Shedding Light On The Truth About Same Sex

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To The Reader, This practice is widespread and rapidly growing, that we have felt that there may be some who may not honestly know what the bible has to say about Same Sex or how to find it in the scriptures. Many are from varied backgrounds and have been crippled in the effort of obtaining the truth. This is only for those who would like to know the truth, the truth as it is in Jesus.

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Preface

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Risk n Results

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Now What?

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Final Thoughts

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Cause n effects

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We are simply saying that .to step out on this platform of Same Sex and proclaim to the world who you are takes courage. You have lost out on some things possibly as a result while gaining others. The one who has made this proclamation has taken a stand. This person is where many people are not at, they are afraid to take a stand.

But you have taken this stand whether others like it or not. Most people who are for or against this practice are afraid to speak out, and if they do speak out, most do it

without careful thought and much consideration, on either side of the issue. But with this courage and taking such a stand you are eligible to do many great things, because you are where so many are too cowardly to obtain to, taking a stand.

No, not to lift this practice up, or to put the person down. We also have decided to take courage and take a stand and publish this little booklet.

We have considered that you daily have to stand against opposition, stares, praises, condemnation, and so many other

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struggles, which most .people avoid.

You have volunteered in a difficult struggle. But in this struggle you have developed strong character traits.

These character traits can be used in many entities that require a person of strength and courage. Many of the Same Sex do not attend church and do not profess anything, but there are some that are regular attendees to church services. But both of

these classes were most likely reared in homes where the parents were Christians or of some sort of religious persuasion. But if your home was like my home almost, there was not that intimate teaching of the scriptures to me. Even though I attended services weekly and even went to a church school it was not enough to convert me as a child. The home needs the parent to

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teach and to pray with .the child. But the parent can never give what they did not have themselves. I was the devil going to church weekly and attending a church school. The teachers and parents do not speak much on sexuality to the children. As I look back, it is one of the greatest mistakes that could be made, especially in today’s world. They should warn, exhort, protect, and encourage. It

would be wise for parents and teachers to take up this work and stop pretending that sexuality does not exist among children and teens. O how I wished I had the warnings and protection of a mother and teacher. Parents have their heads in the sand and want to believe that their kids are perfect or angels when they have not done the work to be granted this success.

The chaos that is going

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on in the world today .is a result of the neglect of parents. If parents had done the job that God intended that they do, children will go forth from homes well balanced and well trained, and when new ideas and suggestions are presented to them, they can resist them for they have been grounded and rooted by good solid home training that can not be uprooted. Same Sex

as it is today is fairly new with the openness or out of the closet.

Years ago this just did not happen, even when I was younger, The homes were more faithful then.. The other day I went out in the yard to uproot a bush, it was small and I had my shovel in hand, but as I dug the shovel in deep with my feet and went deep, I could not uproot that little bush Yes, It was grounded and rooted so firmly,

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that after a while, I just .let it alone. But the other day I went back to look at it, it was dying, I killed the bush.

And this is how children should be so trained, that they would rather die than violate or uproot a biblical principle from God.

But if you grew up in such a home and did not get it all, we understand.. If you were in one of those homes that you got nothing at all we understand. But today, we can not look in the past, but we must move forward. We can all talk about what could have, should have and so on. Most people that are denouncing this type of lifestyle are not free from problems, the bible says, “all have

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sinned and come short .of the glory of God.: If we were able to take just a peek into most of their lives, they all have issues. The only difference is that they can readily see yours, they hide theirs or it is just not known.

But as I share this with you from the scriptures, please keep an open mind, so that you are able to get the knowledge and then put it to practice. For example. if you were

attending school somewhere, you are there to learn a new skill or trade. And then later use that for self supporting purposes.

But now we are in a different school in which we will learn new biblical skills and you can prayerfully decide if you would like to put them into practice. The skill is simple and plain, I will use a few bible text, and will expand greatly on each of them. Then

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you can take it up and .run with It or just leave it.

I have worked with young people in an work setting, who were practicing Same Sex. Although I was a leader over them, and interacted with them on a daily basis, I knew not how to reach out to them. I did not know what to say to them, so I just basically ignored it and simply treated them as a normal person without

ever raising the issue.

But I often wonder if it was fair to them. Could I have done more? I thought that if I could gain their friendship, then I would reach out.

But that friendship never happened and I left the company for another position. If I had a book or pamphlet maybe it could have helped.

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Leviticus 18 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

This scripture is the first that I would like to share. It does not have Same Sex in it.

But it is very detailed and specific and it leads the reader to ultimately understand the message

. .If you are a Christian,

then you want to serve God. This is what He has written.

Next is the definition of abomination.

1. anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred.

2. intense aversion or loathing; detestation: He regarded lying with abomination.

3. a vile, shameful, or detestable action, condition, habit, etc.

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The definition is basically how God views this and many human beings.

So those people who are followers of Christ will have the same distaste as God Himself does.

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Leviticus 20 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they

. shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. .

Now the Lord repeats this again, saying the same thing but giving more information and now what should happen to both of them.

So we can see here that this just was not practiced, it was, it was in the closet or undercover

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. Genesis 19 because the guilty pair would be put to 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at death. This is how even; and Lot sat in much God hated the gate of Sodom: this practice. But and Lot seeing them remember , God rose up to meet them; loves the sinner but and he bowed himself hates the sin. Most with his face toward people even in the the ground; church today do not 5 And they called unto really study their Lot, and said unto bible, so they could not really share this, him, Where are the men which came in to they just know they thee this night? bring just do not like it. them out unto us, that we may know them.

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6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

Genesis 19:7-8 King James Version (KJV) 7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

Here it is clear that

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these men wanted other men, and Lot called it wickedness or sin. .

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and

whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: 14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

This was happening in the city right before it was destroyed later

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by God. And God put to death all of them just as He declared that should be the result.

Many have gotten away from the bible and do not have a clue what it says, or there may be others that have the bible and turn and twist the scriptures to make it come down to their low standards

When I was trying to do a word search with a free downloadable bible, it never gives me all the scripture.

But when I did a search on the word Lot, In Genesis 19-it totally left out verses 7 and 8. I was so amazed. I am more convinced that a traditional approach the bible searching with a Strong’s concordance is needed, because

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Satan can easily go in and change , leave out and alter the electronic text.

Where people will not come forth from the study of the Word with a full representation of truth.

If you must have the electronic bible, do not just use one, use six to 10 different ones so that you can count and compare verses to make sure

you are getting it all, for the enemy will gladly leave out a word, phrase or entire verses or chapters if He can get away with it so you do not get the truth you need.

Determine now to go out and purchase the Kings James version of the bible at your local store and a Strong's concordance and use this as a standard basis for your study.

Why king James? This

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will give you the clearest path to truth and understanding, the other version that may come close is the new King James version.

Conclusion: Those who are officiating in churches as Pastors while practicing Same Sex are doing so ignorantly, or deceitfully. God

winks at ignorance, but once the truth is known by them, then they will be held accountable by God Himself.

There is no other way to interpret these scriptures, they all speak plainly. Some like to say, the new testament, but the only bible Jesus had in His day is the Old Testament, and He followed it. If we are true Christians we will

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follow in the footsteps of Jesus. “And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:� 2 Peter 2:7 So Lot was considered Just or Righteous in the bible and therefore could label something as being sin or wickedness.

God has already pronounced judgment against

this practice and we have seen Him execute this punishment Himself in Sodom and Gomorrah. Please do not allow someone else to give you an different understanding of this.

The bible is too plain where even a child could grasp the meaning as they humbly go to God in prayer, seeking to do His will, not their own.

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To continue to go down a road after a detour has been recommended is dangerous.

One consequence is that for known reasons, the government does not accept the blood of Same Sex males.

But now the government is now considering removing this restrictions, putting at risk millions.

Inability to have your own child Not having God having your back.

Living on the defense. .

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Hiv or Aids and other diseases associated with this lifestyle. * If Government lift the ban on these giving blood, many would be at risk. * Hate Crimes by some.

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If you are a bible believing Christian, simply go to the Lord in repentance and He has promised to receive you and not turn none away, As it took courage to get into this lifestyle, gather that same courage and strength and get out of it holding on to God’s hand every step of the way. May God bless you is my prayer as

you turn face about and move forward.

God is with open arms to receive you. If you need help, this book will

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“But instead of permitting his convictions to lead him to repentance, he sought to dismiss these unwelcome reflections. The interview with Paul was cut short. "Go thy way for this time," he said; "when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

Acts 24:25 " {AA 426.1} “They that be whole need not a physician, but

they that are sick. But go ye and learn what that meaneth , I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“The garden of the heart must be cultivated. The soil must be broken up by deep repentance for sin. Poisonous, Satanic plants must be uprooted. The soil once overgrown by thorns can be

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reclaimed only by diligent labor. So the evil tendencies of the natural heart can be overcome only by earnest effort in the name and strength of Jesus. The Lord bids us by His prophet, “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. ”Sow to yourselves in righteousness; reap in 24 mercy.”

But go ye and learn what that meaneth , I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Jeremiah 4:3; Hosea 10:12. This work He desires” In other words, Don’t delay, come today.

Mark 2:17. He has an honest heart who yields to the conviction of the Holy Spirit. He confesses

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his guilt, and feels his need of the mercy and love of God. He has a sincere desire to know the truth,” that he may obey it.

The good heart is a believing heart, one that has faith in the word of God. Without faith it is impossible to receive the word. “He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.”

Hebrews 11:6. 44 {CSA 24.5} Christ came to this world to die, for this very reason, to save us all from sin. “All have sinned and cone short of the glory of God.” No one can say my sin is better than your sin. Jesus simply invites us all to repent, He will heal and forgive .

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Same Sex Rights?

Many are trying to connect Gay rights with the civil rights movement. These are not equal in the least. In the Word of God, God did not even permit the ones with this practice with a right to live, He declared that they be put to death. The civil rights movement is a separate and distinct movement

which God supported and approved. The Same Sex right can only conflict with society at large, because God has never blessed nor supported this practice in the past, future or presently. “I the Lord thy God, I change not.�

Lawmakers have erred in seeking to make this a law of the land. For those that live among us, they should take a humble position . and

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not be demanding of their rights else God could send judgments more rapidly to end their cause. In the bible God declared that this class of people be put to death. But today the bible is not studied and obeyed. Same Sex have been protected by basic human rights and this people are protected by the laws

of the land and they are not Killed. This is a critical right that God does not even give them. They have been graciously preserved alive by the laws of the land. But since the media and laws are siding with them, it does not decrease the declared abomination

by God. and the laws and media now seem to embrace the very things God has

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declared sin. As these things grow it will ever conflict with society until there is untold ruin, death and bloodshed. Jesus will have to put an end to it all, because man has failed in keeping these things in check through the neglect of proper home training of children We are RECOVERY

Healthcare and we have stood at the bedside of a dying one of this practice and have offered them to repentance and surrender to Jesus.

They gladly accepted Him before perishing a few days later. But how much better it would be to accept Him today. God can began using you to reach out to others who may not honestly know what the bible

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says on this topic.�

When the laws of health are violated there is mental, physical as well as spiritual decline. As we adhere to the laws of our Creator we are preserved in every way to be a blessing to others.

God is ready to forgive and bless those who will do all they can to bring

forth well ordered children from homes that put the training of their children and themselves in divine things, the truth as it is in Jesus, above wealth, position and reputation. For me, sitting in church was not enough each week, going to a church school was not enough for me, having the Bible Story books were not enough for me. I needed the

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intimate training from the lips of a mother and Father, but they could not give what they did not have. Here is how oft the Parents should instruct

their little ones. :Deuteronomy 6:5-9: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all

thy might.

6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon

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thine. hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Yes, this is how much I needed the instruction in divine things, essentially every time the parent has opportunity, and they are to post it

everywhere in the home post even on the gates. But sadly in many homes this is not happening as God instructed. In my home the television was on when mom was not there and many times when she was there it was on.

So Satan has taken over to teach diligently his principles of evil through the TV and other media. Satan

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has stolen a march on the home. We have allowed the television & electronic devices to fill the void of the Mother in the home. Now Satan comes in the home through the Electronic devices and educates young and old in his hellish ways.

It is not too late to make a new start.

You see the mother in the home has always been God’s plan while the father was the bread winner. But how could the mother be diligent in the training of her little ones when she is absent from the home in one way or another—by work or otherwise? How could she diligently watch the character building when she has given this over to

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a stranger who may not embrace her values or diligence in their training?. .

In today's world with women demanding to be in the workforce and declaring their rights, the rights of her child are being ignored. The child has a right to a parent that is present at all times in the home, and a

right to sound biblical teachings that are diligent taught in the home that will lead to a right formation of character that will bring to the child, the parents and society a blessing. The child has been placed in the care of those who through neglect and error has led to a world full of sorrow that only God can truly estimate.

The Family Health

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Book that will train all the members of the house hold in daily living and in bible health habits that would prove to be a blessing if not only read but lived.

The bible is the best book that will be aa training tool for the entire family in righteousness, the Ministry of Healing comes with updated language that is more our time that

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Instead of the crowded city seek some retired situation where your children will be, so far as possible, shielded from temptation, and there train and educate them for usefulness. The prophet Ezekiel thus enumerates the causes that led to Sodom's sin and destruction: "Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." All who would escape the doom of Sodom must shun the course that brought God's judgments upon that wicked city. {AH 138.3} When Lot entered Sodom, he fully intended to keep himself free from iniquity and to command his household after him. But he signally failed.

The corrupting influences about him had an effect upon his own faith, and his children's

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connection with the inhabitants of Sodom bound up his interest in a measure with theirs. The result is before us. Many are still making a similar mistake Let it be your study to select and make your homes as far from Sodom and Gomorrah as you can. Keep out of the large cities. If possible make your homes in the quiet retirement of the country, even if you can never become wealthy by so doing. Locate where there is the best influence. {AH 139.1} Lot chose Sodom for his home because he saw that there were advantages to be gained there from a worldly point of view. But after he had established himself, and grown rich in earthly treasure, he was convinced that he had made a mistake in not taking into consideration the moral standing of the community in which he

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was to make his home. {CC 48.3} The influence of his wife and the associations of that wicked city would have led him to apostatize from God had it not been for the faithful instruction he had early received from Abraham.

The marriage of Lot and his choice of Sodom for a home were the first links in a chain of events fraught with evil to the world for many generations. {CC 48.5} The same voice that warned Lot to leave Sodom bids us, "Come out from among them, and be ye separate, . . .and touch not the unclean" (2 Corinthians 6:17). Those who obey this warning will find a refuge. {CC 53.5}

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The judgments of God are soon to be poured out upon the earth. "Escape for thy life" is the warning from the angels of God. Other voices are heard saying: "Do not become excited; there is no cause for special alarm." Those who are at ease in Zion cry "Peace and safety," while heaven declares that swift destruction is about to come upon the transgressor. The young, the frivolous, the pleasure loving, consider these warnings as idle tales and turn from them with a jest. Parents are inclined to think their children about right in the matter, and all sleep on at ease. Thus it was at the destruction of the old world and when Sodom and Gomorrah were consumed by fire. On the night prior to their destruction the cities of the plain rioted in pleasure. Lot was derided for

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his fears and warnings. But it was these scoffers that perished in the flames. That very night the door of mercy was forever closed to the wicked, careless inhabitants of Sodom. {CC 53.4} One of the fugitives ventured to cast a look backward to the doomed city, and she became a monument of God's judgment. If Lot himself had manifested no hesitancy to obey the angels' warning, but had earnestly fled toward the mountains, without one word of pleading or remonstrance, his wife also would have made her escape. The influence of his example would have saved her from the sin that sealed her doom. But his hesitancy and delay caused her to lightly regard the divine warning. While her body was upon the plain, her heart clung to Sodom, and

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she perished with it. She rebelled against God because His judgments involved her possessions and her children in the ruin. Although so greatly favored in being called out from the wicked city, she felt that she was severely dealt with, because the wealth that it had taken years to accumulate must be left to destruction. Instead of thankfully accepting deliverance, she presumptuously looked back to desire the life of those who had rejected the divine warning. Her sin showed her to be unworthy of life, for the preservation of which she felt so little gratitude. {CC 54.2}

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The wife of Lot was a selfish, irreligious woman, and her influence was exerted to separate her husband from Abraham. But for her, Lot would not have remained in Sodom, deprived of the counsel of the wise, God-fearing patriarch, (Abraham). . . . {CC 57.4}

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We are on the very verge of the time of trouble, and perplexities that are scarcely dreamed of are before us. A power from beneath is leading men to war against Heaven. Human beings have confederated with satanic agencies to make void the law of God. The inhabitants of the world are fast becoming as the inhabitants of the world in Noah's day, who were swept away by the Flood, and as the inhabitants of Sodom, who were consumed by fire from heaven. The powers of Satan are at work to keep minds diverted from eternal realities. The enemy has arranged matters to suit his own purposes. Worldly business, sports, the fashions of the day—these things occupy the minds of men and women.

Amusements and unprofitable reading spoil the

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judgment. In the broad road that leads to eternal ruin there walks a long procession. The world, filled with violence, reveling, and drunkenness, is converting the church. The law of God, the divine standard of righteousness, is declared to be of no effect. 52 {CCh Excessive study, by increasing the flow of blood to the brain, creates morbid excitability that tends to lessen the power of self-control, and too often gives sway to impulse or caprice. Thus the door is opened to impurity. The misuse or nonuse of the physical powers is largely responsible for the tide of corruption that is overspreading the world. "Pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness," are as deadly foes to human progress in this generation as when they led to the destruction of Sodom. 164 { CCh 109.1} 64.3}

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The church has a special work to do in educating and training its children that they may not, in attending school or in any other association, be influenced by those of corrupt habits. The world is full of iniquity and disregard of the requirements of God. The cities have become as Sodom, and our children are daily exposed to many evils. Those who attend the public schools often associate with others more neglected than they, those who, aside from the time spent in the schoolroom, are left to obtain a street education.

The hearts of the young are easily impressed; and unless their surroundings are of the right character, Satan will use these neglected children to influence those who are more carefully trained. Thus, before Sabbath keeping parents

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know what is being done, the lessons of depravity are learned, and the souls of their little ones are corrupted. {CCh 203.2} Our Saviour warned His disciples that just prior to His second coming a state of things would exist very similar to that which preceded the flood.

Eating and drinking would be carried to excess, and the world would be given up to pleasure.

This state of things does exist at the present time.

The world is largely given up to the indulgence of appetite; and the disposition to follow worldly customs will bring us into bondage to perverted habits,--habits that will make us more and more like the doomed inhabitants of Sodom. I have wondered that the inhabitants of the earth were not 18 destroyed, like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. I see reason enough for the present

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state of degeneracy and mortality in the world.

Blind passion controls reason, and every high consideration is, with many, sacrificed to lust. {CD 17.4} Sin has prevailed since the fall. While a few have remained faithful to God, the great majority have corrupted their ways before Him. The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was on account of their great wickedness. They gave loose rein to their intemperate appetites, then to their corrupt passions, until they were so debased, and their sins were so abominable, that their cup of iniquity was full, and they were consumed with fire from heaven. {CD 60.2} The same sins of gluttony and drunkenness benumbed the moral sensibilities of the inhabitants of Sodom, so that

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crimes seemed to be the delight of the men and women of that wicked city. Christ thus warns the world: "Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed." {CD 60.4} The youth of today are a sure index to the future of society; and as we view them, what can we hope for that future? The majority are fond of amusement and averse to work. They lack moral courage to deny self and to respond to the claims of duty. They have but little self-control, and become excited and angry on the slightest

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occasion. Very many in every age and station of life are without principle or conscience; and with their idle, spendthrift habits they are rushing into vice and are corrupting society, until our world is becoming a second Sodom. If the appetites and passions were under the control of reason and religion, society would present a widely different aspect. God never designed that the present woeful condition of things should exist; it has been brought about through the gross violation of nature's laws. {CD 120.2} As men multiplied upon the earth after the flood, they again forgot God, and corrupted their ways before Him. Intemperance in every form increased, until almost the whole world was given up to its sway. Entire cities have been

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swept from the face of the earth because of the debasing crimes and revolting iniquity that made them a blot upon the fair field of God's created works. The gratification of unnatural appetite led to the sins that caused the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God ascribes the fall of Babylon to her gluttony and drunkenness. Indulgence of appetite and passion was the foundation of all their sins. The uncontrolled indulgence and consequent disease and degradation that existed at Christ's first advent, will again exist, with intensity of evil, before His second coming. Christ declares that the condition of the world will be as in the days before the flood, and as in Sodom and Gomorrah. Every imagination of the thoughts of the heart will be evil continually. Upon the very

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verge of that fearful time we are now living, and to us should come home the lesson of the Saviour's fast. Only by the inexpressible anguish which Christ endured, can we estimate the evil of unrestrained indulgence. His example declares that our only hope of eternal life is through bringing the appetites and passions into subjection to the will of God. {CD 151.3} Among the evils resulting from wealth, one of the greatest is the fashionable idea that work is degrading. The prophet Ezekiel declares: "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."

Ezekiel 16:49. Here are presented before us the

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terrible results of idleness, which enfeebles the mind, debases the soul, and perverts the understanding, making a curse of that which was given as a blessing. It is the working man or woman who sees something great and good in life, and who is willing to bear its responsibilities with faith and hope. {CT 279.1} When iniquity abounds in a nation, there is always to be heard some voice giving warning and instruction, as the voice of Lot was heard in Sodom. Yet Lot could have preserved his family from many evils, had he not made his home in this wicked, polluted city. All that Lot and his family did in Sodom could have been done by them, even if they had lived in a place some distance away from the city. Enoch

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31 walked with God, and yet he did not live in the midst of any city, polluted with every kind of violence and wickedness, as did Lot in Sodom.-Evangelism, p. 79. (1903) {CL 30.5} Job had said, "The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler."

And when the two angels in the guise of men came to Sodom, Lot bowed himself with his face toward the ground, and said, "Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night." Job 31:32; Genesis 19:2. With all these lessons the priest and the Levite were familiar, but they had not brought them into practical life. Trained in the school of national bigotry, they had become selfish,

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narrow, and exclusive. When they looked upon the wounded man, they could not tell whether he was of their nation or not. They thought he might be of the Samaritans, and they turned away. {DA 500.2} "It is a fearful thing to treat lightly the truth which has convinced our understanding and touched our hearts. We cannot with impunity reject the warnings which God in mercy sends us.

A message was sent from heaven to the world in Noah's day, and the salvation of men depended upon the manner in which they treated that message. Because they rejected the warning, the Spirit of God was withdrawn from the sinful race, and they perished in the waters of the flood. In the time of Abraham, mercy ceased to plead with

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the guilty inhabitants of Sodom, and all but Lot with his wife and two daughters were consumed by the fire sent down from heaven. So in the days of Christ. The Son of God declared to the unbelieving Jews of that generation, 'Your house is left unto you desolate.' Looking down to the last days, the same infinite power declares, concerning those who 'received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved,' 'For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.' As they reject the teachings of His Word, God withdraws His Spirit, and leaves them to the deceptions which they love."] Quotes by EG White

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