Is God About to Give Up on Us?

Is God about to give up on the human race? You will more than likely answer in your mind with either “I am surprised He has let us go this far,” or perhaps, “No, He will never give up on us.” You may know this and you may not but God did give up on the human race and wiped all of them out except eight people. Noah and his family were counted as the only family on earth that cared about God and what He wanted. We can only speculate how many people were on earth at that time but it was over 1,600 years after Adam and Eve. The speculations from scholars say over 100 million.  Noah did the right thing in God’s eyes. His family did as well. His sons were married to one woman. Not several wives and not same sex marriages. It is evident from the Scriptures that creature worship was at the center of God’s wrath. Man worshipping man by caring more about sensual satisfaction than spiritual satisfaction. “God is Spirit and is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth” Jesus told us. When humankind turned their attention to each other more than to Him, He put an end to them with a flood. Everything on earth died except the eight people who cared more about God than they did themselves or each other and the animals He chose to preserve. Jesus warned that those who love spouses, children, or parents more than they do God are in violation of His commandment to love Him with all our heart, mind, and soul. He used the strong word “hate” to emphasize the difference between worshipping each other instead of Him, and it was worship He was talking about. He knows we love our kids and parents and spouses but we are not to love them so much we worship them. Mankind has become obsessed with themselves again. From cereal commercials with gay guys to car commercials with old ladies the media appeals to our sensuality in order to get our attention. Sensuality can replace spirituality in our lives as it did those Paul talks about in his letter to the Romans, Chapter 1. From the time Masters and Johnson started their human sexuality studies in the name of science in 1957 the obsession with sexuality and sensuality has replaced being obsessed with God. The porn industry thrives on sensuality and has spread its sensual tentacles into the deepest depths of society today by way of the internet. Sexual addiction is rampant among society as is all other drugs that appeal to the human senses. Spirituality is perverted as well with ignorant practices such as grave soaking or mantle grabbing. Society puts more emphasis today on the creature than it does the Creator; which is what got the pre-flood bunch wiped out. He will give up on man again but this time He will wipe them out with fire, and the earth itself will be wiped out this time, (2 Peter, Chapter 3). He physically saved the righteous in Noah’s day by way of an ark. He will spiritually save the righteous next time by way of faith in Jesus Christ (Romans, Chapter 5). As a tee shirt I saw recently that read, “Jesus is coming back. It is about to get real.”

The Flag Issue: More Discord.

Conflict after conflict. It seems that each week brings with it some serious issue affecting the social stabilization of our society. Ringo Star just celebrated his 75th Birthday yesterday (July 7). His message to the world at high noon, the time of his birth was, "Peace and Love." I remember the conflict he and his cohorts brought to the nation in 1964. I like his message though, don't you?

Why is peace so hard to have in societies? James, the half brother of Jesus said it is because of what we want (as individuals or nations) and cannot have because it belongs to someone else. Therefore we fight them for it, or they fight us for it (James 4). I would surmise that peace has to start within an individual before it can come about in a relationship with others. Differences of opinion do not necessarily constitute a seedbed for discord. Jesus never agreed with His disciples on many issues but He never forced them to accept His teachings but loved them enough so that they would accept Him and then His teachings would make more sense to them. Love and then Peace.

The latest issue with the Confederate Flag is causing discord. Let me say that as a southern born and southern resident, I was born into One Nation under God. Had I been born into the south when it was divided from the north, I may have had a different opinion about that flag. I know that perhaps some of my great granddaddies or ancestors could have been born under it, or maybe not, but that does not make me a confederate. I live in the south and am proud to, but I am an American, just as those who live in the North, East, South, and West are. I understand the history associated with the flag and whether we like to talk about that history or not, it stands as another example of people wanting what they want and willing to kill to get it as Saint James says.

I like what the Apostle Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit; "So don’t be a stumbling block to anyone, whether they are Jews or Gentiles or Christians.  That is the plan I follow, too. I try to please everyone in everything I do, not doing what I like or what is best for me but what is best for them, so that they may be saved (1 Corinthians 10:32,33 The Living Bible).

Paul also gave the definition of love to that same church with the words, "Put others before yourself." If we all did that then peace would come naturally but we all know that we are imperfect humans and even if we tried to love each other that way our nature would prevent it. That is why it is so important that we have Jesus in our hearts so that we can let Him love people the way He wants and does not leave it up to us. With Christ in our hearts we can agree to disagree on many issues without holding grudges against those who disagree with us so that unbelievers can see the love and peace we have in our hearts and perhaps they may be motivated to seek Christ as well so as Paul wrote, "So that they may be saved."

Marrige, The Law and The Truth

With the recent Supreme Court ruling Friday regarding the same sex marriage law the comments from government leaders are varied. There is one thing that all the proponents are saying. “People can now marry whom they love.” You may have not noticed but the entire issue has revolved around love and the rights of those who love each other being the same sex.

 I do not know of any law that existed that said people could not marry whom they love. In fact many people marry people they don’t love. Some marry for money, some for lust, some because they were not sober enough to know what they were doing.  Why don’t they really say what the law is all about? That people of the same sex can marry one another and enjoy the same marital relationship and status as heterosexual couples. The sin of sexual immorality covers the entire spectrum of who can have sex with whom under the Law of God, married or not. God says that fornication (sex before marriage), adultery (sex with someone after you are married other than your spouse), sex with children, sex with animals, and sex with people of the same gender, all fall under the heading sexual immorality. Here is what the Bible says about it; “In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire” (Jude 1:7 NIV). God has not changed His mind since those days. Here is what the Apostle Paul was inspired to tell the people in Corinth who were out of control as well: “But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband” (1 Corinthians 7:2). 

The Supreme Court decision orders states to recognize same sex marriages just as they do heterosexual marriages, it does not, and cannot, order pastors, ministers, and churches to recognize it and thereby force them to perform such weddings. The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Authority; Almighty God is! Jesus said “That a man will leave his father and mother (male and female) and be joined (married) to his wife (female), (Mark 10:7 Italics mine). If Christ lives in our hearts and we want to marry then we cannot override that command; yes a command not just an opinion.  

Our President made this statement in a speech Friday after he said this was a “Victory for America.” [1]“Shifts in hearts and minds is possible,” he said. “And those who have come so far on their journey to equality have a responsibility to reach back and help others join them. Because for all our differences, we are one people — stronger together than we could ever be alone.”

 My heart will never shift because Christ lives in it and as long as I have my right mind I will never change it about the Bible. Never forget that God has not been overruled and never will be.

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[1] Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/26/obama-ditch-religious-convictions-about-same-sex-marriage-already/#ixzz3ebSexEC9