Strange winds are blowing through the evangelical church today. While each of these winds begins as a gentle breeze, at first having little effect, they eventually gain enough force to reshape the topography of our minds, and carve an opening in the structure of our beliefs. These “winds” come to us in the form of teachings, doctrines, philosophies, and ideologies, which compromise the morality of Scripture, and eat away at the foundation of historical, biblical Christianity. Indeed, this is not new, for the apostle warned of such “winds” in the first century, less than thirty years after the Resurrection (Ephesians 4:14). It should be consoling to note that the gales which buffet us today are not entirely peculiar to this generation, but rather have been endured– and overcome- by those saints in the first centuries of the Church. To those early saints which so endured, thus passing down the legacy of a morally excellent Christianity, which continued until recent times, I am forever grateful.
But to those who would redefine the moral standards of Scripture, and would once again sing the song of the early infidels and heretics, all while claiming to be enlightened with the proper interpretation of the Bible, even though they are bereft of the knowledge of the rules which govern biblical interpretation, as well as being entirely ignorant of that which the church has always believed with regard to morality, to these I am eternally opposed. I desire no friendship, no terms of peace, and no acceptance with those “who change the truth of God into a lie,” or with those who sympathize with them.
For both they who twist the scriptures to accommodate their wretched lifestyle, and they who lend their sympathetic ear to them who do, are equally deplorable in the sight of God. For the former, having “cast off their first faith,” and having long ago “put away a good conscience,” are indeed those false prophets and teachers which introduce “damnable heresies,” and “bring upon themselves swift destruction,” while the latter are they, which having witnessed the shipwreck of the former, are senseless enough to “follow their pernicious ways,” and ruin themselves upon the same hidden reef.
Now in the above text from Proverbs, we have a reminder of an important eternal truth: Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished. In other words, no matter what agreement, alliance, or confederation the wicked may form, their destruction remains inevitable. No matter how many men may “agree together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord,” to corrupt the word of God, to justify that which the Scripture condemns, their numbers and their strength are insignificant to him who is both their Judge and Executioner.
Why is it that the wicked do always seek to multiply their numbers? Why is it that they cannot be content to continue in their sinful ways without attempting to persuade the masses to come over to their side? This phenomenon is manifest at every level of wickedness, from the young girls who having engaged in fornication cannot be content until all of their acquaintances have done likewise, from the youths who are drunken and stoned which do always seek to persuade yet one more to join their ranks, to the homosexual activists of our day which cannot be content to sodomize one another in private, but are militant in their efforts to intimidate all of society- and the church as well- into accepting their actions as normal, natural and respectable.
This need for the wicked to form alliances and to have hand join in hand, initially arises from a violated conscience, which at the first fights against them, chastising and condemning them for their departure from proper behaviour. Within the depths of their souls they sense the disapproval of God, and are troubled with an instinctual fear of impending punishment. When they can find no rest- for indeed they cannot, for the prophet has said that they “are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest,” and again, “there is no peace saith my God to the wicked”- they turn to one another for strength, comfort, and approval, and unite together to fight against, mock, scorn, and to ultimately overthrow those truths, moral standards, convictions and creeds, which stand as an eternal opponent of their lewd conduct and as constant reminder of their reprobate condition.
But what does the Lord say to the people who “imagine a vain thing,” who “counsel together against the Lord and against his Christ?” What does he say to the ever growing homosexual noise and clamour, both in society and amongst the church as well? What is his response to the army of atheists both in the university and seminary, in high places and low, who with one accord seek to render the word of the eternal God obsolete and of no consequence? What does he say to those “believers” who have “agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord,” by setting aside holiness, justice, and the fear of God- regarding these as unnecessary and in some way irrelevant- to allow for drunkenness, carousing with the children of darkness, fornication, and adultery? What is the Lord’s response to these multitudes that join hand in hand in their errors and iniquity?
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: The Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall He speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. And again, Thou shall break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel. Psalm 2: 4-5,9
See with what ease the wicked are overthrown? While they “imagine a vain thing,” and unite in their determination against the Lord and against his anointed, to “break asunder his bands” and “cast his cords” away from themselves, their destruction is being prepared by the Lord. And as they break through all the barriers of conscience, and cast off their moral restraints, and make for themselves a religion in accordance with their own lusts- or reject religion altogether- as they seem to make progress in this mad quest, their calamity draws nigh. Suddenly they shall be broken, “with a rod of iron,” and their alliances, confederations and organizations of evil shall be “dashed in pieces.” Though hand join in hand in solidarity against the Lord, He shall nonetheless divide them and summon them to his judgment, where each will stand trial alone- the wicked shall not be unpunished.
Now if the overthrow of the wicked is certain, and also swift as it is sure, why is it that many which profess to be followers of Christ are foolish enough to also be in league with the ungodly? For when evangelical believers which profess to believe in the scriptures, begin to have their opinion regarding homosexuality moulded by the mantra of today’s homosexual movement, and become more and more accepting of the idea of a person being a “Christian” while remaining a homosexual in a homosexual relationship, are they not in league with the wicked? Likewise, when believers unite together in a form of Christianity which allows for drinking, fornications, and adulteries- in themselves, their children and their leaders- and yet believe that these practices have no bearing upon their eternal destination, have they not joined ranks with the early heretics which did likewise, who were the enemies of the apostles and condemned by the same?
Yes Christian, I did refer to homosexuality as wickedness. For this is exactly what God, the Law, the apostles, and the New Testament have stated it to be, in language so clear that only an infidel, heretic, and apostate of the highest order would dare attempt to alter it. Indeed, here in is the infidel, heretic, and apostate made manifest: He is that man or woman who has departed from the clear statements of Scripture regarding morality, and now proclaims a creed that allows for his immoral practices. And with flattery, and smooth speech, he gains an audience among those “believers” who are too afraid, too drunk, or too immoral themselves to reject him.
But Christian, you must be drunk if you have come to see homosexuality as natural and acceptable. Never has a “stranger wind” blown through the church; never has the devil so blatantly introduced a lie. Christian, have you forgotten how to read? Or more probably, you have forgotten to read the word of God. Now Christian, shake yourself, and for a moment forget all of the ridiculous mantra of the gay activists, of how loving and caring and wonderful they all are, of how they were born homosexual, and how God accepts them as long as they are in a loving homosexual relationship, and think for a moment as to what they actually do. Do you have that image in your mind? Now tell me honestly if God has ever, or will ever sanction that as acceptable behaviour.
What is that noise I now hear? Ah yes, the famous battle cry of the “Christian” homosexuals and their bleeding-heart evangelical supporters: “Homosexuality, if it is a sin, is just like any other sin, and God has forgiven everyone’s sins.” To this I say that (1) Homosexuality is indeed sin, (2) that it is not just like any other sin, and (3) God grants forgiveness to homosexuals in the same manner in which he grants forgiveness to any other sinner: when they repent and forsake their ways.
But those which raise this battle cry are greatly mistaken, being grossly ignorant of the teaching of Scripture, which clearly distinguishes certain sins to be worse than others. Homosexuality is referred to as an abomination. The same cannot be said of other sins. If you want to say that homosexuality is an abomination just like any other abomination, then I suppose you would be right in that. However, I do not think that that would help your cause, O defender of the homosexuals.
Now the truth is that those which say that homosexuality is just like any other sin do not actually believe their own words. For with one statement they assert that God will forgive homosexuality as easily as he forgives any other sin, and in the next statement, they will speak as though the homosexual will always be just that- a homosexual. Now if this is true, how is this sin just like any other sin? If one can never be free from homosexuality, then it is a sin like no other- it is unconquerable and all powerful. Now if you maintain your position, that this is a sin like any other, but that a homosexual will always be a homosexual, to be consistent, you would of necessity have to conclude that all sinners will as well continue in their sinful state after they have believed in Christ. The liar therfore,will always be a liar, the thief always a thief, and the prostitute always a prostitute! But where then is salvation? If men and women will always be the same wretches that they once were, the gospel is powerless. Therefore, if you assert that God loves homosexuals as He loves all sinners, and that He forgives homosexuality as easily as he forgives any other sin, then you should not think someone harsh or strange who expects the homosexual upon true repentance and conversion to no longer be what he was.
Christian, do you see these strange winds blowing in society and in the church as well? The hands of the wicked are joined together. They march in parades together they sit in high places together; they make our laws, and even worse, interpret them. Sadly, they also join hands within the church, promoting “liberty” while they silence conscience, proclaiming the love of God, whom they neither fear nor respect, while they deny him his right to execute justice as they abide in sin without fear.
But the wicked shall not be unpunished. Their striving and raging against God and his servants has an end. They will seek to alter the Scripture and to define a new moral standard, as they have done in every generation since the days of the apostles until the present, asserting that the Scripture is outdated and can no longer speak to an educated, tolerant society without being “reinterpreted.” They will spew forth false doctrines and heresies worthy of damnation, and may even succeed in persuading the masses to join hand in hand with them, yet in the end, their punishment will come upon them and their alliances will be powerless against the vengeance of God.
Yet the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Blessed is he that can trace his faith back to the faith of the early saints, who himself is the fruit of the apostle’s doctrine and is continuing in it. Blessed is he that abides in the faith that he first received, who endures to the end- for to him are the eternal promises given. Though hand join in hand against him, and though he may be alone, God will cause him to see the end of the wicked- for they shall not be unpunished.
