Now for the longest time especially the past week I've been hearing "God hates gay people" and it enticed me to want to do this blog I didn't know how to word myself precisely enough to not offend anybody so I did some research and came across an article from a website. I will post up the link and what they have said. These are not my words, so I'm going to give all the credit to the writer.
There is a "church" in the United States that promotes the slogan "God hates fags!" This group pickets gay parades, gay bars, gay events, etc. This group has even picketed the funerals of gay people, shouting to the attendees that the gay person is now burning in hell for being a "fag." On its website, this group has a counter which updates daily how long a certain gay person has supposedly been in hell. Recently, the "God hates fags" group has begun protesting at military funerals, claiming that the soldier was killed because the USA is supporting the homosexual agenda. Is there any truth to their claims? Proverbs 6:16-19 tells us, "There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers." Notice that homosexuality does not make this list. It would be more biblical to promote phrases such as "God hates liars" and "God hates murderers." In fact, the Bible nowhere directly states that God hates homosexuals. That does not mean that the Bible approves of homosexuality. The Bible consistently tells us that homosexuality is a sin (Genesis 19:1-13;Leviticus 18:22;Romans 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9). Homosexuality is described as an abomination. Romans 1:26-27teaches explicitly that homosexuality is a result of a continual rebellion against God. When people continue in disbelief, the Bible tells us that God “gives them over,” allowing them to experience their sinful desires and the resulting consequences. First Corinthians 6:9 proclaims that homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. Homosexuality is immoral and unnatural. It is a perversion of the "natural order" and, more importantly, of God's view of sex. With all that said, the Bible does not describe homosexuality as a greater sin than any other. All sin is offensive to God. Homosexuality is just one of the many things listed in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 that will keep a person from the kingdom of God. According to the Bible, God’s forgiveness is just as available to a homosexual as it is to an adulterer, idol worshipper, murderer, thief, etc. God also promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who will believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation (1 Corinthians 6:11;2 Corinthians 5:17). While the Bible declares that God hates all workers of iniquity(Psalm 5:5), the Bible nowhere singles out homosexuals as objects of God's hatred. Does God approve of homosexuality? Absolutely not. Can a person truly be a Christian and at the same time a practicing homosexual? No (1 Corinthians 6:9). While the "God hates fags" group is correct in proclaiming that homosexuality is sin, it fails miserably in the tone of its proclamation. Ephesians 4:15 instructs us to "speak the truth...in love."First Peter 3:15 teaches us to proclaim the truth, but to do so with "gentleness and respect." We must uphold the truth of God's Word in proclaiming the sinfulness of homosexuality. However, we must uphold this truth in a loving, gentle, and respectful manner. We must warn homosexuals about the eternal dangers of continued rebellion against God. At the same time, our message should be focused on the forgiveness and freedom from sin that are available through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Link: http://www.gotquestions.org/God-hates-fags.html
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
The Bible Does not degrade women
1 Peter 3:7
"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."
Now this topic was something hard for me to do because I didn't have the proper scripture but glory be to God he hooked me up. I always hear all this mumbo jumbo about "the bible is flawed because it degrades women". Actually the bible never degraded women. When Paul refers to females as the "weaker vessel" he's mentioning the fact that it was the woman that fell to the snake(satan) and not the man(1 timothy 2:14) but at the same time he calls her a partner. Alot of people whom I've come across discussions with have mentioned "well in the earlier days woman were always mistreated and abused, raped, etc." but honestly you have to come down to the conclusion and realize that alot of those bad things happened due to the sinful nature that resides in mankind. It's like saying I'm a christian and all and the bible tells me not to kill but I just went ahead and killed someone for making me angry. The blame shouldn't fall on the word of God, if anything God says that 1.Numbers 23:19 "I'm not like man whom I should lie" and 2. Psalm 119:89 " God's word remains eternal". At the end of the day his word remains the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Now as we proceed on with the verse we notice it says "treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as HEIRS WITH YOU of the gracious gift of life". We look at Galatians 3:28 and it mentions that heavens for anyone whom is in Christ. At the same time though we need to respect the fact that God calls men to be the head, the authoritative role Ephesians 5:23 so men have more responsibility on their hands Ephesians 5:25. It's like comparing it to our government, our government is based on a democracy mostly focusing on us the people, but at the end of the day the president, or the house of reps.,etc. are the authoritative figures. Also Men are to love their wives as the weaker vessel because (emotionally speaking) women are the "weaker vessel", and are to be treated with understanding and respect. For pete sakes they use more emotion than a man therefore it's a mans duty to shower her with this loving care.
"Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers."
Now this topic was something hard for me to do because I didn't have the proper scripture but glory be to God he hooked me up. I always hear all this mumbo jumbo about "the bible is flawed because it degrades women". Actually the bible never degraded women. When Paul refers to females as the "weaker vessel" he's mentioning the fact that it was the woman that fell to the snake(satan) and not the man(1 timothy 2:14) but at the same time he calls her a partner. Alot of people whom I've come across discussions with have mentioned "well in the earlier days woman were always mistreated and abused, raped, etc." but honestly you have to come down to the conclusion and realize that alot of those bad things happened due to the sinful nature that resides in mankind. It's like saying I'm a christian and all and the bible tells me not to kill but I just went ahead and killed someone for making me angry. The blame shouldn't fall on the word of God, if anything God says that 1.Numbers 23:19 "I'm not like man whom I should lie" and 2. Psalm 119:89 " God's word remains eternal". At the end of the day his word remains the truth, whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Now as we proceed on with the verse we notice it says "treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as HEIRS WITH YOU of the gracious gift of life". We look at Galatians 3:28 and it mentions that heavens for anyone whom is in Christ. At the same time though we need to respect the fact that God calls men to be the head, the authoritative role Ephesians 5:23 so men have more responsibility on their hands Ephesians 5:25. It's like comparing it to our government, our government is based on a democracy mostly focusing on us the people, but at the end of the day the president, or the house of reps.,etc. are the authoritative figures. Also Men are to love their wives as the weaker vessel because (emotionally speaking) women are the "weaker vessel", and are to be treated with understanding and respect. For pete sakes they use more emotion than a man therefore it's a mans duty to shower her with this loving care.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Let's keep it real!!!
Proverbs 19:22
" Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be a poor than dishonest"
I don't even need to elaborate that much on this bible verse because it speaks for itself. How many times have you looked at someone like they were the most disgusting scum of the earth because they didn't know how to be loyal. Matter fact let's take this to the perspective of relationships. You going to stay in a relationship with an un-loyal jerk? I find it funny that this proverb says it's better to be poor than to be dishonest. To be honest(pun) as I write this blog I'm thinking about this Youtube video I was watching where it showed this guy video taping himself going up to people asking them for money, and the same poor, old, "bum" that everyone was neglecting shared his McDonalds/Burger King/Sandwich with him because he was hungry. I shake my head to see how people are not loyal anymore. I had one friend who said to me " I don't do stuff for people in expectation of something back because man will always fail you, I do stuff for people because I want to". These wise words were encouraging to me because it started to me put less limits on doing things, and being loyal to people. Nevertheless let's work hard to achieve loyalty.
By the way here is the link to the video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DitSguaE_LQ
" Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be a poor than dishonest"
I don't even need to elaborate that much on this bible verse because it speaks for itself. How many times have you looked at someone like they were the most disgusting scum of the earth because they didn't know how to be loyal. Matter fact let's take this to the perspective of relationships. You going to stay in a relationship with an un-loyal jerk? I find it funny that this proverb says it's better to be poor than to be dishonest. To be honest(pun) as I write this blog I'm thinking about this Youtube video I was watching where it showed this guy video taping himself going up to people asking them for money, and the same poor, old, "bum" that everyone was neglecting shared his McDonalds/Burger King/Sandwich with him because he was hungry. I shake my head to see how people are not loyal anymore. I had one friend who said to me " I don't do stuff for people in expectation of something back because man will always fail you, I do stuff for people because I want to". These wise words were encouraging to me because it started to me put less limits on doing things, and being loyal to people. Nevertheless let's work hard to achieve loyalty.
By the way here is the link to the video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DitSguaE_LQ
Don't abandon your parents
Proverbs 30:11-12
"Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother. The are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed."
Proverbs 19: 26
" Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace."
To be honest. Lately I've been noticing how this new generation of kids who are growing up to dishonor and disrespect their parents. Now don't get me wrong I once was in those shoes, but I had check myself before I wrecked myself. I've come across a lot of kids whom grew up without their fathers in their lives and when they became older they'll never appreciate their father(if they were to come across him) and due to that lack of father figure they were never taught how to treat a woman so they don't know how to properly thank their mothers. There are many ways we can thank our mother than some verbal complementation. There is this one saying an old ex- girl friend of mine said to me. She said "how you're are going to treat your wife is how you treat your mother". Talk about reality check? I had to take a pause on my life real quick and do a rewind. Now I don't want my kids(the lord willing) to take after these bad attributes. At the end of the day while I was pursuing this blind path into darkness I thought I had it well, but behind the scenes my family members were looking at me like the number one disgrace of the family. I had to pull a bob the builder and re-construct my attitude and my character first to my mother, and my father even though he isn't in my life. Word is let's adhere to these proverbs because at the end of the day we are not trying to live these immoral lifestyles where(take it from me) isn't cute.
"Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother. The are pure in their own eyes, but they are filthy and unwashed."
Proverbs 19: 26
" Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace."
To be honest. Lately I've been noticing how this new generation of kids who are growing up to dishonor and disrespect their parents. Now don't get me wrong I once was in those shoes, but I had check myself before I wrecked myself. I've come across a lot of kids whom grew up without their fathers in their lives and when they became older they'll never appreciate their father(if they were to come across him) and due to that lack of father figure they were never taught how to treat a woman so they don't know how to properly thank their mothers. There are many ways we can thank our mother than some verbal complementation. There is this one saying an old ex- girl friend of mine said to me. She said "how you're are going to treat your wife is how you treat your mother". Talk about reality check? I had to take a pause on my life real quick and do a rewind. Now I don't want my kids(the lord willing) to take after these bad attributes. At the end of the day while I was pursuing this blind path into darkness I thought I had it well, but behind the scenes my family members were looking at me like the number one disgrace of the family. I had to pull a bob the builder and re-construct my attitude and my character first to my mother, and my father even though he isn't in my life. Word is let's adhere to these proverbs because at the end of the day we are not trying to live these immoral lifestyles where(take it from me) isn't cute.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Let's be kind
Colossians 3:12
"Therefore as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
I was thinking about what I was going to post for this week, until I came across this little article on facebook. It was mentioning how being nice to strangers is actually quite healthy for you, being Kind acts as a trigger that releases oxytocin, which helps dilate the blood vessels, which then reduces blood pressure. It also mentioned how other studies reveal that being kind causes less social anxiety and it causes better relationship satisfaction. As I was reading this I felt a little convicted because I remember how much the bible stresses kindness, so I had to evaluate myself to see if I achieved that standard of "kindness". Don't get me wrong I try my hardest to be nice, but there are certain areas I need work on, I then started to think about how the other day a random lady came up to me trying to talk to me while I was at the train station, and I found it awkward, but she was bringing up how she was raised to be kind and say "hi" to strangers. I guess I was stuck to societies modern behavior of strangers. Reading this was a nudge to me, so I went looked at bible verses on kindness, and came across this Verse in Colossians. God calls us to clothe ourself in compassion. Now you already know that when we begin to do that the stems of kindness, humility, gentleness and patience begins to sprout. Overall, hope this blog encourages us to be kind to one another.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
The End is Near!!!
Matthew 24: 4-8
4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
So lately I have been coming across a couple of articles and videos while I was just scrolling through Facebook. To be honest at first I didn't want to believe but I had to come to the conclusion that the writing is literally on the wall and yield to the fact that Jesus is coming soon and, this word is prophetical. I have been hearing so much rumors of war. I have been hearing all this mumbo jumbo about the Ukraine and how this could lead off into a potential world war 4, as much as this scared the snot out of me I maintained to keep my composure. I have been hearing of nations rising against nations, Kingdoms against kingdom. Civilians in the Ukraine rioting and protesting against Russia, Riots and protests in the middle east, and honestly coming to our surprise, even in the United States our very own home. We have heard of many earthquakes; true or not I came across an article talking about a mega earthquake. Famines in various countries. If we really sat down to slow down our lives and evaluate what's going on in the world we can come down to the conclusion that maybe God's word is to be token into consideration?
What's happening in Ukraine: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27012612
Ferguson: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/25/black_lives_matter_ferguson_erupts_after
Eric Garner issue: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/eric-garner-michael-brown-deaths-spark-protests-berkeley-california-n263646
Famines: http://listverse.com/2013/04/10/10-terrible-famines-in-history/
Rumors of wars: http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival/russian_nukes_hidden_in_USA.html
false prophets: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/index.html?eref=yahoo
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Testing your biblical knowledge
For this post I just chose to ask a couple of questions to test some of you readers' knowledge of the bible.
1.Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
2. Who asked to be hung on the cross upside down?
3.The bible says in this garden Jesus was arrested in?
4. Who used to persecute and kill christians then became an apostle?
5. Who is Jesus' physical mother?
6.Who is Jesus' physical brother?
7. Who came to tempt Jesus?
8. Name two people in the bible who didn't physically die?
9.Who betrayed Jesus?
10. Who is Jesus' father?
1.Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
2. Who asked to be hung on the cross upside down?
3.The bible says in this garden Jesus was arrested in?
4. Who used to persecute and kill christians then became an apostle?
5. Who is Jesus' physical mother?
6.Who is Jesus' physical brother?
7. Who came to tempt Jesus?
8. Name two people in the bible who didn't physically die?
9.Who betrayed Jesus?
10. Who is Jesus' father?
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