{"id":33514,"date":"2015-09-03T00:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T03:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=33514"},"modified":"2016-11-24T22:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:44:31","slug":"john-macarthur-we-will-not-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/03\/john-macarthur-we-will-not-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"John MacArthur:  We Will Not Bow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In late July &#8212; just after the US Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on homosexual marriage &#8212; John MacArthur addressed the changes in cultural acceptance of immorality. At 56 minutes, a long but worthwhile watch:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ATv9q2BkRus\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The two greatest attacks of terror on America were perpetrated by the Supreme Court&#8230;.The first one was the legalizing of abortion&#8230; The second&#8230;was the legalization of same-sex marriage. The destruction of human life in the womb\u2014in a sense, the destruction of motherhood\u2014and now the destruction of the family itself&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>This nation, at its highest level, has taken a position against God. Such blasphemous <!--more-->rebellion is energized\u2014it is energized by the corruption of the collection of sinful hearts, which make up this nation or any nation. There\u2019s no question about that. But behind that collection of sinful, corrupt, human hearts\u2014that make this kind of thing possible and acceptable\u2014is the realm of Satan and demons&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I want to remind you that homosexuality, homosexual marriage, gender transition\u2014these are not the real battlegrounds. The real battle ground is against God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and the Bible, and the church, and the gospel. Any blasphemy against God comes from God haters, Christ haters, Bible haters, gospel haters. And they are fueled by the arch-hater, Satan himself&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s going to get worse and worse and worse as marriage disappears. Why get married? Too many complications. Too many questions. Too binding. People say, \u201cWell the government shouldn\u2019t even be in this.\u201d You\u2019re right, the government shouldn\u2019t be in this, and they\u2019ll get out of it fast enough. And people will be able to make any kind of contract they want, make any arrangement they want. Same sex. Opposite sex. Polygamy. People will\u2014you watch\u2014marry their dogs, their horses. Because Satan just wants to completely obliterate marriage&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Transvestism, as it used to be called, is not new. By the way, it is an abomination. That abomination is the exact same word used in Leviticus 18 to refer to homosexuality&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>These kinds of sins that blur the clear distinction between male and female are satanic&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>So, what do we do? Well, I want to focus on something tonight that I think is very important. God pronounces judgment on all who blaspheme Him\u2014all who pervert His law, pervert His Word&#8230;Not only in a temporal sense, such as in Romans 1, where you have an outworking of wrath in the very society itself, but in an eternal sense. In Isaiah 5 we have a series of woes, a series of severe condemnations. One them is in chapter 5 and verse 20. Listen to this: \u201cWoe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!\u201d Woe\u2014damnation, cursing\u2014on those who reverse morality, who reverse righteousness, who swap good for evil&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m hearing an awful lot from evangelical Christians these days, reading a lot of articles, that we need to be compassionate toward people in gender transition, which does not exist. We need to be compassionate toward people caught up in homosexuality. I agree. I agree. And the most compassionate thing you can do for those people is, in love, to warn them of eternal damnation\u2014to warn them of eternal judgment. That\u2019s compassionate&#8230; Preach the gospel; proclaim the gospel; proclaim grace and forgiveness such as we read in Isaiah and 1 Corinthians. But preach judgment&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>The key here is at the beginning of verse 7, the middle of verse 7, \u201cwhen the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven.\u201d That\u2019s our focus. It\u2019s ever and always the Christian\u2019s hope. No matter how bad it gets, Jesus is coming&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Folks, we have to warn this generation, don\u2019t we? We have to warn this generation. It\u2019s enough to know you\u2019re going to die, and seal forever your eternity in hell if you don\u2019t believe. But one day, Christ Himself will come to bring retribution across this entire globe. And they will suffer punishment. They will pay the penalty&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Let me give you a little hint. If you\u2019ve got boys, you better be sure they become men. If you\u2019ve got girls, you better be sure they become women. Don\u2019t let them be tempted to this deviation and corruption. You never thought you\u2019d have to fight that, did you?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Full transcript and video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gty.org\/resources\/sermons\/80-425\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In late July &#8212; just after the US Supreme Court&#8217;s decision on homosexual marriage &#8212; John MacArthur addressed the changes in cultural acceptance of immorality. 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