Originally Posted by antlers
Originally Posted by Old_Toot
Opinions do vary but The Bible is clear on the matter.
The Bible is also clear on the matters of lying, cheating, fraud, adultery, pride, drunkenness, envy, wrath, sloth, greed, gluttony, lust, and a host of other sins. But NONE of em’ get the attention...nor elicit the emotion...that homosexuality does. Sin is sin in God’s eyes. One persons lies are no worse than one persons drunkenness or another’s sexual immorality. Sexual sin ‘is’ mentioned as being different than other sins...NOT because it’s worse to God...but because when you sin sexually you hurt yourself deeply - it stays with you throughout your life - it’s worse for you. Do churches who take such a staunch stand against homosexuality...ANY of em’...take an equivalent staunch stand against ‘any’ of the other sins listed above, or the host of other sins...? Their pews are full of sinners - adulterers, drunks, tax cheats, gluttons, men who beat their wives and/or kids, greedy people, fraudsters, etc...., but God forbid there’s a homosexual sittin’ in one of those pews. Jesus’ harshest words were reserved for hypocrites.

There's something else:
1 Cor 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,
20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Sexual sin, by being against your own body, is against the Holy Spirit. You don't mess with the HS. The only sin that can't be forgiven is against Him. Illicit sex isn't the unforgivable sin, of course, but the point is that it's against the HS and that's powerful stuff.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

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