God's Moral Standards Have Not Changed

Lessons from Genesis – 9

“Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah.” Genesis 19:24 NKJV

God can and does send a clear message about sin. He did it in the days of Noah, and he did it again in the days of Abraham. The message in Noah’s day came with worldwide destruction and in Abraham’s day with localized destruction. The common denominator was destruction followed the habitual and arrogant practice of sin. Some people are foolish enough to say that if God still cared about a particular sin He would still destroy the wicked. Since God doesn’t destroy the wicked He must not care about their sin. It is faulty logic that leads to destruction.

In the case of Sodom, God was making a statement that He intended to last for as long as men inhabit the earth. God has a moral standard for sexual behavior that He has and will enforce. Sadly many in the visible church today don’t believe that. Entire denominations have openly embraced homosexuality, and therefore all sexual immorality, as a matter of indifference to God. But God is the God who changes not. He destroyed Sodom for their sexual perversion; He cast the Canaanites out of the land (Lev. 18) for their sexual perversion; He expelled the Israelites from the same land for copying the Canaanite practices and He will still judge the same today. (My book, “Deceived: The Visible Church and the Homosexual Agenda” covers this topic in depth.) The lesson from Genesis is that God does care. He cares both about His own people and the people of this world who live in rampant sin. To the repentant that will turn to Christ, He offers forgiveness and salvation. To the rest He warns of certain destruction.

Dear Father, Thank You for being consistent. It is our joy to know Your love. Give us gracious words to share with those who are on the brink of eternal destruction. Amen.

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