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> > From: nessie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > > Homosexuality is an abomination and Jesus stated that this is one of the
> > > three sins that he despises.
> > >
> > > Where exactly did Jesus say this?
> >
> > Don't expect a response.
Here's some more......
1) All scriptural references to the practice of homosexuality in both Old and New
Testaments declare it to be abhorrent, unnatural and contrary to the purposes of God
(Leviticus 20:13; Romans 1:24-27; 1
Corinthians 6:9-10).
2) The purposes of God, with regard to our creation as sexual beings, with regard to
the purposeful structure of the family unit,
and with regard to God's principles of procreation do not embrace, or in any way
endorse, same-sex practice or union.
3) A careful study of the key scriptural passages regarding homosexuality, reveals
that it is the practice of homosexual acts that
is condemned, not necessarily the disposition or temptation towards homosexuality
(which may, or may not be acted on). Leviticus
18:21 says,
"Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable." (see also
Leviticus 20:13)
This passage says nothing about a disposition towards homosexuality, instead focusing
on the action.
Romans 1:26-27 also explains that it is the act of homosexual behavior that incurs
God's anger:
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged
natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the
same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with
lust for one another. Men committed indecent
acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Again, "indecent acts" are condemned. There is mention also of "lusts" but this
passage does not speak only of those lusts. These
lusts led to "indecent acts."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 also refers to acts of homosexuality:
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 10 nor thieves nor the
greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor
swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But
you were washed, you were sanctified, you were
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
The good news is that those who have been enslaved by homosexual sin may also be saved
(1 Corinthians 6:11). This salvation is not
dependent on a person's ability to change their life, but is available only by God's
grace, responded to by repentance and faith.
People who have committed sinful acts of homosexuality need to hear that God's grace
is available to them as well as other sinners.
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