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1 | Justify Leviticus 20:13 | Rev 22:19 | Emmaus | 60284 | ||
"modern Christians" who approve immoral behavior which is deadly in and of itself to the people who engage in such behavior are being neither charitable nor truely Christian. Christians do not "justify" Leviticus 20:13 since they do not live under nor enforce the Mosaic or Levitical law. But the New Covenant affirms the underlying principle that the wages of sin (not just homosexuality) is death. "because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever! Amen. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct. They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them. "Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are, when you judge another; for in passing judgment upon him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who do such things. Do you suppose, O man, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you presume upon the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not know that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. For he will render to every man according to his works:to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for every one who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality." Romans 1:25 - 2:11 Emmaus |
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2 | Justify Leviticus 20:13 | Rev 22:19 | loobylight | 160463 | ||
Matthew 5:37-39 keep that cheek turned. Let's remember Jesus' primary command ('cf John 13:34)and keep ourselves in check since we will all be judged on our own merits. Jesus does not condemn, but God's Spirit gently works with our own consciouses and hearts to restore us to Him - to be living God's kingdom not our own flesh (or other) desires. If that means we are called to repentance for sexual sin (homosexual or otehrwise) then that will be for the eventual good of the person concerned. reach out in love, rooted in Jesus' words. Throwing around OT scripture can be hurtful and condemning like this does not show the real life changing power of God. So shoudl it be changed? Why should the verse be changed? Does the bible stand up today as 6,000 years ago? Why not? Does God change? |
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