“You shall not ual relations with your kinsman’s wife, and defile yourself with her. You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves. Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.” (Lev. 18:20-22, 24-25, NRSV) [1]
The eighteenth chapter of Leviticus lists a number of sexual sins that the Lord hates. He said that is why they were thrown out of the Promised Land. Does God still do this? Will he do this in the future to the United States and other countries that are so bad?
One thing God came against was sacrificing children to Molech. This was a burnt offering to a deity. You say that we don’t do that today. No, today we don’t even wait until the child is born to sacrifice it. We do it in abortion clinics. We don’t do this to appease any deity except possibly the god of ourselves. We know better than God who should be brought into this world. We put ourselves in the place of God in this instance. If a baby would be inconvenient or if it might have some defect, just get rid of it. It won’t feel a thing. It’s just amass of matter.
The other thing God is against which is listed above is homosexuality. It is something He abhors. He created man and woman and planned on them to fill the earth. This can’t be done in a homosexual relationship. There are more and more s parading and letting themselves be known today. A local university recently had a gay pride parade. And this is the middle of the Bible Belt of America! There are homosexuals in the pulpits and heading some denominations! There are homosexuals getting married!
With these and other sexual sins running rampant today can we last much longer? The land vomited out the inhabitants years ago. How soon will it do that again?
“The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9 NASB95) [2]
I believe we have had some warnings from God about these things. God also warned His people to repent or something would happen to them. They didn’t believe it and scoffed at the prophets. The Babylonians did come in and kill a lot and took the rest prisoner. God did give them time but they did not repent.
If you have not repented of your sins and accepted Jesus Christ as your savior, you must do it now. The time is getting short. Today is the day of salvation.
If you do belong to Jesus Christ, He is sending us out to spread the Gospel. We must show the Love of God but also tell others the truth of God. There are so many that need to know the Good News. We are commanded to tell others wherever we are.
I once heard of someone who was being interviewed for a job. He was asked what his goal in life was. He said it was to live for Jesus Christ and go to Heaven and take as many people with him as he could. May we follow his example.
By Dean W. Masters
homefurn@preferred.com
Owner of the Masters List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterslist/
Unedited redistribution approved
– ——————————————————————————-
[1]The Holy Bible : New Revised Standard Version. 1996, c1989 (Le 18:19-26). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
[2]New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. 1995 (2 Pe 3:9). LaHabra, CA: The Lockman Foundation.