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HOMOSEXUALS: MEN WHO LIE WITH MEN.
THE REASONS WHY
GOD GIVES
SUCH ONES OVER TO UNCLEANNESS.
(1) "Therefore
God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to
uncleanness, that their bodies might be
dishonoured among them". (Rom
1:24).
(2)
They "exchanged the truth of God for the lie".
(3)
They "venerated and rendered sacred service to the creation rather
than the One who created, who is blessed
forever. Amen." (1:25).
(4) "In
their wickedness they are stifling the truth". (1:18 NEB).
THE
CONSEQUENCES.
"In consequence, I say, God has given
them up to shameful passions. Their women have exchanged natural intercourse for
unnatural, and their men in turn, giving up natural relations with women, burn
with lust for one another; males behave indecently with males, and are paid in
their own persons the fitting wage of such perversion."
(1:26,27 NEB).
(1) They
are given up to their own depraved reason. (1:28 NEB).
(2) They
cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. (1 Cor 6:9,10).
(3) They
are paid in their own persons the fitting wage of such perversion, with no
defence for
their conduct. (1:21,27 NEB).
Consigned to satan for the destruction of their bodies through
A.I.D.S., etc. (1 Cor 5:5 NEB).
THE PURPOSE
OF CONSIGNING THEM TO SATAN.
The apostle Paul warned that none who
are guilty of homosexual perversion will possess the Kingdom of God. He gave
instructions to the Corinthian congregation that such ones must be rooted out of
their company and "consigned to satan for the destruction of the
body, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of
the Lord." (Please read 1 Cor 5:1-5 NEB and 1 Cor 6:9-11
NEB). The importance of
this is with regard to the actions we must take if such acts of uncleanness
occur among so-called Christians in our company. They must be rooted out of our
association. For: "A little leaven leavens all the dough". (1 Cor
5:6 NEB). We are not concerned with the
perversions of those outside the Assembly of God, for they are judged by God.
But those who have been baptized in the purifying "waters" in
dedication to God but have turned to such immoral conduct must be rooted out of
our company. (1 Cor 5:2 NEB). "For
if we wilfully persist in sin after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no
sacrifice for sins remains: only a terrifying expectation of judgement and a
fierce fire which will consume God's enemies." (Heb 10:26,27 NEB).
HUMAN
PASSIONS.
(1) The
passion for serving God while remaining single. (1 Cor 7:8).
(2) Natural
passion of a Christian for one of the opposite sex leading to marriage. (1 Cor
7:9).
(3) Unnatural
passions among persons who worship creation (other humans of the same sex)
rather than worship the Creator and Giver of life. (1:24-27
NEB).
The apostle Paul said this: "Surely you
know that the unjust will never come into possession of the kingdom of God. Make
no mistake: no fornicator or idolater, none who are guilty either of adultery
or of homosexual perversion... will possess the kingdom of God. Such were
some of you. But you have been through the purifying waters; you have been
dedicated to God and justified through the name of the Lord Jesus and the Spirit
of our God." (From 1 Cor 6:9 NEB).
Here we see the scope of the purifying "waters" of baptism in
dedication of one's life to God.
HOMOSEXUAL:
Having a sexual inclination for persons of one's own sex.
PERVERT:
Turn aside from its proper use; Lead astray (person, mind) from
right opinion or conduct or esp. religious
belief. An apostate.
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