In pc09 Homosexuality is an abomination, we examine what the Bible really teaches about homosexuality and lesbianism.
It is allowed? Or is it an abomination?
By David Cox
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In this tract we examine what the Bible really teaches about homosexuality and lesbianism.
By David Cox
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Woe to the one who gives drink to his neighbor! – Habakkuk 2:15
Sometimes there are Christians who have stores or restaurants that ask the question, “Is it wrong to sell alcohol in my business? My clients ask me, and I’m really not responsible if someone else sins with something I sell. ”
In the Bible, they drank wine. But according to people’s customs these days, these drinks were very low in alcohol content. In the 1500s they discovered the alcohol distillation process, but then before 1500 the alcohol content was about 5% to 6%, some were less. In addition to this, the custom was that they mixed their wines in a percentage of 3 parts water to a part of wine (the strongest) up to 20 parts of water to a part of wine (the least strong) reducing the alcoholic content even more.
Of course, there were drunks on that day, and the Bible condemns this in both Testaments. There was also the custom of mixing pure wine with species and perfumes to still have more strength to get drunk. Who will ay be for? Who is the pain for? Who do you resent? Who are the complaints for? For whom are wounds in vain? Who has redness of eyes? For those who stop a lot in wine, For those who are looking for mistura. Do not look at wine when it reds, When its color shines in the glass. It enters softly; But finally as a snake it will bite, And as a asp it will give pain. Proverbs 23:29-32. The point is that the wine they produced and served at that time was very low alcohol wine. His habit was to take it with food, which medically stops its effect so that the person does not reach the drunk state very easily. Even if they did drink wine, it was usually difficult to get drunk or consume enough to be under its influence without trying to do so with will (sitting down to get drunk as this verse speaks).
Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk with wine, in which there is dissolution; Rather be filled with the Spirit. God clearly forbids getting drunk or being intoxicated with alcohol (which is a poison to the human body). “Dissolution” comes from the word salvation with an article of denial in front of it, and then it means “not saved”, something that does not belong to a saved person.
And manifest are the works of the flesh, which are:… drunkenness … and things similar to these; about which I admonish you, as I have told you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21.
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not err … nor the drunks … will inherit the kingdom of God. And this was some (of you); but you have already been washed, you have already been sanctified … I will not let myself be dominated by any. 1 Cor. 6:9-12Woe to those who wake up tomorrow to continue drunkenness; that they are until the night, until the wine ignites them! And in their banquets there is… wine, and they do not look at the work of Jehovah, nor consider the work of their hands. 22 Woe to those who are brave to drink wine, and strong men to mix drink; Isaiah 5:11-12
So alcohol intoxication is a sin that demonstrates a lack of understanding about salvation (the person is not saved). Paul said in 1 Cor. 6:11 that the Corinthians were like that, but now they are not because in accepting the Lord as their Savior, they set these things aside to follow Christ.
We must understand very clearly that currently with alcohol as strong as it is made, having a single drink is equivalent to getting drunk. That is, drinking alcohol today (without diluting one in 4 of water or one in 20 of water) is simply the sin of getting drunk that condemns the Bible. He who sells alcohol knows that the people who buy it buy it to sin then, and you become part of his sin by selling it to him. 1 Timothy 5:22 … do not participate in the sins of others.
1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all kinds of evil.
Ephesians 5:11 And do not participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but rather rebuke them.
Now, if you sell alcohol so people get drunk, are you a participant in their sin by providing the drug they use? Or are you rebuking them? It is obvious that you are a participant of his sin. Drug traffickers participate equally or more than users. No? Revelation 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Come out of it, my people, that you may not be partakers of their sins, nor receive part of their plagues. Here God commands believers to separate themselves from the sins of the world, not to be participants in their sins so that they do not receive the same condemnation of God upon them (the plagues) that God commands to punish them.
Luke 17:1-2 Jesus said to his disciples:Impossible not to be stumbled; But woe to him for whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were tied around his neck and thrown into the sea than to stumble one of these little ones. ((The word here does not necessarily mean “children” but small, someone younger than you. It implies that if you cause someone who is not at your level in the spiritual life, or is unconverted or immature in the faith.))
Romans 14:13 So, let us no longer judge each other, but rather decide not to stumble or fall for the brother.
1 Corinthians 8:9 But see that this freedom of yours does not become a stumbling block for the weak. 13 Therefore, if the food is my brother’s chance to fall, I will never eat meat, so as not to stumble my brother.
That people are going to sin, yes without a doubt. But what an eternal curse for the people who cause these stumbles to people!
Habakkuk 2:15 Woe to the one who gives drink to his neighbor! Woe to you, who brings your gall to him, and intoxicates him to see his nakedness! 16 You have filled yourself with dishonor rather than honor; drink you too, and you will be discovered; the chalice of the right hand of the Lord will come to you, and a vomit of annoyance upon your glory.
God condemns those who give alcohol to others to take advantage of them. Here he speaks of intoxicating others to see his nakedness, but the matter is not limited only to this, but to anything where one takes advantage of his neighbor. In Genesis 19:32-35 Lot’s daughters used wine to make incest with him. King David in 2 Samuel 11:13 also tried to cover up his sin by getting Uriah drunk. Compare 2 Samuel 13:26-28; Rev. 17:2.
Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the fury of their fornication; and the kings of the earth have fornicated with her, and the merchants of the earth have enriched themselves with the power of their delights.
God presents Satan here as a bartender serving wine to poison the whole world to take advantage of them. His ministers in this diabolical plan are the bartenders who administer the poison with which they get drunk. Although probably here it does not really speak of actual wine, but of sins of all kinds, but the image that God presents to us remains engraved for us as bartenders who are Satan’s servants, who cause God’s curse on the whole earth. If you are a true Christian, and you seek to get rid of other people’s sins (to have nothing to do with them), and also to enter under God’s condemnation of their sins, it must be very clear that you cannot sell alcohol to nobody.
In addition, the Christian has a testimony that must be that he is separated, separated from sin. Rather, I wrote to you that you do not join with anyone who, calling himself a brother, is fornicator, or greedy, or idolatrous, or cursed, or drunk, or thief, with him or even eat … Take away, then, that wicked one among you 1 Cor. 5:11-13
God commands us to separate ourselves from every person who wants to identify as a Christian but is playing with sin. Nor should we have a deal with him, less companionship. Romans 13:14 but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not provide for the desires of the flesh. Philippians 4:5 Your kindness be known to all men. The Lord is near.
Why is it so difficult for stores and restaurants to stop selling alcohol? It is simply because this is what gives them a lot of profit. The bottom line of this is the greed that alcohol manufacturers know very well that it will always be someone greedy who will sell their products or the damage they cause. It is also extremely difficult for one who begins to earn the “easy money” to leave nothing else. But greed is equal to a sin that is not named among Christians, because no miser will enter heaven (Eph. 5:5; 1 Cor 5:10-11; 6:10).
Because there will be men … greedy … who will have the appearance of mercy, but will deny its effectiveness; to these avoid. 2 Tim 3:2-5.
Look and beware of all greed; because the life of man does not consist in the abundance of the goods he possesses. Luke 12:15
The one who was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the eagerness of this century and the deception of riches stifle the word, and it becomes fruitless. Matthew 13:22
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money; and he who loves much to have will not bear fruit. There is a painful evil that I have seen under the sun: the riches kept by their owners for their evil; which are lost in bad occupations, and the children they fathered, nothing remains in their hands. Eccl. 5:10-14
But great gain is piety accompanied by contentment; because we have brought nothing to this world, and we can certainly get nothing out. So, having sustenance and shelter, let’s be happy with this. Because those who want to get rich fall into temptation and bond, and in many foolish and harmful greeds, which plunge men into destruction and destruction; because the root of all evils is the love of money, which, coveting some, went astray from the faith, and was pierced with many pains. 1 Tim. 6:6-10
Yes, it will cost you a lot to leave your association with alcohol, but God will pay you in heaven.
Why should Christians refrain from any alcoholic beverage?
By David Cox
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This is a booklet about the truth of alcohol in the Bible, and the biblical position for the Christian.
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By David Cox
2 Timothy 4:3 For they come + there will be time when they will not suffer sound doctrine …
Is it possible for one alcoholic to advise another to solve their alcoholism? Is it possible to solve a spiritual problem (alcoholism) with accepting any god and any doctrine as promoted by AA? Is it possible that a method that came from a demon works with God’s blessing?
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Enduring Affliction as a Child of God
By Pastor David Cox
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pc10 Sexual Purity is an exhortation to purity in sexual matters for the Christian. We look at various aspects of the issue.
By David Cox
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1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
With the increase of pornography and the constant lowering of standards, sexual temptation has become one of the principle problems for Christians. It is a spiritual fight so intense that almost every Christian has it. This fight is not impossible to win, but it is very difficult.
Rock and Roll Music
by David Cox
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In this tract, we examine Rock and Roll music. Its history, its philosophical basis, and how it is against the Bible and all of God. Themes: The History and Roots of Rock and Roll | Rock has become a Religion | Rock denies parental authority | Rock changes the meaning of “Love” | Rock is a Lack of Restraint | Rock is a funnel for the garbage of hell.
pc102 Having Integrity and Righteous before God is an honest discussion of Christian integrity and righteousness.
By David Cox
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We have to understand that salvation is a set of issues. They are all integral one to each other. They are dependent on each other. Going to heaven when we die is one of these issues, but another is the moral change that salvation represents.
Yet another issue is our sanctification, or living godly. We must understand that God saved us because He has a purpose for us to fulfill before we die. That is to announce the virtues of God.
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
In this matter of our salvation, God wants us to “proclaim the virtues” of God, that is, for other human beings to recognize His moral character. But how? Because we personally and individually live this character in our lives.
It is very frustrating to see that the lives of the brothers are not constant in the good, nor do they have this faith that is the same as constancy, nor are there signs of repentance (which is faith, leaving what is not the will of God, to seek and implement what is).
For this reason, an unsaved person goes to a saved person because he sees victory over sin in his life, and then it is easy to guide him to the Savior. It is because he has the power of God showing it in his life. For this reason, too, they do not pay attention to Christians who have their lives in disaster. Who wants what a Christian has when he is still losing the fight with sin in his own life?
Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
The character that a Christian must have and demonstrate to the world is his integrity. The idea is to be “complete,” that is, not divided by different interests and gods (motivations of the heart). He serves God with all his life, trusts in God, and his hope is not in the things of this world, but in his Savior. Things as “insignificant” as a store that has its way of weighing its products with alteration demonstrates the good or bad character of the seller. The heart of the human being is deceitful and wicked (Jeremiah 17:9). And the wickedness of each one will be judged.
Proverbs 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. (1 Samuel 16:7 “the LORD looketh on the heart”)
Every person fights as best he can for life and for the good in this life. Sometimes he wins, sometimes he loses, and sometimes he doesn’t even know if he won or lost. But the true Christian is someone who has this concept that God is his Judge, and will reward and punish him one day for everything he does. (Heb 11:6 “he is a rewarder of them”)
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
That is, nothing is overlooked with God. Everything we are and everything we do, God can see to the depths of our soul in His judgment.
2 Chronicles 6:30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
(Discovery is one thing, but punishing us with our own sins is worse.) God judges according to our actions, words, thoughts, attitudes and motives, and worse still, God deals with us in the same way that we are morally. (Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.) If one is harsh, aggressive, malicious, in his spirit toward other people, God is going to give the same back to the person. “According to the fruit of his doings,” God is going to give this to the person. So what you want from God, this you must give to others.
Proverbs 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? (Rev 2:23)
Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Sinful man cannot walk in straight paths, and it is only by submitting to God and obeying His will that we can walk as we should. This implies that the Christian lets the Holy Spirit guide him.
Integrity is the same as righteousness. Integrity is controlling your life to stay in the will of God. Righteousness is walking on this straight path. These two moral qualities are the seal of salvation.
Psalms 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. This is so that the saved follows the way of God. (Psa 26:1, 11) Psalms 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
God promises us that as long as we walk in integrity before Him, He will sustain us and ensure that we enter heaven. This speaks of a constant faith. Faith means that your life conforms to these beliefs and faithfulness, and you never vary from them but are always faithful to walk in them.
Proverbs 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Integrity is so wrapped up in salvation that they are almost one and the same. A “Christian” who doesn’t care how he or she walks in sin, or how he or she is led astray by other interests, is not really saved. So, to review, integrity is about being whole, complete, and in this context, we are talking about having a commitment to God, your relationship with God. “Fractured” people are people who have a heart divided between God and other priorities.
Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
This is what God wants from us. Notice the “all” and “with all your might.” To have God and anything else fighting in your heart for your attention, your efforts, your time, your energies, etc. is to be “fractured” or with a deviation that wins against God means you have not understood salvation yet. If one is a new Christian, new to the faith, he needs to understand that he must follow God entirely. To value salvation so much that he is actually saved is to put supreme value on salvation and despise everything else.
Luke 8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
Not bearing fruit is like saying that they are going to hell. Recognizing how you are before God is very easy. Are you fractured or are you completely loving God with all your being? The Christian is a person in whom you see that God is in his whole life. He puts God in everything he is, what he does, what he thinks, what he desires, in his goals, in his ways of living. Even a housewife who sweeps the floor well, does so because she sees that even with this little thing, she is worshiping God.
Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Job 27:5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Job 31:6 Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. (Psalm 7:8)
That is, in the example of Job, his integrity was his faith. He never left his walk in integrity, nor left his integrity before God.
Matthew 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Jesus placed supreme priority on saving your soul. There is nothing more important, no interest or profit in this world equal to the salvation of your soul. Your actions and interests should reflect this intense interest and priority.
Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
People lie because it suits them. A Christian of integrity never says something that he is not convinced is the truth. To say something that is not true is a deception. A Christian does not deceive others for any reason.
2 Corinthians 8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
The Christian makes all his life straight, with nobility, honoring the LORD.
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
The Christian is an example of being firm in faith, of having strength and virtue (moral strength) in his decisions and in his life habits.
1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
“Finding God” is dependent on you seeking Him to serve Him with a life dedicated to Him, with a pure spirit, without fracturing your life between interests for God and interests in other things on a par with God.
By David Cox
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Matt 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
God wants us to live in such a way that we do not hold grudges, we do not seek aggression nor vengance, and we don’t constantly seek conflict and friction with others. Forgiveness is key in our spiritual life. So then, God conditions us for divine forgiveness for our sins, by allowing offenses to happen in our life, and he sees how we react. Without forgiveness as a foundation in our lives forming part of our moral character, we cannot receive divine forgiveness for our own sins. Embracing Christ is embracing forgiveness as a concept in our lives. As we have learned forgiveness and exercise it in our own relationships, thus God forgives us, that is God’s promise (or threat). Scary thought! Forgiveness is not something we just want for OUR sins, but it is something that we believe in like Jesus’ death and resurrection. It is a practiced way of life for us. God sees that in how you forgive those that have aggression against you. Let it go! Forgive!
Sexual Purity
By David Cox
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It is not an impossible fight!
1Pet 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Gal 5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
With the increase of pornography and the constant lowering of standards, sexual temptation has become one of the principal problems for Christians. It is a spiritual fight so intense that almost every Christian has it. This fight is not impossible to win, but it is very difficult.