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Because men turn to unmoral
contact with each other God will give them up to their evil
and despicable conduct. Not only men but women also practice
that which is against nature. Men and women abandoned the
natural functions of life and the marriage bed as ordained
by God. They burn in their lust for one another. These are
passions of depravity, dishonor, disgrace and perversion.
This practice is what brought Greece down. By
having knowledge of God they felt under conviction for their
sins therefore they did their best to eradicate God from
their minds. Because of their sin God finally gave them over
to their degenerate minds to carry on with the things which
are not suitable. If anyone says to you that you can
be a child of the living God and still live in perversion
and in the predicament of sin, they are only trying to
convince you that the perversion you are in is acceptable.
They will also lie about other things. Right and wrong were
instilled in us while we were yet in the womb. Only by the
acceptance of Jesus the Christ as Lord and Savior can anyone
be liberated from the debauchery life style they lead.
Romans 1:26-28 Says that God
gave the homosexuals over to their own degrading passions,
for their women exchanged the natural function for that
which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way the men also
abandoned the natural function of the woman, then they
burned in their desire toward one another, men with men
committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons
the due penalty of their error. 28 they did not see fit to
acknowledge God any longer. Therefore God gave them over to
their depraved mind, to express their despicable behavior to
do those things which are against God.
When we sin we are in sin and
sin will pursue the sinner even with more zeal than in the
beginning. When man rebels against God he is lost and will
be given up to the son of perdition for him to have his way
with them. Some of those who fall into the trap of sin will
do it because they do it out of ignorance. They have the
knowledge within them that what they are about to do is
wrong. Exploring of the forbidden is attractive for a
season. They may become trapped in their own
misunderstanding. There is still hope for they can still
reverse the action by confessing Jesus as their Lord and
Savior. Don’t be taken in by those who try to persuade you
that sin is ok or it is not sin. Those who do such things
congratulate others who do as they do, for it gives them
tranquility regarding their sins. Do not fall into this trap
of Satan. Read Romans 1:28 God may give
up on you. This decision you have made. Genesis 9:7 tells us
to be fruitful, populate the world.
After a time of rebelling
against God, He may elect to no longer attempt to restrain
man from his disobedience. God will
withhold His grace leaving man to be his own destruction so
that man may receive his righteous judgment. Satan then is
totally free to put more and more stumbling blocks in man's
path.
Man who refuses to realize
that God created him and knows what is best for His creation
has a fool for his council. The worst thing that can happen
to man is to be left to his own understanding. Man in this
case will chase after uncleanness and vile affections are
their unnatural lusts. Sodom and Gomorrah was known for the
sin of homosexual practices. God put up with it for a long
time, they just ignored Him not only did He give them up to
their own sins, but He brought down a hail of fire and
brimstone on them.
Romans 5:12-13 just as through
one man’s sin entered into the world, and death through sin,
so death spread to all men, because all have sinned 13 for
until the Law, sin was in the world; but Adam’s
sin wasn’t charged to us when the
world had no law. The Law was given to
us so that we would understand that we were sinners. Then
the only answer was that we needed to eradicate our sin.
This can only be accomplished by asking Jesus into our life.
He will remove all sin from our being, we will be covered by
His blood and made pure in the sight of God. Jesus released
us from the bondage of sin. Sin no longer held us in its
gripe.
Romans 10:8-9 what does the
word say? The word is near you, on your lips and in your
heart. The word of assurance which we are preaching, 9 if
you admit with your mouth Jesus as the Son of God and your
Lord, and truly believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
No matter what sin we have
committed God’s grace is sufficient to cleanse us from any
sin that we have committed except the sin of denying the
Holy Spirit. The existence of the triune God cannot be
ignored. So then if we are truly regretful of any sin(s) we
have, then God who created us will no longer be able to see
the sin for it is concealed by the blood of Jesus.
See Matthew 12:31-32
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