The World’s Lowest Landmark
The biblical statement that the love of money is the root of all evil (1 Timothy 6:101 Timothy 6:10
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10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. erred: or, been seduced
) is all too apparent in the decisions of several well-known once-trusted companies. Company after company seems to be joining the forces of darkness in an effort to sink our society deeper and deeper into the cesspool of sin. Recently, McDonald’s revealed its intentions to support the homosexual agenda and SSM (“same sex marriage”). Bill Whitman, a spokesman for the company, said those who try to protest such agendas are motivated by hate - Washington Post article. Jesus and the apostle Paul would be the first among those charged with being “haters” (Romans 12:9Romans 12:9
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9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
). Isaiah pronounced a woe upon those who could no
longer tell right from wrong (Isaiah 5:20Isaiah 5:20
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20 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! call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc
). Adding to the ever growing list of those who call evil good is Hallmark Cards who just recently came out with their line of SSM cards to appeal to a wider audience hallmark cards news article.
Friends, the Bible plainly teaches against such so-called “alternate lifestyles”. Homosexuality is called an abomination (Leviticus 18:22Leviticus 18:22
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22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
). It is that which “defiles” individuals and nations (Leviticus 18:24Leviticus 18:24
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24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
). This word “defile” is from the Hebrew taw-may and means “to be foul” or “to be contaminated” or “to be polluted.” Homosexuality is that which sickens God (Leviticus 18:25Leviticus 18:25
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25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
). Those under the Law of Moses were to be put to death for such activity (Leviticus 20:13Leviticus 20:13
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13 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.
; Deuteronomy 23:17Deuteronomy 23:17
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17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. whore: or, sodomitess
). The New Testament says that that those engaged in such activities have a “reprobate mind” (Romans 1:27Romans 1:27
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27 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.
), and that those involved in such a lifestyle will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-101 Corinthians 6:9-10
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9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
).
The ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah remind us both of the infectious influence of this sin and of what it will ultimately bring. Abraham pleaded with the Lord to spare these cities if there were ten righteous souls there. Sadly, that was not to be. Even Lot’s family was corrupted by its evil influence (Genesis 19:14Genesis 19:14
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14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
; Genesis 19:26Genesis 19:26
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26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
; Genesis 19:30-32Genesis 19:30-32
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30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
). After righteous Lot was safely removed from the city of Sodom, God reigned down fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah. Today, the Dead Sea or the Salt Sea is God’s natural monument against this abomination. Interestingly, the Dead Sea has the lowest sea level (and therefore it is the lowest landmark) on earth. The question is how low will we allow our nation to sink?
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Doctrine, Michael Carter
on August 23rd, 2008
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