I have been following the recent events happening in California with the overturning of prop. 8. I see two erroneous errors we are making: 1. We think God is democratic and we can choose how we want to live without consequences, that He will listen to our foolishness and arrogance; and 2. that we can live how we want and do what we want and ignore God's guidelines and not suffer the consequences of our actions.

God does not believe in democracy - He is theocratic! Read Exodus 19:4-6, ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. ‘Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. ‘And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

He has established a set of rules, known as the 10 commandments (Exodus 20:1-17, And God spoke all these words, saying: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. "You shall have no other gods before Me. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image–any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. "You shall not murder. "You shall not commit adultery. "You shall not steal. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s." ), and has said if we follow His rules and do things His way we live. He does not care if we agree or not!

Is it fair? Well, when you look at what He is offering us, eternal life with God in Heaven and all we have to do is repent of our sin and hard-hearts, acknowledge Jesus Christ as God's only begotten Son, accept Him as our Lord and Savior. If we choose to spit on Him and reject Him as our Savior then we get our just rewards - eternal life in hell!

Our leadership, both locally, state and nationally, are leading down paths of destruction! You would do well to read what happened to men in the Old Testament who did similar things. Read Daniel 4:28-37. King Nebuchadnezzar set himself up equal to God, and he paid a terrible price for it until he learned to humble himself before a mighty God! We had better become a God-fearing people and nation before it is too late! I warn you - do not continue tarrying!

Now some would say that nothing given above pertains to homosexuality or lesbianism. Well, check these verses out from Leviticus. Both state that homosexuality is an abomination punishable by death!

Leviticus 18:22 says, "‘You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." and Leviticus 20:13 says, "‘If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

So why do men and women want to that that is an abomination? Well, let's look at the New Testament for an answer:

Romans 1:18-32 says the reason some choose to do the immoral and abominable things is they rejected God, so He gave them over to do all these vile things, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man–and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them. "

1 Corinthians 6:9 says, "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. "

1 Timothy 1:8-11 goes further to say why we have God's law, "But we know that the law is good if one uses it lawfully, knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust. "

God condemns the sin of homosexuality. He showed His wrath against it by destroying the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, which openly practiced homosexuality and other perversions. Under the law of Moses, sodomy was punishable by death. No practicing homosexual will inherit the kingdom of God.

So when we continue setting ourselves against a Holy God, when we continue to be fools and set ourselves up as equal to an all-powerful God then we shall reap the whirlwind! Which one of you can do ANYTHING that God can do? There was a story once about a man who felt he could do anything God could do, so he challenged God to a contest to create a man. So God bgends down and takes some dirt and creates a man. The man starts to do the same, bending down and taking a handful of dirt. God stops him and says, "Get your own dirt!" Man failed.

You folks that continue trying to stand against God and do your own thing succeed in showing your ignorance and foolishness! Your time on Earth amounts to a very small time compared to eternity - and you are willing to spend ETERNITY in hell just so you can feel like you are "something" here for a few seconds!

Read this parable in Luke 16:19-26: "There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day. "But there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, "desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. "So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. "And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. "Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.’ "But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. ‘And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’ "

　

When you die in your foolishness and ignorance and hardness of heart you will be judged and you will spend eternity in hell where there is no relief and chance to change your position.

　

Repent now and cry out to God. He will forgive you. But only if you repent and ask for a change of heart. Only if you acknowledge the sin you have been living in and choose to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! There is no other way! Do not continue testing and trying God! The time is coming, and coming quickly, when it will no longer be day, when you will have distanced yourself too far from God's Mercy and you will not be able to turn and cry out to Him! Do not wait till it is too late. You are not being a martyr to anything - you are only showing the hardness of your heart - and the devil is laughing because he taking you away from God and doing with you what he wants - so you become nothing more than a pupit in satan's hands!

　

Is that short 10-15 seconds of perverse pleasure you get in the arms of your same-sex partner worth eternity in hell? Think about it! Some of you think, "Well, I can enjoy it now and repent later and be 'okay'." Folks, we are not promised tomorrow, we are only promised today! Remember all the talk regarding AIDS? You can get AIDS from same-sex encounters - but you can also get it from any illicit sexual act, meaning any adulterous encounter! It's not punishment from God - it's a "gift" from the daddy you are sucking up to - meaning satan.

　

I realize this is a bit of a hard message, but we must wake up and change our walks while there is still time! Please look at where you are walking and change course while there is still time.

　

I love you in Christ!

Darrel

www.godspropheticvoice.org