Welcome to the blog of Pastor Alton Stone, from Simpsonville, SC. Pastor Stone is a retired Ordained Bishop of The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee with over 45 years of pastoral ministry.

Friday, February 24, 2017

What God Hates (Part 5)

Proverbs 6 says that God hates feet that are swift in running to mischief. Evil thoughts and imaginations, if nourished and fed, will eventually lead to sinful actions. There are people in every community who openly and flagrantly violate God’s law. They boast that they are not hypocrites, and they make no pretense of being good, but this does not excuse them for their wickedness.

We see people in all walks of life live openly lifestyles that the Bible speaks clearly against. They make no bones about the way they live and morality is cast out the back door. Sadly, even many who proclaim to be Christians have declared that the Bible no longer condemns these lifestyles or that we were making the wrong assumptions about them. Famous Christian musicians, singers, and authors have revealed there "true nature" by embracing these things.

The Word is coming true around us!

2 Timothy 4:3, 4 " For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

2 Timothy 3:1-5 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."

We see this spirit in lack of respect for the ministry, the church, our political leaders, even our president. Homes are being destroyed and families separated by sinful living. We were told that when people came out of the closet about their real selves things would be different, but the divorce rate of their culture is continually rising.

The biggest hypocrite of them all is that one that says they are being discriminated against by a bigoted, antiquated society. The Gospel is not bigoted, but truthful and forewarning. It's not a message of hate toward a lifestyle, but the sin that it breeds. God loves people, but He has always hated sin.

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