Not since ancient times, has immorality been elevated and revered in such a widespread fashion. Day after day, we are deluged with the advance of the gay agenda. Those who love the Lord and His Perfect Word can now identify with Lot – we are now the minority living among them . . .
2 Peter 2
2 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
Walmart offers benefits to same sex partners –
(USA Today) In what the largest U.S. gay rights group calls a “historic move,” Walmart told employees Monday that it would extend its health and other benefits to “domestic partners” of employees, including partners of the same sex.
The largest U.S. employer made the announcement quietly in a postcard it sent to employees that listed five other changes in benefits, including a new vision plan.
Research by the Human Rights Campaign shows 62% of Fortune 500 companies already offer domestic partner benefits. But the Supreme Court’s June decision overturning part of a federal law that denied federal benefits to legally married same-sex partners has heightened attention on same-sex benefits.
Read World Net Daily Article here.
And just today, the IRS has announced tax benefits to married gay couples –
“Today’s ruling provides certainty and clear, coherent tax filing guidance for all legally married same-sex couples nationwide. It provides access to benefits, responsibilities and protections under federal tax law that all Americans deserve,” Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in a written statement.
Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin said that, because of today’s ruling, “committed and loving gay and lesbian married couples will now be treated equally under our nation’s federal tax laws, regardless of what state they call home.”
He added, “These families finally have access to crucial tax benefits and protections previously denied to them under the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act.”
Now you see the results of 100 years of progressive education, with each generation becoming more and more liberal, and farther and farther from God. The term “Laodicea,” is derived from the words “laity,” and “dice,” which can mean either justice or vengeance, or both, as the case may be. This is the spirit which is dominating the world, and has been for the latter part of the past century.
At no time in history, has mankind been more obsessed with the rights, or rule of people. Feminists, unions, homosexuals, minorities – and the United Nations “Rights of the Child.”
Our founders believed that our rights came from God. This is an absolute spiritual truth. “Individual rights” is an ideology. The absence of the moral principles found in the Bible, and the selflessness which comes as a result of God’s teachings, has caused our country to become pagan, with everyone clamoring for their rights. This is just how anti-Christ will be able to achieve power. As in the time of Judges, the people will only be concerned with their due – and will demand a king.
Let’s think about what characterizes American life now:
- pornography
- venereal disease
- increase in technology which leads to
- affluence
- abortion
- illegitimate children
- occultism
- corporate crime
- increase in violent crime
- homosexuality
- materialism
At one time the American church was the treasury for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From 1700-1900, during our nation’s founding, the dominant church spirit was the Philadelphia Church. Great universities were founded on the Scriptures – Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth, Princeton. Harvard College was founded to train pastors! The president of Yale College, in 1795, said “The Bible is the Word of God.” It was the age of missions, and the First and Second Great Awakenings – in England and America.
Before 1950 – gambling was considered a vice, and pornography and promiscuity were considered disgraceful.
All of these developments point to the soon return of Jesus Christ. If you are not “right” with the Lord, there is no time like the present. Get right with God. Humble yourself. Repent and turn towards your Savior. Stop comparing yourself to others, and compare yourself to Him.
Maybe you don’t think you’re such a bad person, after all – you never did those things. That’s called self justification. Do you think self justification will cover you? It won’t. Only the Blood of Jesus Christ will cover you. He is the only justification available to us. Your good works won’t mean diddly squat. Good deeds do not erase bad ones.
Ask Him now, please Lord Jesus, Please. I am prideful, and I’ve hurt people. I’ve lied, and I’ve stolen. I lust, and I covet. I used Your Name in vain. Forgive me and save me Lord Jesus. Forgive me for even thinking the way I do. I know that I can’t save myself and I want to be free from this terrible burden I’m carrying. Please save me Lord Jesus. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I want to be a new creation in You.
If you already know the Lord Jesus, and have received Him as your Savior, consider rededicating your life to Him right now. We are in a time of tremendous Spiritual battle now. Won’t you cast aside all the vain imaginations and lusts that can plague and weigh you down with the sinful world and its trappings, and prevent you from living fully for Him?
The Vine Vigil 