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1 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | Aixen7z4 | 132794 | ||
Hello LB: I would ask the person why, in quoting form Ezekiel 16, they stop at verse 49. Verses 50, 51 and 52 all speak of the abominations that they had committed. Those who point to sins in verse 49 might wander what those abominations were. Pride and idleness and fullness of bread are not described as abominations. Not that homosexuality is the only abomination. There are many others. And God was saying that his people had committed worse abominations than had the people of Sodom. But it is clear that homosexuality was one of those for “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination” (Leviticus 18:22). As for the judgment of God, he says nowhere that he destroyed those cities for just one sin. The passage you have looked at in Ezekiel chapter 16 shows it was for a combination of sins. Sodom is identified in today’s parlance with homosexuality, but God does not seem to have singled out one sin. It is usually the case that people commit many different kinds of sin. Read Romans 1:23-31. There are many sins mentioned there, and homosexuality is but one of them. But the judgment of God comes because of any and all of them. “For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men” (verse 18). As to your original question then, “Is homosexuality a sin?” The answer is yes. It is a specially detestable sin called an abomination. But heterosexual fornication is also a bad sin. As Paul would say, “Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body”(1 Corinthians 6:18 ). The situation is seen in its truest and worst light when we realize that our bodies are actually the temple of the holy Spirit (v. 19). A sin against your body is therefore a case of defiling God’s temple. That is a terrible and dangerous thing to do. What if God gets angry and wants to punish the person committing that affront? Some people wonder where sins such as homosexuality come from. God says it comes because we do not respect him enough to respond to the knowledge he gives us. In other words, we know better but we sin anyway. God calls on us to repent. He commands us to repent. If we refuse, he gives up on us, and that may be the greatest judgment of all. “God gave them up to a reprobate mind” and with that, vile and dangerous things may seem good and worthwhile in their eyes. The are not thinking right. Did Jesus not talk about homosexuality? Jesus said he had not come to destroy the law, and he did not destroy the words of Leviticus 18:22. He asked, “Have ye not read (in the book of Genesis) that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 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?’” It’s a rhetorical question. 1 Corinthians 6:9,10 also has a list of sins, and homosexuality is on the list. We could have done any combination of those. But when we are saved, we are forgiven of them all. “You are washed, you are sanctified, you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:11). After we are saved we give up the practice of sin. We seek to glorify God in our body and in our spirit (1 Corinthians 6:20) because we realize that they are God’s. |
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2 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | kalos | 132808 | ||
You say: "PRIDE and idleness and fullness of bread are not described as ABOMINATIONS." (Emphasis added.) But God says: Proverbs 6:16-17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP) 16 These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an ABOMINATION to Him: 17 A PROUD look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,(Emphasis added.) Proverbs 6:16-17 :: New King James Version (NKJV) 16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an ABOMINATION to Him: 17 A PROUD look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood, (Emphasis added.) Proverbs 6:17 (NIV) HAUGHTY eyes... (NASB) HAUGHTY eyes,... (NLT) HAUGHTY eyes... (HCSB) ARROGANT eyes... (Emphasis added.) |
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3 | Homosexuality, sin or not? | 1 Cor 6:9 | Aixen7z4 | 132829 | ||
You are correct. In choosing three items to illustrate, I knew I should have left pride off the list and included a simple statement for failure to strengthen the hand of the poor and needy, but I was pressed for time and forgot to do that. So there is another item on the list that God calls abomination. I hope that the discovery does not detract from the point being made. There are other abominations besides homosexuality, but it is one of them. More importantly, we have all sinned, but the blood of Jesus Christ is powerful enough to cover every sin. The point of my post was that God does not send judgment because of a single sin. However, past judgments on others should teach us that it is not wise to continue in sin. God requires that we repent and he offers us forgiveness. Christ bore God’s judgment for all our sins and we can have salvation through faith in him. |
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