A Pillar of Salt

 Jesus said the greatest commandment was to love God with all your heart and love each other.

God's goal for this blog is not to make anyone feel uninvited or unwelcome. Just know that when I write, I'm coming from a Christian perspective, because these are my beliefs. I believe God's word. 

Jesus ate with sinners and welcomed them. Luke chapter 5 says, "But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?” Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.” (Verses 30-32 NLT)

This brings me to our topic, in Genesis chapter 19 we read about a man named Lot who comes to meet two angels of The Lord, and invites them to stay with him in his home in the town of Sodom. Meanwhile all the men of Sodom gathered around Lot's home and wanted the angels to come out so they could have sexual relations with them. The angels were called there by God to destroy the city because all the people were corrupted by these sins. The angels told Lot and his family to leave the town and Sodom and Gomorrah were left behind to be engulfed in burning sulfur from the sky.

This topic has really been on my heart because it has struck a nerve with Christians that recently in our news in Houston, TX attorneys sent out subpoenas for five pastors sermons. I feel it's not a coincidence that the Houston mayor is openly gay because they're specifically looking for contents including homosexuality. Although it is written plain and simple in Leviticus 18:22 and Christians should obey His word, we are still called to love everyone, but we feel a storm is brewing. The story from the Bible about Lot frightens me to the core, because that is what our nation has become. And not because of the non believers, Christians as well, we are all sinners, it's our nature. The subpoenas being distributed confirms for us that Christians are becoming a huge target. We were already a target when the Isis group started killing Christians. We have always been a target and we always will be. But to a point now in our generation and in our nation that was built on freedom, our pastors are being threatened about preaching God's word and to obey God by not participating in homosexuality, this is a HUGE deal. It doesn't really matter if there was a misunderstanding or the subpoenas were worded the wrong way, it's inexcusable. We have to stand strong and continue to love, no matter who or what comes after us. We cannot let it break our love and trust for our God or our love for all people. When we are vulnerable, doubt and fear sets in, and satan sees that we're weak and he will prey on us. Stand firm in Christ, He is in control, and He will protect His children.

This doesn't mean we shouldn't have a voice. This isn't the time to keep quiet. Stand up for Christ. We should inform others that attacking our pastors is not acceptable. -

“Let me go on, and I will show you the truth. For I have not finished defending God! I will present profound arguments for the righteousness of my Creator. I am telling you nothing but the truth, for I am a man of great knowledge. “God is mighty, but he does not despise anyone! He is mighty in both power and understanding. He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted." (Job 36:2-6 NLT)

Sen. Rand Paul said the First Amendment "doesn't exist to keep religion out of government. It exists to keep government out of religion."

If you haven't already I'm encouraging you to pray for our nation, our government, and our leaders.

"That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved." (Romans 1:26-27 NLT)