Tough Issues

Right now in our country we are facing some tough issues. Depending on who you listen to what is right changes. How do you figure this out. I think the main thing is to figure out what God thinks. When we stand before God it will be God's judgement day. What he thinks about these tough issues is what matters.  You can find religious leaders giving their opinion on these issues from both sides. What do you believe? I have listened to some leaders for many years. and trust their words. We are responsible for what we take in. We need to know enough of God's word to know who is telling us the truth. Some leaders with an opposing view I have run across just recently that perhaps someone sent me via a link on the Internet. I never heard of this person before and he is interpreting God's word totally different than I have ever heard before. At the end of this life, I will stand before God. I will be judged by what God thinks, not any preacher. Yet this is what those wanting to condone their sin want to hear.  There is a spirit in this world that is determined to deceive. Except God cuts the time short the Bible says even the elect shall be deceived. Matthew 24: 22-24  " And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."  

I believe we are living in the very days this chapter is talking about. But make no mistake, we must interpret God's word as God sees it. We can be deceived, even God's people. That is why it is so important to find a good church to belong and be a part of. When I see what Pastors are saying on the issue of same sex marriage, you can find some supporting both sides of this issue. But what does God think? Both sides use the scripture to support their view. 

Romans 1:26 "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:"

I think that everything God created reproduces. look at the grasses, corn, wheat, cedar tree, pine tree, oak tree, Everything, fish in the sea, mosquitoes in the air, reproduce themselves. Same sex couples cannot. A woman still needs a man, a man still needs a woman. It is against nature to think otherwise. So who is being deceived? We have a responsibility for what we take in. We will be judged on judgement day by what God thinks. Don't think for a minute because you believe something that sounds good and it came from me or a preacher it will save you. This preacher said this and this preacher said that is not going to stand on judgement day. What does God himself say? Even in the time frame when the book of Romans was written, they were facing the same issues. Knowing what God thinks starts with a relationship with him. We need his Holy Spirit to guide us. We daily need to seek God.  That is what God is trying to teach me. We live in perilous times, where if it were possible even God's people would be deceived. That is how convincing error is. Jesus is the answer for the world today. Do we seek the word to justify what we are already doing, or do we seek the word to correct our hearts? God help us, LVZ.