Abominations Before God
2 Corinthians 6:1-2; 14-17 KJV
1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
*14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
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2 Corinthians 6:1-2; 14-17 (GW) God’s Word Translation
1 Since we are God’s coworkers, we urge you not to let God’s kindness be wasted on you.
2 God says, “At the right time I heard you. On the day of salvation I helped you.” Listen, now is God’s acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!
14 Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers. Can right and wrong be partners? Can light have anything in common with darkness?
15 Can Christ agree with the devil? Can a believer share life with an unbeliever?
16 Can God’s temple contain false gods? Clearly, we are the temple of the living God. As God said, “I will live and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.”
17 The Lord says, “Get away from unbelievers. Separate yourselves from them. Have nothing to do with anything unclean. Then I will welcome you.”
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abomination /?-bom??-na'sh?n/ American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
noun
1. Abhorrence; disgust.
2. A cause of abhorrence or disgust.
3. The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred; abhorrence; detestation; loathing.
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Dictionary.com
Abomination definition: anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred..
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Oxford English Dictionary
Abomination is a noun that has six meanings, two of which are obsolete. It comes from French and means something that is extremely disgusting or repulsive.
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Abomination: Encyclopedia of the Bible
whatever is repugnant to God ...
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People want the grace of God but want to remain in and a part of the world. There needs to be a distinction between the church and the world.
When I look at the church I often ask the question why doesn’t the church grow like it did in the books of Acts. Why aren’t souls being saved by being filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost and miracles and signs and wonders happening, God hasn’t changed, so what’s wrong with the church? It’s because the people are at ease in the church because they are blinded by the spirit of assimilation. What I mean by that is, people want to live as close to the world as they possibly can and still be called a Christian. Our world is not calling wrong, wrong anymore and right is not being called right. Right is being called wrong and wrong is being called right. People secretly sin (in other words they hide their sin) and still come to church and play a game with God trying to make everyone believe that they are still living right in their life.
They do this because they have positions in the church and are afraid to be exposed because they might lose their position of authority. Let me tell you, those who do these things need to be honest before God and set themselves down for a time of restoration and healing. Scripture says that those things that are done in secret will be shouted from the mountain top. Listen to (Luke 8:17) “For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.”
There use to be a time when if you weren’t living right you didn’t do things in the church, you didn’t play the instruments, you didn’t sing in the choir or anything else, but people have become weak in the sound doctrine and believe that everything that they do is alright as long as they cover it up and don’t get caught. People believe that they are okay with God because they came to church, yet they are still holding onto the world. It’s time that the church gets back to the old land marks.
The spirit of assimilation was working in the church then and that same spirit is working in the church today. We find that there are churches saying I want to be like that church across town, Preachers trying to be like the preachers of that preach on TV. They want 1500 members and want 300 voice choirs. They want the big churches so that they look good to the community and the visitors that come. So many people and churches get caught up in assimilation trying to coexist with the world instead of drawing a line of distinction in the sand. That spirit has to die. We need to stop trying to be like everyone else and be like Jesus Christ.
But what we all need to realize is that God does still speak to men
Listen to:
Leviticus 18:1-5; 20-24
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Leviticus 18 lists the unlawful sexual relations and abominations that God forbids
Probably the most repugnant sin to God is “Homosexuality.” Verse 22 that I just read to you lets us know that God abhors this sin. God destroyed four cities because of this sin: The most commonly named are Sodom and Gomorrah, but God destroyed two other cities because of the same sin. These cities are: Admah, and Zeboiim. Let me clarify something with you right now. Homosexuality is not just to men committing a sexual act together. Homosexuality is when two people of the same sex lie together to have a physical relationship with each other. That means both “men and women.”
By the way, there are only two sexes in the world. (Genesis 1:27) says that God created “male and female.” He created “Adam and Eve, for the Garden of Eden, not “Adam and Steve” or “Ann and Eve.” God created humanity in His own image. He did not create man to do what mankind has done through the eons of time and that is to live how they want to live. God created man for one purpose and that is to bring Him Glory!
I am probably going to make someone mad today, but I have to preach and warn the church about the “sins that are trying to creep into the church.” Our world has tried to normalize things that are abominations in the sight of God and bring them into the church.
So, here we go… I am going to name some things and if some of these things hit you then you’ll know that God has exposed you and yes, I’m preaching to you.
• Homosexuality which includes Lesbianism
• Transgenderism - only two sexes; male and female
There is a reason that homosexuality is called “Pride.” It is because it is a direct rebellion against God and the things of God.
Listen to (Proverbs 8:13… KJV and NIV)
(KJV) 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
(NIV} 13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
These so-called “Pride Parades” and “Pride Rainbow Flags” are a symbol of direct rebellion against God. They are not harmless like our world wants us to believe. They bring a spirit with them that causes us to question God and His Word. The Rainbow was created by God as a covenant with man that He (God) would never destroy the world again by water. That’s why you see a Rainbow in the sky after it rains. It is a reminder to God and man of the covenant.
Men that are Drag Queens and dress up like women. Is an abomination to God. Now our government is allowing them to put on shows for little school age children as young as 3 and 4. They are doing this to twist the minds of our youth into believing that what they are saying is true.
But my bible tells me in (Matthew 25:40-41)
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
All of what I am talking about today, the devil has belched it out of hell to try to destroy mankind and the church. I telling you that it is time that the church “WAKES UP AND SEES THESE THINGS FOR WHAT THEY ARE.” Pure Rebellion and that is the sin of witchcraft! The verse finishes like this; stubbornness is as the sin of idolatry. Any witches or warlocks in the house today? Any idol worshippers in the house?
Our world wants us to believe that there are multiple sexes in our world. Facebook says that there are 58 sexes in our world. Here is a list that Facebook list:
• Agender
• Androgyne
• Androgynous
• Bigender
• Cis
• Cisgender
• Cis Female
• Cis Male
• Cis Man
• Cis Woman
• Cisgender Female
• Cisgender Male
• Cisgender Man
• Cisgender Woman
• Female
• Female to Male
• FTM
• Gender Fluid
• Gender Nonconforming
• Gender Questioning
• Gender Variant
• Genderqueer
• Intersex
• Male
• Male to Female
• MTF
• Neither
• Neutrois
• Non-binary
• Other
• Pangender
• Trans
• Trans*
• Trans Female
• Trans* Female
• Trans Male
• Trans* Male
• Trans Man
• Trans* Man
• Trans Person
• Trans* Person
• Trans Woman
• Trans* Woman
• Transfeminine
• Transgender
• Transgender Female
• Transgender Male
• Transgender Man
• Transgender Person
• Transgender Woman
• Transmasculine
• Transsexual
• Transsexual Female
• Transsexual Male
• Transsexual Man
• Transsexual Person
• Transsexual Woman
• Two-Spirit
So does Facebook know more about man’s biology than God. Whatever sex you were born with is what you are. Biologically according to scripture there is male and female. All of these things that are listed, the bible lets us know that these are sins against the body.
Wow, anybody mad yet?
Lets go on, Other forms of abuse are:
• Smoking to include Vaping
• Drinking
• Lustful thoughts… the way you know your lusting the opposite sex is simple… looking a second time
• Pornography
• Sexual Self-Gratification in any form
• Adultery
• Fornication
• Cutting
• Illicit Drugs
• Prescribed Drugs that are abused and not taken the way that they are prescribed by a licensed physician
Then there is Emotional abuse, Mental Abuse, Domestic Abuse including Violence and the list goes on and on.
Other abominations include the wearing of clothes that identify the opposite sex.
Listen to Deuteronomy 22:5:
5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
In other words if a man wears a woman’s clothes he is guilty of an abomination against God. Likewise if a woman wears clothes that pertain to a man, she is guilty of an abomination against God.
1 Corinthians 11:14
King James Version
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
English Revised Version
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a dishonor to him?
Berean Study Bible
14 Doesn't nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that a man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him?
Back to our text and I’m done… not finished just done! For today that is!
*14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
Let me tell you something else that is not pleasing to God….
PUTTING EVERYTHING ELSE BEFORE HIM!
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
If you will quit chasing everything else and everyone else… uh, oh…it’s right anyway!
You need to be faithful to God and that includes the church!
That includes, Quit finding excuses to miss church!
Well, company come over and I couldn’t leave them by themselves. The remedy for that is if they show up on church night bring them with you to church. You never know what God might do in their life. And if they don’t want to come, you come anyway. They will know the next time that it is church night and show up some other time. The fact is if your faithful to church, they’ll notice, and if your not they’ll notice that too.
The question is what testimony are you giving by laying out of church? Can I tell you? The testimony that you are giving is that church is not really important anyway!!!
Hey, we understand about jobs, but you still need to be in the house of the Lord every opportunity you have!
You need to pray as well…. And that’s another message, for another time!
But, it’s truth anyway!
