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NASB | Romans 1:24 ¶ Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:24 ¶ Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their own hearts to [sexual] impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin], |
Subject: Is Practicing homosexual Behavior a Sin? |
Bible Note: Not just the Old Testament. Jeus came to fulfill the Law in that he lived a perfect and blameless life to be a propitiation for our sins. He was the perfect sacrifice for the sins of the world.Freeing us from the keeping of the deeds of the law and justifying us by faith (Ro 3:25-28, 1Jn 2:2, 4:10). We are not under the Law but under his Grace (Jn 1:17, Ro 4:16, 5:20, 6:14,15, Gal 2:21, 5:4). We should be careful not to use the Old Testament alone, because we are not bound to follow the Law. The New Testament does however have something to say about the subject: 1 Cor 6:9-10: "9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God." NASB Gal 5:19-21 "19 Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality,20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21 envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God." NASB Both vise lists state a sexual sin. 1Cor uses homosexualls, and Gal uses carousings ("orgies and the like" in the KJV and NIV). It is clear that all manner of sexual sin is wrong. Note that it says those who "practice" such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. So if the "ELCA" that "practicing Homosexual behavior is not a sin", than they are in direct violation of the word of God. Note also that these lists are lists of all "deeds" or sins of the flesh, done by the unrighteous or sinners. These are not just a list to point out "homosexuals" only but also liars, thieves, drunkards, ect. So no matter what sinful background you came from before coming to Christ, we should all strive to walk in the spirit and not in the flesh. What I mean by this is that all of us struggle with particular sins. For some it may be lying, for others it may be slothfulness, and for some it may be homosexuallity, or fornication. Not to pick only on homosexuals, but all sin is sinful in God's eyes. We need to run to his throne of Grace daily and ask him to purge us. |