America Is Heading Back To
The Practices of Pagan Rome!
Homosexuality and
Same-Sex Marriage
by Pastor David L.
Brown, Ph.D.
First Baptist Church of
Oak Creek Wisconsin
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Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name George
Orwell, wrote - “In a time of universal
deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” It seems our culture is
at this point today.
Dr.
Don Boys writes – “The efforts of the media, academia, Hollywood, and
politicians have accomplished an amazing feat: they have changed the culture in
a generation by being deceptive, disingenuous, and dishonest. Most people now believe right is now wrong
and wrong is now right. Godly living is considered divisive, derisive, and deranged while perversion is no longer
reprehensible, repugnant, and repulsive, but is thought (by non-thinkers) to be
commendable, courageous, and even cultured!”(http://donboys.cstnews.com/homosexuals-want-special-rights-not-equal-rights)
We see Isaish 5:20-21 being lived out before our eyes – “Woe unto them
that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them
that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!”
The little word “woe” indicates judgment, God’s judgment. Let me ask you two
questions.
·
Do
you have any doubt in your mind that the hand of judgment is on our country?
·
Do
you have any doubt why God’s hand of
judgment is on our nation today?
Here is the forthright truth why we are
in the predicament our culture is in today. We are moving quickly away from an absolute standard of truth in
this nation! As I have often told you, our nations legal system was founded
upon the Judeo-Christian Ethic, that is the principles of Old Testament New
Testament.
By and large our nation is given over to
relativism! Right and wrong are
being decided by “the powers that be” or by majority vote. Or, you make up your
own values! But this is an ever changing standards and bring instability! It
ultimately leads to cultural breakdown, anarchy and chaos.
I want to focus
upon one Key Biblical ethic today and that is Marriage! We read in Genesis 1:27-28a
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them,
and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth, and subdue it…”
From the very beginning marriage was
between a man and a woman!
Genesis 2:18-25 “And the LORD God said, It is not good
that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and
every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would
call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was
the name thereof. 20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the
air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an
help meet for him. 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my
bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was
taken out of Man. 24 Therefore
shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his
wife, and were not ashamed.”
God made Eve for Adam and brought her to
him. Moses, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Apostle Paul affirm this.
· Moses - Genesis
2:24
“Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto
his wife: and they shall be one flesh.”
· Christ - Mark
10:7
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his
wife;”
· Paul - Ephesians
5:31
“For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined
unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.”
The Biblical family has always
been, is and will continue to be the backbone of society! When the
family, as biblically defined, is destroyed the culture is doomed. In fact,
this was a key contributing factor in the demise of Rome. The Roman culture had
become morally reprobate.
The first-century A.D. catechetical
manual, the Didache, makes refreshingly clear what pagans will have to give
up, in regard to Roman sexuality, once they joined the Church. It begins with
the ominous words –
“There are two ways: one of life and
one of death—and there is a great difference between the two ways.”
The pagan converts are then confronted
with a list of commands. Some of which would have been quite familiar and
reasonable to Romans, such as, “You will not murder” and, “You will not commit
adultery” (although for Romans, abortion wasn’t murder, and a husband having
sex with slaves or prostitutes was not considered adulterous).
But then followed strange commands (at
least to the Romans), “You will not corrupt boys”; “You will not have illicit
sex” (ou porneuseis); “You will not murder offspring by means of abortion [and]
you will not kill one having been born.”
Against the norm in Rome, Christians
must reject pedophilia, fornication and homosexuality, abortion, and
infanticide. The list also commands, “You will not make potions” (ou
pharmakeuseis), a prohibition against widespread practices in the Roman Empire
which included potions that stopped conception or caused abortion.
I include the prohibitions against
sexual practices heartily affirmed by the Romans alongside prohibitions against
contraception, abortion, and infanticide for a very important reason. Christians
defined the goal of sexuality in terms of the natural ability to procreate.
What was different, again, was not recognizing the obvious need for a man and a
woman to make a child—Stoics argued along the same lines. What was peculiar to
Christianity was removing all other expressions of sexuality from legitimacy
(many Stoic men had male paramours). The Roman elevation of sexual pleasure
above procreation, and hence outside this tightly-defined area of sexual
legitimacy defined by Christianity, led to the desire for contraceptive
potions, abortifacients, and infanticide.” (From: Gay marriage and homosexuality were part of the moral landscape in
Ancient Rome by Benjamin Wiker; June 26, 2012; CatholicWorldReport.com - www.lifesitenews.com/news/gay-marriage-and-homosexuality-were-part-of-moral-landscape-in-ancient-rome)
Our culture is in trouble today. We are
going BACK TO THE PRACTICES OF PAGAN ROME! What is even more alarming is what I
read in an article written by Julaine Appling, Director of Wisconsin Family
Action this week. Below are some of the comments she is hearing from
Christians!
“I just don’t think the Bible condemns homosexuality. As
long as two people love each other, I think they should be able to get married.
Same-sex marriage is going to happen. There’s nothing we can do to stop it.”
“In
the early days of the Bible, God needed everyone to populate the earth; we
don’t need that anymore. Children just aren’t the issue. Plus the Bible isn’t
meant to be taken literally. So, I see nothing wrong with people of the same
sex who love each other and are committed to each getting married. Who are we
to tell people who they can love?”
“Well,
even if the government legalizes same-sex marriage—which is pretty much inevitable—so
deal with it, that doesn’t mean pastors will be forced to marry anyone they
don’t want to.”
Appling writes, and I fully agree – “Tragically I have
heard all of these and more very recently from people who say they are
Christians—some from people I personally know to be born-again, Bible-believing
saints of God and even from some recent Bible-college graduates.”
She goes on to say, “This commentary is an urgent appeal
to all Christians to get back to the Bible—and not some liberal translation
or paraphrase. Use a version that is considered by conservative scholars to
be a solid word-for-word translation.”
Why is she saying that? Because many of the modern
translations are changing words and phraseology that addresses the issue of
sodomy!
While I can excuse biblical illiteracy among the unsaved,
biblical illiteracy is rapidly becoming a serious problem among true believers.
If it isn’t illiteracy among believers, then it is an even more serious
problem—an unwillingness to believe what we read in the Bible and to obey its
clear teachings about what marriage is and God’s clear teaching about men with
men and women with women.
Homosexuality is SIN. So called “same sex marriage” is NOT marriage and
saying so does not make it so!
In fact, God destroyed Sodom & Gomorrah because of
their sin. We read the account in Genesis
19:1-29.
Consider what the Apostle Paul said about it in Romans 1:25-28 & 32. In fact in verse 26 homosexuality is called “vile affections” and “against
nature.” Verse 27 says men “burned
in their lust one toward another” and their acts were “unseemly.” In verse 28 they do things that are not convenient. The word
used in the Greek means not fit; unbecoming; hence abominable. In point of
fact, because they chose to reject God’s principle of man+woman, verse 18 says
“God gave them over to a reprobate mind,” that is, a depraved mind.
Verse 32 explains why there is such a push by homosexuals for
same sex marriage. Romans 1:32 “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 [approve of; are pleased with] them that do them.” They know it is perversion.
They this lifestyle is under the judgment of God but they “have pleasure” in it
themselves, they are pleased with others being involved, and rejoice when
others are forced to accept it!
This is the spirit of Supreme Court Chief Justice
Robert’s lesbian cousin Jean Podrasky. She says that perversion should be legal
because “society is becoming more accepting of the humanity of same-sex couples
and the simple truth that we deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and
equality under the law.”
Ohio Republican Senator has recently endorsed same-sex
marriage after his son will “came out of the closet” revealing that he is a
homosexual!
My Christian friends: Homosexuality is perversion. It is
sin. It is wrong! Same-sex marriage is
perversion, sin and wrong. It has always been sin, and always will be sin no
matter what anyone, any politician, any activist, or any court decides. Why?
Because God says it is sin!
These sinful perverts want formal acceptability. They
want so to speak “The Good Housekeeping Seal of approval on their evil activities.
Why, because they want their vile affection treated normal. They want to be
accepted, applauded and they want to advocate their lifestyles because they, as
Romans 1:32 says, “take pleasure” in
every single person who they can convince what they are doing is normal,
natural and loving when it is not. As Dr. Boys says, “It is incredible that
homosexuals, with a straight face, can demand respect and recognition for their
dignity.” Homosexuality is debauched, filthy, degenerate and under the judgment
of God.
Shame on any Christian who does not stand against this
vile perversion. We must stand for Biblical truth! I see my more and more who
claim to be Christians caving in to accepting homosexuality and same-sex
marriage under the cover of “love.” When your compromise God’s Word you commit
Treason against Christ!
If you love the Lord and care about homosexual, you will tell him or her the truth.
Homosexuality is SIN. But there is forgiveness in Christ if they will turn from
their sins and turn to Jesus Christ. 1
Corinthians 6:9 talks of “effeminate” and “asbusers
of themselves with manking,” which refer to homosexuals as being able
to be saved and free from their filthy lifestyle. We see that in 1 Corinthians 6:11 “And such were some of you: but ye are
washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord
Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.”
The most loving thing you can do for a homosexual it to
share the Gospel with them.
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