Those now advocating for pedophilia say, "If the child and an adult consent to sexual pleasure, there is no harm done." Really? Says who? Certainly not God. It's sin. So is homosexuality, beastiality, pornography, and every other form of deviant, compulsive behavior. Our Creator has the standard of right and wrong -- not man.
Where will it stop? Will beastiality, (sex between animals and people) follow hard on the heels of pedophilia as a sun of enlightenment rises on another demonic horizon? Impossible, you say? Think again. That's what we thought when homosexuals began their battle for the mind of society. When mankind gets depraved enough, what is the next step after beastiality? Cannibalism? And couldn't one logically make the case that somebody who feels a strong urge to murder also has an "alternate lifestyle?" It is a proven fact that entertaining depraved thoughts and then acting on them fuels the appetite for something more exciting, as in the scourge of pornography. Just as a drug user has to have more and stronger drugs to satisfy his cravings. Alternate lifestyle indeed.
In reading Sarah Goode's comments in "The Guardian" (U.K.) a lot of words like "experts, controversial, science, complexity, and distinct sexual orientation" were bandied about. I am so tired of that phrase, "sexual orientation." The decay and blackness of sin threatens the very existence of society, of the family structure. I think I am beginning to understand how Lot felt in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. 2 Peter 2:7 describes it well for me: "He (God) rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard).
Genesis 19 tells Lot's story. Two angels visited Sodom and were invited to stay with Lot, Abraham's nephew. No sooner had these guests of his eaten their meal, than "all the men from every part of the city of Sodom -- young and old -- surrounded the house. They called out to Lot, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.'" Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and told them not to act that way. He even offered his two virgin daughters (how could he!) for them to abuse sexually instead. These homosexual men replied, "Get out of our way...you came here [to our country] as an alien and now you want to play the judge! We'll treat you worse than them."
Isn't that always the cry of those who support homosexuality or any form of deviant sex? "Don't judge! Get out of our way!" Things haven't changed a whole lot; only the players have. And we think we're so sophisticated and enlightened! In an attempt to justify homosexual behavior, there are those who want to argue that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah mentioned in Ezekiel 16:49 NIV was just the sin of being inhospitable, uncaring and greedy, not the sin of homosexuality. Not so. Those who espouse such error conveniently overlook the following verse in context: they "did detestable things before Me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen." The book of Jude in the New Testament clearly says (v. 7), "In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire." I noticed in my devotional reading this morning that Jesus also talked about Sodom and Gomorrah in Matthew 10:15.
In a further attempt to ease the consciences of homosexuals, someone has printed "The Queen James Bible" and has altered texts to allow them to read "the scriptures" without a twinge of conscience. How utterly sad! Willful deception's come to full bloom. Source of info here: http://www.charismanews.com/opinion/35014-the-queen-james-bible-and-homophobic-interpretations
I want to sincerely encourage and warn every parent and grandparent that you are responsible for teaching your families the truth. Homosexuality is NOT okay with God. Lesbianism is NOT okay with God. Pedophilia is NOT okay with God. Beastiality is NOT okay with God. Nor are any other so-called "alternate lifestyles." We are to know the mind of God on these things and make Him the Lord of our lives -- not bow to cultural political correctness or the personal "preference" of fleshly indulgence. There is a wide-spread push for unbridled sexual "freedom" where just about anything goes. And that includes adultery (sex with someone other than your marriage partner), fornication (sex before marriage) and anything not sanctioned by God's Word. If you claim Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then He needs to be Lord of your life. There is a moral law of God that is written on each of our consciences, and we know deep down these things are wrong.
Some have even attempted to compare the law of not mixing two types of fibers in clothing, the law of circumcision, and other Jewish laws to the moral law of God's commandments for human behavior. They maintain that since those Jewish ritual laws passed away with the coming of Jesus, all the references against deviant sexual behavior listed in Leviticus 18-20 are not valid anymore. Hogwash! Look at Leviticus 19:11 and to the end of the chapter. We are told not to lie, deceive one another, swear falsely, defraud or rob our neighbor, to not withhold his wages, go to a medium or spiritist, not to have sex with your mother, your sister, or with an animal, and many other such things. Have those things passed away? No. Jesus upheld the law as God's standard of what was right and wrong to do. And Jesus taught that a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, like it says in Genesis (before the law was given) when God made Adam and Eve. And the Apostle Paul taught the same thing (as a New Covenant believer.) See Genesis 2:24, Matthew 19:5, Mark 10:7, and Ephesians 5:31.
It is true that we dare not, and cannot, try to keep the Old Testament law as a means to earn our salvation. That only comes through Jesus Christ. But we clearly have spelled out for us what is detestable to God. How can we excuse and indulge in detestable things if we have received His grace of salvation and are in love with Jesus Christ? Sexual sin is a sin that affects the very core of a person, and brings defilement to society. Moral laws that govern human behavior are not the same as laws for rituals used in Jewish worship. Those who do not have the Spirit of Christ need moral law to restrain sin for an orderly society.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 tells us, "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God -- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them."
I believe too that in an attempt to be loving toward those who are caught in the sin of homosexuality, and the influence of a slavish politically-correct society, too many Christians have turned a blind eye to God's Word and the truth. We talk about everything but the answer for those tormented by unwanted desires of same sex attraction (or any sexual stronghold such as pornography). And that answer is deliverance in Jesus' Name from tormenting demons.
If we really love someone, we will tell them the truth. That's how Jesus loved people. He told them the truth and didn't excuse their sin, but His grace loved them out of it if they were willing to receive His grace. How do you help someone who insists that their same sex attraction is actually a gift from God? I guess the answer is, "You can't." They say being told that God loves the sinner but hates the sin is so painful. I don't get that one at all. It's the truth, and it should be an encouragement to them to see the sin separate from who they are as a person! That statement applies to anybody, to any kind of sin.
Too many Christians don't want to hold to the truth, "to the faith once delivered to the saints." And that concerns me greatly. They call good, evil, and evil, good. They stand the truth on its head. They get sucked in to false teaching that excuses sin. I get so tired of being made to feel like the church should just sit down and shut up about sexual sins. Like we have to now accept these "alternate lifestyles" because our politically-correct culture demands it. My soul gets very weary like that of Lot's. What would Jesus do?
In the book of The Revelation of Jesus Christ, chapter 2, verse 20, Jesus directly confronts the church in Thyatira for allowing teaching that leads His servants into sexual immorality. Jesus always told the truth about their churches: the good and bad. Where did we ever get this notion that if we tell somebody something contrary to what they want to hear that we don't love them?
If you know God, you know what pleases Him. If you don't know what pleases Him, find out. I quote from Ephesians 5:8-13 NIV. "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible..."
To those caught in the sin of homosexuality or who struggle with same-sex attraction, pedophilia, or other deviant desires, I offer hope. I've heard testimonies of people like gospel singer Dennis Jernigan who were delivered from these lust demons. Prayer won't make a demon leave. Begging and crying out to God won't make them leave. They must be commanded to leave. Exodus International does excellent work in ministering to those tormented by demons of deviant sexual sin.
I get very angry at the devil's deceiving lies. They steal, kill, and destroy families and the lives of precious individuals. Satan wants to control people and control society. He wants to keep people in his grip. He wants the nations of this world for himself, but he's not going to win. We must be about our Father's business! His evil spirits are the ones at work and they need to be resisted and cast out -- not people. (See 2 Corinthians 10:3-5) We are commanded by Jesus, Lord of the Church, to cast out devils.
I sense the American church seems to think demons are reserved for the "dark" continent of Africa. Or they tend to shrug off Jesus' commandment to cast out devils and think if we ignore demons, they will go away. What destructive deception! We're in a spiritual war, folks, and we need Heaven's battle plan to enforce the devil's defeat won by Jesus at the cross of Calvary. We need to honor Jesus' victory! I believe the church has largely failed those struggling with same sex attraction, pedophilia, pornography, or any other compulsive deviant sexual desire/behavior. The church desperately needs to quit being afraid of casting out devils, call a spade a spade, embrace and practice deliverance ministry. We need to get people set free from demons that torture and torment God's creation of mankind. I think it's time the church comes out of the closet and talks about that.
Copyright © 2013 Elaine Beachy
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