08-16-2007, 11:34 AM
I have noted in many recent threads the tendency to be open minded and to follow the course of modern "political correctness" when it comes to the matter of homosexuality, so I think we should review God's thoughts on this matter:
Leviticus 18:22-25 - "You must not go to bed with a man as [you would] with a woman, because that’s disgusting. Nor may you lie down and have sex with any animal, for that would pollute you. Nor should any woman offer herself before any animal to have sex with it, because that would be disgusting.
"Don’t dirty yourselves with any of these things, because these are the things that dirty the nations that I’m driving out before you. It’s what is polluting their land, and it’s the reason why I am paying them back for their sins. Why, the land is offended by the people who live there."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - "Don’t you know that those who are unrighteous won’t inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t make any mistakes about this; sexually immoral people, idol worshipers, adulterers, gays (Gr. malakoi - soft men), men who have sex with men (Gr. arseniokoitoi - male bedders), thieves, greedy people, drunkards, insulters, and extortionists won’t inherit God’s Kingdom… and that’s what some of you have been. However, you’ve been washed clean; you’ve been made holy; and you’ve been found righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One and the Breath of our God."
Notice that those mentioned by Paul "won't inherit the Kingdom." This doesn't necessarily mean that they will be destroyed at Armageddon, it's just that they are counted among the "unrighteous," and other immoral people.
Recognize that homosexuality is usually a promiscuous lifestyle, and unless it is practiced with just a single life-long mate, not only is it disgusting in God's eyes, it is simply porneia.
Also recognize that the argument used to defend homosexual activity -- it's the only way they can enjoy sexual pleasure -- is the same argument that could be used to defend child molesters, sadists, necromancers, and a host of other sexual deviations. Forget the fact that what is done is with "consenting adults," the rest of the rationale is still the same.
That Paul wrote "and that’s what some of you have been. However, you’ve been washed clean; you’ve been made holy; and you’ve been found righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One and the Breath of our God," indicates that some early Christians left a homosexual lifestyle and found the need to become righteous and worthy of the inheritance of a Kingdom.
Leviticus 18:22-25 - "You must not go to bed with a man as [you would] with a woman, because that’s disgusting. Nor may you lie down and have sex with any animal, for that would pollute you. Nor should any woman offer herself before any animal to have sex with it, because that would be disgusting.
"Don’t dirty yourselves with any of these things, because these are the things that dirty the nations that I’m driving out before you. It’s what is polluting their land, and it’s the reason why I am paying them back for their sins. Why, the land is offended by the people who live there."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 - "Don’t you know that those who are unrighteous won’t inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t make any mistakes about this; sexually immoral people, idol worshipers, adulterers, gays (Gr. malakoi - soft men), men who have sex with men (Gr. arseniokoitoi - male bedders), thieves, greedy people, drunkards, insulters, and extortionists won’t inherit God’s Kingdom… and that’s what some of you have been. However, you’ve been washed clean; you’ve been made holy; and you’ve been found righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One and the Breath of our God."
Notice that those mentioned by Paul "won't inherit the Kingdom." This doesn't necessarily mean that they will be destroyed at Armageddon, it's just that they are counted among the "unrighteous," and other immoral people.
Recognize that homosexuality is usually a promiscuous lifestyle, and unless it is practiced with just a single life-long mate, not only is it disgusting in God's eyes, it is simply porneia.
Also recognize that the argument used to defend homosexual activity -- it's the only way they can enjoy sexual pleasure -- is the same argument that could be used to defend child molesters, sadists, necromancers, and a host of other sexual deviations. Forget the fact that what is done is with "consenting adults," the rest of the rationale is still the same.
That Paul wrote "and that’s what some of you have been. However, you’ve been washed clean; you’ve been made holy; and you’ve been found righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus the Anointed One and the Breath of our God," indicates that some early Christians left a homosexual lifestyle and found the need to become righteous and worthy of the inheritance of a Kingdom.