Monday 5 August 2013

Homosexualiy Is A Sin

Once again we have a religious leader ( the Pope ) endorsing a sin that the Bible strongly condemns.  Pope Francis said  " Who am I to judge a gay person of goodwill who seeks the Lord?" He went on to say " you can't marginalize these people."  I know the world is pushing for this sin to be accepted as a normal behavior but it never will be in God's eyes. The church  must continue to let the world know that one day they will stand before God and He will judge them. We are not judging them when we tell them murder is sin. In Exodus 20:13 God said "Thou shalt not kill."  Does that mean that the Catholic Church is now going to change it's position on abortion?  Or euthanasia? Certainly the Pope would not judge a person who has had an abortion as doing something wrong?  Or would he marginalize these people?  Sin is sin! In Exodus 20:14 God said " Thou shalt not commit adultery."  If a man is committing adultery against his wife and is seeking the Lord should the church accept that and treat him as a brother in Christ? What about the wife and her heartbreak?  By the way, you cannot seek the Lord and seek after sin. You must Repent of your sin to truly seek the Lord.

The Huffington post reported that a Father James Martin, S.J. said " One of Francis's hallmarks is an emphasis on mercy, which you see in that response, That mercy, of course, comes from Jesus. And we can never have too much of it." Is it mercy to tell a hell bound sinner that he has not sinned? That God is O.K. with his sin. Really? Then why not tell everyone that their sin is O.K. also. Tell the rapist, the child molester, the drug pusher, the prostitute, the fraudulent CEO, the kidnapper, and any other person that Jesus loves them just the way they are so don't change your behavior.  Is that really mercy?

 The Bible makes it abundantly clear that homosexuality is a sin. In the Beginning God did not make Adam and Bob. He made Adam and Eve. In Genesis 2:20 before God created Eve, Adam looked at all the Creation of God and " there was not found a help meet (fit) for him."  So God created especially for man, woman. In Gen 19 God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for the sin of homosexuality. No doubt there were many other sins but God focuses his wrath on the sin of sodomy. Read Gen 19:4-11. In the Old Testament Law God pointedly forbids this behavior. Look at Leviticus 19:22 "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." Right after that God says in Leviticus 19:23, "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." Deuteronomy 23:17, "There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel."
 I Kings 14:24, I Kings 15:12, I Kings 22:46, and II Kings23:7 all deal with the decline of a nation when sodomy is allowed to increase and the Old Testament approach to dealing with that sin. But the New Testament is not silent about this sin either. In Romans 1:27 " And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense or their error which was meet." 1 Corinthians 6:9"... the effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.  Both of these statements refer to homosexual behavior.  God's word makes it clear that they will not " inherit the kingdom of God." Homosexuality is a sin just like drunkenness or fornication or stealing and the soul that sins it shall die Ezekiel 18:20. Romans 3:23" For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 6:23 " For the wages of sin is death ..."  Jesus paid that wage (Hebrews 2:9) and he alone can save you from your sin ( Matthew 1:21).

Thursday 13 June 2013

The Spirit of Fear



2 Timothy 1:1-8

The Spirit of Fear Is a Lack of Faith

  • Timothy’s faith appears to be wavering under the pressure of affliction for the Gospel’s sake (2 Timothy 1:5) {Unfeigned – sincere - faith}

  • Jesus speaks of the little faith of His disciples (Mark 4:35-40)Jesus equates their fear with a lack of faith 
  • This spirit of fear is not of God


The Spirit of Fear Is a Lack of Focus
  • Timothy’s focus appears to be faltering under the pressure of affliction for the Gospel’s sake (2 Timothy 1:6){Remembrance}

  • Jesus speaks of the lack of focus {faith} of Peter (Matthew 14:24-33). Jesus equates Peter’s fear and lack of focus with a lack of faith

  • This spirit of fear is not of God

The Spirit of Fear Is a Lack of Fire
  • Timothy’s fire appears to have gone out under the pressure of affliction for the Gospel’s sake (2 Timothy 1:6){Stir up – Enkindle: to set on fire}

  • Paul tells Timothy to set himself on fire for God again. Paul may have been thinking about the cloven tongues of fire at Pentecost (Acts 2:3)
  • The spirit of fear is not of God
  • Do you have fear in you life? Know that this spirit is not of God and it can be over come by

  • The Spirit of Power
  • The Spirit of Love
  • The Spirit of a Sound Mind

Saturday 8 June 2013

New Website

Please visit our new church website for information about our church.

http://faithchapelfwb.crowninternet.net


Tuesday 8 January 2013

My Punishment Is Greater Than I Can Bear

My Punishment Is Greater Than I Can Bear
Genesis 4:1-17

Cain’s Sin

• Cain’s first sin was offering and unacceptable sacrifice which was not offered by faith and thus rejected
o By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. (Hebrew 11:4)
• Cain’s second sin was to dishonour God

• Cain’s third sin was pride

• Cain’s fourth sin was selfishness

• Cain’s fifth sin was covetousness (he coveted Abel’s acceptance)

• Cain’s sixth sin was anger

• Cain’s seventh sin was hatred

• Cain’s eighth sin was the cold blooded murder of his brother Abel

• Cain’s ninth sin was to dishonour his father and mother

• Cain’s tenth sin was lying to God

o We sin multiple times against God in our lives. There is no hiding from this fact for our sins cry out against us.

Cain’s Punishment
• God Punished Cain for his crimes
• Cain was bitterly cursed from the earth
• Cain was to be a fugitive and a vagabond (an outcast) for the rest of his life
• Cain’s sin completely disrupted his life

o God’s punishment for our sins is just

Cain’s Reaction
• Cain never apologises or asks forgiveness for the murder of Abel
• Cain complains to God that his punishment is greater than he can bear
• Cain builds a city in direct rebellion to the will and word of God
• Cain’s punishment may have been greater than he could bear but it did not change his behaviour in the least.

o God’s punishment is indeed greater than we can bear. But will the prospect of eternal punishment in hell be enough for us to allow God to change our behaviour through the shed blood of the Lamb of God without blemish and without spot, that is Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour.