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Tuesday, November
24, 2009
Intolerance
Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in his
own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he
them. (28) And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living
thing that moveth upon the earth. (KJV)
As we see clearly spelled out, in the
beginning God had a simple plan for relationships between His created
beings, and then blessed the union that He would tolerate. All through the Bible,
and especially today, if one looks around or watches the news, mankind has
tried to alter this plan and then throw a hissy fit when someone points out
the error, claiming a loving God would not be so intolerant. Well, keep in
mind that God is the one that does not lie, nor does He change, especially
with the times. So when we see the times a changing and man trying to alter
God’s plan, we also see they then take God and His blessing out of the
equation which puts them back under the curse again.
Leviticus 20:13 If a man also lie with
mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an
abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
(KJV)
In the Old Testament when these things
took place it was considered a death sentence, and it was carried out.
Today it still is a death sentence spiritually, because once someone alters
God’s original plan that He intended and blessed, then anything outside
that realm is no longer a part of His kingdom. So basically it is still a
death sentence because Spiritual separation from God is death, which if
continued will lead to eternal condemnation.
1 Corinthians 6:9 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, (KJV)
Thayer’s definition for ‘effeminate’:
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malakos-
1) soft, soft to
the touch
2) metaphorically,
in a bad sense: effeminate:
1) used of a
catamite
2) used of a boy
kept for homosexual relations with a man
3) used of a male
who submits his body to unnatural lewdness
4) used of a male
prostitute
Yeah, talk about a hot button topic these
days; many false prophets are trying to tolerate this behavior rather than
help those imprisoned with these lusts and this unnatural way of thinking
find their way of escape through the truth that will set them free. God is
not the author of confusion but of peace; and the only way one will find
peace is by getting back to the simple truth of God’s Word and know what
relationships He does and does not bless.
Romans 1:27-28 And likewise also the men,
leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward
another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in
themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. (28) And even as
they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; (KJV)
The carnal mind is enmity with God, and
the imagination will run wild if not renewed in the truth. People play the
blame game, and point the finger at others claiming intolerance, when all that
a true man or woman of God is doing is sharing the love of God and showing
them what He will and will not tolerate according to His Word.
Jude 1:6-7 And the angels which kept not
their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. (7) Even
as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving
themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. (KJV)
God was gracious and tolerant enough to
allow mankind a second opportunity for fellowship with Him, despite the
creation telling the Creator that they know better. Don’t be taken in by
those that point the finger and try to justify their lower fallen natures
rather than learning how to overcome them.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in
all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
(KJV)
Thayer’s definition for ‘whoremongers’:
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pornos-
1) a man who
prostitutes his body to another's lust for hire
2) a male
prostitute
3) a man who
indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse, a fornicator
Pretty clear and simple what God blesses
and tolerates and what He considers intolerance; which, being the fact that
He has the last say in who will enter into His eternal kingdom it would do
you well to give heed to what He consistently says though out His Word.
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