I wonder why God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah!
That's a good question. What does the Bible say?
Genesis 19:4-8: "But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, and said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof."
It seems like this is talking about rape, rather than gay people in committed relationships. It also seems pretty bad to me to offer your two virgin daughters to a city of rapists.
Ezekiel 16:49: "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
That doesn't say anything about homosexuality. And even the next verse, Ezekiel 16:50, which mentions their abominations, doesn't specify which abominations.
Maybe we need to think about that, and get our values back in line with Gods word.
God died for all, and that is why he hates sin!
The message about Homosexuality is a message of love, not hate.
Warning to turn away from it, and to Jesus Christ, for except they repent they shall all likewise perish.
Hiding in a church building, calling themselves Christian will not do it.
White washing sin, is not the answer......being born again, repenting of sin, is the only way.
Jesus, the way the truth and the life.
His word is steadfast and true. It is a love message, not a hate crime.
Can anyone really claim to know what anyone else's true relationship with God is? Isn't that supposed to be between yourself and God? There are many people who are both gay and consider themselves Christian, and I believe that's between them and God. Meanwhile, even if a gay couple has been committed, monogamous, and faithful for as long or longer than their heterosexual counterparts have been married, they don't have the universal legal right to visit their loved one in the hospital. You can still be fired for being gay in many places, and in some parts of the world you can still be killed for it. In some parts of the United States.
Your specific denomination may preach that it is a sin. Other denominations may preach differently. You can certainly disagree with their teachings, and you have the freedom to voice your dissent. The Amendment that Laudite alluded to earlier, Amendment I of the United States Constitution, states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
That means that you are free to believe in your religion, and free to speak about your religion, but also that people of other religions have those same freedoms.
That is a very weak, and poor argument. :embarasse
Homosexuality is still an abomination to the Lord, and in his love for them warns them still....repent and be saved
eating shell fish was under the old covenant, not the new, shown in kind to the sheet being let down and God saying eat!
The spiritual meaning still clear, that salvation was for all, Jew, and Gentile alike.
Straight, and homosexual alike also, repentance and turn to Christ.
Leviticus 11:10-12: "And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you."
It very clearly states in Leviticus that shellfish are an abomination.
So if Leviticus is part of the "old covenant", why is homosexuality still considered to be an abomination, but shellfish no longer is?
You're probably thinking about Acts 10. Acts 10:11-15 speaks of Peter's vision, used by many to say that these animals are now okay to eat. But the vision also served as symbolism for Peter's upcoming visit with Cornelius, a gentile Roman centurion. In Acts 10:28, Peter specifically says, "Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean."
That seems pretty clear to me. Don't call any man common or unclean. Even if he's a gentile. Or a Roman. Or a centurion. Or, perhaps even, gay.
