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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – August 12

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Sodom Rising,

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Part 11:

“Homosexuality: A Physical or Spiritual Malady?”

To read part 1 of this article, click here… “August 22nd (Sodom Rising!)”

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“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

Ephesians 6:12

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Are you plagued by unwholesome thoughts and unwanted desires?  

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If there was some sort of truth serum that when taken, caused people to be totally honest…

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…that truth serum would, no doubt, cause virtually everyone to admit that they are quite often plagued by unwholesome thoughts and desires at times.

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Human worry & stress & depression – cropped and colored image – by Becky Wetherington for Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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MANKIND PLAGUED BY HORRIBLE THOUGHTS AND DESIRES

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One very popular radio preacher, in his 5-year Bible study, once made the observation…

…”If I knew what you were thinking

and you knew what I was thinking,

neither one of us would want anything to do with each other!”

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Yes, the sad truth is, the human race has been plagued with wrong thoughts and wrong desires as long as this fallen world of sin has existed.

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But why should anyone be surprised?

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announcer with microphone – svg – Wikimedia – Public-Domain 

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SATAN COVERS HIS TRACKS WELL

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Lucifer (now called Satan and the Devil), is currently carrying on his deceptive stratagem of erasing himself out of existence in the minds of this world’s inhabitants.

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Yes, Satan can get away with so much more evil if nobody believes he even exists. 

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And so, in effort to erase his tracks, this master-deceiver has raised up various false sciences and false ideologies to successfully explain away various truths from the Bible…

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…and these false sciences and ideologies are comprised of truth mingled with error.

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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“The prince of the power of the air, that spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience”

Ephesians 2:2, 3

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Now Satan uses the same strategy in the area of homosexuality, pedophilia, etc….

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Over the past decades, Satan has convinced much of the world that these perverted lusts are from a physical deformity.

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But nothing could be further from the truth!

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What people must understand is that the spirit of Antichrist is merely the spirit of this selfish world.

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Yes, whether banker, beggar, doctor, druggie, priest and/or pervert, this entire world’s unsaved populace is indwelt by the “spirit of error”…”that spirit of antichrist!” (1st John 4:6 & 4:3)

(Click here to see 1st John 4:1-6 as a proof-text)

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Gay Parade – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License

 

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THE MEN OF SODOM

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Let’s not forget that on the last night of Sodom’s existence, the entire townsmen desired to commit the act of sodomy.

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Thus, it could not have been a mere case of some deviant gene or some traumatic childhood experience which drove those men to desire to commit their heinous crime against Lot’s visitors.

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No, by reason of the sheer numbers, it can be concluded that those multitudes of sodomizers were goaded on by unseen evil angels!

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And if their sodomy was actually caused by some physical deformity, God would never have brought His harsh judgment down, via a hail of fiery balls of brimstone, to decimate that entire city.

(which millions of brimstone fragments are still embedded under the countryside of that region even today! click here to see)

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The Sodomites are smitten with blindness – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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PLANET EARTH: EXPERIMENT IN SIN

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The “god of this world”, Lucifer, now given the title, “The Devil”, and “Satan”, makes it his sole mission, to destroy the souls of as many humans as he can.

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And so, he brings various floods of evil upon the unsuspecting world.

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And yet, God allows spiritual wickedness, in its various forms, to manifest itself, to show earth’s citizens the folly, unhappiness and self-destruction which ultimately results from sinful lifestyles.

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Listen to Scripture…“Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD” Lamentation 3:40

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council- Wikpedia – US Public Domain

Girl Praying – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS!

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Now when you really think about all this, it is really Good News!

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After all, those who have suffered from these types of abhorrent behaviors should rejoice that their case is not hopeless!

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No, the remedy for homosexuality and pedophilia, etc., is the very same remedy for any and every type of sin!

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The Salvation of Christ!

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Yes, those who afflicted by all those shameful desires can begin to plead with our merciful Savior for Salvation!

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Jesus – Woman why weepest thou – Jesus – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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CONTINUE THE JOURNEY, O PILGRIM!

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Now don’t imagine that Satan will give up so easily, once a person turns to Christ’s Salvation.

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                            No, Satan may continue to tempt these delivered ones, possibly even for years, just as he does with every sin!

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No, the further up the heavenly trail, the less will be Satan’s ability to afflict them with his sore temptations.

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Upward Pathway – by böhringer friedrich for – cropped and altered image – Wikimedia – Share-alike License

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And one day, these persevering ones will be able to say along with the Psalmist…

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“I waited patiently for the LORD;

and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit,

out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a Rock,

and established my goings. 

And He hath put a new song in my mouth,

even praise unto our God:

many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.”

Psalm 40:2, 3

Marine Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

Woman Praying – cropped image – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license 

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TO READ PART 12, GO HERE…

August 31 (Sodom Rising, Part 12: “Homosexuality: A Physical or Spiritual Malady? CONTINUED”)

Gay Parade – Jazz Jennings 2016 – Wikipedia – Creative Commons License

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to grow in faith, that I might clearly see the truth of Thy Word…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…

May 29 (A World of Lies, Part 11: “Mental Illness”)…

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…or you can also read…

February 28th (Psychology & Vain Deceit!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN

 

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FLEEING WOMAN CONSTELLATION

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FROM WHERE &TO WHERE DOES SHE FLEE? WOMAN ROTATES THROUGH THE SEASONS…

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This page is about the Big Dipper, also called the Great Bear constellation (Ursa Major ).

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However, the ancient pagan cultures did not see this constellation as God intended it to be seen.

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It is actually a headless woman in childbirth.  

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This is seen in springtime in the northern skies. 

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But as the seasons progress, this travailing woman flips upside down, now appearing as a woman with upraised arms like eagle wings who is running (eventually flying, as shown in sketch on right) into the wilderness (westward).

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The single star representing her birth-child (Christ) now becomes her head (“Christ is the head of the church.” Ephesians 5:23

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The 7 Stars (Big Dipper) is easy to see with its very bright 7 stars. But the Revelation 12 Woman (Ursa Major) must be seen on a dark starry night, away from city lights. 

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Ursa Major Star-Chart (both sumer and winter Ursa Major) with woman drawn in by this website – Wikipedia – share-alike license

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… Woman of Revelation 12 (Flees to the Wilderness)

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TOMORROW…

August 13 (Noble Bereans, Part 17: “Noble Bereans or Proud Laodiceans?”)

Pilgrim’s Progress – 09, p29 – Obstinate – Wikimedia – Public Domain

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