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NASB | Leviticus 18:22 'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Leviticus 18:22 'You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive. [1 Cor 6:9, 10] |
Bible Question:
How does this commandment tie in with the law of love? Romans 13:9-10 The commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not murder, Do not steal, Do not covet, and whatever other commandments there may be, are summed up in this one rule: Love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. The other laws seem to make sense, in terms of following the laws of love, and while I am sure there is a good reason for the law against the homosexual lifestyle, I can not reason it out. |
Bible Answer: When Adam and Eve sinned, they started by questioning the wisdom and goodness of God in making His law. In essence, they chose to become law-makers themselves, thinking that they could make better laws. The deceitfulness of sin is that it promised a lot of good things, but in the end Adam and Eve lost even what they had. To this day, the struggle is man wanting to make his own law, rather than submit to God's law. So it is with this sin. Paul, in Romans 1, states that the origins of homosexuality and in fact the entire "reprobate mind" starts by denying God and a failure to be grateful to Him (Rom 1:21). In essence, this sin originates as a decision in the mind of man. |