I know that in our day rebel means sinner, but if everybody is sinning then it's no longer rebellious to sin. Consider that.
The soul who sins will die. "He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbors wife. He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things. He lends at usury and takes excessive interest. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he will surely be put to death and his blood will be on his own head." Ezekiel 18:11-13
This man will be judged. He will found guilty and his eternal punishment is damnation to hell. In this day and age everybody is doing these things. Men lust after what is not theirs--the woman who is not theirs. She is someones wife and through lusting after her they are committing adultery with her in their hearts. "But I say unto you, who ever looks upon a woman with lust commits adultery with her in his heart." Every day somebody steals something from someone. "Thou shalt not steal." Yet even if a person hasn't stolen money or treasure from a man, he steals his wife when he looks at her with lustful thoughts. Debt is a major social issue which most every man has fallen into. They buy with money that they do not have, and then they can not pay it back. Idols are in every household, whether it be Budah, Shama, or other foreign gods. Yet idols go much deeper than all that--Television, money, power, fame, possessions. And it gets even more intense. Idols come in the form of drugs, alcohol, pornography, sex, homosexuality, wicca, the occult. Every man does detestable things from lying to cheating, gossip, lust, porn, drugs, cheating on their wifes, or simply wasting their time with football, and letting the super bowl take the place of the LORD. Whoever lends at usury and takes excessive interest God says is in the wrong. Do you feel right about spending more money than need be on a certain item? Then don't do it to others. Be fair about what you charge and God will bless you.
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