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To: HiTech RedNeck
Homosexuality having been around for ever just seems to be suddenly right at the front lines of the spiritual battle of the world we were discussing in another thread. That's my thought. Not a prophecy but a thought.
Satan has become very emboldened.

This is not to fear but an acknoweledgement.

The nonbeliever's think we fear such things.

They don't understand what they need to really fear.

14 posted on 04/05/2014 12:19:43 AM PDT by right way right (America has embraced the suck of Freedumb.)
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To: right way right

America had been elevated by gospel belief. It wasn’t perfect, it was distorted by various theological hobby horses of actual denominations. But it managed to avoid the “gay rage” until a few decades ago.

I think a big part of the groundwork for this problem is America dropping the gospel ball. Among this is sexual purity problems. Divorce rates for self proclaimed Christians sadly parallel those of nonbelievers with otherwise parallel demographics. As America cared about this less and less, this monstrosity finally got a serious social toehold. It demanded to leave the closet, and hypocrites found themselves too weak to keep standing for sexual purity.

The other day looking around at random in Wikipedia, I came across some information (hopefully accurate) about how Roman pagan society dealt with sexual purity. Apparently the pantheon they believed in was enough to motivate them. There wasn’t any “god of homosexuality.” They did have Venus, and likenesses of her decorated the public baths in order to encourage purity. When people offended the gods enough in that system, it was held to result in the appearance of a “prodigy” which did not have the positive connotation it does today. Instead it was a monster demonstrating vice in a way that could not be ignored.

Paul’s letter to the Romans, in the passage (1:21ff) that descends into outlining how rejection of God leads to homosexual conduct and other nasty things, is interesting to both compare and contrast to those Roman ideas. Even the pagan pantheon told them to predict such events from displeasing the gods. So drawing the parallel from that theory to what happens with rejection of a single actual God would at once ring a bell with them.

I do have to say, that Christians have gotten too comfortable with being satisfied with social virtue. That can’t carry anybody to heaven. Even pagan gods can effect that kind of virtue. Christians must reframe their battle in deep spiritual terms if they want to win. Just standing back and letting it all go to hell because oh, this is supposedly the final judgment... well to me that’s to shrink from the Great Commission with a cockamamie excuse.

And thus endeth my rant of the moment.


24 posted on 04/05/2014 10:19:05 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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