Abomination, Before God
By Mike Taylor
“Wherefore God also
gave them up to
uncleanness through
the lusts of their
own hearts, to
dishonour their own
bodies between
themselves: Who
changed the truth of
God into a lie, and
worshipped and
served the creature
more than the
Creator, who is
blessed for ever.
Amen.
For this
cause God gave them
up unto vile
affections: for even
their women did
change the natural
use into that which
is against nature:
And likewise also
the men, leaving the
natural use of the
woman, burned in
their lust one
toward another; men
with men working
that which is
unseemly, and
receiving in
themselves that
recompence of their
error which was
meet” (Romans
1:24-26).
This was sent to me
in an email, “Don’t
toot too long on
your duck calls”
concerning the win
for the right
against
homosexuality by the
likes of Phil
Robertson on Duck
Dynasty, as the
culture war rages
on. If you tuned
into the abomination
that was displayed
all over your TV set
during the New
Year’s Tournament of
Roses Parade, or
hopefully just read
about it (as all men
of righteous
behavior should have
boycotted that
display of
depravity), then you
would have seen or
heard of a float of
two homosexual men
being “united in
marriage” or the
California
definition of
marriage, thrown in
the faces of the
majority of the
population who view
this as an
abomination. How
many little children
are today confused
by this tragic
display of sinful
behavior?
In all of man’s
history, nothing is
more of an
abomination in God’s
sight than the sin
of homosexuality.
Men and women have
sinned against God
with their bodies
and engaged in
immoral acts that
are outside of the
institution of
marriage defined
since the beginning
of time from the
Garden of Eden.
Marriage is a
covenant
relationship that
depicts what God
will do when Jesus
returns for His
bride and is joined
to her as a man
would take a virgin
bride. God ordained
marriage as a holy
act of total
surrender of one
person’s life to
another under God’s
blessing. Ephesians
chapter 5:25-31
talks about this
relationship that is
a picture of what
God plans for His
people:
“The husbands! love
your own wives, as
also the Christ did
love the assembly,
and did give himself
for it, that he
might sanctify it,
having cleansed `it'
with the bathing of
the water in the
saying
that he might
present it to
himself the assembly
in glory, not having
spot or wrinkle, or
any of such things,
but that it may be
holy and unblemished
because members we
are of his body, of
his flesh, and of
his bones ‘for this
cause shall a man
leave his father and
mother, and shall be
joined to his wife,
and they two shall
be one flesh.”
But man is a sinful
creature by nature
and has through the
workings of Satan
perverted and
violated something
so sacred that it
was patterned after
Jesus Christ loving
the church. In the
Bible we have
Scripture after
Scripture, story
after story that
speaks quite frankly
of what God abhors
in a sexual
relationship. He
hates fornication.
He hates adultery
and even more He
hates the degrading
of the body through
sexual relations
between people of
the same sex.
That may anger some
of you, but not
many, as I would be
surprised if any but
a minority of the
people who read this
commentary are
engaged in the
practice of
homosexuality, but
many of you have the
belief that “live
and let live” and to
accept the lifestyle
of gay people as
normal. Some believe
that God is a loving
God and loves all
men and somehow
overlooks this sin.
I have known people
in my life and
ministry that talked
of Christian values
and believed in a
loving God that
would never send a
person to an
everlasting hell,
just because they
“were born gay.” Why
would you not? It’s
been engrained into
society for over a
generation that it’s
an “alternative
lifestyle”….meaning
entirely normal and
healthy. Is it?
Let’s see what the
bible has to say
about this
perversion, for a
lack of a better
term. But fits it
well and how it is
dealt with in the
final judgment by
Almighty God.
Let’s start near the
beginning.
In the beginning God
gave mankind,
through His people
Israel, definitions
of what was proper
conduct concerning
the sexual relations
between two people.
In the 20th chapter
of Leviticus, our
righteous God spoke
to Moses concerning
what was lawful,
clean and good, but
also what was an
abomination before
Him. He forbade
sexual practices
between two people
who are close
relatives (incest),
or adultery with
another person’s
spouse, sins of
fornication outside
marriage’ And then
he comes down to
what is an
abomination to Him
in His sight and the
focus of this
sermon. Leviticus
20:13: “If a man
also lie with
mankind, as he lieth
with a woman, both
of them have
committed an
abomination: they
shall surely be put
to death; their
blood shall be upon
them.”
Note that from the
beginning of mankind
receiving God’s
commandments, that
sexual perversion
was addressed and
sexual sins were
identified. So has
God changed His mind
for our modern era?
Malachi 3:6: “For I
am the LORD, I
change not;
therefore ye sons of
Jacob are not
consumed.”
In the Old
Testament, God told
the descendents of
Jacob, which by
inference means us
as well, that He has
changed not. Then in
the New Testament,
Paul spoke of our
Lord and Savior and
His unchangeable
nature.
Hebrews 13:8: “Jesus
Christ the same
yesterday, and
today, and forever.”
So the question
again is, has God
changed His mind
concerning what He
handed down even to
Moses as forbidden
by mankind to engage
in? We can clearly
see that He has not
changed His mind
throughout all the
ages. If it was sin
then, it is sin
still today.
Further on the Bible
we see a man called
Abraham who walked
with God, as Abraham
was a friend of God.
One day this friend
of God looked and
behold three
strangers were
coming up to his
tent. You can find
the account in
Genesis, chapter 18.
When Abraham
inquired of these
men who were
obviously messengers
from God, (or God
sent from above in
fleshly form, as
many times, a
messenger thought to
be the pre-incarnate
Jesus Christ made
Himself known to
men), they spoke of
the evil that was
coming from Sodom
and her sister city,
Gomorrah:
“Then the LORD said,
‘Because the outcry
against Sodom and
Gomorrah is great
and their sin is
very grave. I will
go down to see
whether they have
done altogether
according to the
outcry which has
come to me; and if
not, I will know’”
(Genesis 18:20-21).
If you are a student
of the Bible, you
know what happened
to these cities and
the end result. What
was the sin that was
so great in these
cities? Of course,
we know idolatry was
rampant. There was
also violence and
theft. I’m sure they
broke every
commandment of God.
But the one that
stands out the most
in these pages of
your Bible is the
sin of
homosexuality. Some
may differ with me
on that, but what
was the verse that
caused the
messengers of God to
remove Lot and his
family out of the
city quickly? These
messengers were in
Lot’s home when they
were surrounded.
Genesis 19:4-5: “But
before they lay
down, the men of the
city, the men of
Sodom, both young
and old, all the
people to the last
man, surrounded the
house; and they
called to Lot,
"Where are the men
who came to you
tonight? Bring them
out to us, that we
may know them.”
A biblical account
of deviate men
wanting to have
their way with other
men is written here.
And what was the
result? God
destroyed the city
with brimstone and
fire leveling it.
NAMBLA
How is that relevant
to our times you
say? Have you ever
heard of an
organization called
NAMBLA? It is an
organization that
desires the
legalization of sex
with underage
children. (North
American Men/Boy
Love Association,
Look it up on
Google). Have we
gone mad as a
nation? It’s not
legal yet, but the
Gay Lobby is focused
on making all forms
of their lifestyle
legal in the eyes of
the law. No one
would have dreamed
while I was a young
man, that this
country would be
steeped in the
grotesque display we
see even in our
streets. Ever see
anything on Gay
Pride parades? They
revel in their
sinful ways by
displaying their
bodies in what
appears unseemly and
ungodly.
These groups of gay
people have a
powerful lobby that
spends millions on
militantly and
aggressively seeking
special rights,
privileges and
designations for all
things gay.
California and other
states voted down
gay marriage and
defined it as a
union between a man
and a woman, twice.
That didn’t stop the
Gay Lobby. They
petitioned the
courts that
ultimately
overturned the will
of the people by
judicial dictate and
legislated from the
bench.
IT’S THE CHILDREN
We look at
civilizations before
us that had their
zenith and then a
downfall. Some of
these civilizations
crashed quickly,
some slowly, like
the Roman Empire
did. But they had
all one thing in
common. They each
became embroiled in
every sexual sin
known to man, and
homosexuality was
rampant. It
eventually destroyed
each civilization as
the building block
of a healthy society
was slowly
destroyed, known as
the family. Family
meaning one man, one
woman, and their
offspring is the God
ordained family
building block of
society. And why
only this way, you
ask? Aren’t same sex
marriages with
adopted kids, or
kids from other
marriages forced to
live with the choice
of their parent the
same healthy
lifestyle, as
heterosexual unions?
Are they not
families? No, and
for one reason only,
and for their
ultimate emotional
welfare… for the
children. The
children are our
future and a
perversion away from
a solid building
block of society
will lead us down
the road of ancient
Rome, and many other
similar
civilizations that
neither obeyed nor
feared the living
God. Our God plainly
condemns anything
that destroys the
most innocent of
mankind, the
children and will
render harsh
judgment for doing
so.
IS IT TOO LATE FOR
AMERICA?
Only God knows that
answer to that
question. America is
going down a
slippery slope and
is headed for
destruction. It is
all around us in our
news sources, in
print and on the TV,
and whatever mobile
device you use. BUT:
“Be not
deceived; God is not
mocked: for
whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall
he also reap.
For he that
soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but
he that soweth to
the Spirit shall of
the Spirit reap life
everlasting”
(Galatians 6:7-8).
Are we coming to the
reaping of our
idolatry for
worshiping at the
altar of political
correctness? How
long will God hold
off passing out
judgment on this
sinful world, and
especially the
United States. Why
do I say especially
the USA? We were
founded under godly
principles. Our
founding fathers
fashioned a nation
based on what works,
the Ten
Commandments. As
Israel was in
ancient times, we
were a beacon of
hope and salvation
to untold masses. We
were a light unto
the rest of the
world and a shining
city sitting on a
hill. Like Israel,
we were a blessed
people. We have
prospered and have
within our border
more wealth than has
ever been witnessed
in all of the
history of mankind.
But as was judged of
ancient Israel, who
were supposed to be
a land of priest, a
holy nation before
the rest of the
world, America has
squandered the
blessing and
depleted it’s
standing in the
world as a God
fearing nation. God
has been at our side
from the very
beginning, because
we honored Him and
feared Him. We put
God first, then
family and country
in that order. No
longer can we say
that is true in
America. And sadly,
no longer can we be
sure that God is on
our side. And who
have we to blame?
Look in the mirror.
If you, like so many
lukewarm, so called
Christians sit there
in your easy chair
and pray that the
sins and the
judgment coming to
this world will just
pass over you as you
hunker down in your
fox-hole and stay
silent, then you are
in for a very
horrible surprise.
God will not be
mocked.
To see what is
happening all over
this country of
ours, the country we
grew up in with
freedom, and the
right to choose our
own lifestyle, be it
Godly or not, then
that freedom can be
erased just as
easily as Israel was
sent into captivity
the first go around
by Babylon, and
finally destroyed as
a nation and
scattered to the
four winds by Rome.
If you do not speak
out and focus on the
evil in our land,
then you are guilty
by your silence. At
this point, I would
like to introduce a
comment from one of
my brethren who
wrote:
At the rate our
society is racing
full speed along the
road of certain
destruction,
dangerously slippery
curves lie directly
ahead. We have
precious little tire
traction, and
judging by the way
we’re being steered;
only the left hand
turn signal is
working. Probable
pot-holes, potential
ruts and other road
hazards in the near
future may not be
clearly marked, but
I believe a few of
the oil slicks
destined to slide us
into one disastrous
ditch after another
includes the
following:
• The LGBT coalition
will no doubt fasten
onto the unfolding
drama of the
“Timothy to Tammy”
travesty as a
landmark trophy case
for their cause, not
to mention a
precedent to be
sited in future
judicial rulings.
His story (among
others) will be
employed in the
effort of broadening
the depth, range and
scope of legal terms
used to describe
posts like this as
hate speech and
encompass things
like non-approving
comments left on
articles or blogs as
“bullying”. Free
speech will only
apply to them, not
us at a time when
things are divided
more than ever into
a “Them vs. Us”
proposition.
• Surgical
mutilations
performed on these
so-called
“transgender”
children could soon
be legally
sanctioned, financed
by taxpayers
regardless of our
views (religious,
moral or common
sense) to the
contrary. Likewise,
we will be forced to
contribute to
programs designed to
provide any number
of special
“post-transition”
accommodations for
them (such as
life-long
counseling) in the
same way we are
currently required
to fund abortion
whether we approve
of it or not: All in
the name of
fairness, equality,
tolerance,
anti-defamation and
the prevention of
transgender child
suicides, of course.
• Since the LGBT
community can't add
to their numbers by
reproduction, they
will continue to use
federal and state
funded and enforced
indoctrination,
mutilation or other
methods to add to
their ranks. Anyone
who speaks out
against this will be
branded a bully, a
hater—or worse.
• To the detriment
of society, they
will continue to
live as enemies of
the cross of Christ,
adding to the books
ever more laws aimed
at enabling new ways
to bring charges
against virtually
anyone for any
offense, real or
imagined. Everyone
who does not
wholeheartedly
accept, embrace and
endorse the equality
[if not superiority]
of sexual deviants
or allow them
unfettered access to
the nation’s
children via
mandatory
educational
curriculum will be
fair game in the
coming tsunami of
discrimination
lawsuits.
• Churches with
pastors who
courageously preach
the Scriptures will
be targeted for
harassment, fines,
arrests and/or
possible convictions
resulting in
incarceration based
on expanded
definitions of hate
crimes, hate speech,
discrimination and
so forth. Bible
teaching churches
and ministries will
be denied non-profit
status if they fail
to comply, or they
may be shut down
altogether. That's
already in the
works, and if things
don't change
drastically, it's
only a matter of
time.
It pains me deeply
to see otherwise
nice or “good”
people
enthusiastically
embracing those
things God has made
clear He considers
to be abominable, it
pains me far more to
watch in disbelief
as the LGBT task
force succeed in
leapfrogging through
the court system,
one persistent step
after another.
Having gone from
demanding
unquestioning
acceptance of their
aberrant lifestyle
to forcing their way
into the educational
systems at every
level, they are now
demanding gay
marriage and the
right to adopt
innocent, vulnerable
children to be used
as pawns in
forwarding their
agenda. And it is
happening as I type.
Is it any mystery
why our society is
rapidly falling
apart at the seams?
What was once
spiritually shocking
and rightfully
revolting is now
declared a badge of
honor to be worn
with pride, a
distinction meriting
everything from
special treatment
via legal provisions
to a collective nod
of approval from
anyone who wishes to
be seen as
“progressive” and by
everyone who wishes
to remain inside the
politically correct
safety zone lest
they be accused of
intolerance and
forever branded a
bulling bigoted
homophobe.
Between the
increasingly rampant
practice of open
homosexuality and
the continuing use
of abortion on
demand as a form of
birth control (both
in the name of
“choice”), I fear
deeply for America.
Perhaps for the
moment our Lord has
found enough
prayerful,
God-fearing people
still earnestly
seeking Him to spare
us for now. Yet with
these things not
only becoming more
common place,
endorsed by our
government, promoted
by our culture and
celebrated by modern
day clergy in ever
increasing
increments, how much
longer will the Lord
Almighty tarry with
America?
WHAT MUST WE DO?
You who profess
Jesus Christ in
word, do you do it
in actions every
day? Do you stand up
for Godly principles
and speak out in
love, but with firm
conviction that evil
in this land will
not stand? You who
love this country
and see the cesspool
that we now call
home becoming more
of a stench with
each passing day, do
you speak up, or do
you stay silent? Do
you cry out to God
for wisdom and in
tears and agonizing
sobs plead with God
for mercy and a
return to what this
nation was founded
on?
If I shut up heaven
that there be no
rain, or if I
command the locusts
to devour the land,
or if I send
pestilence among my
people” (2
Chronicles 7:13).
(Can you say
environmental
disasters, economic
woes, and the
political climate we
live in?)
“If my people, which
are called by my
name, shall humble
themselves, and
pray, and seek my
face, and turn from
their wicked ways;
then will I hear
from heaven, and
will forgive their
sin, and will heal
their land” (2
Chronicles
7:14).
Is it too late? Has
the handwriting on
the wall already
been written? Have
we been weighed and
found wanting? Are
we to see this
country go down in
flames and our
nation reduced to a
third world country,
or enslaved by an
invading army while
we are too weak to
resist?
It may well be too
late. Only our
Heavenly Father
knows for sure and I
submit to His will.
But this I do know.
God expects each and
every one of us that
call ourselves
“Christians” to be
something besides
Christians in name
only. Have you stood
up and have been
counted on God’s
side? Have you
reached out to your
fellow man and
spoken of what our
Lord did for each of
us on Calvary and
point the person
you’re speaking to
toward the Cross? Do
you stand for
righteousness and
the glory that was
once our nation? Or
do you just warm a
pew and pray that
your pastor, your
priest, or your
minister can get you
to heaven? Why do
you leave your
salvation in other
men’s hands? Notice
that I speak of
silence several
times in the
preceding
paragraphs. Silence
is the death blow to
saving what can be
saved, be it the
individual witness,
or this nation as a
whole.
WHAT IS THE END
RESULT OF GOD’S
JUDGMENT IN ALL OF
THIS?
God in His infinite
righteousness and
judgment has passed
down to us who/what
will be cast away
from His sight and
be forever thrown
into outer darkness
where there is
weeping and gnashing
of teeth. Is the sin
of homosexuality
amongst them? Let us
look at 1
Corinthians chapter
6 as Paul puts it
rather bluntly about
who will not inherit
the Kingdom of
God…note the
following verses:
1 Corinthians
6:9-10: “Know you
not that the
unrighteous shall
not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be
not deceived:
neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor
effeminate
(translated
homosexual), nor
abusers of
themselves with
mankind, nor
thieves, nor
covetous, nor
drunkards, nor
revilers, nor
extortioners, shall
inherit the kingdom
of God.”
That’s to prove that
God has not changed
during all of the
history when the
Bible was written
under Holy Spirit
guidance. God will
deal with the sins
of mankind and
amongst many,
singles out
homosexuality as
being the right in
there amongst the
sins that will be
denied access to His
Glory and His
eternal Kingdom. Now
ask yourself one
question.
ARE YOU AN
ABOMINATION BEFORE
GOD?
That’s a strong word
to use, isn’t it?
But if you are doing
what Paul said in
Romans of the ills
of this world, and
especially this
nation, then yes,
you might just be an
abomination. Those
who consider
themselves wise,
either by education,
science, or
intellect God says
that you are a fool
(Romans 1: 22) .You
who deny God when
evidence is all
around you, so that
you have no excuse,
are you an
abomination? You who
embrace diversity of
homosexuality, free
love, political
correctness, and
every evil device
known to man…OR… you
see it and say
NOTHING are you an
abomination, or just
guilty? I call upon
you who straddle the
fence on political
correctness, or are
engaged in any of
these practices that
are bringing this
nation down, to
repent while you
still can.
“I call heaven and
earth to record this
day against you,
that I have set
before you life and
death, blessing and
cursing: therefore
choose life, that
both thou and thy
seed may live: That
thou mayest love the
LORD thy God, and
that thou mayest
obey his voice, and
that thou mayest
cleave unto him: for
he is thy life, and
the length of thy
days” (Deuteronomy
30: 19-20).
As it was so true in
the time that God
spoke these Words to
the children of
Israel, it is no
truer than it is
today than it was
then. Choose life,
for the reward of
standing with God
and His Son Jesus
Christ, is life
everlasting. To be
an abomination
before God is to
choose death and
being cast out of
God’s sight
eternally. Again, I
say today, choose
life.
This is Pastor Mike
Taylor wishing you
God’s love and
happiness on each
one of you. If I can
help you with
anything, pray for
you, counsel you on
biblical subjects,
or just listen, drop
me a line at
realteam1999@sbcglobal.net.
Or visit me online
at
www.churchofgod.usa.org.
God bless each and
every one of you,
Until we meet at
Jesus feet.