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For this sermon, I decided to point people to an article written by “Gay Church”, a website devoted to teaching that homosexuality is not a sin, & teaching this from the Bible.  So below is the article from this group.  Notice that I have critiques which I mark as [PROBLEMS].  Below the article, I have my commentary in response to the problems as I have them marked.

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Sodom & Gomorrah Heresy

from http://gaychurch.org

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah takes place primarily in Genesis 19 with God about ready to pass judgment on the evil people of Sodom. But before He does so, He elects to give them one last chance, a test if you will. He agrees to send two of His angels to the city. If they can find ten righteous among the citizens of Sodom, God will spare the city from destruction. However, if they cannot find ten righteous people then His judgment would stand and the city destroyed. We catch the story as the angels are coming into the town.

Genesis 19:1-5

That evening as the angels bed down for the night, the entire male population of the city encircles Lot’s home and accuses Lot of harboring these uninvited and unapproved strangers. They demand that Lot hand the angels over to them so that they may “know” them (“Yada” Strongs #3045). While there is much debate over the interpretation of this word “Yada”, I believe Moffet’s translation of “violent rape” [PROBLEM # 1] is probably the closest. I personally don’t think that the citizens of this violent place really intended to sit down and have a nice little chitchat over tea with these strangers!

Whatever the exact translation, I think it’s clear the people of Sodom meant the angels harm. God also seemed to come to the same conclusion since after Lot and his family were a safe distance away, the city was destroyed – just as God had originally planned.

The question that is debated is this: Is God condemning the people because they were homosexual or because they were cruel, selfish and showed no mercy or compassion to others? Ezekiel 16:49-50 answers many of these questions when he states:

“Behold, this was the inequity of your sister Sodom: pride, overabundance of food (in Hebrew this phrase literally means eating to the point of retching…), prosperous ease, and idleness were hers and her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abominable offenses before Me.”  [PROBLEM # 2]

In other words they were evil and self-centered people who totally ignored God and thought nothing of attacking, raping and killing people. Here is where the interpretations begin to differ. One side believes the sin of the Sodomites was the method of rape they intended to inflict upon the angels (i.e. the act of sodomy), while the other side believes the fact that the Sodomites wanted to attack and harm the strangers at all demonstrated the evil nature of these people and their complete abandonment of the law of Love. In other words it wasn’t the method of rape that was important – but the fact that the Sodomites wanted to rape and kill them at all that is truly the issue!  [PROBLEM # 3]

I personally don’t think God cares so much about our method of intercourse as He does about the attitude and intent behind it. [PROBLEM # 4]  Even today, rape has nothing to do with a loving relationship. Rapists are motivated of power, the need for control, anger, hatred and in some cases even vengeance. Ezekiel’s account substantiates our belief that the sin of the Sodomites was not one of homosexuality, but of a self-centered, unloving attitude that cared little for God or their fellow man.  [PROBLEM # 5]
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[PROBLEMS]

There are some major problems with this article from this obviously swayed article written by someone with a conflict of interest the size that seems to manipulate their perspective & teaching.  Observe:

[PROBLEM # 1]

They deceive you by wrongly redefining words.  They say that “know” in Gen. 19.5 = “violently rape” rather than just “sex”.  We all know rape is wrong.  That is not the question here.  The question is weather or not that was the grave sin that God was dealing with that He calls an “abomination”.

They avoid that the same root word that is used in v.5 “know” is also used in Gen. 4.1, for Adam “knowing” his wife to conceive children.  Did he violently rape Eve??

3 verses after Genesis 19.5, when Lot wrongly offers up his virgin daughters who have not “known” any man.  Does he mean they have never been “violently raped”??

[PROBLEM # 2]

They don’t quote all of Ezekiel 16.49-50.  They actually cut off v.50 for some odd reason.  Hmmm that is suspicious… Be very suspicious of anyone who intentionally leaves out important words of Biblical text!  Especially that which adds great meaning & understanding to the discussion at hand.

[PROBLEM # 3]

They avoid obvious cross-references.  The Bible defines what the “abomination” was specifically in Ezekiel 16.49-50.  Also see Leviticus 18.22, & Leviticus 20.13.  The best commentary for the Bible is the Bible!   Cross-reference often!

[PROBLEM # 4]

They ignore other passages that tell us exactly & specifically why Sodom was destroyed.  In their article, for some reason there is no mention of Jude at all.  Why is that?  Because Jude disagrees with their conclusions & assumptions. Jude 7 tells us why Sodom was destroyed.  Theology shouldn’t dictate your Scriptures… instead allow Scriptures to dictate theology!

[PROBLEM # 5]

They ignore other passages that call homosexuality acts sinful.  Why would they do this if they did not have an agenda.  Don’t ignore of avoid what the Bible says.

1 – They allowed “casual sin” to evolve into grave sin

2 – They thought they could mock God & get away from it

3 – Symbolic picture of an eternal punishment

4 – A warning to us all …REPENT.  Turn from sin.

5 – God’s glory will not be profaned

Scripture is very clear on this subject: Leviticus 18.22, Leviticus 20.13, Romans 1.24-27, Jude 1.7, 1 Timothy 1.9-10, 2 Peter 2.6, 1 Corinthians 6.9-10

IS THERE HOPE FOR THE SINNER?

1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (ESV)
⁹Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, ¹⁰nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

There is hope for the sinner who will call his sin what it truly is – sin.
There is hope for the sinner who will be washed from it!
There is hope for you, O sinner…
if you will turn from your sin (repent), trust Christ (believe), you will be saved!

1 Corinthians 6:12–20 (ESV)

¹²“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. ¹³“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. ¹⁴And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. ¹⁵Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! ¹⁶Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, “The two will become one flesh.”  ¹⁷But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. ¹⁸Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. ¹⁹Or 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, ²⁰for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

There is hope for the sinner.  Not in excusing, redefining, or explaining away their sins… but there is hope for the sinner who will turn away from their sin to Christ.