Let's look at it, first, as law
- The Court has created a new right, never previously unknown
- The Court has ignored the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, i.e., The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
- There is widespread belief that, coexistence of this ruling and the First Amendment being tenuous at best, Religious Liberty and Free Speech will suffer in the days ahead.
Beyond that, however, let's look at the spiritual dimension.
Homosexual activity is a sin
Contrary to the claims of its apologists, the biblical condemnation of homosexual activity is absolutely clear. There are the Levitical condemnations. There are the Pauline condemnations.
Some have made the claim that Jesus never spoke against it. However, he spoke of heterosexual marriage as having been instituted by God (Matthew 19). Also, He was a faithful Jew, adhering to the Mosaic Law - which has clear condemnation of such activity. And, don't forget, in the Gospel of John, he identifies Himself as the One who gave the Law to Moses ("Before Abraham was, I AM"), the very one who spoke the Levitical condemnation of homosexual behavior.
And then, there's Sodom
Now, some have claimed that the sin of Sodom was lack of hospitality. Frankly, this doesn't fit the facts (Genesis 19). Besides, can you picture hurling down fire and brimstone whole yelling, "be more hospitable"?
The men of Sodom, young and old, came to Lot's house, seeking to have sex with - "to know" - Lot's visitors, two angels in human form. Lot said “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly". The Sin of Sodom is without question homosexuality - not that there were practicing homosexuals in Sodom, but that, not only was it the societal norm, but the society sought to impose it on others. And, just as Sodom tried to get the angels to accept their sin, so the Homosexual Lobby is pushing to get the church to accept their sin and bless the "marriages" (as stated above, they've already been victorious in the Supreme Court).
Is this not the situation in which we find ourselves today? Homosexual activity isn't something that is only done in whispers, or maybe a wink. It is flaunted in parades, it is taught to our children in school. And the symbol? Do you know the Biblical story of the first rainbow?
The men of Sodom, young and old, came to Lot's house, seeking to have sex with - "to know" - Lot's visitors, two angels in human form. Lot said “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly". The Sin of Sodom is without question homosexuality - not that there were practicing homosexuals in Sodom, but that, not only was it the societal norm, but the society sought to impose it on others. And, just as Sodom tried to get the angels to accept their sin, so the Homosexual Lobby is pushing to get the church to accept their sin and bless the "marriages" (as stated above, they've already been victorious in the Supreme Court).
Is this not the situation in which we find ourselves today? Homosexual activity isn't something that is only done in whispers, or maybe a wink. It is flaunted in parades, it is taught to our children in school. And the symbol? Do you know the Biblical story of the first rainbow?
“And you, be fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply in it.”Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, “Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your descendants after you, and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.” And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will look upon it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.” God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.” (Gen 9:8-17)
First God tells them to be fruitful and multiply (and isn't homosexual activity contrary to this?), then, he tells them that the next time He destroys the earth, it will be with fire. Finally, he says that the rainbow is a reminder that the earth will never again be destroyed with water.
Can you see what has happened? The "Gay" lobby flaunts God's command to be fruitful and multiply, and then takes as its symbol a sign of God's mercy.
And how will God destroy the earth in the next judgment? By fire.
How did he destroy Sodom? "Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;" (Gen 19:24) - a foretaste of the judgment to come, perhaps?
My friends, God's judgment for this is clear - and it's closer than many of us think.
But, hope is not lost.
God warned Abraham of the destruction of Sodom. Abraham plead with God, and, eventually, God told him that, if there were ten righteous people to be found in Sodom, He would not destroy the city.Lot alone was righteous in Sodom, and he was given warning so that he could escape in time.
"If my people who 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 heal their land and forgive their sins" (2 Chronicles 7:14)
And, even if judgment comes, God has given us the means of deliverance, just as He provided the Ark for Noah and his family. The Church is the Ark today. It has long been likened to a great ship carrying people. Be OF the Church, not just IN the Church. Remember, there were Jesuits in Hiroshima, living the message of Fatima. The house in which they lived, at the center of the atomic blast, was untouched.
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