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Originally Posted by Evangelical
ZNPaaneah,
that's a strange interpretation you have. God judged the city because of its rampant immorality. Verse 20 says "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;"
God said he wouldn't destroy it if there were more than 10 righteous people there.
For you to say that God judged it because he couldn't find 10 righteous people and it wasnt because of their fornication or adultery is plain wrong.
Sodom was a city - of course. Now should that city be a whole nation, makes it less of a Sodom? Of course not - it makes it worse!
We have to admit that America, as Sodom, has never really produced anything of much spiritual value itself. Everything spiritual that America has, has come from other countries first. The only denominations that American can truly claim to be its own is Mormonism, Jehovah Witness plus many other aberrant. But what America does well is promote a free and tolerant society for people to feel safe, which is why people like to come there. Unfortunately it goes to the extreme and accommodates anything and everyone, hence, gay marriage etc etc. So it plays an important role in the Lord's Recovery and home to many Christians. But that doesn't mean it can escape God's judgement or be treated different to any other country.
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I have to admit that I have been commissioned to preach the gospel.
The good news is that there is salvation from God's judgement to those who receive Jesus Christ.
I have to admit that "rampant fornication" was every bit as bad, if not worse in Taiwan when I went there for the FTTT.
I have to admit that the sins I read about in the Middle East and Afghanistan are, to my mind more grievous.
I have admitted that God's judgement is on the world, I did that when I was baptized.
I do not have to admit that the US has not produced anything of spiritual value, I can leave that judgement to the Lord Jesus Christ.
I do not have to admit that everything spiritual has come from other countries. Again, I am not the judge, I will leave matters of judgement to the Lord Jesus Christ.