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1 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | LibertyBelle | 132711 | ||
Recently the discussion of homosexuality and Sodom and Gomorrah was brought up. Someone said, "The sin that God destroyed those cities was the lack of hospitality and gave a scripture to back it (sorry, I don't have the scripture) and that there is not anything in the Bible that says God is against homosexuality. Anyway, to make a long story short, I was not able to prove or explain that this was the reason of the destruction. Now he has me wondering, "IS homosexuality alright?" He also said that because Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, it is okay with Him. What say you? (anyone!) | ||||||
2 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | james210 | 132712 | ||
First off, God says lust is the same as adultery (Matt 5:28) and adultery is a sin (Ex 20:14). Any sexual activity outside the Biblical definition of marriage is a sin. Let's first see what marriage is: --- Matthew 19 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? --- From my interpretation this seems to be saying that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Any sexual activity outside of this (including homosexual acts) is considered adultery. Lust (including lusting for those who are the same sex as one's self) is considered adultery. Here's some scripture that is a little more clear on the subject: --- 1 Corinthians 6 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, 10 Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God. --- In this passage those who practice homosexuality are called 'unrighteous' and are included in the group of those who won't inherit the kingdom. The items in this list have one thing in common - they are sinners who didn't repent and trust in Christ. |
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3 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | justme | 132719 | ||
james210: I question that you may have taken Jesus words and gone to far with the application. I believe Jesus was bringing to our attention to gaurd our thoughts as that's where sin begins. Surely to think about murdering someone is a sin, but to actually kill someone is even much worse. So I would say that Jesus was not saying thinking about lusting after a woman is not the saome level of sin as actually having a sexual relationship. This can be used by some to say if I am quilty if I even think of such a sin, I might as well induldge in it and enjoy the sin, if the two are the same. What are your thoughts? Blessings. justme |
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4 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | james210 | 132738 | ||
Thanks for your comments justme. --- Matthew 5 28 But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. --- From what I can see, Jesus was saying that lusting and committing adultery are one in the same. Would one be guilty of adultery if one even just thought about committing it? Yes. For this is the entire purpose of the Law, so that we will find ourselves guilty and repent and trust in Christ (Romans 3:19, Romans 7:7). Jesus was saying that He doesn't just want you to have the appearance of keeping His commandments, but He desires truth within (see Psalm 51:6 below). As far as indulging in sin if we're already guilty, you can think about it this way: Couldn't you say that since you've already sinned (lied, not put God first, etc), you might as well not stop sinning since God's Law has already condemned you? That shouldn't be our attituted in light of the command to repent (Luke 13:3). --- Mark 7 18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? 20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. Psalm 51 6 Behold, You desire truth in the inner being... --- As far as there being 'levels' of sin, I've never really seen anything in the Bible saying there is. If you've broken one of God's Laws, you've broken them all. In fact my username, james210, comes from the verse James 2:10: --- James 2 10 For whosoever keeps the Law [as a] whole but stumbles and offends in one [single instance] has become guilty of [breaking] all of it. --- I hope I made sense in all of this. James |
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