Homosexuality and the Bible

The "PhDs" of today would have us believe that there is a "genetic predisposition" of certain humans to some sins. This presentation will not address the genetics of any sin. Why? Well quite simply because it really misses the biblical point that is stated here:

Gen 6:5-6
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [mind] was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. KJV

Even if you or I are "genetically predisposed" to alcoholism or homosexuality (or any other life-style that God forbids), we violate God's demand for our obedience when we do these things. Calling ourselves "Christian" does not give us a free ride to sin in any way ........ever!

There is no reliable evidence to date that homosexual behavior is determined by a person’s genes. To the extent that biological or social factors may contribute to a person’s tendency toward homosexual behavior, the existence of that tendency does not excuse this behavior. Some people have a strong tendency for stealing or alcohol abuse, but they still choose to engage or not to engage in this behavior. A person becomes a homosexual ultimately by choosing to be involved in same-sex activity. The Bible is clear that sin involves choice, and it condemns homosexual behavior as sin.

Excuse a sinful life by calling it genetics if it pleases you ........ However, God said that the problem is in our minds (hearts) because our thoughts are "only evil continually"; God did not say that Satan corrupted our minds.

I hope you realize that our only hope of avoiding eternal damnation is by our obedience to God's will and dedicating our lives to Christ. .....that only by trying our best to live our lives according to the contents of the Bible, can we be assured of life eternal. Each and every sexual sin can and will be forgiven through God's mercy [mercy = unearned favor] IF we but repent of those acts and ask for forgiveness. We cannot earn God's mercy; it is His gift to us through the death/resurrection of Jesus Christ .... the only perfect sacrifice for all sins we humans make.

I want to develop this topic of "Is homosexuality okay?" by using the Bible as the only authority. First stop is the book of Leviticus:

Lev 18:22-30
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 ... (bestiality)
24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
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29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. KJV

Lev 20:13
13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. KJV

Okay ...... the Old Testament ordinance from God says that gay sex (man with man) and lesbian sex (woman with woman) is an "abomination" in God's eyes and it earns a physical death-sentence for those who choose to continue in that life-style.
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Here are the New Testament scriptures pertaining to homosexuality:

Rom 1:24-27
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
KJV

Rom 8:6-8
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. KJV

Rom 8:13
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify [conquer] the deeds of the body, ye shall live. KJV

1 Cor 6:9-11
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [catamite; A boy who has a sexual relationship with a man], nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 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. KJV

1 Tim 1:8-11
8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. KJV
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Quote from Romans 8:8: "So then they that are in the flesh [carnally minded] cannot please God."

What will happen to these people who live lives against God's demand for obedience to His Will? It is written:

Rom 1:28-32

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
KJV

Those scriptures, above, are sufficient to prove the biblical assertion that God condemns homosexuality beyond all doubt. He also condemns drunks, drug-users, and pedophiles as well! So, I ask you:

Where in the Bible does it say that gays and lesbians are going to heaven if he or she has not repented of a homosexual life?

repent:

1. To feel remorse, contrition, or self-reproach for what one has done or failed to do; be contrite.
2. To feel such regret for past conduct as to change one's mind regarding it: repented of intemperate behavior.
3. To make a change for the better as a result of remorse or contrition for one's sins.

If a person "repents" of a sin, biblically, it does not mean that that person can go on committing that sin again and again with premeditation. If you know you do not intend to quit doing the sin, then you have not obeyed God's requirement. ...... you have not repented at all. Repentance requires a change of heart (mind) about your future behavior. No change? No repentance. The result is that you will reap eternal death; you have earned a spiritual death-sentence.

Yes, Jesus death on the cross will "cover" (wash away) your sin, BUT .....
He requires your obedience by your repentance to forgive you of past sins in order to place you "in good standing" with Him!

2 Peter 3:9
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance . KJV

"... not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

The Lord does not want you to perish, but He requires your obedience, which includes your repentance, to avoid eternal damnation (the second death which happens after the Great White Throne Judgment).

Rev 21:7-8
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. KJV

Rev 21:27
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it [the Eternal City, New Jerusalem] any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. KJV
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Here are verses that discuss what God thinks of us if we allow the "carnal" (the flesh) man to rule our lives rather than following God's guidance presented in the Bible (the spiritual):

Rom 8:1-8
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. KJV

Rom 8:9
... Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. KJV

Rom 8:12-13
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify [conquer] the deeds of the body, ye shall live. KJV

.......ye shall live ..... if .......... you repent and cease living a sinful, carnal life!

All Christians are sinners forgiven by God's grace [divine, unearned favor], but living in a homosexual relationship constitutes habitual and unrepentant sin. You are not submitting to God's will; He demands your obedience to qualify for His favor.

Each human must give up carnal living; this includes living a life-style as a drunk or a drug-user or a pedophile or as a homosexual. It is your personal choice, as it is also mine.

I choose Jesus and eternal life.

Won't you please choose Him, too? You are worth it to Him!

1 Tim 3:1-7
3:1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. KJV