Yesterday we published Deuteronomy 12 ... 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
This really stirred me up!
Then we printed: Homosexuals: What the Bible teaches
When I reread this yesterday, I remembered something I heard pope say on a national TV program and I thought of a Catholic woman ... and I wrote the following to her.
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Betsy:
Recently I heard the pope say on TV that he didn't know of any reason against the practice of homosexuals.
Obviously the pope doesn't read the Bible or go by the Bible.
Then I printed the writing from yesterday: "Homosexuals: What the Bible teaches"
After printed this, I said the following to this Catholic woman.
Betsy: The the truth is in Bible. Unless you read Bible and care, man can tell you all manner of things which are not true.
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For several days, I've had this Catholic woman on my mind. I wanted to send her some truth. I thought about speaking to her about the graven images in Catholic church building. I thought about telling her how there is nothing in Bible telling us to light candles at church for any reason. I thought about telling her we are supposed to pray directly to God instead of to dead people such as Mary.
Today I knew: Tell her what pope said about Homosexuals and tell her what Bible says.
She has definitely been on my heart and in my mind for several days.
I will die knowing I told her these truths.
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The word of God is able to save your souls, says James. If we can receive the Word with meekness. (James 1)
All her life, my mother read horoscopes. She would buy the monthly horoscope book when we went to town and read my daily horoscope to me.
After I was born again, I took Bible and read aloud the following scripture to my mother.
Deuteronomy 18 ... 9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord:and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 14 For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners:but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
After I read this, my mother said: "Then I guess we'd better not do that any more."
(I believe my mother was born again at that time.)
James 1 ... 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.