The Bible and Homosexuality
By Steven J. Wallace

"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. . .If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13)

"For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. . .God gave them over to a debase mind to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness. . ." (Romans 1:26-29)

"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 homosexuals, nor sodomites. . .will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed. . ." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)

"Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners. . .for fornicators, for sodomites. . .and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine." (1 Timothy 1:9,10)

"As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." (Jude 7)

As you can see, we simply placed in this article what the Bible says about homosexuality. It is not "my interpretation" or "your opinion" that makes it right or wrong. Rather, it is what God has said about such matters. From the above, you can see that the Bible treats homosexuality as a capital offense. In fact, it is condemned in both the Old and New Testaments.

God referred to homosexuality as "vile," "against nature," "shameful," "unrighteous," grounds for disqualification from the "kingdom of God," "contrary to sound doctrine," "not fitting," and "going after strange flesh." It is "strange flesh" because God ordained that the sexual order be fulfilled in the marriage bed, in the bond between one man and one woman for one life (Cf. Genesis 2:18-25; Matthew 19:9). God's word authorizes no other arrangement. The above scriptures also indicate that some first-century Christians had been homosexuals, but they had repented and been washed in the blood of Jesus by baptism (Cf. Acts 18:8).

HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS???
We hear a lot of homosexuals crying for "rights." Should they have rights? Absolutely, but not necessarily the ones they request. Rather, they should have the right to hear the gospel truth (Mark 16:15; Romans 1:16). They should have the right to read this article. They should have the right to repent of their sins and obey the gospel (Luke 13:3; Acts 17:30; Hebrews 5:9).


I might add just a couple thoughts to Steven's excellent article. Homosexuals have the right to know the truth about God's attitude toward this sin. He loves the homosexual-he hates the sinful conduct! He also died for them, and they must do what other sinful men must do-REPENT! God did not create them that way!!! (KMG)