Why Homosexuality is Wrong--Biblical Resoning
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Why Homosexuality is Wrong--Biblical Resoning
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Leviticus 18
If you will turn in your bible to Leviticus 18, you will see the following; especially Leviticus 18:22
18:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
18:2 "Say this to your people, the Israelites: I, the LORD, am your God.
18:3 So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life.
18:4 You must obey all my regulations and be careful to keep my laws, for I, the LORD, am your God.
18:5 If you obey my laws and regulations, you will find life through them. I am the LORD.
18:6 "You must never have sexual intercourse with a close relative, for I am the LORD.
18:7 Do not violate your father by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must never have intercourse with her.
18:8 Do not have sexual intercourse with any of your father's wives, for this would violate your father.
18:9 "Do not have sexual intercourse with your sister or half sister, whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was brought up in the same family or somewhere else.
18:10 "Do not have sexual intercourse with your granddaughter, whether your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; that would violate you.
18:11 Do not have sexual intercourse with the daughter of any of your father's wives; she is your half sister.
18:12 Do not have intercourse with your aunt, your father's sister, because she is your father's close relative.
18:13 Do not have sexual intercourse with your aunt, your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative.
18:14 And do not violate your uncle, your father's brother, by having sexual intercourse with his wife; she also is your aunt.
18:15 Do not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife.
18:16 Do not have intercourse with your brother's wife; this would violate your brother.
18:17 "Do not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter or marry both a woman and her granddaughter, whether her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are close relatives, and to do this would be a horrible wickedness.
18:18 "Do not marry a woman and her sister because they will be rivals. But if your wife dies, then it is all right to marry her sister.
18:19 "Do not violate a woman by having sexual intercourse with her during her period of menstrual impurity.
18:21 "Do not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
<FONT SIZE=5 PTSIZE=12><b>18:22 "Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin.</b></font>
18:23 "A man must never defile himself by having sexual intercourse with an animal, and a woman must never present herself to a male animal in order to have intercourse with it; this is a terrible perversion.
18:24 "Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the people I am expelling from the Promised Land have defiled themselves.
18:25 As a result, the entire land has become defiled. That is why I am punishing the people who live there, and the land will soon vomit them out.
18:26 You must strictly obey all of my laws and regulations, and you must not do any of these detestable things. This applies both to you who are Israelites by birth and to the foreigners living among you.
18:27 "All these detestable activities are practiced by the people of the land where I am taking you, and the land has become defiled.
18:28 Do not give the land a reason to vomit you out for defiling it, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
18:29 Whoever does any of these detestable things will be cut off from the community of Israel.
18:30 So be careful to obey my laws, and do not practice any of these detestable activities. Do not defile yourselves by doing any of them, for I, the LORD, am your God."
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Leviticus 20:7-27
20:7 So set yourselves apart to be holy, for I, the LORD, am your God.
20:8 Keep all my laws and obey them, for I am the LORD, who makes you holy.
20:9 "All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense.
20:10 "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death.
20:11 If a man has intercourse with his father's wife, both the man and the woman must die, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
20:12 If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both must be put to death. They have acted contrary to nature and are guilty of a capital offense.
<FONT SIZE=5 PTSIZE=12><b>20:13 "The penalty for homosexual acts is death to both parties. They have committed a detestable act and are guilty of a capital offense.</b></font>
20:14 If a man has intercourse with both a woman and her mother, such an act is terribly wicked. All three of them must be burned to death to wipe out such wickedness from among you.
20:15 "If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death, and the animal must be killed.
20:16 If a woman approaches a male animal to have intercourse with it, she and the animal must both be put to death. Both must die, for they are guilty of a capital offense.
20:17 "If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, it is a terrible disgrace. Both of them must be publicly cut off from the community. Since the man has had intercourse with his sister, he will suffer the consequences of his guilt.
20:18 If a man has intercourse with a woman suffering from a hemorrhage, both of them must be cut off from the community, because he exposed the source of her flow, and she allowed him to do it.
20:19 "If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, whether his mother's sister or his father's sister, he has violated a close relative. Both parties are guilty of a capital offense.
20:20 If a man has intercourse with his uncle's wife, he has violated his uncle. Both the man and woman involved are guilty of a capital offense and will die childless.
20:21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity. He has violated his brother, and the guilty couple will remain childless.
20:22 "You must carefully obey all my laws and regulations; otherwise the land to which I am bringing you will vomit you out.
20:23 Do not live by the customs of the people whom I will expel before you. It is because they do these terrible things that I detest them so much.
20:24 But I have promised that you will inherit their land, a land flowing with milk and honey. I, the LORD, am your God, who has set you apart from all other people.
20:25 "You must therefore make a distinction between ceremonially clean and unclean animals, and between clean and unclean birds. You must not defile yourselves by eating any animal or bird or creeping creature that I have forbidden.
20:26 You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own.
20:27 "Men and women among you who act as mediums or psychics must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense."
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STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD:
STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD
STEP ONE: God's Purpose: Peace and Life
-God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life--abundant and
eternal.
The Bible says ... "We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:1 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16 "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it
more abundantly." John 10:10
STEP TWO: The Problem: Our Separation
-God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make
us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a
freedom of choice. We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We
still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.
The Bible says... "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
-People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and
God...
The Bible says ... "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end
it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12 "But your iniquities have separated you
from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not
hear." Isaiah 59:2
-No bridge reaches God...except one.
STEP THREE: God's Bridge: The Cross
-Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty
for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people.
The Bible says ... "For there is one God and one mediator between God and men,
the man Jesus Christ." 1 Timothy 2:5 "For Christ died for sins once for
all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." 1 Peter 3:18
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still
sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
-God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.
STEP FOUR: Our Response: Receive Christ
-We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal
invitation.
The Bible says..."Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears
my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with
me." Revelation 3:20 "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in
his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 "That if
you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
-Here is how you can receive Christ:
1. Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2. Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the
grave.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life
through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)
-How to Pray:
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner and need Your forgiveness. I
believe that You died for my sins. I want to turn from my sins. I now invite
You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as Lord
and Savior. In Jesus' name. Amen.
-God's Assurance: His Word
If you prayed this prayer, the Bible says... "Everyone who calls on the name
of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13 "For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of
God--not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8,9 "He who
has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have
life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God
so that you may know that you have eternal life." 1 John 5:12-13
Receiving Christ, we are born into God's family through the supernatural
work of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called
regeneration, or the "new birth."
-This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen
this relationship you should:
1. Read your Bible everyday to know Christ better.
2. Talk to God in prayer every day.
3. Tell others about Christ.
4. Worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a church where
Christ is preached.
5. As Christ's representative in a needy world, demonstrate your new life by
your love and concern for others.
May the Lord bless you in your new life with Him.
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