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In the beginning, God instituted the family — one man, one woman for life.
He told us to be fruitful and multiply.
God’s word tells us to be responsible for our children, teach them to honor their father and mother and keep God’s commandments. Multiply this family by several million and you have strong nation under God, with liberty and justice for all.
Contrast this: the state of the union in America today. Our government says what happens behind closed doors between consenting adults is no one else’s business. Lawmakers legalized adultery, fornication and abortion and they are working to make sodomy legal and acceptable. They gave special protection to homosexuals and forced employers to bring them into their organizations.
The courts issued instructions to remove the Ten Commandments from schools, and they relaxed the interpretation of pornography. The ACLU has fought for “anything goes.” Our movies and television programs shout the Lord’s name in vain and glorify illicit sex and violence.
The breakdown in the American family is costing taxpayers millions and is exacting a terrible human cost in terms of abused wives, neglected children, poverty, crime, dope, dropouts, AIDS and on and on.
Proverbs 14:12 tells us that there is a way that seems right to man but in the end brings destruction. Numbers 32:23 warns that you can be sure your sins will find you out. This does not mean that someone else will learn about your sin. It means that you cannot escape the consequences of your sin. I am afraid that God will get tired of our rebellion and release his wrath upon us.
Leviticus 25:17-18 says, “But you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God. You shall thus observe my statues, keep my judgments, so as to carry them out; that you may live securely on the land.”
You see, it does matter what you do behind closed doors. The choices you make affect us all.
Fred James
Victoria