Posted on 01/10/2025 11:22:28 AM PST by fwdude
Jimmy Carter spoke of how completely accepted and common homosexuality was in the time of Christ .
“Homosexuality was massively practiced in some of the conflicting religions at the time of Christ and even at the time of Christ, in Roman times show that homosexuality was widely prevalent. I think it's quite significant that Jesus never did mention it.”
Jimmy Carter
Jesus confronted people with their sins and homosexuality wasn’t a problem the Jews had ... the Romans and other gentiles, sure, but He said it Himself: He was sent to the lost sheep of Israel.
But what He said and what those who followed Him likewise said in turn only reinforces the old testament clearly said.
Sin is sin.
And lest anyone think Paul was the sole “homophobe” in the NT, they should be directed to Jude, who wrote the definitive meaning of the Sodom account.
“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”
Even a chimp could figure out what Leviticus has to say on this subject.
These pagan leftists are always saying that Jesus “never mentioned homosexuality.” But they cannot say this, unless everything that Jesus ever said is comprehensively related in the Bible, and it isn’t.
Jesus affirmed the Jewish law, in its truest expression, perfectly. Homosexuality would have been roundly condemned by him if the question ever came up.
Liberals think God made a mistake with Sodom and Gomorrah. I’ll side with God.
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female [specified], And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together [specified], let not man put asunder. (Matthew 19:4-6)
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. (Mark 7:21-23)
God made man and women distinctively different yet uniquely compatible and complementary, and only joined them together in marriage - as the Lord Jesus Himself specified (Mt. 19:4–6) and who condemned all fornication (Mark 7:21–23) - and Scripture only condemns homosexual relations wherever they are manifestly dealt with (see linked page).
And homosexual relations have been tragically primarily responsible for approx. 80% of new HIV cases among men and over 700,000 American deaths, though such is not even the decisive reason why homosexual relations are wrong.
Yet there is still room at the cross for all who will come to God in repentance and faith, and trust in the Divine Son of God sent by the Father, the risen Lord Jesus, to save them on His account, by His sinless shed blood, and thus be baptized and live for Him. Acts 10:36-47
Although only approximately 7% of adult and adolescent males reported having had male-to-male sexual contact at some point in their lives 81% of HIV infections among males in 2019 were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. and over 80% HIV infection among adolescent and young adult males (85%) in 2019, and over 63% of all [not just men] new HIV diagnoses. Overall, homosexual relations has (historically) resulted in a greatly increased incidence of other infectious diseases and effects besides HIV, from Meningitis to premature death. Which diseases includes Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis A and B, HPV, Syphilis, HIV to Meningitis and body dysmorphia and eating disorders and recently Monkey pox. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men have accounted for 83% of primary and secondary syphilis cases where sex of sex partner was known in the US. Goy, Bisexual and other men who have sex with men have been found to be 17 times more likely to get anal cancer than heterosexual men. In addition to which is accelerated aging and premature death. Which costs this nation greatly in lives, souls - and money, with the latter alone resulting in billions spent per year due to STD's, with domestic response to HIV itself rising to more than $28 billion per year (2024). And thus (as of 2024 compilation) sodomy has been primarily responsible for close to 800,000 American deaths, and yet all the above is not the decisive reason why homosexual relations are wrong.
Imagine the reaction if a consensual Christian practice resulted in such stats as these? What that is not the fundamental reason sodomy is sin.
Why don’t they move to Sodom or Gomorrah? The LGBTQ+++MAPs should be singing “Sodom and Gomorrah is the life for me. Fire and brimstone is the place to be”.
Jesus didn’t mention it because it wasn’t an issue where he was during his time here.
-SB
Yep, just like Jesus didn't mention "sexting."
I can live with it.
That fact completely escapes them.
"Don't judge!!! You're a hateful bigot if you do!!!"
Precisely. Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Romans 1:26-28 ~ For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - Or 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, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 1:8-11 ESV - Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is [r]unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing [s]indecent acts and receiving in [t]their own persons the due penalty of their error. 28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. (Romans 1:26-32)
By the idiotic logic of these leftists, the widespread existence of theft, fraud, murder and everything else in the Roman Empire must also have been OK to Jesus and His followers - and never mind what the Bible actually says.
You have to ignore and make up so much junk to get things this twisted, but they do it.
Jesus perfectly followed the Law, and he discussed when a man leaves his home and marries a woman. So that pretty much tells us everything we need to know.
Exactly.
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