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homosexual lifestyle, but appoints
homosexual leaders in church positions.
Other church denominations in America
are also bowing under the pressure, and
giving in to the loud and forceful
homosexual crowd.
You may be surprised to know that a
man, originally from the Amish, runs a
gay and lesbian website. When you first
go on his home page, you will read the
big bold headlines:
WELCOME TO
LGBTAMISH.COM,
THE WORLD'S FIRST AND ONLY
NETWORK FOR LESBIAN, GAY,
BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDERED
AMISH AND EX-AMISH.
The owner of this website, James
Schwartz from Michigan, goes on
to say that his ultimate goal
is to reach out to Amish,
former
Amish,
and
Mennonites
who
are
living in the closet. He
believes there are
many.
How in the
world did we
ever get to
this place?
Not only are
the
scriptures
clear about
God’s view
of
sexual
wickedness,
but the very act of homosexuality is far
removed from common sense. Two men
cannot reproduce, and neither can two
women. How blind and ugly can it get?
When will all this crazy stuff end?
Think of the wicked cities known in the
Bible as Sodom and Gomorrah.
According to the New Testament book of
Jude, Sodom and Gomorrah and the
surrounding cities were burned to the
ground for two reasons:
1. Sexual wickedness
2. Our example
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, 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 (Jude 1:7).
If we look at Genesis, chapter 19, we find
that brimstone and fire came down from
heaven. When
Abraham
looked
toward
the
cities,
he
saw what
looked like
a
smoldering
furnace.
Then the
LORD
rained
upon
Sodom
and upon
Gomorrah
brimstone and
fire from the LORD
out of heaven (Genesis
19:24).
And Abraham got up early in the
morning … looked toward Sodom
and Gomorrah, and toward all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and,
lo, the smoke of the country went up
as the smoke of a furnace (Genesis
19:27-28).
In Matthew 11:24 Jesus said:
But I
say unto you, that it shall be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom in
the Day of Judgment, than for thee.
Is it possible – Oh, God forbid – that
someone in my family or yours would
ever turn out to be gay or lesbian? The
thought sends shivers down my spine! It
all seems dirty, impossible, and just plain
sick to the core! But when I consider the
scriptures, I am reminded again that no
person, no family, no community, and no
culture of people will escape the last days
of horror.
My comfort and strength comes from
knowing I am born of the Spirit, as Jesus
said in John chapter 3. Also, I find great
comfort in knowing that others before us
were able to endure because they had
their eyes set on Jesus and His kingdom.
Consider Hebrews, chapter 11:10, 13-16:
For he
[Abraham]
looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
These all
[Abel, Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, and Sarah]
died in faith,
not having received the promises, but
having seen them afar off, and were
persuaded of them, and embraced
them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
For they that say such things declare
plainly that they seek a country. And
truly, if they had been mindful of that
country from whence they came out,
they might have had opportunity to
have returned. But now they desire a
better country, that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God: for he hath
prepared for them a city.
—Written by Joe Keim
My precious sons, the Lord is
very clear that we are to flee
sexual sins. I Cor 6:18
Attention Reader!!!
If you have just finished reading
Fornication, Adultery and Homosexuality
, we would like to encourage you to go straight to
pages 11 and 12. Once there, you will find some great resources you can buy for your family library.
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