{"id":18360,"date":"2012-07-31T21:14:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T01:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=18360"},"modified":"2012-08-05T15:56:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T19:56:08","slug":"equipping-the-saints-to-answer-why-did-god-destroy-sodom-and-gomorrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/07\/equipping-the-saints-to-answer-why-did-god-destroy-sodom-and-gomorrah.html","title":{"rendered":"EQUIPPING THE SAINTS TO ANSWER: \u201cWHY DID GOD DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18367\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/07\/Destruction-of-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-by-John-Martin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18367\" title=\"Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/07\/Destruction-of-Sodom-and-Gomorrah-by-John-Martin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by John Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>COULD A MARRIED COUPLE, ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, WHO ARE MARRIED BY GOD&#8217;S STANDARDS, IN A TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BY A REAL PASTOR, WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD&#8217;S LAW-WORD, EVER BE CONSIDERED SODOMITES FOR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH EACH OTHER?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>by Donna Calvin<br \/>\nWatchwoman on the Wall<br \/>\nJuly 31, 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I am shortly going to answer those two questions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">First, Background: On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, I posted <em>\u201cChristians Boycott Target\u201d because Target is Selling Pride Shirts to Help Anti-God, Anti-Christ, Anti-Bible, Pro-sodomite Marriage Group \u2014 and Reportedly Blocking Emails From Those Complaining<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15891\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15891<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Gabrielle posted a comment, July 31, 2012 at 6:13 pm \u2013 it reads&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Y\u2019all really need to read your bibles. Sodom &amp; Gomorrah weren\u2019t taken down for homosexuality, you nitwits. Have any of you actually read the bible?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And, all you heterosexual folks out there who enjoy a little oral sex from time to time\u2026 GUESS WHAT???<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That\u2019s defined as sodomy, too. SO all y\u2019all are Sodomites.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>I replied to Gabrielle, speaking the truth in love. I am sharing that reply with you \u2013 to hopefully equip you, the saints, to be able to use God&#8217;s Word to answer the two questions posed atop.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>God&#8217;s Word is all the defense we need. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Please be advised, I am not posting Gabrielle&#8217;s comment to give greater exposure to such ignorance and lies of Satan, but to equip you, dear true believers, the Christian saints, how to defend the faith and our common salvation.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[2 Timothy 3:16] All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Ephesians 4:11-15] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; [12] For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: [13] Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: [14] That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; [15] But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>THE ANSWER TO THE TWO QUESTIONS AND GABRIELLE&#8217;S IGNORANT COMMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Reply from: Donna Calvin<br \/>\nposted July 31, 2012 at 7:46 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gabrielle, I have read the Bible, have you? I&#8217;ve studied it extensively. However, you have not, how do I know? Because you missed \u2026 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Jude 1:7] Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sodomy is fornication! Strange flesh is sodomy! Sodomites and lesbians are whoremongers and adulterers and God will judge all of them!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You need not worry about one man and one woman being married in the Eyes of God for it is written: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Hebrews 13:4] Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. (Apparently, that is another verse you missed.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Note the word ALL \u2013 Marriage is honourable in all \u2013 ALL means all. The marriage bed is undefiled.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My real issue with Gabrielle is her usage of the words and phrase \u2013 \u201cSO all y&#8217;all are Sodomites.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How does Gabrielle pretend to know what every married couple does in the privacy of their own home?\u00a0 Whose bedroom has she been looking in, every bedroom window around the entire world? What study has she read \u2013 and even if she did, has any study included every married man and woman in the world, so how can she say ALL? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What Gabrielle is trying to imply that because she claims that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everyone<\/span> does something that makes it acceptable in God&#8217;s Eyes. Sorry, Gabrielle, God makes the rules that man is judged by, not man.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So, apparently, you missed Hebrews 13:4 as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">My real issue with Gabrielle is her usage of the words and phrase \u2013 \u201cSO all y&#8217;all are Sodomites.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">How does Gabrielle pretend to know what every married couple does in the privacy of their own home?\u00a0 Whose bedroom has she been looking in, every bedroom window around the entire world? What study has she read \u2013 and even if she did, has any study included every married man and woman in the world, so how can she say ALL? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What Gabrielle is trying to imply that because she claims that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">everyone<\/span> does something that makes it acceptable in God&#8217;s Eyes. Sorry, Gabrielle, God makes the rules that man is judged by, not man.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gabrielle, you have a problem and it is with judging by some evil lies that someone taught you, for it is written&#8230;[Matthew 7:3-5] And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother&#8217;s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? [4] Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? [5] Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother&#8217;s eye.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the Epistle of St. Paul it is written: [1 Corinthians 6:12-13]\u00a0 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. [13]\u00a0 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Paul understood that some practices are not healthy and should be avoided. Many married couples understand that too and do not practice them or be brought under the power of them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gabrielle, you can accuse Christians and the righteous on planet earth, that is the job of Satan and his minions on planet earth and you&#8217;re about your father&#8217;s business, but you will not be the one who metes out the punishment on Judgment Day in eternity \u2013 and eternity is a long, long, long, long time! God and his saints (that&#8217;s the Christians) who shall. The most ironic of all is that your father, Satan, will be your accuser in eternity. Jesus Christ would be your Advocate (lawyer), but since you reject Him and His Law Word, He will reject you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[John 8:44] 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. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">You can call those who are married under God&#8217;s Law Word &#8212; one man and one woman &#8212; nitiwts all you want, but guess what, it is meaningless. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sodom and Gomorrah was taken down because of sodomy. You simply have bought the lie from Satan, your father. He is the father of lies and you&#8217;re ignorant enough to believe Satan, just like Eve. There&#8217;s nothing new under the sun.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So, read it again: Sodomy is fornication! [Jude 1:7] Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">And go on reading, Gabrielle \u2026 [Hosea 4:6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Continue &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [Proverbs 16:18] Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; including sodomite and lesbian fornication pride!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Leviticus 18:22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Romans 1:28-31] And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; [29] Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, [30] Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,[31] Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: [32] Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[1 Corinthians 6:8-10] Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. [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, [10] Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">[Galatians 5:19-21] Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Your problem, Gabrielle, is not with me or people boycotting Target, it is with God Almighty and His Law Word, as written in the Holy King James Bible (all the rest so-called bibles are frauds). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">But one day you will bow down to Jesus Christ and confess that He is Lord. You can do it now and reap all the benefits of being a believer, or you can die in your sins and transgressions and reap the consequences of the second death. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Without repentance &#8211; [Romans 6:23] For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">With repentance &#8211; [Philippians 2:10-11] That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; [11] And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">So repent, beg God to forgive you, and ask Jesus Christ to be the Lord and Master of your life. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">For the way to Jesus Christ, the love and peace of God, the restoration of your eternal soul, safety from Satan and his lies, plus complete forgiveness for all your sins, past, present and future, to <span style=\"font-size: small;\">be saved, go to:<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928\"><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gabrielle, I pray for you&#8230;May God send His Holy Spirit to woo you into the love of the family of Christians. May He send the Holy Spirit to convict you of your sins and drive you to repentance before it is too late. [Isaiah 55:6] Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: God, I call to Your attention to Gabrielle, keep Your Eyes upon her and bring her to repentance, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Again, I repeat: [Hebrews 13:4] Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><strong>See the original post:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Christians Boycott Target<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"CENTER\">Target Selling Pride Shirts to Help Anti-God, Anti-Christ, Anti-Bible, Pro-sodomite Marriage Group \u2014 and Reportedly Blocking Emails From Those Complaining<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15891\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=15891<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Target-sodomite-pride-banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Target-sodomite-pride-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Target sodomite pride banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomite-Target-Pride-T-Shirt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Sodomite-Target-Pride-T-Shirt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COULD A MARRIED COUPLE, ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, WHO ARE MARRIED BY GOD&#8217;S STANDARDS, IN A TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BY A REAL PASTOR, WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD&#8217;S LAW-WORD, EVER BE CONSIDERED SODOMITES FOR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH EACH OTHER? by Donna Calvin Watchwoman on the Wall July 31, 2012 \u00a0I am shortly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":403,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1361,4452,343,453,252,373,1688,435,5178,1867,3382,1355,3974,3826,1498,1620,1430,2792,450,5176,429,4423,156,1920,101,1159,1384,2838,3891,806,3237,1801,1802],"tags":[4368,4369,5223,5268,5661,1136,1146,1147,1148,2985,5077,5177,3492,1389,4688,1536,5230,5224,5228,232,5267],"class_list":["post-18360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-anti-christian-bias","category-anti-family","category-boycott","category-children-2","category-christian","category-christian-activism","category-christian-martyrs-the-persecuted-church","category-communism","category-disgusting-pictures","category-evil-plot","category-evil-vs-good","category-false-religions-that-claim-to-be-christian","category-families","category-indoctrination","category-insanity","category-moral-decline","category-news-2","category-parenthood","category-politics","category-shocking","category-society","category-subversives","category-take-action","category-taking-america-back","category-tea-party","category-the-christian-revolution","category-traditional-marraige","category-wake-up-america","category-war-on-christ-christians-christianity","category-warning","category-whackos","category-will-forward","category-you-decide","tag-1-man-1-woman-marriage-genesis-224-therefore-shall-a-man-leave-his-father-and-his-mother","tag-and-shall-cleave-unto-his-wife-and-they-shall-be-one-flesh-1-man-1-woman-marriage-genesis-224","tag-boycott-jc-penny","tag-boycott-target","tag-equipping-the-saints","tag-obama-declares-june-lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-month","tag-obama-gay","tag-obama-gay-appointees","tag-obama-gay-officials","tag-obama-gay-pride","tag-obama-pro-sodomite","tag-openly-sodomite-barney-frank","tag-so-do-my","tag-sodom-gomorrah","tag-sodomite-agenda","tag-sodomite-art","tag-sodomite-comics","tag-sodomite-fathers-day","tag-sodomite-marriage","tag-sodomites","tag-target"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EQUIPPING THE SAINTS TO ANSWER: \u201cWHY DID GOD DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH?\u201d - Watchwoman on the Wall<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/07\/equipping-the-saints-to-answer-why-did-god-destroy-sodom-and-gomorrah.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EQUIPPING THE SAINTS TO ANSWER: \u201cWHY DID GOD DESTROY SODOM AND GOMORRAH?\u201d - Watchwoman on the Wall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"COULD A MARRIED COUPLE, ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN, WHO ARE MARRIED BY GOD&#8217;S STANDARDS, IN A TRUE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, BY A REAL PASTOR, WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD&#8217;S LAW-WORD, EVER BE CONSIDERED SODOMITES FOR ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTS WITH EACH OTHER? 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