Are You Ready to Change?

Now that I've laid out the facts of how our moral views are formed and that they aren't our own invention, what will you who don't believe in Christ do? Will you change your minds about the gospel or will you hypocritically continue to attack it?

Do you understand why Christians pick and choose verses? It isn't that we want to ignore other verses which condemn our actions. We believe the entire Bible, not just the passages which we use to make ourselves feel better.

The Apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 3:16 (BBE), "Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness." These reasons are what guide our concern to warn people against going to hell and to help them be more like Jesus Christ.

You might not know why you pick and choose verses to defend your actions but we Christians do. And unlike religions such as Islam, we don't hate and kill those who blaspheme our Lord. As Jesus said while being crucified, (Luke 23:34 KJV) "Then said Jesus, 'Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.' And they parted his raiment, and cast lots." Even when he was being unjustly executed, he still felt pity for his murderers.

Furthermore, we Christians use hermeneutics to interpret the Bible. That means we use the clear statements to interpret the vague-sounding ones. We also understand the history and culture of the times when the scriptures were written. This is why we eat shell fish and pork while wearing clothes made from mixed fibers. All of the ceremonial laws pointed to Christ's first coming and therefore are abrogated.

The moral laws remain the  same but Christ formed them into positive commands to love God and our neighbours.

I'll be explaining more about this in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? I don't want anybody to be mistaken about such an important decision. Salvation is a limited time offer and we don't know when death will claim us.

Thanks to Voddie Baucham for his indirect assistance with this post.

Can You Have Your Own World View?

I wrote earlier about people bashing Christians for being hypocrites as well as picking and choosing which verses of the Bible they believe. These people who claim such things assume that they have an entirely different world view than evangelicals.

Is this really so? Ask any of these people if lying, stealing, and dealing falsely is wrong and they'll most likely agree. Homosexuals object to what God spoke in Leviticus chapter eighteen but they ignore the next chapter. Leviticus 19:11 (KJV) states, "Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another." If these folks think we pick and choose, they are actually the ones doing so.

And what about giving to the poor? These anti-Christian people fault believers for being unloving but look at what Leviticus 19:9 commands. "And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God." I'm sure many folks, including Christians, don't know that's in the Bible.

Leftists object to workers being mistreated but what does Leviticus 19:13 say? "Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning." In those days, people had no bank accounts or received unemployment payments so they needed to be paid daily in order to survive.

Additionally, what about being kind to disabled people? Leviticus 19:14 states, "Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD."

The fact is that everybody is shaped by the society they grew up in. In the west, it's the Christian ethos which has shaped our thinking. This is why we don't have a cast system  as India does. Neither do we have classes of infidels as Islamic societies do. Western women aren't chattel either but are equals with men. Many of the folks who condemn Christianity hold to its morals. Isn't it hypocritical then to condemn the very religion which gives them so many benefits?

I'll be covering this topic in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Millions of people assume that all religions lead to God but they're wrong. I hope my book shows them why and convinces them to change their minds.

Who Has the Moral High Ground?

Now that I've shown that love is a verb, enemies of the gospel might claim that we shouldn't be hypocrites when it comes to which sins we despise. But which world view views hypocrisy as a bad thing? Is it not the Christian world view which holds this to be a terrible sin?

Those who accuse Christians of being hypocrites and, as a result, despise Christianity, are actually using a Christian world view. Is that not itself hypocrisy?

Let's examine what Romans 2:1-4 (BBE) says. "So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things. And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things. But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you? Or is it nothing to you that God had pity on you, waiting and putting up with you for so long, not seeing that in his pity God's desire is to give you a change of heart?"

To those folks who say we lie, cheat, and steal, do you not lie, cheat, and steal? If you say we don't practice what we preach, do you practice what you preach? To you who claim we want to foist our morality on every one, isn't it you who wants your views imposed on everybody?

Real Christians, ones who have yielded control of their lives to Christ, occasionally stray and commit sins. But unlike those who feel there's nothing wrong with what they've done, we humble ourselves before our Lord and Master, begging him for forgiveness and help to stay faithful to him.

Therefore, the ones bashing Christians are in fact no better. They're saying, "Do as I say, not as I do." That is just as hypocritical as when a Christian speeds, shares pirated software, and deliberately pockets a few pens from the stock room at work.

I'll be writing much more about people and their moral high horses in a book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Christians need to make absolutely sure that they'll be on Christ's right hand side when Judgement Day comes. Death is truly a deadline which nobody is exempt from.

My thanks go to Voddie Baucham for his indirect help with this post.

What Will You do With Jesus Christ?

This is a question which Everybody must deal with. I've been blogging about who will be going to heaven for the past year or so and this is the crucial matter. Get it wrong and you're headed for an agonizing eternity. Get it right and you'll be in heaven with all those people through time and space whom God predestinated.

No matter what other religions teach, there is only one way to be with the heavenly Father. Christ explained to Thomas in John 14:6 (KJV) about the only way to God. "Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.'"

But how can this be so when other religions say they teach the way to paradise in the afterlife? Only Jesus fulfilled all God's requirements in the law which he gave Israel. Hebrews 4:15 (KJV)states, "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin."

This is why he could say that he was the only way to the Father. As he told Martha when her brother Lazarus was dead for four days, (John 11:25 KJV) "Jesus said unto her, 'I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:'"
Christ will judge every person who ever lived. Look at what John 5:26-29 (BBE) says. "For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to be judge because he is the Son of man. Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.

Will you be with the ones resurrected unto life eternal or condemned to eternal agony? Matthew 28:18 (KJV) says, "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, 'All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.'" Since Christ told his disciples this, it shows that we all must obey the gospel. That means we must beg him for forgiveness of our sins and yield control of our lives to him.

I'll be writing much more about this in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? This is thee question we all must deal with.

What's Love Got to do With it?

Continuing on with the theme of love, people like to use excuses to justify their conduct. They claim that if a person feels physical attraction to another, that's love. Some even go as far as claiming that they're fulfilling God's law by calling their lust love.

Jesus summed up all ten commandments in Luke 10:27 (KJV).  "And he answering said, 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.'"

The first part of his statement sums up the first four laws and the second part sums up the remaining six commandments. Since love seeks only the good of others, practicing it fulfills the law.

For example, we love God by having him only as our Lord. We obey him rather than turning to false gods. We even honour our parents which is a form of honouring God because he gave us to them to raise.

We also love others by not lying to them or stealing from them. Even coveting is a form of harm because we want what isn't ours. Depriving neighbours of their reputation, property, family, and lives violates the commandments.

Loving others causes us to want only their benefit. Loving God causes us to obey and honour him because we want to do so.

What the world calls love is actually lust. We humans tend to want what makes our flesh feel good rather than considering the feelings of the ones we claim to love. Even if they consent, it's still a case of people using and abusing one another.

I hope to cover the topic of covetousness in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Because marriage between a man and a woman is thee standard, any other relationship is illegal in God's sight.

Thanks to Voddie Baucham for inspiring these posts.

What Is Love?

Continuing on with the topic of same-sex attraction, I need to address what love really is. Many folks claim that love validates whichever kind of relationship they're in. Does it? And what do they mean by love?

I've heard people say so often that they're in a committed relationship with their partner. They point out one or two same-sex pseudo-marriages which are working out while ignoring divorces of same-sex partners.  If sodomite partnerships are so wonderful, why are many seeking a divorce?

What people continually ignore is that love is a verb. Just read what Paul wrote in his first letter to the Corinthian church, chapter thirteen, and you'll see how love is always expressed in selfless actions.

What people call love is really lust. They might claim to admire somebody but they only want their own pleasure cravings met. Look at what Christ said in Matthew 5:28 (KJV) "But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."

Same-sex partners might even believe that they love each other but not according to what God calls love. Leading anybody into sin and justifying it is evil. This is why we Christians warn sinners, including same-sex partners, to flee fornication. We hate sin but we care about sinners and want them to be rescued from hell before it's too late.

I want to warn all who sin to yield their lives to Christ and follow him. That's why I'm working on a book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? I don't even want my worst enemy to end up in hell. Its horror is unimaginable and eternal.

What If There Is a "gay" Gene?

Continuing along with the theme of sexuality, I'm sure that I'll hear from some one claiming there was a study done where "they" found a gene responsible for homosexuality. That study was debunked. But what if a genuine and unbiased scientific study finds incontrovertible evidence of a "gay" gene?

It still doesn't make homosexuality all right. Many folks have tendencies toward excessive violence. Does that make it all right? Many spouses are harmed by their partners but can those people claim it's just in their genes? And what of alcoholism, gambling addiction, or drug abuse? Would any of us excuse somebody for breaking into our homes to steal money to buy booze, drugs, or to keep on gambling?

According to the Bible, nobody is good. Psalm 14:3 (KJV) states plainly, "They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one."

Neither can we earn our way into heaven. Look at what Isaiah 64:6 (KJV) plainly states. "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

The only way we can be righteous before God is to accept the payment Christ made on the cross for all who repent and yield control of their lives to him. 1 Peter 3:18 (KJV) says, "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:"

I'll be writing more on this subject in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Contrary to what we might think, we all are aware of God. As Paul aptly wrote in Romans 1:20 (KJV), "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they (meaning humanity) are without excuse:"

Thanks to Voddie Baucham for inspiring these posts.

What Of Those Who Say They Knew They Were Homosexual All Along?

In view of what I wrote previously, some folks will claim that they knew all their lives that they had same-sex attractions. Others will swear that they were put into the wrong body. Both notions are patently false.

Children have no such sexual ideas. It's later in life when perverted people convince them of these lies.  According to Jesus Christ, there are ONLY two sexes. Matthew 19:4 (KJV) states, "And he answered and said unto them, 'Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,'"

Even from a purely scientific angle, humans only come in two sexes, male and female. Examining human DNA alone proves this. Every chromosome in our bodies is either XX or XY. It doesn't matter what we think or feel. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a victim of mistaken identity.

This brings us back to the matter of supposed orientation. Would a person be declared innocent in a court of law by claiming that his or her orientation toward murder, theft, pedophilia or other crimes was to blame? I doubt that delusional reasoning would be upheld.

If there is biological evidence for breaking the law, can we then excuse the rapist or the robber? Logic says an emphatic "No!" Sin is sin, no matter what we believe. It's God's law that matters and he will punish all who defiantly break it.

I'll be writing more about this in my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? Defying God until one dies is an automatic passport to hell. Therefore we must repent and submit to his rulership if we want to be with him throughout eternity.

My thanks go to Voddie Baucham for his indirect help with these posts.

Were the Disciples Addressing Something Other Than "same sex" Relationships?

As I wrote before, both Old and New Testaments hold to the divine mandate of marriage between one man and one woman. But some people are now claiming that the Bible writers were addressing pederasty. These people assert that the verses condemning homosexuality were really referring to heterosexual men sodomizing boys. Is that what the apostles of Christ really meant by what they wrote?

I've pointed out before that there is no such thing as a homosexual orientation. It's a behaviour like any other sin. If it truly is permanent as activists claim, why then do people change back to being heterosexual?Even the Bible says that people with same-sex attractions can be redeemed. Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 6:11 (KJV) that, "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." If some homosexuals claim to also  be Christians, this verse proves that notion to be false.

We know of course that born-again believers don't practice sin. As John wrote in 1 John 6 and 7 (BBE) "If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue: But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin."

Additionally, what about what Paul wrote in Romans chapter one regarding women engaged in unnatural practices with other women? Pederasty was only practiced by men back in the first century. Paul obviously meant sodomy and lesbian sin.

I'll be writing more on how sin and righteousness in believers are incompatible as part of my next book called You Think You're Going to Heaven? People delude themselves by thinking that God will overlook their favourite sins. They'll learn too late that he won't excuse any rebellion against him.

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