A San Diego Union-Tribune 2/6/23 news story noted that leaders of 3—count ‘em—three denominations want to remove anti-gay beliefs from their churches: Roman Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian. The pope has repeatedly tried to weaken Christian opposition to homosexuality by saying it’s “not a crime.” Who said it was? It’s a SIN, which is against God, not a crime, which is against human law.
Understand, readers, this isn’t merely logomachy—a dispute about words—the sin Paul condemned in II Timothy 2:14. Homosexuality is a SIN, and unless churchmen willingly stand with God’s WORD calling it a sin they are nothing but philosophers quoting each other, and unworthy of preaching any Bible truth to their people. FOR… essential point in the discussion…since wherever one reads the Bible about homosexuality, it’s called a SIN, Genesis 19:1-26, Judges 19:20-20:48, Mark 7:20-23, Romans 1:1-32, I Corinthians 6:9-11, to name a few references. Note: using sexual immorality in Mark 7:2, Jesus meant all sexual immorality, including homosexuality. Note again: though he didn’t mention bestiality in particular, would anyone consider sex with an animal acceptable? And note an egregious inconsistency: the very people who willingly quote the apostle Paul as Christ’s authority in any point of doctrine consider he’s NOT an authority on the subject of homosexuality. What a convenient theology! Accepting texts that agree with us but rejecting any that don’t. That spirit in us removes us from God’s will. For obedience to God only begins when he says something that we don’t like, but we accept and live by it anyway, because HE is Our Authority. Until then, what we falsely call obedience is merely accommodation. End Part I Next blog: If homosexuality isn’t a sin, what is?
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