Abominations

Some of my friends are queer. Not because they are queer, but “anyway.” If someone asks me what I think about homosexuality, my reply is that I believe Yahweh has caused His design of humanity to cause it to fail to reproduce, so that it will not increase. It is sterile.

Some of my other friends hate queers. Usually because of a Scripture that describes homosexuality as an “abomination.” In many of their minds, primarily because of being taught to believe it, homosexuality is the most evil of all the sins. God hates it, so we hate them. That’s how the rationale settles.

I am concerned about the many other abominations that are not being given equal attention. Catfish, for example. Dishonest business practices. Lying in general. Pride. Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just. Thirty or more, maybe.

By the prophet Ezekiel, Yahweh said: “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.” (Ezekiel 16:49-50, KJV) No mention of sexual sin there, but instead, pride, gluttony, laziness, and despising the poor. The rest of chapter 16 quotes Yahweh as condemning Israel’s whoredom, adultery and fornication. No homosexual sin is mentioned.

My suggestion is simply to give proper attention to other stupidity that Yahweh describes as abominations. Harping on homosexuality but ignoring pride and lying and laziness and all the rest is unbalanced. Just step on over the line and hate unrighteousness. The last unrighteousness we will usually hate is our own. Your kids should go straight to jail when they do stupid stuff, but mine deserve mercy and 6 chances to do better. Everything is dusty at my house, but I notice the dust at your house.

Jesus has invited us all to walk in His strength in righteousness. If we listen to His Spirit and obey, we can do that. Sin is stupid. Especially the same sin after the Holy Spirit has convicted me of it once. That’s especially stupid. Sin is also paid for. Mine against you is even part of what Jesus was tortured to death for. Learning to hate all of it seems to be possible, based on the Scriptures.

Unclean spirits have taken many people into slaveries of many kinds. One kind is homosexuality. We need to protect our children from the revolutionaries who hope to destroy family strength to influence culture in the United States by spreading perverse sexual sins. We cannot ignore their demons who are also promoting lying and witchcraft and stealing and laziness and abuse of the poor and ignorant, though.

The battle is on every front. Don’t get distracted by the noisiest stupidities and fail to deal with the quieter, sneakier ones. Bring so much light and life into the places where you have influence (including the throne of the universes) that evil cannot continue to have strength or success in any form.

Be salt. Be light. Be awesome.