OLD TESTAMENT
Genesis 13:13 - God calls The MEN of Sodom wicked.
Genesis 18:20; 19:4-5 - we discover that at least a part of that wickedness was homosexuality.
Jude 7 (N.T. Reference to Old Testament)- We read that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed specifically for their "sexual perversion." (Homosexuality)
In GENESIS 18-19 the ONLY sexual sin, thus "sexual perversion," that we see presented is homosexuality.
Leviticus 18:22, 20:13 24-30; - God's Law strictly and clearly forbids HOMOSEXUALITY! The penalty for this activity among God's People was death.
Deuteronomy 22:5 - the Lord forbids homosexual dressing and cross-dressing.
Judges 19:22 - homosexuals are called - wicked.
I Kings 14:24 - male prostitutes (included homosexuality) - called "detestable".
I Kings 15:11 - male prostitutes were "expelled" from the land. God calls this "good."
I Kings 22:46 - male prostitutes were again "expelled" from the land - this time COMPLETELY. God calls this "good."
Numbers 23:19 - God says that he does not change His mind about His law or Word.
Malachi 3:6- God says that he does not change His mind about His law or Word.
NEW TESTAMENT
Romans 1:26-28 - The whole topic of homosexuality is addressed and its spiritual origins are exposed. Homosexuality is called: Sinful desires, shameful lusts, sexual impurity, degrading, a lie, perversion.
I Corinthians 6:9-10 -says that you cannot be a homosexual and be saved!
Sexual Immorality = ANYTHING (including homosexuality, of course) that is clearly against the nature and will of God regarding our sexuality as defined by God's Word. From the Scriptures above Homosexuality is clearly in the category of sexual immorality. The Bible has much to say about those who live in sexual immorality:
Hebrews 13:4 - Sexual Immorality Condemned.
I Corinthians 6:9-10 - WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
I Timothy 1:8-11 - "pervert" comes from Greek Word (arsenokoitias) that means, Sodomite or Homosexual - specifically - a man who has sex with another man.
Ephesians 5:3-7 - WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Galatians 5:19-21 - WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Jude 7 (N.T. Reference to Old Testament)- We read that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed specifically for their "sexual perversion." (Homosexuality)
Revelation 22:14-15 - WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
TRUTH - There is not ONE instance of a single POSITIVE thing said about homosexuality or a homosexual ANYWHERE in the Bible.
TRUTH - There is not ONE instance of a homosexual relationship being uplifted as an example of Godliness...ANYWHERE in the Bible.
TRUTH - The Bible simply DOES NOT support a homosexual lifestyle as a "saved" or "godly" or "alternative" lifestyle for God's people...it just does not.
TRUTH - According to the Bible (God's unchanging Word) - A practicing, unrepentant homosexual cannot and will not enter Heaven. He is NOT saved.
TRUTH - Regardless of a person's "sexual orientation" - "predisposition" or "genetic tendancy" - to engage in ANY sex act is a CHOICE...you have to have food and water, clothing and shelter to survive...you CAN survive without sex for a LIFETIME if necessary...thus we are ALL held accountable for our sexual choices made in the flesh - we are held accountable by the standards set out in God's Word (God was the inventor of sex...therefore He gets to say how we use it!)
READ THIS BRIEF "Ask the Preacher" ARTICLE ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY!
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