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A man visited a psychiatrist to talk about his dreams. “Every night,” the man said, “I dream that these three hideous monsters are sitting on the edge of my bed, ready to attack me.”<\/p>\nA man visited a psychiatrist to talk about his dreams. “Every night,” the man said, “I dream that these three hideous monsters are sitting on the edge of my bed, ready to attack me.”<\/p>\n
“Hmmm,” said the doctor. “I feel sure I can cure you of this problem. But the treatment will cost you somewhere between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars.”<\/p>\n
“Thirty thousand dollars!” the man gasped. “Never mind getting rid of the monsters, Doctor. I think I’ll go home and try to make friends with them!”<\/p>\n
Sadly, many have concluded that sin is not so ugly after all either. Instead of taking steps to rid themselves of the “hideous monsters” they try to take the “ugly” off. Our society has found a way to make sin easy to live with.<\/p>\n
According to modern man, homosexuality is no longer an abomination (Leviticus 18:22,23) or degrading (Romans 1:24) but an “alternative” lifestyle. A homosexual is not perverted, he or she is “gay.” If you believe that it is immoral and sinful to be “gay” you are labeled a “homophobe.” You are the one with a “problem” and in need of help, not the sinner. To further make friends with the “hideous monster”, now they want marriage to include same-sex couples. This would “legalize” the sexual relationship and further remove the negative social stigma from the homosexual community.<\/p>\n
Heterosexuals are demonstrating much the same attitude and have the desire to make sin appear less sinful. Living together has become socially acceptable. Couples proudly announce the upcoming birth of their baby with no thought of marriage. After all, it’s only a “piece of paper.” Actually, it is only another attempt to make sin easier to live with. Sex outside of marriage is still fornication or adultery! An ugly monster indeed.<\/p>\n
Many other examples could be given of the world attempting to make friends with the “hideous monster” the Bible calls sin. Remember James’ admonition in James 4:4; “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.<\/em>” May we all continue to stand with the Lord.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Ben May A man visited a psychiatrist to talk about his dreams. “Every night,” the man said, “I dream that these three hideous monsters are sitting on the edge of my bed, ready to attack me.” “Hmmm,” said the doctor. “I feel sure I can cure you of this problem. But the treatment will…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-57944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-homosexuality"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57531,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-homosexuality-just-another-way-of-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":57944,"position":0},"title":"Is Homosexuality Just Another Way of Life?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 2, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"by Guyton E. Montgomery Homosexuality is a problem that is plaguing the nation. 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