When an individual has a standard, namely God, the objection to truth rises to a roar from the minds of those who don’t know, refuse to know, and who won’t take the time to learn of God and the Bible. They take offense to words that they deem politically incorrect. Now to the remainder of the words that were used by Mr. Gentry.

Stiff-necked was used in Acts 7:51-53 by Steven, before he was killed, to describe those who wouldn’t acquiesce to the truth: Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: 53  Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. 54  When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. The Jews didn’t keep the truth and didn’t like being reminded of it, so they stoned Steven to death. The writer who didn’t like Mr. Gentry’s letter showed much gnashing of teeth.

Next, the writer took umbrage at the word liars. The word is found four times and liar is found eight times. It means a deceiver, one who lies. Those who deny God and make false statements about Christians and the Bible are in the words of Jesus, liars. He said to the Pharisees John 8: 43-47: Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 46  Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Mr. Gentry used the right word in his letter.

Another word to be explored in this part is heathen (appears 7 time). The biblical meaning in the context(s) in which the word appears is people who know not God. At the time of Jesus and the apostles, it referred to the Gentiles who weren’t part of the covenant until the household of Cornelius. The principle of the word can be applied to those in this day and age who know not God and or who behave in unseemly ways.  Of course, it isn’t politically correct to speak of those who know not God as heathen. It might be offensive to those who insist that God doesn’t exist or whose view of God doesn’t conform to the Bible revelation of him.

The last word is queers. First the Bible doesn’t use the word queer or queers. It uses other words. However the letter writer who was incensed by the word queers should hear the “queers” speak of themselves. A large contingent of the three percent of the population who are homosexual are proud of their deviancy and call themselves queers.

The Bible speaks of them as effeminate, I Corinthians 6:9: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 0  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.  Paul is very explicit in Romans 1:26-27: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. What was Paul addressing? In two words,  sinful conduct. Who was he addressing? One politically incorrect word will suffice, queers, both male and female.

God does not trifle with those who reject him. In Sorting It Out, it is plain to see why the ungodly and the unlearned don’t like the truth.

06-13-2007 DEC