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#38 (05-23-04)
Distasteful
Some things are just distasteful and
talking about them or discussing them sometimes leaves a disagreeable
measure of bitterness in our mouth and on our mind. Ever since our society
decided to make tolerance the number one virtue among men, we have been
asked to swallow the acrid disobedience of moral depravity.
It is difficult for some of us to imaging
that God would give up on some. When we understand the cost He personally
paid to redeem mankind, one would think His omnipotence would force
compliance. But that is not the way of God.
We are saddened when we read and
understand the plethora of evil acts that debase the mind and body and
turn men’s hearts from the Savior to savagery. Romans 1:24-32 is not an
easy passage to misunderstand. If we shut our eyes and close our ears and
place our minds in neutral, perhaps we can misconstrue or misinterpret,
but it requires effort to do so.
This past week a part of our great
Republic has taken a serious step down the slippery slope of immorality
toward the abyss of Spiritual death. When our nation, by any means and to
whatever degree, facilitates an increase in the speed or our abandonment
of God’s design and purpose, we move inextricably toward the consuming
fire of His righteous judgment against us.
When the silence of the Church is perceived to be
tacit approval, we who are of the family of God invite the wrath of God on
those who practice evil, and the discipline of God on those who, by their
inability to remain faithful, incur the chastening and scourging of our
Father who deals with us as sons (see Hebrews 12:6-8). It is, therefore,
incumbent on believers everywhere to speak the Truth in llove. God hates
sin!
We must never allow
ignorance and/or disobedience of Truth to become the norm for our society.
The Church must stand on the absolute authority of the Scriptures and
expect explicit obedience to the revealed will of God. Where that
conflicts with the rebellion of those who have given themselves to
uncleanness and lust, have dishonored their bodies, worshipped and served
the creature rather than the Creator, and exchanged the Truth of God for a
lie, so be it.
Share the
Gospel. Pray. Explain the penalty of the error. Llove. But never give up
the Truth. It is our only hope and salvation.
© Weaver 2004