WHAT ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

Revelation 21:8 KJV

It seems lately that all I hear on the news is information about homosexuals.  I have never heard anyone say that God loves those who like the same sex.  I submit to you on the authority of the Word of God that God loves everyone because He gave His Son to die for everyone.

I was talking to someone and said that I didn’t understand why all I heard on the news was people talking about how sinful and terrible homosexuals are and that they are terrible people.  The person I was talking to replied and said “That’s what people want to hear”.  What about what God wants to hear?

Homosexuality is a sin and it stinks in the nostrils of God but so does telling lies stink in the nostrils of God.  I have heard many sermons about homosexuality being a sin which it is but I’ve never heard one sermon about lying being a sin.  We are the ones who say one sin is worse than another.  To God, sin is sin.

We don’t want others to judge us and condemn us yet many times we are guilty of judging others and condemning them.  As one of my pastors said in a sermon, “If you will make sure your own heart is right before God, you won’t have the time to judge and condemn others”.  My pastor was so right.

Just because I write devotions does not mean I am perfect.  I’m just a sinner saved by grace.  It is a full time job making sure that I keep my own heart in right standing with God. 

Joanne Lowe

February 27, 2016