There are so many negative elements controlling our society and the world at large; racism, abortion, drug abuse and more. Many of these issues are even championed by evil men and ungodly leaders to distort God’s order and design for mankind and to establish their own.
Science is good, science is God’s gift, but when men perverted science, they used science to destroy man; now we have atomic bomb and nuclear weapons of mass destruction that can wipe out an entire city in 5 minutes.
In the same vein, sex and sexuality is God’s gift but sexual perversion has destroyed God’s plan for sexuality. God has an agenda, but man corrupted his agenda. Sex is good, Sex is God’s design but when men perverted it, they created their own sexuality and sexual orientations, thereby having homosexuality, lesbianism, beastiality and more.
It will be dishonest not to admit that these issues are influencing our world today, and such is a total deviation from God’s design concerning sex and sexuality.
Distorted sexual orientation is being enforced on children who haven’t reached accountability age, on minors who are trying to understand what life is about and even encouraging children to have surgery that completely change their sex organs and sexuality.
Parents are now threatened with jail term if they are caught discouraging their children against their sexual view. Schools have developed curriculum to indoctrinate different sexual orientations. It is called the “woke generation”.
Romans 1: 25 – 27 (TLB)
25. Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things God made, but wouldn’t obey the blessed God who made these things.
26. That is why God let go of them and let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God’s natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other.
27. And the men, instead of having normal sex relationships with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.
What people call “woke” is actually disgusting and shameful before God. We live in an age where immorality is packaged as entertainment and as believers in Christ we are poised to deal with these prevailing situations that are adversely affecting humanity and our world at large.
We can’t ignore what is happening around us, we must accept responsibilities and stand on the word of God.
God made man for woman, not for another man. He made woman for man, not for another woman. God designed marriage and instituted it for opposite sex, not for the same sex.
Firstly, only the gospel can solve social problems; T.L Osborn said, The gospel is God’s only solution for mankind. As believers we have the responsibility to accept everyone regardless what their view is even when it is contrary to ours or even the Bible. We must love everyone in our world irrespective of their opinions.
The problem is not about the sinner, but the sin; hence, we deal with people with God’s unconditional love. The love walk is a command, not a choice. We cannot make enemies out of people because we disagree or because they have different views from ours.
2 Corinthians 5: 18 – 19 (TLB)
18 All these new things are from God who brought us back to himself through what Christ Jesus did. And God has given us the privilege of urging everyone to come into his favor and be reconciled to him.
19 For God was in Christ, restoring the world to himself, no longer counting men’s sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message he has given us to tell others.
We have a ministry to reconcile the world back to God, we have a duty to make all men see. We are the salt and the light of this world. We can’t blind our eyes to the moral decadence of the world; we are soul winners and able ministers of Christ Jesus.
Secondly, we are called to pray for souls — the lost, the unsaved and those who have tiptoed out of God’s plan for their lives. Intercessory prayer is a ministry for every believer. Only God can change the heart of men, that’s why we must pray.
Our prayers are the call of the soul; intercession is a soul travail God can not deny. We are not to judge anyone or hate anyone because of their opinion of what sexuality is; we are called to love and pray for one another.
The Bible calls the Devil, the god of this world; he’s the one causing disobedience through the spirit of the power of the air. Until the veil and the blindfold is taken off from their eyes, they will keep languishing in their ignorance and sinful habits.
Thirdly, It is the Word of God that changes people. If people are born in a certain way, after being born again, they should not remain the same way. When the right diet is served, the appetite will change.
The new birth experience is an inward regeneration, it is not behavioural modification. When a man is born again genuinely, the old life gives way for the new life; the struggle and the deception of the devil and society over his life will stop, the appetite will change; he/she begins to long to please the Lord.
We must not fail to let them know the stand of the Bible on this issue and that forgiveness has been provided for all mistakes, errors, shortcoming, misleading, ignorance and sin; that God does not count people’s sin against them and that God will not punish anyone for sins.
There may be mistakes along the way, there may be temptation to go back to the vomit; there may be some inconsistencies and inadequacies, such is expected. A man can be born again and still be carnal (fleshly ruled); that’s why discipleship is very compulsory immediately after salvation. The inward change is instant at salvation, but the outward change is gradual through discipleship, and it is from glory to glory.
2 Corinthians 3: 18 (AMPC)
And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit.
Grace has a twofold work; the redemptive work and the enabling work. Grace saves and it also enables. Grace teaches, empowers and makes alive. No man needs to struggle to live right.
Once a person believes the gospel of Christ and affirms the Lordship of Jesus, he automatically gains right standing with God. Righteousness is instantly imparted in to his spirit; this same righteousness causes him to live right. This is the gospel.
Finally, social problems must be solved from a spiritual standpoint. We don’t fight reason with reason, but with the Word of God. Our weapon is not carnal, we pull down strongholds, imagination and bring every thought that negates God’s will to the obedience of Christ. We do this by fortifying ourselves with the gospel and sound doctrine.
DECLARATION
I am committed to influencing my world for Jesus and shining His light in me to all men. I bring people into right standing with God just as I gained right standing with Him. Glory to God!
SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES
John 13: 34, Colossians 3: 14; 2 Corinthians 5:21
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