearest teaching of all is found in Romans 1 :24-28 where we are told three times that GOD GAVE THEM UP for this wicked sin of homosexuality. I believe God will give our nation up and over to unclean and wicked influences unless there is national repentance and a turning from sin unto God. What a terrible thing it is to be living in a nation that God will give up.
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