Bible Discussion Thread

"whoredom" is now glamourised and painted as empowerment or some form of feminism. I used to ask myself why God had so many rules for everything and at some point I thought they were harsh.

but taking a step back and looking around at what's happening to our generation, it makes sense why he has so many rules. out of these rules come out honesty, harmony, peace and most importantly ORDER. Gods order brings to life and when disturbed it destroys everything in its path

take a look around at our world, everything is getting destroyed but as Gods children we'll get through it through Jesus Christ who strengthens us

Hello Khumiso,

Good thoughts about what is happening in our society today. God is good and He only proscribes commandments that are good in themselves and good for us. Desiring and endeavoring to live a godly life is what He desires of those of us who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. There is always inherent benefit to us for obeying God. Obedience does not save us, but it keeps us living in His will which always bring spiritual benefit because it is obeying as Jesus obeyed His Father. God blesses us when we act like His Son.

So, yes, God's rules bring positive social order to our cultures when followed. They "civilize" sinful humanity, but they do not save anyone. Only faith in Jesus brings salvation from sin and condemnation. When societies on the whole live according to God's moral standards, the society prospers and shows forth the glory of God. When a society degrades themselves with disobedience and wantonness, pursuing the pleasures of "whoredom" as you say, the society suffers much as it decays from this societal rebellion against what God has told us to do for our good. He withdraws His blessing and protection from societies that forsake Him and run after sinful living.

Those of us who believe in our Lord, Jesus Christ, will be strengthened by the Holy Spirit to refuse to live like those who refuse to believe in and follow Jesus and His commands. We become more and more like Christ in what we think, say, and do. We will live holy and godly lives amidst a wicked and perverse generation and therefore we will stand out from the rest of society because of this. Our lives will testify to unbelievers the glory and righteousness of the gospel and to the glory and praise of God. Unbelievers will either be drawn to Christ by our life witness of Him or will harden their hearts even more so against Him. For some, our godly lifestyle will cause them to ask us for the reason for the hope with us, Jesus Christ and therefore open the door to proclaim the gospel.