Page 460 … Immorality; now & forever
“What was immoral in the Old Testament is still immoral in the New … The New Testament says that homosexuality is a “shameful lust” (Romans 1:26), a “shameful act,” an abandonment of “natural relations” (Romans 1:27), a “wrongdoing” (1 Corinthians 6:9), and “sexual immorality and perversion” (Jude 1:7). Homosexuality carries a “due penalty” (Romans 1:27), “is contrary to the sound doctrine” (1 Timothy 1:10), and is listed among the sins that bar people from the Kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9). Despite the attempts of some to downplay these verses, the Bible could not be clearer that homosexuality is a sin against God.”
Heavens to Betsy, Lucy! I have already shown you on numerous occasions how Paul’s theology directly contradicts Jesus’ teachings (most recently on pages 202-203 herein), how Romans 1:26-27 has nothing at all to do with homosexuality itself (see pages 64-65 herein), and how 1 Corinthians 6 is actually more a call for you to humble yourself and get your own cup clean than it is for you & yours to call out homosexuals and criticize their own potentially blemished chalices (see page 456 previously, &/or refer to page 471 hereafter).
Besides, we aren’t even talking about homosexuals who might be atheists (or Buddhists or Muslims, or Hindus – or even Followers of The Way of Christ) in this thread, Lucy. We are talking about two homosexuals – Oliver Clyde Allen & his husband Rashad – who are both devout Christians … And we aren’t talking about homosexuals who are engaged in lives filled with immoral deeds of lust and perversion. We are talking about two men who sincerely Love each other … And we are also talking about the fact that you still maintain that it would not be acceptable or appropriate for Christians to go and hear Bishop Allen preach the Gospel of Christ, merely became you are personally uncomfortable with his sexuality. That is bigotry, Lucy. And that has nothing at all to do with the teachings of Jesus – or even many of the rest of the teachings in the entire Bible, for that matter!
And on top of that, making such a baseless claim innately means that you are also claiming that Jesus Christ would somehow have supported these vile Old Testament edicts and many more like them – something that any reader of the Gospels simply cannot reasonably accept. Would Jesus really affirm the genocide of Genesis 7:23? NO, he wouldn’t! (“Blessed are the peacemakers.” ~ Matthew 5:9) … Would Jesus really champion the infanticide of Exodus 12:39-40? NO, he wouldn’t! (“Let the little children come to me, … for it is to such as these that the Kingdom of Heaven belongs.” ~ Matthew 19:14) … Would Jesus really encourage the mass murder of innocent men & women, merely because they happen to worship a different god? NO, he most certainly would not! (“Now he is God not of the dead, but of the living; and to him ALL of them are alive.” ~ Luke 20:38)
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