What does our culture condone today that God condemns?

Paul in Gal 5 covers this dq about the culture and what they condone that is different from what God condemns.  Why, because we as a nation do not follow the commands, teachings and the Law of God that Jesus our Lord gave us.  We as Christians in the New Testament says we do not have to follow the Law of God but Jesus says different, in Deut 28, the Blessings and Cursing Chapter, what happens to an individual and a nation that does not follow the commands of God.  Paul tells us the following that our culture embraces today that God condemns.  These are strong words.

·      sexual immorality

·      impurity

·      debauchery

·      idolatry

·      witchcraft

·      hatred

·      discord

·      jealousy

·      fits of rage

·      selfish ambition

·      dissensions

·      factions

·      envy

·      drunkenness

·      orgies

Paul then said, “those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”  Think what Paul just said,  That to me is very strong words.  This is why there is a law, so we know what sin is and we can repent of the above sins.

Now, if we are a true Christian, then we would be living the “Way of Life” with the fruit of the Spirit.  Paul also explains this in Gal 5. The Christian who has the Holy Spirit living in them, the fruit of the Spirit is:

·      love

·      joy

·      peace

·      patience

·      kindness

·      goodness

·      faithfulness

·      gentleness

·      self-control

Oh so hard to do on my own, but our Lord, Jesus living in us through the Holy Spirit is the only way we can have this fruit of the Spirit in our lives. 

Blessings

Stephen

(Gal 5:19-21 NIV)  The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; {20} idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions {21} and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

(2 Th 2:9-10 NIV)  The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, {10} and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

(Gal 5:22-23 NIV)  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, {23} gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.