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salv31 Easy-Believism

By David Cox
[salv31] v1 ©2012 www.coxtracts.com
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Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Luke 13:23-24

Easy believism proposes that salvation is given by God on the sole criteria of a public declaration of faith in the promises of God and without any real change in the life of the saved (as seen in repentance). It is identified by its presentation of the gospel “without any difficulties in entering” and “without any obligations or responsibilities after one is saved.” This position doesn’t take into account the “difficultness” of entering heaven (Mt 19:24) nor the obstacle of coveting riches “afterward” which revealed unsavedness (Mark 10:24), or the young rich man who wanted salvation but didn’t get it because riches was above Christ (Mark 10:17-22). Wide is door to hell, but narrow and difficult is the entrance into heaven, so few find heaven (Mt 7:13). Christ demands simpleness as a child (Mt 18:3).

What is “Easy-Believism”?

Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

What does this passage really teach? The context is the leaving “the course (current) of this word” (2:2) which we followed before being saved, and which we left to follow Christ. It speaks of communion with God which sin breaks. The Bible very clearly affirms that we are not saved by works of righteousness that WE have done (Titus 3:5), but that salvation is a gift, which is grace or mercy on God’s part. When we speak of how we obtain salvation, it is only through faith. It is the gift of God (grace) which is not something that we deserve or buy by means of good works. Our part in obtaining this gift of God is 1) repentance of our sins (Luke 13:5 …except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.) 2) Putting our faith or confidence in the spiritual work of Jesus Christ dying in the cross to pay the punishment of God on sin. Salvation comes from God (not “from us”), but God does not give salvation to everybody, but only to those which abandon (repentance) these forms, ideas, and previous beliefs about how they are just, how they can get to heaven, and how to be saved. God saves those that trust in what God has provided as the means (Jesus dying for your sin on the Cross of Calvary). Repentance is not always mentioned as clearly as faith because really it is the same thing as faith in Jesus Christ. We abandon (repent of) what we formerly believed in order to believe in Jesus as the solution. Faith and repentance are “two sides of the same coin”. Easy believism is a lack of focus on repentance (leaving off sinning) leaving the person simply asking for salvation in order to be saved.

The Need of Evidence for your Faith

Jas 2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works (evidence), is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

Many confuse these elements. The cults and false religions hold that you have to have “good works” in order to be saved, and they present salvation as a scale with sin on one side and good works on the other. But there is no good work that can cancel the punishment for even one single sin. What James is referring to here is that true faith will always have a force behind it that produces good works (evidence) within the Christian’s life. We should understand faith causes salvation in us, and good works do not have that capacity. Understanding this base, then we go on with faith is made valid and real by changes that it has produces in our life.

John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Salvation is a drastic change of life, in which Jesus defined eternal life with a necessary spiritual change of life (be born again). Salvation is never a repeating of a prayer, but it is always faith, believing in, and public confessing Jesus by words and deeds. Easy believism focuses on the benefit of being saved (going to heaven), but does not explain nor present emphatically the responsibilities of salvation. It is called “easy believism” because there are no obligations on the person wanting salvation, distorting true salvation of God.

Salvation is a Relationship

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Salvation is a relationship with God (specifically with Jesus Christ as your Savior) similar to how a man would have a relationship with his wife, so “we have the Son” (1Jn 5:11-12). Whoever has this relationship has eternal life, and he that does not “have” Jesus Christ, is not saved and under eternal damnation. Salvation is a gift of God that God gives us, but it also is a personal relationship between us and Jesus. The grave error of easy believism is to minimize this part of salvation which is our relationship with God, and the truth that our continuing sin embitters and ruins this love relationship with God. This relationship is established on Jesus “who paid the price on the cross” to remove the wrath of God against our personal sins. But the salvation of God is “from sin”, and then “our request to God for salvation from sin and its punishment” is also our declaration of war against our sin, and our renouncing and denouncing of sin IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LIFE, or in other words, our desire to free ourselves from sin (actually and the judicially, or from the penalty of sin), as well as freeing ourselves from the consequences (going to hell). In easy believism, they believe that the participation of the individual in not sinning (sanctification) is something of a miracle of God without their participation or effort in any way entering in. They think God will somehow remove their actual sins without their obedience.

2Thess 1:7 …when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Paul’s observation is that those who know not God and obey not the Gospel are unsaved. The gospel is a declaration of war against sin (repentance being the correct concept). “We obey” the gospel, then the gospel is something “we do”.

Is it Easy to be Saved?

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 

Really, yes it is easy to be saved, because it is simply confiding in what God has said (promised) and done. But at the same time, it is not easy, rather very difficult, because one has to leave (repent of) his ideas and will. Because of the faithful character of God,  He is easy to trust and believe. But the Bible teaches us that of the many who will try to enter into heaven, using their own ideas and concepts, these won’t make it. Only those who follow God and what he teaches will enter although entering is difficult.

1John 2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.  

What is very clear in all of this is that a person that really is saved has to turn over his will (repentance) to do the will of God, which his faith belief is that this is better and authoritative. He has to trust the superior wisdom of God as the moral pattern for life (which is seen in the person and personality of Jesus Christ, which is the morality or spirituality taught in Scripture). This is abandoning our former life to “follow Christ”.

Numbers, Numbers, Numbers

1Thess 2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: 4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others…

In order for easy-believism to be popular with supposed Christians, they seek to show their approval by God. They really are seeking the glory of men for themselves. They use flattering words so as to gather many people into large churches and have a large income from this (hidden covetousness). Another sign is the demanding of external signs if a person “follows Christ”, and they boast of so many receiving Christ. They water down the gospel so as really to promote another gospel (Gal 1:6-9) seen by their zeal for bigness and a popular acceptance. In Mat 7:15-23, Jesus warned us of those who would construct ministries with great shows of glory and “spiritual power”, even power over demons, but Jesus gave us the key, by their fruits ye shall know them. Christ also required that all men show forth fruits worthy of repentance (Mat 3:8) which is a holy life full of good works.

Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. The gospel that the apostles preached was a simple presentation of salvation, but one that included faith and repentance that produce works worthy of salvation.

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. The apostles refused persons proclaiming to be saved but never had the spiritual change (a new birth) in their life.

1John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Lord, Are there few that are Saved?

Luke 13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Jesus taught that salvation is involved with a spiritual battle on our part. Even though God does not make salvation impossible, neither is it “easy.”

Luke 14:26-27 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

In other words, we can follow Christ and be saved, but it is not an easy road without great effort on our part. The road is one of great personal sacrifice, and this is how we should present the gospel.

 

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SSTeen1-01 Existence of God – Does God really exist?

Does God Exist

The Existence of God: Does God really exist?
Can you know God?
By David Cox © 2010
Teen Sunday School Classes Volume 1 Number 1
https://www.coxtracts.com/free-teen-sunday-school-classes/sst1-01

We know by his Word that God exists. The statement of his existence is clearly declared within the Scriptures, and if we want to be excessively ridiculous about the matter, of course, we cannot prove a universal negative, that “God does not exist” either. Short of dragging God from wherever he is to appear in front of a person, we cannot make God’s presence for the sake of somebody who won’t obey God anyway. We have to just take God at his Word. Continue reading →

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Ch11 True Praise

True Praise

By David Cox

[ch11] v1 ©2012 www.coxtracts.com
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. Deut 10:20-21

What is praise? How is it different from worship? (according to the Bible of course). Well, praise is to say something good about somebody. If a mother rises at 5:00 AM every day to prepare a good breakfast for her kids, does other beneficial things, then her children may “praise her” for the good that she has done them. When they do this publicly, then that is praise. So in praise, we publicly recognize the acts of God for humanity which are good, great, and excellent, and in so doing, reflect God’s benevolent character.

Psa. 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. In a sense, God dwells in these “praises of men”. God is highly pleased when men praise Him. The Psalmist presents God as living or inhabiting in the midst of these praises.

Psa 148:1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. 5 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. We are to praise our God because He is worthy to be praised (2Sam 22:4; 1Chr. 16:25). Praise begins and focuses on God. Praise does not start out as something emotional (although it can get emotional), but it is a spiritual activity of the will, something we are obligated to do. Praise is spiritual, and is created by the mind and soul meditating on God before seeking to be moved by the emotions (it neither excludes the emotion nor exalts them but allows them when it is appropriate). Continue reading →

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fam19 Is remarriage permitted after divorce?

Is Remarriage Permitted after a Divorce?
By David Cox
[fam19] v1 ©2009 www.coxtracts.com
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Mark 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

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doct10 Theodicy: Problem of existence of evil

Theodicy
by David Cox
[Doct10] v1 ©2008 www.coxtracts.com
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“Theodicy” is a concept which tries to explain how evil can exist in a world where God has everything in the palm of his hand, and this God is good, generous, all powerful, and has a good disposition toward human beings.

The Bible clearly plants the idea that God is in total control of everything, and that God is good. So, accordingly the logical question is: How can evil exist then? Why doesn’t God intervene to stop all evil?

The answer that one gives to this will come from his understandings about God, and this will basically model his reaction to “bad things” that happen in his life.




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bs02 Benefits of Bible Study

Benefits of Bible Study

Benefits of Bible Study

By David Cox

[BS02] v1 ©2011 www.coxtracts.com/bs029
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The Capacity of the Bible.

2Tim 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. .

(1) It is inspired by God.
(2) It is useful to teach doctrine.
(3) It is useful for reproof (discerning wrong).
(4) It is useful for correction (fixing wrong).
(5) It is useful to teach righteousness (what one should be doing instead of sinning).

God gave us His Word in order to prepare and equip the child of God to be perfect (spiritually mature), and in order to have the necessary preparation to fulfill God’s purpose of good works in us, and to reflect the moral character of God within our lives (1Pet 2:9).

To Better Know our Redeemer

Salvation is knowing the Savior. Salvation is not a good work that we do, but it is a personal relationship between a human being and Jesus Christ, the Savior. Only thus can a person go to heaven, and therefore, our knowledge of Jesus (our relationship with him) is what saves us (really it is not that we know him, but that He knows us).

John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Not everybody that knows the details about Jesus is saved because knowledge (just information) does not establish a saving relationship. Neither is it a personal knowledge of Jesus that saves a person because many in the New Testament knew Jesus personally like Judas Iscariot and the Jewish leaders, but they did not go to heaven. Salvation is having a personal relationship where you place your trust in Jesus, and ask him to be your personal Savior, and sincerely believe in Him as your Savior.




The Function of Scripture.

Creation also reveals God, but one cannot understand enough about God from creation to be saved. It is limited. Scripture begins where creation cannot go further. Basically, creation alone reveals a Designer that exists as a Supreme Being that made all, and our conscience tells us that we have offended that Creator, so the two together points to Scripture (further specific revelation). Without the Bible, we are not going to know how to be saved. The Bible reveals Christ. The Bible is the complete revelation of God. It describes God in a multitude of details; also man’s sin problem and more about God’s salvation.

John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

But Scripture was given so that we may have a personal SAVING relationship with God. Nobody can be saved without coming to that through the Holy Scripture (which is the only faithful message of God) and without believing what they say about the Savior, Jesus Christ. Simply put, every attack against the faithfulness, trustworthiness, or the authority of Scripture is an attack by Satan against God’s effort to save man.




To help us Maintain Good Relations with Other Men

Deut 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

The Word of God has a function to put one right with God, but it also has a function to establish what is right in men’s relationships with other men.

To be Approved Before God

2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

It is the good use of Scripture that makes us approved before God. By knowing God’s will and doing it, we are approved.

For Growth and Following Christ

1Pet 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

The Bible is like our spiritual food, that which sustains our daily life. When we “eat it”, we grow spiritually in our salvation. Salvation is a relationship with God, so to grow in our salvation is to deepen that relationship with Jesus our Savior. To follow Christ is to be his disciple. This is to grow in our Christian life, and the essential element in this growth is the Word of God. Scripture is the instrument in the hand of the Holy Spirit to transform us into the image of Christ.

To Increase our Faith and Hope.

Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

There is a direct relationship between the Scriptures and our faith. Scripture is the means or method by which God has established to increase our faith. Part of this is the “what” we believe, and part of it is the certainty and trust to believe him because we well know the character of God.

Rom 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

It is by means of this function of Scripture in our life that we have the hope of eternal life by means of the work of Jesus Christ in the Cross. Faith is created by reading and believing the Word of God.

Acts 17:11 These were nobler than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

In this passage, the people of Berea studied the Scriptures and they “believed”. Faith is always the result of an honest and sincere study of Scripture.

Not tasting the Scripture. The opposite of loving the Scripture with desire and seriousness to know is to be “slow” towards the Scripture. By taking an attitude of resistance, disobedience, dislike to the Scripture, or not paying attention to them or blocking what they direct in your own life, is the same as witchcraft in God’s eyes. It is idolatry, and this slowness receives the greatest condemnation from God.

1Sam 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

To Give Spiritual Power in Prayer.

1John 2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

Deut 11:22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

To Equip us for Spiritual Warfare.

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

When we study the Bible with sincerity, we get the ability to discern between false doctrine (error) and what has truly come from God (truth).




To Clean us from Sin.

John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Ps 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Deut 6:25 And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

To Find Peace and Joy.

Ps 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
John 17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

To Be Prosperous in Life.

Josh 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Far from mysticism, activities that have magic effects, reading and studying the Word of God sincerely in order to put them into practice to change you life so as to please God and abide in his will will cause you to be prosperous in all of life. There is a divine blessing on the way of God, and only by finding it (through Scripture) and living daily in that way can you really encounter protection and blessing from God.

Deut 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

When a person walks completely in the way that God indicates, then will he have this “good life”. This good life includes a lengthening of days or long life.

To Guide us in the Decisions of Life.

Ps 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Prov 6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Ps 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

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bs03 Interpreting Bible Types

Interpreting Bible Types

Interpreting Bible Types

[bs03] Por David Cox v1 © 2011
http://www.coxtracts.com/bs03
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A study on how to interpret types in the Bible. TOPICS: Definitions | Why use antitype types? |  The definition of a type | The Error of Allegorism | How to interpret a type? | Perspectives on types | Examples of types-antitypes

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cult17 – The Taoism the Way to God

The Taoism
the Way to God

By David Cox

[cult17] v1 © 2019 www.folletosytratados.com/
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We examine Taoism, which promotes the way to God. But Taoism removes the personality of God, making it a force and nothing more. Heaven is to be with God who loves us, and who we love. This is true joy, happiness. TOPICS: Belief in Deity | Yin and Yang: Good versus Evil | The Salvation of your Soul from Evil | What is salvation? The Way to God | conclusion

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PC09 Gomoseksualizm ()

Gomoseksualizm

Ruxsat berilganmi? Yoki bu jirkanchmi?
Devid Koks tomonidan
[CP09] v1 © 2008 www.coxtracts.com
Ushbu risolani nusxa ko’chirish va bepul chop etish mumkin

Ushbu risolada, Bibliyada gomoseksuallik va lezbiyanizm haqida nima deyilganini ko’rib chiqamiz.




Levit 18:22 Erkak bilan, ayol bilan yotmang. Bu jirkanchdir.

Gomoseksuallarning harakati yillar davomida juda kuchli edi. Bugungi kunda gomoseksuallarning ikkita hujumi mavjud: (1) gomoseksualizm gunoh emas va 2) ular buni gunoh deb tan olishadi, lekin Xudoni va Uning hayotida hukmronlik qilish huquqini inkor etishadi. Ushbu risolada men gomoseksuallar bilan bog’liq ba’zi masalalarga oydinlik kiritaman. Umuman olganda, mening sharhlarim gomoseksuallik va lezbiyanizmga qaratilgan, ammo qisqacha aytganda, men gomoseksuallik atamasini ikkalasini qamrab oladigan tushuncha sifatida ishlataman.

Sodomit nima?

Geylar bilan yoki gey-do’stlar bilan munosabatda bo’lganlarning fikri shunchaki Bibliyada bu amaliyot haqida aniq ma’lumot yo’qligi va Sodomning hikoyasi mehmondo’stlikni yo’qotish gunohi haqida ekanligi va bu gunoh Xudoning ikkala qahr-g’azabiga sabab bo’ldi. gomoseksualizm (ular bo’yicha). Ular “sodomit” so’zini gomoseksual emas, balki butparast dinning erkak ruhoniysi (unumdorlik ma’budasi) sifatida olishadi.

Deu 23:17 Isroil qizlari orasida fohisha yo’q, Isroil o’g’illari orasida sodomit ham yo’q.

“Sodomit” tushunchasi fohishaga, ya’ni erkak mijozlarga ega bo’lgan erkak fohishaga parallel bo’lishi taklif etiladi. Sodomit bo’lish Sado’m shahridan kelib chiqmaydi, lekin bu qayerda bo’lishidan qat’i nazar, odamlar uchun odatdir (3 Shohlar 14:24; 15.12; 22:46; 4 Shohlar 23: 7). Fohisha yoki fohisha degan tushuncha, o’zlarining ma’badlari uchun pul topish uchun o’z tanalarini qarz beradigan ayollar bilan bog’liq edi. Garchi bu fohishaning yagona kontseptsiyasi bo’lmasa-da (bu erda yashaydigan yoki sodda ta’mga ega bo’lganlar ham bor), diniy tushunchaning bir qismi edi. Afrodita jinsiy aloqa ma’budasi ma’badida bir vaqtning o’zida 10000 ayol (ruhoniylar) uni qo’llab-quvvatlash uchun jinsiy aloqa qilish uchun xizmat qilishgan.




Ushbu din “o’zingizni yaxshi his qilish” dini bo’lganligini tushunish muhimdir. Ularning tushunchasi shundan iboratki, jinsiy aloqada bo’lish “yaxshi his qilish” ning eng asosiysi, keyin ular jinsiy aloqada bo’lishgan. Bu shunchaki jinsiy aloqa emas edi, chunki ziyofatlar, spirtli ichimliklar, giyohvand moddalar, o’yin-kulgi va boshqalar “o’zingizni yaxshi his qilish” ning boshqa shakllari bilan bir xil dinga kirgan. Ammo bugungi kunda gomoseksual va fohishalar bilan (pornografiya sohasidagi kabi) ko’rib turganimizdek, dinning o’zi birinchi navbatda jinsiy ibodatdir. Ularning ayollar bilan jinsiy aloqada bo’lganligi inkor etilmaydi. Bu odamlar hayotlarini jinsiy hayotga bag’ishlagan va butun joni, tanasi va ruhi bilan jinsiy aloqada bo’lgan odamlardir. Ular jinsiy aloqada (fohishalarda) yashaydiganlarga parallel. Farqi juda oz.

Ayub 36: 13-14 Ammo ikkiyuzlamachilar yuraklarida g’azabni saqlaydilar va ularni bog’laganlarida yig’lamaydilar. 14 Ularning joni yoshlik chog’ida va soddalar orasida hayoti halok bo’ladi.

Kontseptsiya odamning buzuq va qabih odatlari tufayli jamiyat tomonidan rad etilganligi haqidagi g’oyani keltirib chiqardi va bu odatlar ularning jinsiga sig’inish bilan bog’liq edi. Keil va Delitshlar, ular xudo oldida gunohlarini eslashni rad qiladigan, mag’rur, mag’rur va isyonkor bo’lganlari uchun ularga g’azabini keltiradigan odamlar turi ekanligi haqidagi fikrni qo’shmoqdalar.

Bu erda Ayub (Ayub 36:14), munofiqlarni jamiyatning buzuqligi, mag’rurligi va Xudoning rahm-shafqati tufayli rad etgani uchun va Xudo uning yoshligida o’z hayotini hayotini kesib tashlaydigan odamlar bo’lgan sodomitlar bilan taqqoslaydi. buzuqliklar.

Sadomda (Ibtido 19: 5 “Ularni olib chiq, shunda biz ularni taniymiz” va Hakamlar 19:22 da: “Sening uyingga kirgan odamni olib chiq, shunda biz uni taniymiz.”) Ular gunoh qildilar. erkakni erkak bilan jinsiy aloqa qilish edi. Hikoyani boshqa gunohga aylantirish juda qiyin. Xudo barcha shaharlarni xushmuomalalik tufayli yo’q qilmaydi. Agar shunday bo’lsa, bugun shahar qolmadi.

“Bilish” so’zi Bibliyada jinsiy aloqada ishlatilgan (Ibtido 4:17, 25; 38:26 va boshqalar) (Ibtido 4: 1, “Odam Ato xotini Momo Havoni bilar edi”). Sodom bilan bir xil kontekstda (Ibtido 19), Lut “erkakni tanimagan” ikkita qizini taklif qildi. Ikkala oyatda ham Bibliyada bir xil so’z ishlatiladi (yada). G’oya – bu boshqa odam bilan bilish yoki yaqin munosabatlar. Ba’zi vaziyatlarda, shubhasiz, jinsiy aloqa qilish uchun foydalaniladi (bilish uchun eng samimiy narsa).

1 Timo’tiyga 1:10 da “sodomit” so’zi [avrsenokoi, thj]. Bu so’z boshqa kattalar erkak yoki bola yoki yosh bilan jinsiy aloqada bo’lgan katta yoshdagi erkakni anglatadi. Gap shundaki, jinsiy aloqada bo’lish uchun ayol bilan uxlash, lekin erkak bilan ayolning o’rniga erkak kishi bilan erkak.

3 Shohlar 14:24 Er yuzida soddadil odamlar ham bor bo’lib, ular Isroil xalqi oldida Egamiz qo’ygan xalqlarning jirkanch ishlarini bajardilar.

Shunda sodomitning gunohi aniq bir jinsdagi (jinsdagi) boshqa odam bilan, xoh erkak bo’lsin, xoh ayol kishi bo’lsin, jinsiy aloqada bo’lishdir (Rimliklarga 1:26) Shu sababli Xudo ularni sharmandali ehtiroslarga topshirdi; ularning xotinlari tabiatga zid bo’lgan tabiiy foydalanishni o’zgartirdilar)) (lesbiyanizm). Gomoseksualizm (va lesbiyanizm) Bibliyada aniq qoralanadi.

Gomoseksualizm gunohmi va jirkanchmi? Ha.

Levit 18:22 Erkak bilan, ayol bilan yotmang. Bu jirkanchdir.

Levit 20:13 Agar biron kishi erkak bilan ayolga o’xshab bo’lsa, ular jirkanch ish qilishdi. ikkalasi ham o’ldirilishi kerak; ularning qoni ularning ustiga tushadi.

Shunchaki bir jinsdagi ikki kishi bir-biri bilan jinsiy aloqada bo’lishlari Rabbimiz uchun jirkanchdir. Eski Ahdda bu xatti-harakatlar o’lim jazosiga loyiq edi (Xudo bundan juda g’azablanadi). Bu hayotda afzal emas, balki jirkanch narsa. Xudo ikkita erkak va ayolni yaratdi va agar qarama-qarshi jinsdagi (va bir-biriga uylangan) ikki kishi bo’lmasa, jinsiy aloqa qilish taqiqlanadi.

1 Korinfliklarga 6:9-10 Nohaqliklar Xudo Shohligini meros qilib olishlarini bilmaysizlarmi? Adashmang; na zinokorlar, na butparastlar, na zinokorlar, na jirkanchlar va na odam bilan birga quvib chiqarilganlar, 10 ular Xudo saltanatini meros qilmaydi.

Bu erda g’oya aniq bir erkak bilan boshqa erkak bilan jinsiy aloqada bo’lish uchun yotadi.

Rimliklarga 1: 26-28 Shuning uchun Xudo ularni sharmandali ehtiroslarga topshirdi; Hatto ularning ayollari ham tabiatga zid bo’lgan tabiiy foydalanish usulini o’zgartirdilar. 27 Shuningdek, erkaklar ham ayolning tabiiy ishlatilishini qoldirib, bir-birlari bilan shahvatparastliklarida e’tiborga olinmaydilar, erkaklar bilan uyatli ishlarni qilardilar va qabul qilardilar. Yo’qolganlari sababli o’zlariga azob. 28 Ular Xudoni hisobga olishni istamaganliklari sababli, Xudo ularni buzuq fikrga berib, bir-biriga zid bo’lgan ishlarni qilishni buyurdi.

Pavlus bu erda Xudo oldida jirkanch bo’lgan ikkita jiddiy va dahshatli gunohni aniqladi va bu gunohlar lesbiyanizm va gomoseksuallikdir. Bu masalada hech kim shubha qilmasligi kerak, bu gunoh va bu Xudo oldida jirkanchdir. Xudo nima uchun Isroil xalqidan oldin er yuzidagi aholisini yo’q qilganini ko’pchilik tushunmaydi. Bu Isroil juda yaxshi bo’lgani uchun emas, balki bu mamlakatlarning gunohlari va jirkanchligi jirkanch va jirkanch bo’lganligi uchun emas edi. RVG

Pornografiya

Vahiy 21:8 da, Xudo olov ko’lida bir necha xil turlari borligini e’lon qiladi va “zinokorlar” haqida eslatib o’tadi. Bu porno so’zlar, Strongsga ko’ra: “1) to’lovni talab qilish uchun o’z tanasini fohisha qiladigan odam; 2) erkak fohisha, 3) jinsiy aloqada bo’lgan va zinokorlikni qidiradigan erkak.” Noqonuniy jinsiy aloqada bo’lgan kishi uchun bu boshqa so’z (1Tim 1:10 ga qarang). Men “noqonuniy” deyman, lekin haqiqatni aytaman, agar Xudo jinsiy aloqada bo’lsa yoki nikohda sherigi bilan yoki noqonuniy munosabatda bo’lsa, butparastlik deb biladi. Xudoni orqada qoldirgan va er-xotin sifatida jinsiy aloqada bo’lgan juftliklar bor, bu erda biz Xudodan ustun qo’ygan narsamiz butparastlik ekanligini tushunishimiz kerak. Er-xotin o’rtasidagi jinsiy aloqa gunoh emas (Ibroniylarga 13:4)

Bu erda qiziq narsa shundaki, “zinokor” tushunchasi jinsiy aloqani izlash va uni yuksaltirishdir. Bu so’z 10 marta ishlatilgan (1Ko 5: 9; 6: 9; Efes 5: 5; 1 Tim 1:10; Ibron. 12:16; 13: 4; Vahiy 21: 8; 22:15) Yangi Ahd. 1 Timo’tiyga 1:10 da tushuncha sodomitlarga nisbatan qo’llaniladi. Sodomit – bu erkak bilan erkak, ammo zinokor – bu jinsiy aloqani ko’taradigan kishi. Ikkalasi juda o’xshash va sodomit zinokorning bir turi.

Gomoseksual xarakter

Hizqiyol 16:49 Mana, bu singilingiz Sado’mning yovuzligi edi: mag’rurlik, nonga to’yish va u va uning qizlari juda ko’p beparvolik; va miskinlarga va miskinlarga qo’lini ko’tarmadi.

Jinsiy topinish bilan, ayniqsa tabiatga zid bo’lgan g’ayritabiiy jinsiy aloqa bilan bog’liq bo’lgan bir belgi mavjud (erkak bilan erkak yoki ayol bilan ayol). Bu buzuq belgi ajoyib bo’lishi kerak. Bunga duch keladigan odamlar bor, lekin ularning hayotidagi mag’rurlik, takabburlik va jasorat gunohkor amallar va xatti-harakatlar orqali hosil bo’lganligini, ularning hayotidagi Xudoning hokimiyatini rad etadigan odamlar borligini tushunmaydilar. Bu odamlar Xudoning qahriga duchor bo’ladilar va Xudoning najotini bilish uchun juda og’ir gunohlaridan ozod bo’ladilar. Xudoning qahriga va qahr-g’azabiga berkitib qo’yish uchun “nishon” nima, bu ularning xatti-harakatlari va amaliyotlari gunoh ekanligini tan olishdan bosh tortishlari. Jinsiy aloqa – bu giyohvandlikka o’xshab, tanada jismoniy qaramlikni keltirib chiqaradigan, bu boshlanganidan keyin uni rad etish va to’xtatish juda qiyin. Faqatgina Xudo ko’rsatgan yo’l bilan (erkak o’z xotini bilan jinsiy aloqada) bu gunohni tuzatishi va unga qarshilik ko’rsatishi mumkin.

Xudo hal qildi

Gomoseksuallikning echimi birinchi navbatda gunoh sifatida ko’rish, keyin tavba qilish va keyin Xudo bizga buyurgan narsaga intilishdir – erkak o’z xotini bilan turmush qurmaguncha.