‘Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.'
This command lies in a whole section of law related to sexual and relational conduct.
It lies amidst prohibitions on sex with close relatives and sex with animals, and offering children to Molech.
The unifying theme is that this kind of conduct is what the former residents of the land used to get up to. This is not what Israel are to be like. They are not to be like this because they belong to God. Anyone who engages in these practices has no place in the people of Israel.
Christians also belong to God.
The context has changed. But the nature of these practices has not. New Testament Scriptures confirm that these practices remain detestable to the holy people of God.
There is no place for someone who engages in homosexual practices in the church
This command lies in a whole section of law related to sexual and relational conduct.
It lies amidst prohibitions on sex with close relatives and sex with animals, and offering children to Molech.
The unifying theme is that this kind of conduct is what the former residents of the land used to get up to. This is not what Israel are to be like. They are not to be like this because they belong to God. Anyone who engages in these practices has no place in the people of Israel.
Christians also belong to God.
The context has changed. But the nature of these practices has not. New Testament Scriptures confirm that these practices remain detestable to the holy people of God.
There is no place for someone who engages in homosexual practices in the church
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