When engaging in a discussion concerning sin, there are various truisms injected into the conversation that is supposed to be accepted as the Word of God. Often these truisms are the product of shaped interpretations of scriptures out of context. The ancient view of Christianity and salvation is cast aside by those who are in search of a new ideology. The doctrine or concept of Salvation once was living a Holy life, free from sin, this is now of none effect, salvation is nothing but a work in progress. Jesus speaking to the adulterous woman did not advise her to work on freeing herself from her sins; rather he told her to "go and sin no more."The justification of sin is that we all sin but some of us just sin differently, therefore sinning is acceptable because Christ died for our sins.
The pastor of a 45,000 plus member church says God love everybody, regardless of the sin they commit. Those who says God love everybody, regardless of the sin they commit, confuses me. Where is it in the Holy Scriptures does it say that? I have often asked for documentation, but what I received were conjectures and suppositions. The God of the Old Testament expressed his hatred for those who sinned. Hosea 9:15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Malachi 1:2-3 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? Saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. Romans 9:13 as it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. In these verses, we are privy to a type of discrimination and hatred that is unacceptable in today's society.
Supporting the law, a pastor of a Christian church in Washington State recently wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper in Spokane. In the pastor's reasoning, she stated that as Christians, we are called of God to love everyone, even transgender people, and discrimination is certainly not of God. She speaks of transgender as if God said he created male, female, transgender and others. Genesis 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. Claiming anything else is adding to the Word of God.
As a Christian, as a pastor or teacher how do you preach or teach about something that does not exist? Can a Sunday school teacher teach the "Theory of Evolution?" Not likely, because according to the bible, there is no "Theory of Evolution." What about the theory of gender identification, do it exist or is it a figment of a corrupted imagination? There is nothing in the Holy Scriptures that supports the existence of either of these theories, yet proclaimed messengers of God are scrambling to voice their support for that which does not exist. Either we believe in the Bible and teach the Bible, or it is nothing but an ancient Book that is the product of creative imagination.
The Headlines of the media speaks to the changing and declining values of society. God-fearing nations are promoting values that are politically correct while excluding God from the matrix. What once began as an experiment in the protection of human rights have evolved into a cesspool of in-your-face stench that leaves many wondering how long before we self-destruct. Could the founding fathers of this nation in their innate wisdom foreseen a time that when the government became the presenter and protector of human rights. I do not believe they envision a nation whose courts would become the definer of marriage.
We are engaged in discussions seeking to determine when does life began. The president has become the decider of what bathroom we should use. The founding father declared that our Creator endowed us with certain inalienable rights. The problems began to manifest themselves when men lacking understanding began to define the meaning and intent of the founding fathers.
It is taboo to speak of the fear of God or God's hatred or even his wrath; God is made to seem as if He just loves playing with his children. We have redefined the attributes of God in such a manner that, "God is love" is indicative of a God, who spends his time showing his love for his creation.
1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Another truism that emerges when seeking to justify the sin question is, "We all are God children". This statement is not true, not everyone is His children’s, everyone is His creation, yes, but not His children’s. Jesus said to the Pharisees “you have Satan as your father and not God” (paraphrased) and that showed not everyone are His children’s. John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar and the father of it.
The same holds true in the household of faith. Defining the scripture in a manner that allows the justification of sin has become common among the messengers of God. Once sin is justified, the masses can come together in agreement that to sin is of no consequence. Whenever there is a discussion of sin, the first truism to emerge is that "God loves everybody". I am searching for that scripture that says, "God passionately loves us." Our indoctrination guides us into a belief that God loves us no matter what we do, is this ideology scripturally supported. I have often asked for clarification on this point only to no avail.
Homosexuality is nothing new, in Judges 19, we can see the depravity of the human mind even in Benjamin's tribe, and we can see how God deal with it. The next truism to emerge is, "God hate the sin but love the sinner", but in Ezekiel 18, God says something entirely different. God does not love the sinner because a person who lives in sin is one with the sin and God hates the sin and the person who do the sin. Somehow, we have contrived an unscriptural way to separate the sin from the individual, thus justifying our life as a sinner. God loves the sinner when the sinner rebukes his sin and decides to live a righteous life. We need to stop saying these wrong and deceitful things about God and his way of dealing with the sinner.
We need to read the Scripture more careful, and we will understand if we ask for and allow God to guide us. The pious prelate said, “Everyone sins and they are forgiven by the grace of Jesus.” Haven't we read that not every sin is forgiven?
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