God's Wrath against Lust

Lust is a huge problem in society. Although different societies deal with their lust issues in different ways, the problem itself is universal. Sex sells well, no matter what form it comes in, because of our addiction to lust.

This is not just an issue in the world at large but in the church as well. Sex is a trap that nation of Israel fell victim to time and again. King David is considered to have been a righteous man of God and one of the greatest kings of Israel. However, he committed adultery with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11).; His son Solomon, though considered to be the wisest man to have ever lived, took many wives and concubines (seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines!) who led him astray (1 Kings 11:1-13). There are many more examples of how lust led the nation of Israel to fall away from God. Lust is huge problem, and it is not a sin to be taken lightly. It is a sin that we must flee from.

Thomas Watson writes, " Take heed of the sin of immorality. '[God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.]' (Heb. 13:4). Such as burn in immorality are in great danger to burn one day in hell! let one fire put out another; let the fire of God's wrath- put out the fire of lust!"

Lust is all about gratifying one's own desires. It is extremely selfish in no way glorifying to God. God loves us, but He hates our sins. Knowing this-and you are responsible for what you know-we should not continue to do the things God hates.

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God Really Hates Sin

The Bible bears witness to God's strength, wisdom, and love time and time again. But these are not the only attributes of God. He is glorious, beautiful and majestic God. He is the God of peace and He is our Good Shepherd. Yet there is one aspect of God many Christians often do not like to talk about: His wrath. We do serve a loving, God, but that does not mean God never gets angry with us, just because He loves us.

And God is very justified in His anger. Everyone, even Christians, consistently falls into the traps of sin. But not only does this world forget and ignore the commands of God, but this world, and all who are in it, treats God and sin very trivially. Sin is not trivial to God! John Gill says: "How greatly must the divine Being be incensed by it! In that, for it, he [Adam] has caused death, that is, his wrath to passing the judgment on him, and all his offspring; so that,in consequence of it, all the children of Adam are the children of God's wrath."

Because of sin, we deserve to go to hell, to eternal torment. It is not fair to say that God simply dislikes sin. When we dislike something, we avoid it. God does not try to avoid sin. Instead, He is so incensed about sin that He created an eternal place of permanent torture for it. God hates sin; though He loves us, He abhors the sin we commit. Ultimately, retribution must be made for our actions: either in the death of Jesus or in our own spiritual death in hell.

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The Godless Are Destined for Wrath

What would you do if your family's house were on fire? What about if an enormous natural disaster were to strike or if loved ones were to be kidnapped, robbed or attacked? You would do something! No one would simply ignore the circumstances and try to live as though it were a normal day, thinking, "I'm glad that's not me. I'm glad I'm O.K!" Yet, this is exactly what we are doing in the spiritual realm.

Evangelism is not an option God gave us, rather it is a command. This does not explicitly mean holding up street signs about the impending end of the world. Nevertheless, our lives must be marked by evangelism in some way.

Many Christians seem to think that evangelism is a choice. If we feel "called" to do it, then we will "take that step of faith." The sad truth is that it is not something many of us want to do, and we see it as a burden. Our problem with evangelism lies in our misunderstanding of it. We become so mired in our own comfort that we lose sight of why evangelism is so important.  Henry Law writes, "Think not, that hell is the mere phantom of brain-sick thought. It is no fable fondly framed to scare weak minds. It is dreadful reality! It is a gigantic certainty! It is the sure conclusion of a godless life!"

We should have many motivations for wanting to evangelize, such as seeing our friends and family in heaven and seeing them experience the grace, peace and love of God. Furthermore, remember that evangelism is simply telling what Christ has done. It is never our job to convince someone of who God is. That is the work of the Holy Spirit.

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