There is such a thing as evil and wickedness. Few today want to admit this, rather explaining them as matters of morality, which they can define according to their own dictates. However, the final truth is that man is not the creator, God is. The sum of all man’s attempts to avoid this truth is that man will have to give an account to God for his actions. All creation teaches that man has an end and then he will be judged according to what he has done in life. And the standard will be was he righteous or unrighteous?
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners
will inherit the kingdom of God. – 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10
God has an answer to the wickedness that so easily infects man and that answer is called His church –
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on
this rock I will build My church, and the
gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. – Matthew 16:18
But we need to understand that entry into this church is not subject to man’s standards but to God’s. Only those who are set apart (sanctified) by the Holy Spirit are allowed to join – 1 Corinthians 1:2[1], 12:13[2], Ephesians 2:4-10[3]. There is a false church that masquerades as Christ’s church and is described in Revelation as a Harlot but it is controlled by the world’s standards and not God’s.
The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and
adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden
cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication. And on her
forehead a name was written: MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. - Revelation 17:4, 5
At present there are true believers mixed with false believers in her but the time is coming when God will say “Come out of her my people, lest you share of her sins and lest receive of her plagues.” (Revelation 18:4).
A recent poll about Gay marriage illustrates this truth -
Poll: Gay Marriage Gains Support,
Especially Among Catholics
Roman
Catholic voters are more accepting of gay marriage than are other Americans,
according to a poll released Wednesday.
While
same-sex unions are approved by 48 percent to 46 percent overall, Catholics
give them the thumbs-up by 49 percent to 43 percent, the survey from Quinnipiac
University found.
“It seems pretty clear that attitudes toward same-sex
marriage in American society are changing rapidly,” said Peter Brown, assistant
director of the Connecticut University’s polling institute.
“While
the country remains split on the issue, supporters have come pretty far in the
last four years."
The
poll found that men in particular have shifted their position. Four years ago
they opposed gay marriage by 61 percent to 31 percent. That figure is now down
to 50 percent opposition and 43 percent support. Women now back gay marriage by
52 percent to 42 percent.
The
biggest opposition among any group is with white Protestants, who oppose it 63
percent to 32 percent.
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In America today the great worry is “Will the economy
crash”? But, unless we address the
problem of unrighteousness, we are facing not only a financial cliff but also a
societal cliff in which the American family will be destroyed. That means the
end of America because every nation is built upon its families.
But, this does not have to spell the end of America. If true repentance would sweep the nation, beginning with the Church, we could yet see our greatest days of blessings. God would want a nation to stand for righteousness and for the tiny nation of Israel, and we could be that nation.
[1] To
the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all who in every place call on the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
[2] For
by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks,
whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.
[3] For
by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is]
the gift of God, - vs. 8
