Black and White

Recently God has laid out in front of me some black and white situations. Situations that the Bible speaks very clearly on and gives very specific examples of. Now I by no means want a theological debate to happen. God knows that I am not smart enough for one of those fights. This is just simply what I have seen in scripture lately and what God is challenging me on. Here are some examples:

Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
It doesn't say maybe, you might, you could possibly be destroyed. It says Pride first then comes destruction. Seems pretty black and white to me.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Is homosexuality a sin? Yes. But so is sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, prostitutes,thieves, greedy people, drunkards, slanderers, and swindlers. (Pretty black and white to me.)

Genesis 2:18
Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
This one is a little tough for some to swallow. But the question is : Why were women created?

Phillipians 4:19
"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus".
This one is pretty clear too. God will supply ALL of your NEEDS. Not all of your wants and desires. But your NEEDS and all of them.

Exodus 20:15
Thou shall not steal.
It doesn't matter how much you want it or need it. You can't have something that doesn't belong to you.


Scripture seems to be pretty black and white on a lot of topics. Why is it that we muddy the waters so? It seems like we have thought about things so much that we have actually confused ourselves. Like when the Bible says that God created everything in 7 days......well guess what....I believe that what He was really trying to say was....."That He created everything in 7 days." Call me immature or ignorant, but I just take the Bible at face value. I believe what it says when I read it.
And truth be told, I don't really care enough about some topics to argue. But the ones that are pretty clear, I am not going to argue about those either. I will just continue on in my little bubble until I get to stand before God and He corrects me. :-)

~LL