SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 04/18/2006
My Worship Time Focus: Sin of Ham
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Genesis 9:24
Message of the verse: “24 When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew
what his youngest son had done to him.”
The
question is what exactly did Ham do to his father? Did he just look at him while he was naked,
or did he have homosexual relations with him?
There are those in both of these camps, but the fact remains that the
curse was on Canaan, Ham’s son, who descendents did commit the sin of
homosexuality on a very large scale.
I want at this time to quote a
section of verses from the first chapter of the book of Romans which speaks of
a downward spiral of sinfulness. “21 For even though
they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became
futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22
Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible
God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed
animals and crawling creatures. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. 25 For they
exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature
rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them over to
degrading passions; for
their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the
natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another,
men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the
due penalty of their error. 28 And just as they did not see fit to
acknowledge God any longer, God
gave them over to
a depraved mind, to
do those things which are not proper, 29 being filled with all unrighteousness,
wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they
are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful,
inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, untrustworthy,
unloving, unmerciful; 32 and although they know the
ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they
not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them”
(Rom. 1:21-32).
Notice the
sections where we read “God gave them over,” as this is the downfall of going
from one sin to another, a sin that is worse.
Notice the words “depraved mind” and this means that people will get
onto the bandwagon of things that are just stupid like trying to figure out
whether a person is a male or female, and things like this which is what is
going on in our society today.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It could probably said that sexual sins are
the most prevalent in society, as because of the fondness of sex in, (at least
our society) it could be the sin that people like the most.
It takes a
concerted effort to battle the temptation of sexual sin, for it is a battle
that I face most everyday of my life, and have because of the way that I was
abused when I was a child.
The Word of God was convicting to my heart as I read it this
morning.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To continue to trust the Lord
in the midst of the financial problems that I am going through, to trust the
Lord to direct my path, and to continue to teach me contentment. To continue to aid me in the battles I face
each day.
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