Sinners in Zion are terrified; trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?”
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, he who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; he who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; he will dwell on the heights, his refuge will be the impregnable rock; his bread will be given him, his water will be sure. (Isaiah 33:14-16).
(Tim) At the top of Google's news page this morning appeared a headline beginning: "Environment ministers try to..." And directly under that headline, this one: "Houston elects first openly gay mayor."
The salvation of the earth will not come from environment ministers, but...
ministers of the Gospel proclaiming salvation through Jesus Christ to the people who walk in darkness. And the fire that will surely consume this earth will be His judgment on man's sin. What sin?
Well, if we look for other times when He sent warming, it wasn't global, but it was very hot and it was punishment of sexual perversion in Sodom and Gomorrah. Those who desire to hold off global warming should spend their lives appealing to their colleagues and green neighbors and loved ones to flee the wrath and fire to come by humbly attending the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Oh that they might repent and believe!
It is ministers of the Gospel preaching salvation in the Name of Jesus who, through the power of the Holy Spirit, are holding off global warming.