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NASB | Romans 1:27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 1:27 and in the same way also the men turned away from the natural function of the woman and were consumed with their desire toward one another, men with men committing shameful acts and in return receiving in their own bodies the inevitable and appropriate penalty for their wrongdoing. |
Subject: i need Biblical info on homosexuality |
Bible Note: ptgard: Would you not agree that in our world there are charlatans operating in virtually every field of human inquiry? Certainly religion has its quacks and frauds, as do the many branches of medicine and the behavioral sciences. There are legitimate researchers and practitioners in these fields and there are crackpots and dishonest people with varied agenda. Would you allow that the gay activists and gay sympathizers have agenda? In our time all of us who have been exposed to the news even in a casual way are aware of their efforts to bend and distort the laws of our land in order to promote their agenda. They are not above twisting laws to suit their purposes. Is there any earthly reason to believe that they would have any reservations whatever in adultering "scientific facts" in the same way? What assurance do you have that these "many medical studies" you allude to are legitimate and objective? And, by the way, since you mention these "many medical studies," how about citing a couple for us so we can check them out for ourselves. In my many years I've come to the conclusion that people can be divided into two groups: those who are willing to take God at His word and thus who aren't. Into which group do you fall, if you don't mind saying? ...... In reference to the Bible's changing its position on homosexuality from the Old Testament to the New: not so. There is no instance in all Scripture in which God changed His position in regard to the moral law or code. ...... Homosexuals born that way? What about being born other ways, with other unnatural proclivities? Let's examine a few to which I was an eye witness. A man, an habitual adulterer, told me one time that God endowed him with such an enormous libido (sex drive) that no one woman could ever satisfy him. A problem smoker whom I personally knew claimed that his anatomy was so innately constructed that it could not function properly without nicotine. Another said that he was born with peculiar cells in his body that could only function properly when they were saturated with alcohol. And yet another admitted that she was powerless over her kleptomania and was sure she would go mad if she was deprived of the ability to steal things. Do you believe that these people -- the adulterer, the smoker, the alcoholic, the kleptomaniac -- were born with a defective gene of some sort that made them the way they were and rendered rehabilitation impossible? Apply the same question to the homosexual who claims God made him the way he is? Does his claim make any more sense to you than the claims of those I've cited above? What do you suppose the Bible is talking about when it says "be transformed by the renewing of your mind"? (see Romans 12:2) ...... Finally, whom will you choose to believe, to follow, and to lead your life by the weak and undocumented "findings" of "many medical studies" that change enormously from study to study -- or the solid-rock, eternal truth of God's word and the truth that is Christ Jesus, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever." (see Hebrews 13:8). ..... If you are indeed a regenerate believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, what possesses you in the first place to come on this Forum ostensibility promoting "many medical studies" about homosexuality instead of teaching what Scripture clearly teaches about this act which it labels an abomination and a perversion? Can you give a cogent reason? --Hank |