[TheRealThing]

The character of God perfectly reflected in Christ.

1) - I said already my argument is NOT that he changed the clear biblical teaching on homosexuality. However, from lepers to women taken in adultery to unscrupulous tax collectors, he showed the heart of God to broken humanity.

2) - Christ looked out upon the world and grieved at its foolishness, stubbornness, rebellion and endured to suffer long in mercy and compassion. We do agree on this: Scripture clearly teaches that this time of grace and mercy and longsuffering patience will come to a close "in the end of days." I would point out that in the Genesis account it appears that the desire of the crowd to forcibly rape two disguised angels symbolizes an entire society, nigh every single person, that has devolved into debauchery, a complete and total marring of the image of God. I do not believe this to be the case in the United States.

1) - Your argument is errant in my opinion. God's heart is with those who bow before Him in repentance for their sin. He did not make the straight man and the gay man. How a man lives is his own choice and the argument that Christians would take away that choice is incredibly inapplicable. God has made it clear that the homosexual person will face eternal punishment for their rebellion. But that crossroad, (privilege of choice) represents free will and is the sole reason for our existence on the eternal plane. Each man or woman whether consciously or unconsciously, all decide to either accept or reject the Lordship of Christ. And again, Scripture proves that from among the things which constitute sin in God's eyes, homosexuality is likely the most grievous. Homosexuality is the most difficult to escape because it hardens the heart more than the other sins you have mentioned. The why of that is because man was created in His image, the sins (see map of flags to that end above) which define homosexuality, are according to God not "natural," and most thoroughly distort that image. Men and women "changed the natural use to that which is against nature." Which phrase BTW was selected by the founders when they referred to "The God of Nature." Notice that they did not say 'a god of nature.' It is not that the homosexual cannot be forgiven, it is rather that sin puts men in bondage and there is no bondage greater than that exacted by the sin of homosexuality.

2) - Again, like in the case of Sodom, there are some righteous people in the US. Though Sodom likely had only Lot, as the hearts of his wife and daughters remained there in Sodom. But here in the US, there are many thousands and hopefully millions of folks who really do know Jesus as Lord and Savior. And it is my prayer that this election cycle, they will rise up to take part of self governance the way they should, voting for candidates who at least purport to adhere to Godly principles. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah to demonstrate that the peoples of those places had been given up due to the fact that the state of their sin was so advanced, they were no longer able to be reached by the workings of the Holy Spirit. The proclamations of politicians, ever taking their half out of the middle, always reflect the heart of the people and thus the state of the Union, in our case.

Even more important is for people to realize that time has grown very short, IMO. If there are those one would like to reach for the cause of Christ now is the time to get busy. That is the lesson of Sodom. And though we would all hope that the people of this land have a revival, and as a result America is spared for yet a little season in order for those last few souls to be reached; The official record is clear enough however. Our leaders are convinced that globalism is the answer to our problems, and we through our laws and policies and borderless mentality, are moving inexorably in that direction with a speed that in my mind can only be of supernatural origins.

God forgives sin, He also judges it and He is inflexible to both ends.