A The Baptist Deacon

This post is being written in response to Jubei’s assessment’s of the Gospel. I was going to leave a comment on your blog but you are not allowing comments. As a rule I will generally not post on the weekends, but I am making an exception this morning.
We must call sin what it is. How can we expect God to be happy with his people when we go against the Word of God?  
In your post you say “So the question now becomes, is it “morally correct”. Biblically speaking there is no statute in all honesty in the messianic laws or rabbinical laws nor Christian apostolic successive rights that outlaw gay marriage, because it never occurred. There were homosexual relationships since homosexual relationships were just as normal an activity as any heterosexual relationship. In many cases they were synonymous with the expectation of marriage.  Yet the apostles and Judaism had an entirely different perspective on the matter. The pursuit of “strange flesh” was condemned by God in his judgment upon the cities of “Sodom & Gomorrah”. (Jude 1:7)”
We need to look at Sodom & Gomorrah. From Genesis chapter 19. What do you think the men that came to Lot’s door after the angles of God were in his house had in mind to do to them? Lot even offered his own daughters that new not man 19:8 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.
Look at Romans chapter 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Now we will go back and look at Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
I am what I would consider a “King James Bible Believing Christian”.  I agree with you that we do not have to be married within the confines of a church. Marriage is an institution designed by God.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. The Lord's purpose for His human creation was that of a permanent, monogamous marriage between one man and one woman (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:21-24; Matthew 19:3-6), with children raised in the corresponding family unit. Any other type of sexual relationship is wrong, whether pre-marital, extra-marital, homosexual, incestuous or anything else. "God will judge" these illegal affairs.
I find nowhere in my bible where God said it was okay for men to be with men and likewise women to be with women. Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden, not two men or two women.
I am not arguing with you, maybe I misinterpreted what you wrote, but if you are willing to accept the homosexual life – stile then we have a huge difference of opinion.   
I understand we cannot stop this life stile, but we can stand against it. Like I said before call sin what it is. If it was sin in days of old then it is sin today. Call it what it is; it is sin.
Do not misunderstand me I do not hate those people, but I do not and will not condone what they are doing.
My comments are turned on therefore anyone and everyone is welcome to leave a comment. It may be late evening before I am able to post them, but if it is relevant, your comments will be posted.  

May God Bless You! 

This is a repost of my Valentines post. I am reposting it for savedbygrace.  Her post this morning was titled The Pain of Porn. In her post I could feel her pain. I wanted to comment but her blog does not allow comments. I hope she will be able to read this and draw strength. Viewing porn is wrong! That is my stand. Men that fall into this trap (and it is a trap) need help. The good woman standing by her husband may not be enough. Women don’t think that it is your fault if you man looks at porn and he shouldn’t look. I’ll explain below.

I know that the devil has things in the world to hinder the work of God and the work of marriage. One of those things is the internet. When used properly it is one of the greatest tools ever invented. It also provides a place for predators of all kinds. Some target children some target men neither are a good thing.

Men get trapped in an addiction to porn and I call it an addiction. Some men don’t even believe they are doing anything wrong. Have you ever known a man that viewed porn regularly? It is nearly impossible to break this addiction unless there is some accountability set up, a lot of prayer or just taking his access to the internet away. The porn sites are so easy to access.

I believe God made all women beautiful and men enjoying looking, I understand that and I also understand that some women use it to there benefit to get what they want. I’m not trying to make it sound like the women are to blame. Let’s go back to the Garden of Eden. In Geneses chapter 3 the serpent came to Eve. The deceiver had a conversation with her. Then the lie came in verse 4 when he told her “ye shall not surely die.” Then look at verses 5 & 6:  ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. The lie completed the deception.  She saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes.

This is how sin works. There was some truth mixed in with the lie. Sin pleases the eye and it pleases the flesh, but there is only pleasure in sin for a season. What price does one pay for deception and sin? It took Adam to complete the sin. In other words in this case it took two.

Women that exploit there beauty to get what they want only works if the man accepts in other words it takes two.

I would like to think that a Christian woman and a Christian man would be strong enough to avoid this kind of temptation, but sadly this is not always the case.

Now you can turn the tables, some men are able to exploit their good looks to get what they want out of women. Men will even take it a step farther and promise a woman anything to get what they want then they drop them like dirty laundry when they get it.

Let’s go back to the porn sites for a few minutes. They degrade women. They change mans perspective of what a real woman is. It is hard for a man who falls into this trap to distinguish between what is real and what is fictional. What about young boys who see this stuff by accident? I say by accident because it is out there looking for them. It could set there outlook toward women. They can even expect things that just can’t happen.

Proverbs chapter 31 verse 30: Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Husbands respect your wife. Men show women the respect they deserve. Do not get caught up in the unreal world of porn, if you do get help.

God created woman from man because he saw the he was alone and therefore a woman is a gift to man from God. Men treat your woman as a gift something to be cherished and loved. I believe all women (wife’s) deserve respect.

This year my wife and I will be married for 18 years. We haven’t always seen eye to eye on everything, she has been aggravating on several things and I sure she’s let me off easy compared to the aggravation I have caused her.

She truly is my soul mate. I truly am blessed more than I deserve with a woman that gives me her love for I really feel loved by her. She is a real gift from God. She is something real, with real love and affection. She completes me.

Today is Valentines Day. I pray each of you have someone special you can share it with. You know God is good. The blessing he has afforded me with I can never thank him enough, even something as simple as breathing. How often do we take salvation for granted? Jesus suffered and died so we could have salvation.

This morning I wanted to spend a few minutes on Valentines Day. I used to think that it was just an excuse to pick someone’s pocket a world made holiday to boost sales in stores, and what do I do each year; I wait until the last second and go pick over the left over gifts in the middle of a crowd of other men who waited until it was almost too late as well. 

This year I decided not to wait until the last second to shop. I picked up my simple gifts last week. Candy for the boys a small teddy bear with a few pieces of candy for the little girl and a larger teddy bear with more candy for my wife. It was nothing big just something to express that they are all special.

This year my wife and I will be married for 18 years. We haven’t always seen eye to eye on everything, she has been aggravating on several things and I sure she’s let me off easy compared to the aggravation Im sure I have caused her.

This morning she is the reason I set here at the computer writing this post. She truly is my soul mate. I truly am blessed more than I deserve with a woman that gives me her love for I really feel loved by her. She is a real gift from God. She is something real, with real love and affection. She completes me.

I know that the devil has things in the world to hinder the work of God and the work of marriage. One of those things is the internet. When used properly it is one of the greatest tools ever invented. It also provides a place for predators of all kinds. Some target children some target men neither are a good thing.

Men get trapped in an addiction to porn and I call it an addiction. Have you ever known a man that viewed porn regularly? It is nearly impossible to break this addiction unless there is some accountability set up, a lot of prayer or just taking his access to the internet away. The porn sites are so easy to access.

I believe God made all women beautiful and men enjoying looking, I understand that and I also understand that some women use it to there benefit to get what they want. I’m not trying to make it sound like the women are to blame. Let’s go back to the Garden of Eden. In Geneses chapter 3 the serpent came to Eve. The deceiver had a conversation with her. Then the lie came in verse 4 when he told her “ye shall not surely die.” Then look at verses 5 & 6:  ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. The lie completed the deception.  She saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes.

This is how sin works. There was some truth mixed in with the lie. Sin pleases the eye and it pleases the flesh, but there is only pleasure in sin for a season. What price does one pay for deception and sin? It took Adam to complete the sin. In other words in this case it took two.

Women that exploit there beauty to get what they want only works if the man accepts in other words it takes two.

I would like to think that a Christian woman and a Christian man would be strong enough to avoid this kind of temptation, but sadly this is not always the case.

Now you can turn the tables, some men are able to exploit their good looks to get what they want out of women. Men will even take it a step farther and promise a woman anything to get what they want then they drop them like dirty laundry when they get it.

Let’s go back to the porn sites for a few minutes. They degrade women. They change a mans perspective of what a real woman is. It is hard for a man who falls into this trap to distinguish between what is real and what is fictional. What about young boys who see this stuff by accident? I say by accident because it is out there looking for them. It could set there outlook toward women. They can even expect things that just can’t happen.

Proverbs chapter 31 verse 30: Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Husbands respect your wife. Men show women the respect they deserve. Do not get caught up in the unreal world of porn, if you do get help.

God created woman from man because he saw the he was alone and therefore a woman is a gift to man from God. Men treat your woman as a gift something to be cherished and loved.

My brother and his wife had there baby this morning around 5:30 CST. Baby Madison's weight was 6 pounds and 15oz and she is somewhere around 19" long. I don't have all of the details yet. 

I plain to go visit today around lunch time if they feel up to company. They were up all night after all.

So I will borrow from yesterdays post with a little advise to my brother:

Proverbs 22:6 says: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

May God bless you Madison and I pray he saves you when you reach the age of accountability.

I'll try to post a few pictures as soon as I get them.

 May God Bless You

My family is now officially on baby watch as my brother and his wife are expecting their first child. Her official due date was Friday the 25^th, which came and went without a birth. Her doctor historically will not let a pregnancy go very long past a due date. Nicole has an appointment with her doctor this afternoon so who knows maybe my next post will be about baby Madison. I pray everything goes well and with no complications.

So with the above comments being made what makes a good mother or father? Is it providing a loving home, keeping food on the table, sending the child to school, seeing that all there wants are met or spoiling the child? I could go on but let’s stop here for a moment. Every child is probably at least a little spoiled unless they are in an abusive situation. Let’s not kid ourselves there are abusive parents out there. How could someone abuse something so precious? That could be a question for a different day.

I believe that there is nothing wrong with the things I just mentioned (except for the abusive situations) even the last two if in moderation. As a parent myself I want to see that my children get everything that they want (providing it is a good thing), but is it realistic? I will answer that question and say no. One reason which is the biggest reason I simply can not afford everything they want. The second reason which is important as well is a child has to be taught that in life they will not always be able to get what they want.

As a Christian parent providing a loving home is a requirement as is providing the things that are needed (not wanted but needed).  Now good parents that are not Christians want this same thing as well.

Now let’s talk about parents that are supposedly Christian parents who wake up on Sunday mornings and choose to do something other than take there children to church. Once in a while it might be okay, but Sunday after Sunday? Do they want there children to saved when they reach the age of accountability? Where do they want there children to learn about Jesus at? Is this something they want them to learn from there friends? Sometimes even the best of friends will mislead you when it comes to the bible. It could be that their friends believe differently than you. Do they want them to learn from a complete stranger or even worse an internet site that believes that anything goes? I will tell you that if you are a parent and  if you don’t teach you children about God they will learn from somewhere, then they will be able to draw there own conclusion about God. Will it be the conclusion you want them to have? What if they get it in there mind that God does not exist? What then? A set mind is a hard thing to change, especially when the world offers so much to try and convince them there is not a God. Is this what you want for your children?

Let’s look at what Proverbs 22:6 says: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Who is supposed to train the child? The school teacher, the best friend or the world? Train children, not in the way they would go, that of their corrupt hearts, but in the way they should go; in which if you love them, you would have them go.

Look at Mark chapter 10 verses 13 – 16   ¹³And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.  ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. ¹⁶And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

A child is a precious gift from God. The world gets more wicked each and every day. So whose responsibility is it to teach your child about God? As a parent it is your responsibility to train your children in the way they should go. Jesus said “forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.”

As a parent living here below your greatest responsibility is to your children!

I am not a professional writer nor have I ever claimed to be. I have figured out how to use spell check, so hopefully there want be any misspelled words to deal with. 

I have a lot of ideals for things to write about on this blog. I believe the ideals I have so far are by divine inspiration. When I first saw this forum I was strongly impressed to contribute a small part. With each new entry it is my prayer that I will be able to express my thoughts in a way that is pleasing to God. I am not “politically correct” concerning the things of the world – but that will be topic for another time.

This brings me to today’s topic. 58 years of marriage.   

This is what my grandparents celebrated yesterday. Now in today’s world it is unusual for marriages to make it for ten years let alone 58. In fact more than half of all marriages now end in divorce. What makes a marriage last? Even some couples who go to church wind up in divorce.  

Now divorce has been around sense the days of Moses.

 Deuteronomy 24

 VS1. When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

Now you need to read the next few verses in Deut. 24 to get the best understanding of what is being said and the conditions being set forth. 

In Matthew chapter 5 starting at verse 31It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:  ³²But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.

The world as a whole misunderstands divorce. They are under the impression if this one doesn’t work out then I will just get rid of him or her and get another one.

Matt. Ch 19: 3-8 ³The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?   ⁴And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? ⁶Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ⁷They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? ⁸He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

God never intended for a man to divorce his wife or vise versa. I will ask again what makes a marriage last?  

It takes a lot of give and take, compromise, a unwillingness to give up and a lot of prayer.

The devil is as a raging lion seeking to devour whoever and whatever he can. Divorce is one way he can do this.

Now I believe that all options should be exhausted before divorce is considered.

I know divorce is a topic no one wants to talk about. Its not popular to hear the truth. I could write a lot more on this subject and get deeper than I went today, but I believe this is a far as I need to go for now.

I look forward to reading your comments – good or bad so feel free to comment. You can also send me stories by clicking on the link at the top of the page.

May God bless and keep you!

Until next week…