Church Weekly for 20 September 2009
My dear readers,
1. When God is angry
The Word of God in Romans 1 says, “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness … For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 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 …” (Rom 1:18, 26-27).
Two thousand years ago, God’s Word foretold the rise of sexual perverts in the Church (“who hold the truth in unrighteousness”). These men live according to the desires of their “natural self,” the flesh. How sad it is to incur the wrath of God all because of the “lusts of the flesh”!
2. When a Church incurs the wrath of God
A church is expected to be “the light of the world.” But many churches today have lost the light and become “synagogues of Satan” and thereby fall under the wrath of God.
From America comes an amazing news report: a gathering of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) passed a vote approving homosexuality in the church. Suddenly out of the blue came a tornado which struck the steeple of the church building, toppled the cross on the steeple and left it hanging upside down. -- Christian News Report Aug 31, 2009.
Amazing Act of God:
A tornado damaged Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN
“Rev Mark Dankoff comments: In the Bible, God has often shown His anger by using natural means: earthquakes, a flood, hail and yes, even whirlwinds. Since God is the same yesterday, today and forever, it should come as no surprise that His past actions would be consistent with today.
On Wednesday, the ELCA convention voted on its ‘human sexuality’ statement. This proposed statement included a blatantly pro-homosexual message. The vote to accept this statement was scheduled to be held at 2 pm. Knowing that there are no coincidences with God, a decidedly strange turn of events took place.
For the first time in 90 years, a tornado touched down in downtown Minneapolis at, you guessed it, 2 pm. The tornado went through the western section of downtown, causing damage to the Central Lutheran Church building, which was being used as a central meeting place for the convention. The damage to the church building was extremely interesting. The cross on the steeple was completely blown off, and left hanging upside down (re: picture). Maybe you already know that an upside down cross is a satanic symbol for the rejection of Christ. Also, the tornado completely destroyed two outdoor venues, one of which was serving alcohol. The interesting thing about this is that no severe weather was forecasted for that day.
If I was in the ELCA, I would repent and get out while I can. Oh yes, the vote to approve the pro-homosexual ‘human sexuality’ statement passed with exactly two-thirds of the vote, which is 66.6% (a Satanic number!) There are no coincidences with God. This is completely true and cannot be ignored. Please pass this on to others who need to know. Brad Brandon, WOTR.”
3. Seminaries where Homosexuality is encouraged
(Christian News June 8, 2009)
“Here’s the truth behind the recent revelations of sexual misconduct by Catholic priests – the truth that no one else has dared report. Investigative journalist Michael S Rose has interviewed more than 150 priests, seminarians, and others to blow the lid off the radical liberal subculture in the Catholic Church. Rose reveals how liberals inside the Church have encouraged and promoted non-celibate homosexual priests, while at the same time driving orthodox Catholic seminarians out of the priesthood as too ‘conservative’ and ‘judgmental.’
Millions of Americans are asking how the current scandals in the Catholic Church could have possibly happened. Many pundits now claim these scandals prove the need for modernizing and liberalizing the Catholic Church. But Michael Rose says liberalization is the very cause of the problem, not the solution.
Through dozens of shocking, real-life stories, Rose demonstrates how traditional, conservative, and “orthodox” priests and aspiring priests have been discouraged and ostracized – while homosexuality is encouraged and the basic tenets of the Catholic Church are discarded.”
4. “A Real Hell – But No One in it”
(March 25, 1991)
“While there is a real Hell, according to various theologians there is no one in Hell. ‘The rekindling of Hell,’ the cover story of the March 25, 1991 U.S. News and World Report quotes Rev Avery Dulles, a prominent Roman Catholic theologian, as saying ‘Hell is there and ready to receive anyone who meets the condition for falling into it … but it’s quite possible that no one will really go there.’ Dulles has been an associate and mentor of Rev Richard Neuhaus, a liberal Lutheran who recently joined the Roman Catholic Church. A few months ago, Neuhaus was honored by Lutheran Forum.
Neuhaus says that, while he believes there is a Hell, he doesn’t think anyone is in Hell. The former Lutheran was recently named “Catholic of the Year” by Catholic Twin Circle. Both liberal Protestant and Roman Catholics now allow their theologians to teach that no one is in Hell. Top officials of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod have been allowing such liberals as Dr Fredric Niedner, an LCMS clergyman who teaches at Valparaiso University, to say that even Judas is not in Hell.”
5. What shall we say to all this?
Without a doubt, the “last days” and perilous “end times” are with us. What then must we do? God’s Word has the answer. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world” (1 Pet 5:8, 9).
God bless all readers.
Lovingly in the Lord
Dr SH Tow, Sr Pastor
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