"God's Remedy" -2

"Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of His people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad." (Psalms 53:6) It is because of the wickedness of our hearts that Jesus suffered so violently; beaten and bruised beyond that which anyone should have been, not for anything that He had done, but for our transgressions. As I was praying about this morning's post, and trying to decide if I was going into Psalms 54, God put something upon my heart, something that has been bothering me over this last year or two; actually it has been something that I have been watching over the last 15 years, but just till recently it has become something very close to home. The issue is that of same sex relationships and how it is becoming more and more accepted, even within the churches. I do not intend to be a judge, but I truly believe that it is sin, and those who practice such things are living in sin; it's no different than that of living in an adulterous relationship, or any other sexual sin; which makes me wonder why it is that it has become so widely accepted, except for the notion that love is somehow the root of the issue. Before we can use love for any reason to sin, we really need to consider what Jesus had to suffer through so that we could be freed from sin; He did not suffer so we could be free to sin, but to free us from sin; which means that we no longer live under the bondage of sin, which is the result of the sinful nature of our flesh. I think that it has something more to do with being set free, and where freedom has not been given over to a new Master. Again, I do not wish to judge anyone, but just because we have been set free from sin, does not mean that we are free to do whatever we want, because we have a new Master, and we are to obey Him and live as He lived (Romans 6:15-18). In other words, we are still servants after all, but we are no longer servants to sin, but are now servants to God. Now, as to being a servant, look at the language of love which Jesus demonstrated as He became a Servant for our sins; if you could classify love by actions, on a scale of one to ten, how would your love for sin stand up against His love for you? I would imagine that does not look so good on paper, and yet, we have somehow let it become justified upon our hearts. We so need to take our eyes off of each other, and we need to keep our eyes on Jesus... "Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider Him that endured such contradiction of sinners against Himself, least ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." (Hebrews 12:1-4)