Calling Evil Good Tim Haile Calling Evil Good

Calling Evil Good Tim Haile

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5: 20) Some People Attempt To Make Evil Appear Acceptable By Calling It By Another Name This Is One Of Satan’s Oldest Tactics (Genesis 3: 4, 5)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 1. “Enlightenment” (Rejection of Biblical Moral Standards - Superior Reason) • 1 Sam. 15: 3 - Saul Was Instructed To “Smite Amalek…Kill Man, Woman, Child, Infant, Cattle, Sheep, Camels and Donkeys” • But Saul Placed Himself Above God’s Law, Spared Agag and Best Animals (9), Reasoned That Sacrifice Was Better (15) • Constituted Rebellion (vss. 22, 23)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 2. “Progressive” (Not Restricted By Doctrinal Truths & Patterns) • May Sound Good To Be “Progressive, ” But In Religion The Progressive Mentality Is Sinful: • 2 John 9 - “Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. ” • The Expression “Goes To Far” Means “To Progress Beyond…”(some standard)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 2. “Progressive” (Not Restricted By Doctrinal Truths & Patterns) • Must Speak God’s Words (1 Peter 4: 11; Acts 26: 22; Isa. 8: 20) • Must Not Modify God’s Word (Gal. 1: 6 -9; Rev. 22: 18, 19) • Must Do All Things According To The Pattern (Heb. 8: 5)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 3. “Pro-Choice” (Actually Pro-Murder) • People Like The Idea Of Being “Pro” or “For” Things (Rather Than “Against” Things) • People Also Like Their Freedom To Choose (Liberty), Thus “Pro-Choice” Sounds Quite Honorable • God Is Even “Pro-Choice” In a Certain Way (Pro Free Agency)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 3. “Pro-Choice” (Actually Pro-Murder) • “Pro-Choice, ” However, Is A Misnomer - It May Sound Noble, But It Describes Those Who Favor The Killing of Innocent Unborn Babies • Abortion Is Murder - Unborn Humans Are Nonetheless Human (Jer. 1: 5; Ps. 139: 13 -16; Luke 1: 41; 2: 12) • Murder Is Sin (Gal. 5: 21)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 4. “Living Together” (Actually Fornication) • The Term “Living Together” Suggests The Wholesome Notion Of Mutual Help & Support (Eccl. 4: 9 -12) • The Term Actually Describes A Relationship Involving Unmarried Sex • Fornication Is Sin (Gal. 5: 19; Matt. 15: 19; 1 Cor. 6: 18; Rev. 21: 8)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 5. “Gay” (Actually Homosexuality) • The Term “Gay” Originally Meant “Happy, Cheery, Carefree, ” Then “Bright or Showy” • The Term Now Describes The Perverse Behavior of Homosexuals • Homosexuality Is Sin (Rom. 1: 26, 27; 1 Cor. 6: 9; 1 Tim. 1: 10; Jude 7; Gen. 19; Lev. 18: 22; 20: 13; Judg. 19)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 6. “Fashionable, Stylish, Chic” (Clothing) (Often Immodest Clothing, or Lasciviousness) • People Want To “Fit In” - Want Their Children To Be Liked and “Accepted” At School • Problem: “Stylish” Clothing Is Often Immodest Clothing • Gen. 3: 7, 21; Ex. 28: 42; 20: 26; Isa. 47: 2, 3; 1 Tim. 2: 9

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 7. “Freedom of Expression” Is Often Used To Describe and Defend Profanity & Pornography • Filthy & Destructive Language Is Condemned (Eph. 5: 4, 12; 4: 29) • Principle of Pornography Stated in Ezek. 23: 14 -16 • Matt. 5: 28; Job. 31: 1; Psa. 101: 3; Phil. 4: 8

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 8. “Welfare” = Government Program Funded by Exaction of Tax Money To Support Non-Workers (Sounds Good We Are Interested In The Welfare of Others) • THE PROBLEM: Many Welfare Recipients WON’T WORK (2 Thess. 3: 10; 1 Tim. 5: 8) • One-Talent Man Buried His Talent (Matt. 25: 25), And Was Punished

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 9. “Ambitious” (Often Used In The Sense Of Covetous Behavior) • “Ambition” That Is “A Strong Desire To Do Or Achieve Something” Is Biblical (Eccl. 9: 10; Col. 3: 23) • “Ambition” That Desires To Have What Other Men Have Is Sinful (Col. 3: 5; Luke 12: 15 -21; 16: 13 -15) - Kin To Materialism (1 Tim. 6: 10, 17)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 10. “Frugal” (Often Used To Describe Behavior That Is Actually Stingy) • While It Is Wise To Be Careful With Our Money, We Must Also Be Generous (Rom. 12: 8; 2 Cor. 9: 5 -13) • Ex. Tabernacle Offerings (Ex. 25: 2; 36: 5 -7 - “more than enough”) • Good Samaritan (Lk. 10: 33 -35) • Poor Widow (Lk. 21: 1 -4)

Calling Evil Good - Isaiah 5: 20 11. “Building Esteem” (Substitute For Child Discipline) • It Is Said That “If You Spank a Child You Will Ruin His Self-Esteem. ” • THE PROBLEM: Children Have TOO MUCH Self-Esteem - Discipline Is Necessary (Instructive & Physical) (Prov. 22: 15, 6; 3: 11, 12; 13: 24; 23: 13, 14; 19: 18; 29: 15; Eph. 6: 4)