What’s interesting, once again, is the context of Matthew 7. The leftist’s favorite verse is verse 1, of course, “judge not...,” but it doesn’t mean what they want it to mean. In that passage Christ was commanding us to not use our own fallen standards to judge others by, but God’s standards. I can’t say all blonds go to hell because God didn’t say that. But I CAN say that all unrepentant homosexuals go to hell, because God DID say that.
Also, just a few verses later is this gem from Christ, PROVING verse 1 doesn’t say what leftists want it to say:
Mat 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
How, pray tell, are we to determine if people are “dogs” or “swine” without judging them, and judging them harshly?
Even worse for Smercomish is the real meanings of these words. “Swine” is easy. That’s anybody who insists upon wallowing in their own filth, which is pretty much the entire left. “Dogs” is a little harder, but in this context, Christ obviously ain’t talking about Gentiles when he speaks of “dogs.” The New Testament was written in Greek, and “dogs” in Greek (kuon) just means “dogs.” But the New Testament was likely spoken in Aramaic, closely related to Hebrew, and in Hebrew the puzzle is solved. In Hebrew, “dogs” (keleb) is a euphemism for a male prostitute. So Christ was speaking of homosexuals and calling them “dogs.”
This makes sense from a practical viewpoint too. Christ’s warning was that people in these two groups, “dogs” and “swine,” take great offense at hearing holy pearls of wisdom. In fact, they hate it so much, they desire to destroy those who preach righteousness, and because of their depravity, we’re under no obligation to evangelize them once we know them for what they are. That’s precisely what those who want to wallow in their own filth, and homosexuals, try to do with bakers or anybody else who won’t bow down to their depravity.
Very good exegesis!