Gen. 1: 27 - 28, 'So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female he created them.  Then God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'

The very first thing God told mankind to do was to be fruitful and have dominion over the earth...He was speaking in terms of production and even procreation... obviously, Adam, now a married man was approved by God to reproduce himself... before he had a wife, he wasn't qualified to do so.  One of the main things that has prohibited mankind from being all that God wants us to be is immorality...sexual immorality prevents the blessing and approval of God on our lives.

The prevailing sin that has captured America and has become the cornerstone of that curse is HOMOSEXUALITY.  The crime here is against God's natural intentions for mankind...the ability to procreate and produce...homosexuality not only prevents this, but scoffs at the notion.

In the purest definition...Homosexuality is sexual interest in and attraction to members of one's own sex; this covers the male and the female.  This is not only a crime against God, but against man as well...it perverts your original design...fruitfulness.

1st Cor. 6: 18 - 'Flee sexual immorality.  Every sin that a man does is outside of the body, but he who commits sexual immorality, sins against his own body.'

Homosexuality is more than just 'nasty' or 'distasteful' to people...we literally refuse to be who God made us to be > in other words, when you're in the throws of this intimacy with another person of the same sex, Nothing is produced from that union...throughout history, God has always judged fruitlessness...

Luke 13: 6 - 9, 'A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, he came looking for fruit on it, but found none.  He said to the worker tending the vineyard, 'For 3 years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any...cut it down, why must it take up space in my vineyard?' The worker said, 'Leave it another year and allow me to fertilize it, if it bears fruit, fine, if not, then I'll cut it down.'

Barrenness has always been looked upon as a reproach, even to this day.  A study was conducted where middle - aged business women were questioned.  One of the questions was, 'If you could go back and change anything, what would it be?'  Almost all of them said if they could turn back the clock, they would've gotten married and had children!!

We can see the danger in this act, and the spirit it carries...however, as Christians, we need to know how to bring about change and help people to the cross.  The first step is to STOP BEING SMALL - MINDED.  Homosexuality is a sexual preference...it's not a race, these precious people are not Strange, they are lost without Christ and need Him in order to be saved and healed.  Understand that what plagues the homosexual more than anything is the lack of peace they experience.  Only the Blood of Jesus can ensure that!

My friends, we are all sinners and without Jesus we'd be lost.  Allow God to soften your heart and open you up to be a blessing rather than a thorn in the side of this community.  Let's get back to the original design God intended...to be fruitful!

- Pastor Melrose