"An Abomination Worthy Of Death"

Romans 1:26-32

An Abomination Worthy Of Death

 

Romans 1:26-32

 1. The courts, the president, have set themselves up as gods in this land.

          A. Two SCOTUS rulings this past week.

          B. Ruling on what was defined as DOMA.

                   a. Defense of Marriage Act.

                   c. DOMA denied federal benefits same sex marriage

                   c. SCOTUS ruled law unconstitutional.

                   d. In essence sanctioning homosexual marriage.

          C. Ruling on California Proposition 8.

                   a. Dealing with same sex marriage in California.

                   b. SCOTUS ruling in essence sanctioned same sex marriage there.

 2. Christians and churches all across this nation have a decision to make.

          A. I made my decision when I made vow to God and this Book.

          B. I’m going to do like Joshua: “as for me and my house, we will…..”

          C. Christian and churches are confronted with two choices.

                   a. Can believe God and this book.

                   b. Buy into the lie of world, its philosophies,  bow government.

3. A few statistics of enlightenment:

          A. 1987 – 75% Americans believed same sex always wrong.

          B. 2010 – 44% Americans believed same sex relations always wrong.

          C. 2012 Gallup Poll – 50% Supported same sex relations.

          D. 2013

                   a. 58% Americans support same sex relations.

                   b. 72% Dems / 62% Ind / 34% Rep

4. Read an article the other day suggesting America has struck out on 3 strike rule:

          A. Strike 1 was banning prayer in public schools years ago.

          B. Strike 2 was legalization of murdering babies in mother’s womb.

          C. Strike 3 was recent SCOTUS decision to sanction same sex marriage.

5. America has been plummeting downhill morally and spiritually for years.

          A. Have become a land of perversion, sinking in immoral quicksand.

          B. Have become an abomination to God.

          C. This nation has spit in God’s face.

          D. Could be compared to ancient Israel.

                   a. Went out chasing after other gods, spiritual adulterers.

                   b. They perverted the morals, standards, and mandates of God.

          E. Homosexuality not only problem and moral decline in our nation today:

                   a. Living together outside marriage acceptable – (NOT TO GOD).

                   b. Sex outside of marriage acceptable – (NOT TO GOD).

                   c. Having children outside of marriage acceptable (NOT TO GOD).

                   d. 50 years ago these things were shameful, not praised, exalted.

                   e. Today we boast on it, praise it, promote it, sanction it, condone it.

                   f. America also guilty murdering millions of its own in the womb.

          F. America’s leaders, her populace, her judges could be defined by Isaiah.

                   “How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of                          justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers.

                                Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water.
                                 Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves;
                   Everyone loves a bribe, And chases after rewards. They do not defend               the orphan, Nor does the widow’s plea come before them.”

6. Israel did not escape the judgment of God; neither shall America.

7. Hear me this morning young people:

          A. Not going hear this in school, teachers, textbooks,  politicians,                            government, judges, priests, even some of your own family.

          B. Anybody tells you homosexuality acceptable behavior is clueless about                      the truth (same living together, sex outside marriage, babies out wedlock).

          C. They are liars and the truth is not in them.

          D. World calls it OK, God calls it SIN.

8. Let me give you some more numbers:

          A. Studies show homosexuals have greater risk psychiatric problems.

          B. Studies show homosexuals have higher rate suicide attempts, higher rates

               depression, anti-social disorders and substance abuse.

                   a. You can’t violate this book, deny God’s way, and get away with it.

                   b. The way of sin produces guilt and shame, going to reap what sow.

                   c. Anxiety is produced by sin.

9. Scripture references homosexuality.

          A. “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an                           abomination.”   Leviticus 18:22

          B. “If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman,                        both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to                          death. Their blood guiltiness is upon them.”  Leviticus 20:13

          C. “Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in                      the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after                                                         strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment                of eternal fire.”  Jude 7

          D. “The homosexual will not inherit the kingdom of God.”  1 Cor. 6:9-10

MI. God defines homosexuality as an abomination worthy of death.

    I. America is already under the judgment of God.

          A. The rise of homosexuality in our nation is a sign of God’s judgment.

                   1. The nation has been turned over to sin and consequences.

                   2. God is permitting it, allowing the nation to have its way.

          B. What happens when a nation, a people are turned over to sin?

                   1. Their sin will progress and grow greater.

                   2. Their rebellion will become evident.

                   3. They will turn from things which are natural and normal.

                   4. They will become perverted, wicked, wretched, and rebellious.

                   5. They will parade their sin, boast of it, promote it, invent more, and

                       demand that others accept immoral ways and attitudes.

                   6. Will call that which is good evil, and that which is evil good.

          C. America is now drowning in the judgment of God, cesspool of sin.

                   1. Women are burning towards other women in lusts.

                   2. Men are burning towards other men in lusts.

                   3. Our judges, our politicians, our leaders, this president condones

                         it, promotes it, sanctions it.

                   4. Those who oppose it have literally  become enemies of the state.

                   5. Read interesting thought the other day.

                             a. What’s going to happen when the government says to                                                  church, if you don’t allow homosexuals to be members, if                                            your pastor will not perform marriage ceremonies for same                                          sex couples, we will cut off your tax-exempt status.

                             b. Have president who said 5 years ago he would fundamentally

                                   change America – he is doing it.

                   6. This preacher will go to jail before he performs a same sex

                         marriage ceremony, and will go to jail for hate speech when he is

                         forbidden to declare homosexuality a SIN.

    I. America is now under the judgment of God.

MI. God says homosexuality is an abomination worthy of death.

 

  II. This nation has been turned over to a depraved mind.

          A. Sin has become the norm, defined as acceptable behavior.

                   1. Individuals and the nation have lost its moral compass.

                   2. The government is now defining right and wrong.

                   3. The government is now determining moral standards.

                   4. The government is beginning to demand we do it their way.

          B. Individuals and the nation are turning against God, His people, and

               the true church.

                   1. Two weeks ago in Germany, POTUS said, “we need to do away

                         with religious schools, they only serve to cause division.

                   2. Why would he suggest such a thing?

                             a. Because he is opposed to the truth.

                             b. He has set the government up as god.

                             c. His demand is that we bow Caesar, accept Caesar as God.

          C. God’s people and the church are seen as elements of division.

                   1. And that we are, at least we should be.

                   2. Jesus said He “came to bring a sword, not peace.”

                   3. We divide truth from error, righteousness from un-righteousness,

                       sin from holiness, godliness from ungodliness, light from darkness.

                   4. Word of God defines right and wrong, morality and immorality.

          D. Our nation and individuals have turned from truth.

                   1. Not interested,  they rather detest it, loath it, mock it.

                   2. They will decide for themselves what is right and wrong.

                   3. Immorality has saturated the nation.

                   4. The sports world filled with thugs and murderers.

                   5. Hollywood filled with ever kind of wickedness.

                   6. Those who espouse truth have been defined as filled with hate.

  II. The nation has been turned over to a depraved mind.

MI. God defines homosexuality as an abomination worthy of death.

 

 III. America has invited the grim reaper of death into her homeland.

          A. Verses 29-31 describe our nation as it stands today.

                   1. Filled with unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, envy, murder.

                   2. Filled with strife, deceit, malice, slander, hatred for God.

                   3. Filled with the insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventers of evil.

                   4. Filled with disobedient children.

                   5. Filled with those who have rejected the truth and approve of evil.

                   6. Those who swallow a lie while hissing, mocking, ridiculing truth.

          B. Paul says they are worthy of death.

          C. Death has descended upon this nation.

                   1. The smell of death is all around us.

                   2. And the funeral has only just begun.

                   3. The stench is beginning to rise, the smoke beginning billow,

                       and the rot will grow more pronounced as decay continues.

                   4. America like a piece of rotting flesh, the vultures will appear soon.

 III. America has invited the grim reaper of death into her homeland.

MI. God defines homosexuality as an abomination worthy of death.

 

Conclusion

A FAULTY FOUNDATION


Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

One of the great modern day tragedies is the fact that much of the professing church has gone out after the world.  Pulpits are inhabited by those who are preaching psychology and practicing psychiatry, rather than proclaiming the word of God.  There is no spiritual power in psychiatry and psychology; they essentially serve as enemy weapons of vain deceit.  When the world rejects the truth, it creates and fabricates its own truth for lack of any other answer.

 

We see this same mindset in the theory of evolution.  The madmen of the world have rejected God's explanation, having created their own version, teaching and proclaiming it as truth, when in reality it's a lie.

 

The philosophies and theories of this world are built on "vain deceit, the traditions of men, and the rudiments of this world," rather than upon the truth.  Psychiatry and psychology do not understand the realities of sin.  When a system, a theory, or philosophy does not understand and base its foundation upon truth; it will prove itself to be built upon a faulty foundation. Man finds himself sinking today because he has built upon sinking sand, rather than upon the Rock of Truth.  Truth defines man's basic problem as that of having a sinful nature, a spiritual problem which can only be dealth with by the Spirit of Christ.  When that basic nature is neglected, ignored, and even denied, there is no adequate source for remedy. 

 

Man is internally plagued by a sin-sick soul, and Jesus Christ is the only sufficient remedy.  He alone is the Great Physician who can heal the sin-sick soul of man.  Psychology essentially teaches that man needs to love himself more, he needs more self-esteem.  Truth teaches that man is full of himself, he has too much self-esteem; he needs to humble himself, deny himself, and recognize himself as lost in sin, undone and under the sentence of death.  Until he recognizes his sin, and turns to Christ as the healer of his sin-sick soul, he will continue to stagger like a drunkard, full of himself and the philosophies of the world. 

THE SWORD

Psalm 52:1-4

Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.


As a minister of the gospel I often find myself being chastised by those within the church and the world.  Over and over again however, God has confirmed my stand as biblical.  Here we have David, a man of God, "after God's own heart," speaking out against Saul's right hand man.  Doeg is guilty of handling Saul's dirty work, murdering and assaulting those who oppose him; those he has defined as his enemies.  Oh yes, like some today, Saul has an enemies list. 

Doeg is a government leader in Saul's administration and is guilty of crimes against David and society.  David does not mince his words in speaking about Doeg.  He is one who boast of himself, his tongue is one of mischief, full of lying and deceit.  He loves evil rather than what is good.  He is full of lies and deceitfulness -- and in his wickedness, he loves it.

You can find it in the word of God my friends.  Yes indeed, "there is nothing new under the sun," as the preacher rightly proclaimed.  Here in Psalm 52 we have an excellent parallel to what is happeing in the government of our nation.  The king, one Barack Obama, and his mighty men are corrupt to the core, spreading their corruption throughout the government and opposing their enemies.  Read on verses 5-7 and you will see that David goes on to pronounce judgment upon those who practice and participate in such wickedness.