Before leaving this lesson behind, allow me to also mention
the fact that in the previous verse from Hebrews, Paul began
by saying "But exhort one another daily". In other words, one
way to avoid falling into sin, and becoming hardened against
the Lord's Spirit working in our lives, is to keep each other
in check. In other words, we need to constantly encourage and
inspire each other through the truth of the Scriptures. We
need to not only support each other with our prayers, but we
also need to help strengthen each other, and keep each other
on guard against sin, by constantly quoting the Scriptures.
This thought goes right along with the following verses:

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance
of his friend."
Proverbs 27:17, KJV

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for
their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his
fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he
hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together,
then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if
one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
threefold cord is not quickly broken."
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, KJV

"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for
another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much . . . Brethren, if any of
you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Let him know,
that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way
shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of
sins."
James 5:16, 19-20, KJV

Let us return now to the dead animal story, and my daughter.
After sharing this story with my daughter, I told her that it
was not simply an accident that one short scene in the movie
depicted two boys kissing each other on the mouth. I told her
that it was intentionally placed there for a very specific
reason. Actors were purposely hired for the part, and perhaps
even paid to do the scene. It was not just an afterthought. I
am sure that careful attention was given to every detail of
the video. I then explained to her that the intention was to
implant a subconscious thought in her mind, via a movie about
prejudice between Blacks and Whites, that to view homosexual
relationships as abnormal, is not only wrong, but it is also
a form of prejudice.

In other words, the intention of the video's creators was to
attach a lie -- gay relationships are normal -- to something
which is totally unrelated -- Blacks and Whites shouldn't be
prejudiced against each other -- which most people perceive
as truth. This tactic is so typical of Satan. He will mix a
little bit of truth with his pack of lies in order to trick
and deceive people. But let us remember what Jesus and the
Prophet Isaiah said:

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter
for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"
Isaiah 5:20, KJV

". . . He [the Devil] was a murderer from the beginning, and
abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it."
John 8:44, KJV

I told my daughter that I have no doubt that irresponsible
school officials will continue to show these kinds of videos
in the classroom, which contain these quick, short scenes,
which slowly but surely indoctrinate children, and subtly
persuade them that the gay and lesbian lifestyle is normal,
acceptable, and can even be enjoyable. Even though these
relationships clearly defy God's Natural Order, similar to
the animal carcase on the road which nauseates us, children
will be taught to ignore the natural repulsion given to them
by God, and will eventually tolerate, if not embrace, these
aberrant lifestyles. Their sense of right and wrong will be
warped. They will become numb to the Voice of God's Spirit
speaking the truth to their hearts. Sin will no longer be
a sin in their eyes; and we, their parents, will simply be
branded as old-fashioned, narrow-minded fogies full of hate.

How much this has come to pass in the eight years since I
first wrote this series! As we saw earlier, gay and lesbian
militants have made great strides towards convincing people
to accept, or at the very least, to tolerate, their sinful
lifestyle; and this fact is particularly evident amongst the
younger generation. Even at the private Christian school that
my daughter attended, there were a few students who claimed
to be gay or lesbian much to the chagrin of the schoolmaster.

I also explained to my daughter, that as she continued going
through school, sooner or later, she would encounter gay and
lesbian people; and she would have to decide how she wanted
to react to them. I told her that eventually, she would have
to make her own decisions regarding her faith. In a word, she
could either compromise and hide her light under a bushel, or
else she could stand up for what she believes in; even if it
means being ostracized, and suffering mockery and ridicule,
and losing friends, or maybe even being reprimanded by school
authorities. Thankfully, as I mentioned in the last part of
this series, the Lord worked out our situation so that she
was able to attend a private Christian school during her last
six years of school life.

But general speaking, if there is one thing which has become
clear to me personally over the years, it is that we will
each have to pay a greater and greater price for our faith,
as the world continues to slide into spiritual darkness, and
the gulf grows ever wider between the Children of Light, and
the Children of Darkness. This is an inevitable truth; for as
Jesus said:

"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he
that endureth to the end shall be saved."
Matthew 10:22, KJV

If you are a God-fearing, Bible-believing Christian, then I
hope that after reading the information which I have provided
in this series, that you are truly convinced that all of the
social and legal victories which have been won by the gay and
lesbian community, are most certainly not of God, but rather,
are inspired by none other than Satan himself; the Father of
Lies; who has declared a war of spiritual anarchy against the
Natural Order established by the Lord in the Garden of Eden.
It should be clear to you by now, that the primary purpose of
these new laws, court rulings, and new social attitudes, is
to totally overturn God's Standards, as they are contained in
the Bible, and to replace them with a less-demanding, human
standard, in which sin and guilt are viewed as outdated ideas
from the past, and in which sin is no longer considered a sin.

It is encouraging to know, that despite the heavy onslaught
by these gay and lesbian militants, many American states have
continued to stand firm in their objections to marriages of
two people of the same sex. As of this current time -- April,
2009 -- thirty US states still have constitutional amendments
on their books which explicitly prohibit the recognition of
same-sex "marriages". Furthermore, more than forty US states
explicitly restrict marriage to heterosexual unions; that is,
between two persons of the opposite sex. Finally, nineteen US
states ban any legal recognition of same-sex unions that would
be equivalent to civil marriage. Let's hope and pray that the
people and law makers in these states will continue to remain
strong in their convictions. Let's also hope that with these
recent victories in Iowa and Vermont, God's people will rise
up and prevent the rest of New England from adopting same-sex
"marriage" laws.

A moment ago, I mentioned that Satan, the Father of Lies, has
declared a war of spiritual anarchy against the Natural Order
established by the Lord Himself in the Book of Genesis. If
you think that this idea of an anarchist's world sounds a bit
preposterous, may I suggest that you consider how the Apostle
Paul describes the soon-coming false Jewish messiah, Moshiach
ben David, in the second chapter of his second Epistle to the
Thessalonians. While some Bibles, such as the KJV, interpret
"anthropos hamartia" as "man of sin", meaning of course that
this person will rebel against and violate the Laws of God,
other Bibles interpret it using such terminology as "man of
rebellion", and "the lawless one". Here is the KJV version:

"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not
come, except there come a falling away first, and that man
of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;"
2 Thessalonians 2:3, KJV

No matter how we choose to interpret the phrase, the general
idea being proposed by Paul, is that this man, this false
messiah who will actually claim to be God, will live outside
of the Law of the true God of Heaven; he will be a spiritual
anarchist who opposes God's Natural Order; and it is only
natural to assume that his followers will do likewise as
well.


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