Born This Way….

Regardless of what anyone says, when we sin, we suffer within ourselves the penalty we deserve. When we buy into the lie the world continually tries to feed us, we exchange the truth for a lie. And worse yet, we have no excuse, even though we try to justify our actions. The misery that goes on inside a person may never be seen by anyone else, but if you are a diligent observer, you will see it acted out. Every sin that’s accepted today as legitimate, falls into this category. “Born this way”, “love is love”, or “it’s my body, it’s my right”, are just man’s way of justifying his sin. Truth is truth no matter how unpopular it is. Sin is sin no matter how popular and accepted it is. In the end, I want to be on God’s side, for the world won’t matter any more. I don’t want to live my life trying to please myself at the expense of my tormented soul. I want to live near the Well-Spring of life. The source of joy, peace, patience, kindness, etc.... is God Himself. When you seek Him first, you don’t have to justify any action you may display.

18 But God shows His anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 They know the truth about God because He has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities–His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship Him as God or even give Him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator Himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. 26 That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. 27 And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. 29 Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. 30 They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. 31 They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. 32 They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too. Romans 1:18-32