Foremost, I want to make this perfectly clear that I'm not judging or attacking people who have chosen this lifestyle. The purpose of this blog is to inform us of what God says about this practice. For those who may not know what homosexual or a lesbian means, we turn to Websters Dictionary.
HOMOSEXUAL: relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire toward a member of one's own sex.
LESBIAN: a female homosexual.
This practice is strictly forbidden in the Scriptures. We can go back to the Old Testament to see what God says. In Leviticus when God was giving Moses the laws for how He expected the people to conduct themselves morally, He told them that they shall not do these things.
Leviticus;18:22-24
(You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female, it is an abomination. Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.)
When the two angels came to Sodom to talk with Lot, the men of the city also came to Lots house and said to him.
Genesis;19:5
(and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.")
So we see that this form of abomination is not new. In case you may not understand what abomination is, this is how Websters Dictionary explains it:
ABOMINATION: 1. something abominable 2. extreme disgust and hatred : Loathing
Now we will move toward the New Testament in the Book of Romans. There are consequences for this type of behavior. God tells us that He has made His existence evident to man by his creation, but man loved unrighteousness.
Romans;1:18-19
(For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.)
But what has man done with that evidence that God has planted in him?
Romans;1:21-23
(For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.)
Now the consequences of this action.
Romans;1:26-27
(For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own person the due penalty of their error.)
Romans;1:28-32
(And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil, full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.)
Now we know that God will not tolerate sin in any form. If society continues to reject God as it seems that we are doing, things are going to go from bad to worse. All a person has to do is just look at the last fifty years. You can see how our morals have declined and what it is doing to our society. I don't have to go through everything. Anyone who can read can see what is happening in our country. We are allowing same sex marriages, we are killing unborn babies by the millions. You get the point. We are becoming a product of our own actions. We are paying the penalty for rejecting God.
Don't think that you can reject God and still end up in heaven. We are told we will pay the penalty.
1Corinthians;6:9-10
(Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.)
If a person fits into one of these catagories, there is still hope. Jesus came down to die for my sin and yours. If you are willing to repent of your sins and accept His forgiveness of your sins, He will save you. He has forgiven me and He will do the same for you.
1Corinthians;6:11
(Such were some of you; but you washed, but you were santified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.)
No matter how deep in sin we are, Jesus tells us that He can and will forgive us. There is always hope until you die in your sin without Him. At that point, there is no longer hope for you. All you have at that point is to face judgment with the righteous God.
Hebrews;10:31
(It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.)
Don't wait another moment to ask for forgivness.
Romans;10:9
(that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;)
It's as simple as that to get saved. You will become a new creation in Jesus. Your old self will be done away with, you will become a child of God. YOU WILL BE BORN AGAIN!
God Bless You!
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