When you see the photos of all these refugees entering Europe do you wonder (1) where the women and children are? and (2) what mobile phone plan are they on!?
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Recently we had this rainbow appear to the east of us. I hope it brightens your day like it did mine.
Genesis 9:12 – 16 “And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.”
http://www.towleroad.com/2016/01/methodist-pastor-came-gay-sermon-faces-possible-discipline-video/
Doesn’t a person have the right or the freedom to be what they believe themselves to be sexually? Well….to some extent. Allow me to try to explain. In the everyday affairs of life it is none of my business how someone votes, spends their income, what takes place in their bedroom, etc., etc. However, we are not talking about just anyone but someone who claims to be a spokesperson for God and a minister of a United Methodist congregation in Kansas.
Cynthia Meyer is “…pastor of Edgerton United Methodist Church” and “told her small-town congregation that her coming out was ‘an act of civil disobedience’ against the denomination’s ban on gay clergy.” http://www.towleroad.com/2016/01/methodist-pastor-came-gay-sermon-faces-possible-discipline-video/
Meyer also told the United Methodist News Service (UMNS) that she has “been an ordained United Methodist pastor for 25 years. At last, I am choosing to serve in that role with full authenticity, as my genuine self, a woman who loves and shares my life with another woman”. http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/kansas-pastor-comes-out-during-sermon
Now if Cynthia Meyer was just a person on the street and not a supposed Reverend and (I am assuming) a member of a United Methodist church her coming out would not have prompted me to write this article. So why am I writing this? Well, here we need to turn to the Bible.
Again I am assuming that the United Methodist denomination and its ministers believe the Bible. In 1 Corinthians Paul is writing to a local church. This church was composed of all sorts of people who had lived numerous types of lifestyles. In the sixth chapter and verses 9 -11 Paul writes “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind (these are sodomites, homosexuals, lesbians), 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
Since the discussion is homosexuality (sodomy) we will limit ourselves to that sin which does not according to this passage allow the person to “inherit the kingdom of God”! In other words they will not enter Heaven. However, Paul says four things have occurred to these people which makes them worthy to enter Heaven when they die.
Firstly, take note that Paul uses the past tense saying “such WERE some of you”. Some of these Christians HAD BEEN sodomites but because of their new relationship with Jesus Christ their old life was passed away and all things had become new, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Secondly, they had been “washed..from our (their) sins in his own blood”. This blood of the Lord Jesus is called “precious blood” by Peter in 1 Peter 1:19. As John said He “loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood”. Then Paul wrote to another local church saying “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ”Eph 2:13.
Thirdly this person is said to be “sanctified”. Strong’s Greek concordance says this word “agiazw hagiazo, hag-ee-ad’-zo” means “to make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate:–hallow, be holy, sanctify.” One of the characteristics of a sanctified person is holiness. The Lord calls Christians to holiness, purity in 1 Peter 1:15 & 16 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” Now, daily or what is often called progressive sanctification comes via the reading and study of God’s Word; John 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth”. Surely sodomy does not fit with sanctification?
The fourth work of God in this person mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6: 11 is he or she has been “justified”. Now, because of Christ we have been made as though we had never committed those sins for “such WERE some of you”. Now when God the Father sees the Christian He sees them in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you have taken the time to read this far and still hold the view that homosexuals and lesbians can continue in that lifestyle and still be considered a true Christian Paul had you in mind when he wrote in the ninth verse “Be not deceived”! People who say they love you and water down the Word to fit your lifestyle are simply deceiving you and when the enemy, death comes (as it does to all of us) you will enter eternity without the Saviour, without hope and never to “inherit the kingdom of God”. You have been deceived!
Be assured one cannot continue to live a life as “abusers of themselves with mankind” and when death comes enter Heaven as one of God’s children! It is self-deception to reinterpret God’s Word to fulfill the lust of the flesh! When a man/woman reinterprets the Bible to fit their sin they are only cheating themselves of eternal life. This is not a minor matter for the eternal soul of a person is at stake. We cannot sow to the flesh and yet reap everlasting life!
Worse yet some of these deceivers are deceiving others by claiming to be a follower of Christ, even ministers, when in reality they are nothing but “full of all subtilty and all mischief” and are a “child of the devil” and an “enemy of all righteousness” and not ceasing “to pervert the right ways of the Lord” Acts 13:10.
Coming out will not spiritually change anything for the homosexual. Coming out will only entrench a person in their sin. BUT, there is HOPE. No matter what sins a man or woman commit there is no barrier to keep them from being born again and reconciled to God. The precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ will purge away all guilt and defilement for “…when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”.
However, holding on to the sins mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6 is to make a mockery of sin and the grace of God. There MUST be “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.” Yes, it is as simple as what the preachers said to the jailer in Philippi “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.”
In closing please remember that all those who are made righteous in the sight of God are made holy by the grace of God.
“Mohammadu Nawas Saleem is a key member of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC). ANIC blamed the Paris terrorist attacks on ‘military intervention’ and it has also previously condemned the Australian government for providing military support to Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State.”
“Mohammadu Nawas Saleem has also called for the implementation of Sharia law into the Australian court system and has defended Hizb ut Tahrir. Last year Hizb ut Tahrir stated that Muslims should not participate in Anzac Day as it represented an attack on the Islamic caliphate.
Mohammadu Nawas Saleem was appointed as the Australian Defence Force’s first imam in June this year and was given the task of providing advice to the military, so that it could increase recruitment from the Islamic community.” Yeah, that’s just what the Australian military needs! http://australianlibertyalliance.org.au/news-media/news/adf-imam-must-go-following-statement-paris-terrorist-attack
“Twelve pipe bombs and thousands of rounds of ammunition were found at the Redlands home rented by Syed Rizwan Farook, said San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan in a news conference Thursday morning.” http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/general-news/20151203/12-pipe-bombs-4500-bullets-found-at-san-bernardino-mass-shooters-redlands-home
Only in Obama’s world would the massacre in San Bernardino, CA be considered work place violence. Of course this term is used to protect Islam.
Oh, before closing I was thinking when the boy in the Carolina’s killed those black people in the church the cry to outlaw the Confederate flag was unbelievable. However, when an Islamist murders there is no outcry to outlaw the Koran! Oh, and by the way this is the same book that ISIS uses but they of course are not Muslims either according to Obama. But again that is in Obama’s world! What world do you live in?
Robert Malley
When you thought it couldn’t get any worse it did! “Obama raised eyebrows last year when he made Malley the senior director at the National Security Council, but according to the Arabic-language newspaper Al-Hayat, he never really left Obama’s circle.
Al-Hayat reported that Hamas engaged in talks with Obama for months through Malley, which among other things resulted in their receiving almost a billion of your tax dollars from President Obama.Robert Malley comes by this honestly. His father Simon was a veryMarxist journalist who shilled for Algeria’s terrorist FLN, Egyptian dictator Gamel Abdul Nasser, African Marxist dictators like Kwame Nkrumah and Ahmed Sékou Touré, Fidel Castro, and of course, Yasser Arafat, of whom he was especially fond. Needless to say, Simon Malley also had an outspoken hatred towards Israel, and the apple definitely did not fall far from the tree.” https://pjmedia.com/trending/2015/12/3/obama-names-hamas-sympathizer-as-new-isis-czar
What took place in Paris may be the future for rural New South Wales, Australia. Foolish talk? Well, perhaps not as; “THE sleepy rural town of Young in the cherry-picking heart of NSW has undergone a radical transformation.
It is now the unofficial Muslim capital of the outback.
Arabic is the second-most common language in Young, about 150km northwest of Canberra, which has a population of 400 Muslims.
Mohammad Carson, formerly Thomas Carson, says he believes sharia law should be enacted globally, that the September 11 attacks were a conspiracy and “had nothing to do with Islam”, that Osama bin Laden was trained by the CIA, and that anyone “stealing a phone” should have their hand cut off.” http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/exclusive-report-young-nsw-is-the-unofficial-muslim-capital-of-the-outback/story-fni0cx12-1227078385884
“You know what’s important right now?
Stopping Islamic terrorism?
Nope.
Destroying ISIS?
Nah.
Uhh, what then?
We must stop people from saying bad stuff about Muslims.”http://totalconservative.com/who-will-think-of-the-muslims/
The sad and scary part is that those who promote this nonsense are usually the elected officials.
Does it make any difference how people and governments react concerning Israel? The Creator God, the God of Scripture said to Abraham (the father of Isaac who was the father of Jacob who God later named Israel; Genesis 32: 28) in Genesis 12:3 says “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” If the students seen in this video are representative of America’s future leaders (which sadly I believe they are) America will know the curse of God rather than His blessing. Perhaps ISIS is a precursor to such.
“Ruling in a lawsuit brought by the Obama Administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal court awarded $240,000 to two former Muslim drivers, who claimed that their religious beliefs were violated by an Illinois trucking company. The two men were fired when they refused to deliver alcohol for the carrier, saying it was against their religious values as practicing Muslims. Strangely, the progressive crowd that urged Kim Davis to quit because she didn’t want to violate her religious beliefs in performing her job was totally silent.” http://www.mrctv.org/blog/feds-protect-muslims-fired-not-doing-their-jobs#.puseya:0wb0
