Playlist: Abominations (topic)
Abomination
Sermonette by Martin G. CollinsThe concept of abominations carries significant weight, reflecting actions and attitudes that provoke great disgust and hatred in the eyes of God. An abomination, as understood through various definitions, encompasses anything hateful and disgusting, synonymous with loathing, abhorrence, and repugnance. Biblically, it often …
Guard Against Being an Abomination to God
Sermon by Kim MyersWe are living in a country where things that are an abomination to God are increasing daily, especially in the Israelitish nations. To God, an abomination is something greatly disliked, something He loathes, detests, and finds vile, shameful, and disgusting. God hates the actions we take that are abominations to Him. Idolatry is …
Humanism Dominates
Commentary by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The breaking of the First Commandment is the gravest sin, as it opens the door to violating all other commandments and epitomizes self-centered carnality, pushing God entirely from consideration in one's conduct. Idolatry, which is giving greater influence to someone or something over one's actions, thoughts, attitudes, or life …
Urgency to Get Closer to God
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersIn considering the state of our times, we must reflect on what God deems as abominations, for these are grave offenses in His sight. Idolatry stands as an abomination to the Lord, provoking Him to anger as seen in Deuteronomy 32:16-17, where foreign gods and sacrifices to demons incite His jealousy. Unjust weights and measures, …
Hollywood Propaganda: The Insidious LGBT Agenda (Part Three)
Commentary by David F. MaasAs God's saints, we cannot cease from sighing and crying for the damnable abominations in our midst, which are steadily increasing. These abominations, defying God's holy laws, include the promotion of sodomy and the murder of unborn infants, as seen in the actions of the current administration with appointments based on …
The Torment Of The Godly
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)In the visions granted to Ezekiel, as recorded in chapter 8, God revealed a series of abominations committed within the very Temple in Jerusalem. Initially, Ezekiel beheld the image of jealousy, an idol set up in the sanctuary, driving God far from His holy place. This was followed by a greater abomination, as he uncovered a …
Homosexual Marriage?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughIn the biblical perspective presented, abominations are grievous sins that stand in direct opposition to God's will, particularly concerning sexual morality. Homosexuality is explicitly labeled as an abomination in Leviticus 18:22, which states, "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." This …
Zeal
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamJesus warns that our zeal must exceed that of the Pharisees. Zeal involves earnestness in advancing a cause, diligence, and plowing ahead with great fervor.
Hands That Shed Innocent Blood
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn the eyes of the Almighty, certain acts stand as abominations, grievous sins that provoke His righteous indignation. Among these, as revealed in Proverbs 6:16-17, are a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood—three wicked characteristics epitomized by the act of abortion. God hates these with a …
Whoever Loves and Practices a Lie
Sermon by Charles WhitakerAbominations represent one of three forward spiritual conditions in the catalog of Revelation 21:8 that lead to the lake of fire. Those who become abominable do so through cowardice and unbelief, conditions that produce the behaviors listed next in the catalog, such as murder, sexual immorality, sorcery, and idolatry. The Greek …
Halloween
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod identifies abominations as detestable acts that He hates, including the pagan customs of the nations that Israel encountered. These practices encompass idolatry, spiritism, witchcraft, sorcery, divination, necromancy, and the consultation of mediums or familiar spirits. Scripture presents them as futile and worthless …
Sin And Overcoming (Part 1): If Anyone Sins!
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsAbominations represent a profound category of sin that callously disregards and actively disdains the righteous values God has established while disrespecting His holiness, sovereignty as Creator, and purposes expressed in the Law. The term appears emphatically in Leviticus 11:10-12, where God declares four times that creatures …
The Commandments (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughAbominations appear in the instruction to cast away those things set before one's eyes and to avoid defilement by the idols of Egypt. The command identifies these abominations as the objects on which the people fixed their eyes and hearts, receiving direction and motivation from them rather than from the Eternal. Because their …
Assassination of Character
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamAssassinations have occurred frequently. There is an extremely dangerous kind of assassination—namely, character assassination through murmuring and gossip.
Manasseh
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughManasseh did evil in the sight of the Lord according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. He rebuilt the high places, raised up altars for the Baals, made wooden images, worshiped all the host of heaven, built altars in the house of the Lord for the host of heaven, caused …
The Day of Israel's Calamity
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe material presents abominations as central to the conduct that provokes divine judgment upon Israel. In Ezekiel 7 the Lord declares that the end has come upon the land and that He will call the people to account for their conduct while bringing all their abominations upon their own heads. The same declaration is repeated, …
The Occult
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod condemns occult practices as abominations because they constitute direct affronts to His authority and involve idolatry. In Deuteronomy 18:9-14 He commands His people not to learn or become accustomed to the abominations of the nations, listing child sacrifice, divination, soothsaying, omen interpretation, sorcery, spell …
Satan's Pagan Holy Days
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersGod commands His people not to inquire after or adopt the customs by which other nations served their gods, declaring that every such practice constitutes an abomination to Him which He hates. These abominations include the burning of sons and daughters in the fire, the making of carved images, the coveting of silver or gold …
Principled Living (Part Two): Conquering Sin
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod commands the complete removal of every form of abomination because such things represent sin in its most repulsive state. In the instructions given for warfare against the nations inhabiting the Promised Land, He directed that nothing breathing should remain alive lest those peoples teach Israel to follow all their …
Truth-Based Worship Vs Spiritual Confusion
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIn Scripture the term abomination denotes sin in general, idols, the ceremonies of the end-time world religion, and detestable actions. Revelation 17:4-5 portrays a woman holding a golden cup full of abominations and the filthiness of her fornication, her forehead bearing the name MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF …
What Do We Do at the End of an Age?
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe theme of abominations surfaces in the discussion of how spiritual hardening, or sclerosis, develops through repeated exposure to sin without visible judgment. When wrongdoing appears to go unpunished, doubt creeps in about whether God truly cares, and this normalizes sin, gradually desensitizing the conscience. Ezekiel 9 …
Climate Change
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamVarious leaders have tried to instill fear about alleged climate change, warning both about a coming ice age and the earth heating up, to justify greater control.
God Hates? (Part One)
Sermonette by Ronny H. GrahamGod hates hypocritical religious convocations when people pay lip service but no heart service to Him. Mankind does not know how to stop hate, but God will.
Our Words Matter: Are They Harmful or Helpful?
Sermon by Ted E. BowlingThree of the seven things listed as an abomination to God in Proverbs 6 involve words: a lying tongue, a false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among the brethren. The material explains that the term abomination conveys something far stronger than mere hatred, describing actions that are disgusting and repulsive …
Our Spiritual Roof
Sermon by Bill OnisickGod identifies seven things as an abomination, with the final and most severe being one who sows discord among brethren. The Hebrew term translated abomination denotes something utterly disgusting and abhorrent, a category that includes adultery and the sacrifice of children. Speaking negatively about another person, even when …
Abraham's Sacrifice (Part Two): Love Exemplified
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughGod establishes certain acts as abominations under His law and maintains that designation without alteration across time. Human sacrifice stands among these, alongside homosexuality and other perverse practices, as well as unclean meats, each remaining unacceptable because divine character does not shift. Abraham draws upon this …
Friends
Sermonette byGod's people should not waste their time on entertainments dedicated to spreading Satan's lies, but rather turn their attention to pure and wholesome things.
Remember When
Sermonette byOur previous fellowship was blown apart because of apostasy; we need to solemnly remember that fact and purpose to get back to the old faith once delivered.
Is 'The Leavening' of the Pharisees in Us?
Sermonette by Bill OnisickIf we feel we are better than our brethren, separating ourselves from them, we are hypocrites and actors, harboring the leavening of the Pharisees in us.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Sixteen)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)The material presents abominations as the culminating expression of a materialistic mindset that severs relationship with God and produces moral and ethical depravity exceeding even that of Sodom. This theme surfaces in the contrast between an under-the-sun life driven by possessions, status, and fleshly gratification and the …
The Iniquity of the Amorites
Sermonette by Richard T. RitenbaughThe abominations of the Canaanites, particularly the Amorites, serve as a central illustration of why God demands complete separation between the holy and the profane, especially in matters of offerings. God revealed to Abraham that the Amorites' iniquity was not yet complete, indicating that judgment would be delayed roughly …
Is God in All Our Thoughts?
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThose who profess to know God yet deny Him through their works are described as abominable. This term matches the word applied in the Old Testament to child sacrifice, unclean food, idolatries, and similar offenses. Their deeds are therefore characterized as abhorrent, disgusting, offensive, and detestable. Such works arise from …
Sanctification and Holiness (Part 5)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughAbominations denote anything impure, unclean, and entirely devoid of holiness, a condition equivalent to that of a stranger because such things remain unacceptable, inauthentic, and unrecognized by God as fit for His children. This designation appears directly in the context of holiness, where the command not to eat any …