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NASB | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ 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, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 6:9 ¶ Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor those who participate in homosexuality, |
Bible Question: I strongly disagree with homesexuality, gay and Lesbian but do not know the exact scriptures to support this. Could you plse supply me with the scriptures relating to this matter? Many thanks and kind regards, Etricia |
Bible Answer: Hello Etricia Christians are not 'against gays' anymore than they are ‘against sinners.’ Christians are called to love gays. Jesus loves gay people. Groups such as neo-Nazi’s and bigots are ‘against gays’. I have visited Nazi concentration camps in Europe (which are now museums) where gay people were murdered and turned to ash along with Jews. Christians hate sin and love sinners, because sinners are people of infinite worth made in the image of God. The difference between hating the sin not the sinner is the difference between light and darkness: it is infinite. In today’s world where people are generally “benevolent humanists” (especially here in England) homosexuality is virtually accepted and people who are against same sex relationships are considered to be unloving and bigots, comparable with racists. This view has infiltrated, and indeed divided, the mainline liberal Protestant Churches who often argue that the Church needs to learn from the world, and to be against homosexual love fails to show Christ’s love. I often find myself arguing against homosexuality; it is like a ‘touchstone’ dividing conservative (orthodox) from liberal (unorthodox) Christians. All Christians who place God's Word above contemporary culture condemn homosexuality. However, whilst homosexuality is a very serious sin it is no worse than many other sins; all sins are worthy of death. Homosexuality is certainly no worse than heterosexual adultery. I can be smug that I am not a homosexual but Jesus said if I look at a woman with lust for her I have already committed adultery with her in my heart…and in danger of my whole body being thrown into hell (Matt 5:28-9) The “wisdom of the world” believes we have evolved from slime into monkeys. When people believe they are animals they have a belief system which allows them to act accordingly. Everyone does what is right in his own eyes! However reality is not so simple, every fallen sinner possesses to some degree the ‘image of God’ and people have an inherent intuition concerning homosexuality as they do about bestiality—that it is wrong because it is unnatural. It feels wrong, homosexuals feels guilt about their acts, unfortunately this makes them more and more vocal in promoting homosexuality, they reason that they hate what they do because a bigoted society has made them feel that way. Anyone who believes the creation accounts in Genesis should easily be able to see that homosexual sex is a perversion and a misuse of the human body. In Genesis 1, God made a man and a woman for each other, he made them perfectly and biologically compatible for each other, and he made them with the powers of procreation. Homosexuality is unnatural and any sane person who acknowledges we are the product of our Creator knows this is so. ‘The rejection of homosexual behavior that is found in the Old Testament is well known. In Genesis 19, two angels in disguise visit the city of Sodom and are offered hospitality and shelter by Lot. During the night, the men of Sodom demand that Lot hand over his guests for homosexual intercourse. Lot refuses, and the angels blind the men of Sodom. Lot and his household escape, and the town is destroyed by fire "because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord" (Gen. 19:13). Jude 7 records that Sodom and Gomorrah "acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust." Lot even offered his two virgin daughters in place of his guests, but the men of Sodom rejected the offer, preferring homosexual sex over heterosexual sex (Gen. 19:8–9). An explicit condemnation is found in the book of Leviticus: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. . . . If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death, their blood is upon them" (Lev. 18:22, 20:13). The New Testament forcefully rejects homosexual behavior. Romans 1, attributes the homosexual desires of some to a refusal to acknowledge and worship God. He says, "For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in their own persons the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a base mind and to improper conduct. . . . Though they know God’s decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them but approve those who practice them" (Rom. 1:26–28, 32). Paul also wrote, "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God" (1 Cor. 6:9–10).’ |