. . . And Which Sin is Greater?

"As surely as I am the living LORD God, the people of Sodom and its nearby villages were never as sinful as you.  They were arrogant and spoiled; they had everything they needed and still refused to help the poor and needy.  They thought they were better than everyone else, and they did things I hate. And so I destroyed them."    (Ezekiel 16: 48-50,  Contemporary English Version)

We find that Ezekiel is giving the people of Judah a message from the Lord.  He is comparing the sins of Sodom and Samaria with those committed in Jerusalem.  When we think of Sodom, we think of a city of total corruption.  When God completely destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was due to their wickedness.  We most often associate the sin of homosexuality with those cities, but that wasn't the only sin being committed there.   

Leviticus 20: 13 states, " 'If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable."   But, wait!  Have you read the entire chapter of Leviticus 20?  Do you see how many sins were displeasing to God and their due punishment?  There are many who would like to pick out the sin of homosexuality and make it appear that it is a worse sin than others.  Look at the above verse in Ezekiel 16.  God says Sodom did things that he hated, but He doesn't mention sexual perversion by name.  However, God mentions other things, such as pride, arrogance, and refusal to help the needy as being sinful behavior.  And, God destoyed the city of Sodom because of that. 

Since God is a fair God,  He has all the reasons in the world to destroy our nation.  Look at how much pride and arrogance abounds.  Look at all the poor and needy people.  Are we doing our part to help them?  God sent prophets with messages to warn the people to turn to him.  God is still using people today to get his message out: 

"Repent, for the time is at hand.  Come, it's level at the foot of the cross!"