Re: *throat clearing*
Submitted by Jordan on January 22 2001 20:25:40
In reply to *throat clearing* submitted by Sprite on January 22 2001 19:11:59
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I NEVER SAID THAT ONLY CERTAIN HETEROSEXUAL ACTS ARE SINFUL, WHILE HOMOSEXUAL ACTS ARE! The Bible talks a lot about both heterosexual and homosexual sin. First, there is adultery. Adultery in the natural sense is sexual intercourse of a married person with someone other than his or her own spouse. It is condemned in both the Old and New Testaments (Exodus 20:14; I Cor. 6:9, 10). Christ forbids dwelling upon the thoughts, the free play of one's imagination that leads to adultery (Matthew 5:28). Second, there is fornication, the illicit sex acts of unmarried persons which is likewise forbidden (I Corinthians 5:1; 6:13, 18; Ephesians 5:3). Then there is homosexuality which likewise is condemned in Scripture. The Apostle Paul, writing by inspiration of the Holy Spirit, declares that homosexuality "shall not inherit the kingdom of God" (I Corinthians 6:9; 10). Now Paul does not single out the homosexual as a special offender. He includes fornicators, idolators, adulterers, thieves, covetous persons, drunkards, revilers and extortioners. And then he adds the comment that some of the Christians at Corinth had been delivered from these very practices: "And such were some of you: But ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the spirit of our God" (I Corinthians 6:11). All of the sins mentioned in this passage are condemned by God, but just as there was hope in Christ for the Corinthians, so is there hope for all of us. I haven't a clue if "Thou shalt not lie with a man as with a women" is the correct Hebrew to English translation. All I know is that is the translation found in my Bible. Whether it is the correct translation, I believe it is, because I accept the Bible as God's infallible word. One point to be made here is that, the Lord succinctly declared: "Scripture cannot be broken" (John 10:35). Parts of Scripture cannot be accepted while other parts are rejected. |
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