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• philosophies
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What I want to do today is dig deeper into ideologies that are BIG  in our news and culture today.

1. “Abortion is OK.  A woman should be able to do what she wants with her body.” 

Proverbs 6:16-17, “There are 6 things the LORD hates… hands that shed innocent blood.”

Jeremiah 1:5, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born, I set you apart.”
Psalm 139:15-16, “My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.  When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.”   We are talking about an embryo here!

I remember the day that it dawned on me that abortion was wrong.  I was a leader in Bible Study Fellowship.  I was sitting in leader’s meeting and it came up. I remember being convicted to the core. 

I GREW UP GOING TO CHURCH and never knew that it was wrong.  Many churches today advocate a “women’s right.”   I’ll see press conferences with a “Reverend” advocating that it’s the moral thing to do and the right of a woman. 

We must not be deceived by what we are believing.  Scripture is clear.  God views it as murder.

Today there are churches who are not only condoning what the Bible clearly condemns but are ordaining men and women who are openly gay.  Scripture says this about homosexuality:

Leviticus 20:13, “If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.”   
Would God create people to be gay only to call them detestable?  NO! (See Genesis 1:27-31)

Romans 1:27, “In the same way, men  also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.  Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”

I recently heard on the news from a man on the street, “that God would never call gay people detestable.”  And he’s right.  God loves the person.  BUT HATES the act.  It is sin. 

Isn’t it interesting how the world will take partial truth from Scripture and spin it to fit their ideology?

Romans 1:28 goes on to say HOW GOD RESPONDED TO HOMOSEXUALITY.  “Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not be done.”

•  What other world ideologies and philosophies have you ascribed to?  Do you know what the Bible says about each one?  Share your thoughts.  (If you are a subscriber – double click on the title and scroll down to the bottom to leave a comment.)

If you are a believer and have been believing the ideologies of our culture – allow these “shakings” to turn you back to God and repent. 

Confess that you have believed the lie.  And in the face of Scripture, tell Him that you fear Him more than man and what others may think.  Tell Him you want to be right with Him.  To please forgive you.  That you want to repent and no longer believe and possibly advocate a lie.

If you have done this, do you know what God is doing?  He’s wrapping His loving arms around you and saying, “FORGIVEN, My daughter.  Forgiven.”

Share this post with others in your circle of influence –

Buddism, Hinduism, Muslim, Christianity – they’re all the same – right?
All religions – as long  as they are well meaning – will take you to God – right?
Baptism – sacrements, joining the church, or other religious rituals – will make you right with God – right?