I watched a U.S. senator, who had announced his Christianity, and then later addressed the Senate using the Bible to promote the acceptance of “Gays” in society. I found it interesting to note, even though he acknowledged there are two sections of the Bible, one in the Old Testament and one in the New Testament which condemn homosexuality, he concluded that Jesus had never mentioned the subject and His teaching on love overruled any condemnation. I wondered, “Can a man think that his morality is higher than that of God’s?”
Jesus preached love, yet He did not endorse sin of any kind! …only forgiveness of sin for those that would repent. He died so that our sins could be forgiven and that we might overcome the life of sin that controlled us. He gave us the power to choose life and “sin no more”.
Homosexuality is still a sin, and the penalty has not been rescinded… i.e., revoked or cancelled.
The Blood of Jesus was not a means of licensing a lifestyle of sin, free from penalty.
The Church has no authority to rewrite the Scriptures and endorse homosexuality as an accepted lifestyle. It does clearly state that homosexuality is the result of a carnal mind, and that a carnal mind cannot know God. Yet in some denominations, homosexual ministers, who cannot know God, have risen to the rank of bishop. Why would Christians submit to a person with a reprobate mind? …And one that is an abomination in God’s sight, as a minister of the Lord? This disregard and dishonor can only occur where the Word of God is not accepted as an authority; and therefore, where Jesus, The Word, is not accepted as The Authority, The Head of the Church. If these leaders and denominations are not “followers of Christ’s teachings” then they are not true Christians.
We had a former President that went to his pastor, a PhD’d minister within a Baptist denomination, that instructed him concerning abortion. He said it was all right that the child could be killed in the womb, as it was not life until it was birthed. Armed with this “opinion”, which he took as revelation, the President was now freed from the responsibility of protecting the unborn American child. However, God recognizes the personage of the unborn child and calls them by name in the womb. Psalm 139’s truth… and “prophets called from the womb” as mentioned in Isaiah 49:1-2… give us proof of that; yet the greatest example of LIFE in the womb is from the New Testament. See Luke 1:41. Imagine the truth of this: The unborn child John the Baptist in Elizabeth’s womb, leaped in her womb at the sound of Mary’s greeting! It means the baby heard…and he could respond, too! He couldn’t have done that without being alive!
If God recognizes the unborn as having LIFE and declares it so, then anyone who speaks to the contrary must be supernaturally ignorant. Christianity does not endorse abortion or any other form of murder. Murder is sin and Satan is its author. There is not a Christian ministry or minister of Christianity apart from the Word of God.
We took God and His Word out of the schools. Apart from the Word, there is no knowledge other than that discovered by man. Science does not acknowledge God or morality. We effectively removed the lessons of discerning of Good from Evil. We have removed the knowledge of sin from society with the removal of the God’s Word. With the acceptance of LGBTQ rights, we have unleashed the destruction of the family and the doctrine of marriage. Every time we compromise biblical standards, we unleash evil destruction in our midst.
When we accepted the idea of banning religious men’s influence in the government, as the interpretation of “the government’s non-interference with religious institutions” we allowed ourselves to be gagged and bound legally. Now that our legal system has cast out God’s Law, in its place can only be godless law. The law of the land is now murder for life, gay rights in place of morality, foolishness for wisdom, and fools replacing righteous judges. Instead of peace and wisdom in the government, we have strife, and where there is strife there is every evil work. (James 3:16)
We have a divided senate and a divided house, not “ONE NATION UNDER GOD.” How long can a divided nation stand? It’s no longer Democrat and Republican but Good and Evil, Right and Wrong, which divides us. It’s the camps of who wants God’s ways, or who wants Satan’s ways.
We sing God Bless America and then we fail to honor Him with our lifestyles. We point the finger at the ungodly in office as the fault, but we accepted their promises and supported their party instead of promoting the Word.
We pray in faith but fail to act in faith. We have forgotten that faith without works is dead, and our nation is dying spiritually.
We have endorsed freedom of religion in the place of going out and preaching the Gospel to all men. There is no freedom, of any kind, apart from the Word of God… only the bondage of evil.
We stand at the threshold of decision, the choice of having a Christian America or America without Christ. There is no compromise between the Powers of Light and darkness.
Who will you be? …a Christian American, I hope… for being an American Christian, i.e. one who compromises his Christianity… will no longer be tolerated by Almighty God.
To compromise is to separate oneself from God by choice. If you put America before Christ, then you have made America an abomination without Christ.
“Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done in America as it is in Heaven.” is the prayer that needs to be sent toward Heaven. When the Kingdom is sought first, then all the blessings of God will be added unto America. (Matthew 6:33)
Amen.
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Postscript
What you just read in this chapter was hand-written by my previous husband, David L Stephens, in 2007, before his death in 2009. You may have noticed; it clearly reads with more “intensity” than my own writing. He was blunt, and his words may offend in delivery; yet, as he laid at death’s door, he indeed felt the intensity of the warning within his own spirit, and he carried the burden of the Lord as he penned this in his plain spiral tablet, intending for his message to one day be delivered.
So why did I include it in my book? Because we were one…
And, the Holy Spirit’s warning, given through him, rings even truer today than it did way back then!
We, as a nation, have gone even further away from God, have we not?!
Psalm 103:8 tells us that “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.”
Surely, He is giving us “a great amount of time” as a nation to repent and turn to him.
When I read all of Psalm 103, I sit in amazement at who The Lord is. He’s the only true God! How can sinful men not desire to know Him! He’s so awesome! He extends his grace to all who will respond to him in repentance!
But who knows when this window for repentance will stay open before His Judgment must fall upon us.
This is a warning, for all men, not to “try his patience”. I’m talking unbelievers and believers alike!
Our God, who built this nation and blessed it, has been patient indeed… yet our nation rebelliously turns away.
My prayer is that eyes will be opened, as to how far we have fallen away from God’s plan for us as Americans, and how the church needs to get this word out about what great sin we are in as a nation.
If we, as Believers in Christ, will humble ourselves and pray, and seek his face, and turn from our own wicked ways, God then promises to heal our land. See II Chron 7:14.
We also are instructed by the Spirit of God to tell people about Jesus, and to live godly lives, letting His light shine out from us, that they may be reconciled to God through Christ. I’m praying that unbelievers will become Believers, so they can know the sweet transformation Christ gives to their lives, as he gives them his divine nature! Even the vilest sinner can be forgiven through his blood and given this newness of life! Hallelujah!
If you feel conviction in any area of your own life, right now, today, just make things right with God. He will be delighted and will lead you forward. He works in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Amen?!
To close, I’d like to pray over you… giving the Holy Spirit opportunity to minister to your spirit. This song of prayer is scriptural and taken from Paul’s prayer of Ephesians 3:14-21. The music will allow his prayer to penetrate your heart.
Here is the link.
Paul’s Prayer of Ephesians 3:14-21 Elizabeth Ann Smith – Receive From Me