Open Heaven 15 November 2024 Today Devotional: THE BIBLE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY II

The Open Heaven 15 November 2024 devotional for today is THE BIBLE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY 2

This is a daily devotion written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

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OPEN HEAVEN 15 NOVEMBER 2024 TODAY DEVOTIONAL

TOPIC: THE BIBLE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY II

MEMORISE
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:22

READ: Leviticus 18:22-30:
²²Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
²³Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
²⁴Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
²⁵And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
²⁶Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

²⁷(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
²⁸That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
²⁹For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
³⁰Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

RCCG OPEN HEAVEN 15 NOVEMBER 2024 TODAY MESSAGE

Today, I will continue my teaching on what the Bible says about gender and sexuality.

The Bible makes it clear in today’s memory verse, that it is an abomination to have sexual relations with someone of the same gender.

Homosexuality might have been painted as normal in some societies, but anyone who engages in it is committing an abomination.

Today’s Bible reading says that if people who engage in homosexuality do not repent, their souls will be cut off from amongst the people. It says further that the nations and places in which such acts are encouraged will be punished and will not know peace. Do not imbibe these ideologies from such societies; the word of God is ‘yea’ and ‘amen’. God’s word says that such people and societies will be punished, so we must stay away from their ideologies and intensify our prayers for them.

When you read about Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities that God destroyed with fire and brimstone, you will see what can happen to societies that are defiled by homosexuality (Genesis 19:1-25). Even though they were initially said to be flourishing and seemed like the perfect places to live in (Genesis 13:8-12), they were eventually destroyed due to the wickedness and immoral acts of their inhabitants. Even after they were invaded by enemies and Abraham came to their rescue in Genesis 14:1-16, they continued proudly in their abominations, and this eventually led to their destruction.

In Isaiah 3:9, the Bible says:
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Beloved, do not partake of such evil rewards. Don’t believe the lie that some people are born homosexual. Homosexuality is an abomination before God because it was not part of His original design; it is a devilish act that is intended to destroy the lives of people and tamper with the work of God. If you have been engaging in homosexuality, pray to God for deliverance from the manipulation of the devil, and see a genuine minister of God to pray with you.

Beloved, God loves you and brought this message to you so that you can either be delivered or be used to deliver others.