HOMOSEXUALITY--RIGHT OR WRONG?
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]The extent to which modern Christianity has deviated from Scripture is astonishing. This deviance was prophesied by Paul when he, referring to the Second Coming of our Lord and King, Jesus Christ (Immanuel), told us: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first. II Thess. 2:3.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]This falling away has been termed by many as The Great Apostasy.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]At I Timothy, verses 1 and 2, we read: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We submit that, among the many false doctrines that have crept into the Christian religion in recent years, among the worst is that Yahweh God suddenly has changed His mind and reversed Himself on His universal condemnation of homosexuality. Many modernists and universalists teach this anti-Scriptural philosophy.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]From the Old Testament, we have the following:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy, 23:17.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD (Yahweh), as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. -- I Kings, 15:11,12.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Clearly, the Father is complimenting Asa and David for expelling the homosexuals from out of the land of Israel.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]What does God think of this sexual experimentation?[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is an abomination. -- Leviticus 18:22.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Todays pastors of the Church of Apostasy say that God doesnt really mean it when He declares homosexuality to be an abomination. They say that sexual orientation does not matter. They disregard the horrible health consequences of this unhygienic practice. They disregard the self-destructive lifestyles of these individuals and they disregard the propensity to victimize children. We are seeing the consequences of this moral laxity in many denominations, including the Catholic Church, which has a serious homosexuality and pedophilia problem among its priests.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]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. -- Lev. 20:13.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]You say, but that is harsh Old Testament religion! The New Testament is not so strict![/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Let us examine, then, the New Testaments verdict on homosexuality:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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. -- Romans 1:26,27.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]What is the recompence of the homosexual? Disease. Consumption. Lust. Early death. AIDS. Illegal drugs. Jail time for pedophilia an almost endless list. The Dark Side of homosexuality is swept under the rug and the modern churches have joined in the cover-up and some denominations even sing its praises.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Does the New Testament affirm the death penalty? Yes, it does. Referring to the evil acts listed above, Paul tells us:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans 1:32.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]The Bible says that these homosexuals will become bold:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. -- Isa. 3:9. This declaration occurred in the Sixties when all sorts of anti-biblical activities came out of the closet, to the detriment of society. Thanks to liberalism and humanism, homosexuality came out of the closet like a poltergeist. Our whole society is now reaping the bitter fruit of this rebellion against Gods Law.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Objective observers have declared that homosexuality is the culture of death. It fearlessly engages in reckless behavior which spreads disease even among heterosexuals because many homosexuals are bi-sexual. Hence, homosexuality is not a victimless crime. It has many, many victims, including innocent young people who are the prey of homosexual predators.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Gods command to His People is Be fruitful and multiply. Homosexuals can do neither. Homosexuality is pleasure without responsibility. It is irresponsibility without shame. There is no denying that, when they came out of the closet, societys health crisis began in earnest. Homosexuals add a tremendous burden to the cost of health care. They refuse to take responsibility for their share of this burden, preferring to agitate for government benefits instead of changing their behavior -- in other words, making the rest of us pay for their sins.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]If the Father rejects homosexuality, how can we possibly condone homosexual marriage? Who are we to change His Law? And who are the homosexuals to defy it?[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We at the Ecclesiastical Council are going on record to announce that we utterly reject societys ill-advised promotion of homosexual marriage. It is a marriage made in hell. Any denomination of Christianity which defies this word of God is both apostate and heretical, and stands in the condemnation of Almighty God and His son, Jesus Christ.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We rebuke them in His Name.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]-- the Ecclesiastical Council[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]The extent to which modern Christianity has deviated from Scripture is astonishing. This deviance was prophesied by Paul when he, referring to the Second Coming of our Lord and King, Jesus Christ (Immanuel), told us: Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first. II Thess. 2:3.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]This falling away has been termed by many as The Great Apostasy.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]At I Timothy, verses 1 and 2, we read: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We submit that, among the many false doctrines that have crept into the Christian religion in recent years, among the worst is that Yahweh God suddenly has changed His mind and reversed Himself on His universal condemnation of homosexuality. Many modernists and universalists teach this anti-Scriptural philosophy.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]From the Old Testament, we have the following:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]There shall be no harlot of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy, 23:17.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD (Yahweh), as did David his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. -- I Kings, 15:11,12.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Clearly, the Father is complimenting Asa and David for expelling the homosexuals from out of the land of Israel.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]What does God think of this sexual experimentation?[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind: it is an abomination. -- Leviticus 18:22.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Todays pastors of the Church of Apostasy say that God doesnt really mean it when He declares homosexuality to be an abomination. They say that sexual orientation does not matter. They disregard the horrible health consequences of this unhygienic practice. They disregard the self-destructive lifestyles of these individuals and they disregard the propensity to victimize children. We are seeing the consequences of this moral laxity in many denominations, including the Catholic Church, which has a serious homosexuality and pedophilia problem among its priests.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]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. -- Lev. 20:13.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]You say, but that is harsh Old Testament religion! The New Testament is not so strict![/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Let us examine, then, the New Testaments verdict on homosexuality:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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. -- Romans 1:26,27.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]What is the recompence of the homosexual? Disease. Consumption. Lust. Early death. AIDS. Illegal drugs. Jail time for pedophilia an almost endless list. The Dark Side of homosexuality is swept under the rug and the modern churches have joined in the cover-up and some denominations even sing its praises.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Does the New Testament affirm the death penalty? Yes, it does. Referring to the evil acts listed above, Paul tells us:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. Romans 1:32.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]The Bible says that these homosexuals will become bold:[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]They declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. -- Isa. 3:9. This declaration occurred in the Sixties when all sorts of anti-biblical activities came out of the closet, to the detriment of society. Thanks to liberalism and humanism, homosexuality came out of the closet like a poltergeist. Our whole society is now reaping the bitter fruit of this rebellion against Gods Law.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Objective observers have declared that homosexuality is the culture of death. It fearlessly engages in reckless behavior which spreads disease even among heterosexuals because many homosexuals are bi-sexual. Hence, homosexuality is not a victimless crime. It has many, many victims, including innocent young people who are the prey of homosexual predators.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]Gods command to His People is Be fruitful and multiply. Homosexuals can do neither. Homosexuality is pleasure without responsibility. It is irresponsibility without shame. There is no denying that, when they came out of the closet, societys health crisis began in earnest. Homosexuals add a tremendous burden to the cost of health care. They refuse to take responsibility for their share of this burden, preferring to agitate for government benefits instead of changing their behavior -- in other words, making the rest of us pay for their sins.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]If the Father rejects homosexuality, how can we possibly condone homosexual marriage? Who are we to change His Law? And who are the homosexuals to defy it?[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We at the Ecclesiastical Council are going on record to announce that we utterly reject societys ill-advised promotion of homosexual marriage. It is a marriage made in hell. Any denomination of Christianity which defies this word of God is both apostate and heretical, and stands in the condemnation of Almighty God and His son, Jesus Christ.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]We rebuke them in His Name.[/FONT]
[FONT=trebuchet ms,geneva]-- the Ecclesiastical Council[/FONT]
