In regards to homosexuality, God specifically calls this behavior an abomination in the Old Testament. In Romans 1 he refers to a depraved mind. In 1 Cor 6:9-11 we see some of the Corinthians were previously adulterers, some were homosexual, but they were washed, sanctified and justified.
What does it mean to be washed? How do you define justification? How do you define sanctification?
If we continue with the 1 Cor 6 passage, in verses 18-20 in the NIV we see:
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.How do you reconcile the above passage with your statements in this thread?
Jesus said that to divorce and remarry was committing adultery. Now I have said all along that the church was well within its rights to refuse to conduct the funeral because the central figure was a homosexual. If it’s all about the sin, then I’m merely pointing out that if the church wants to use as it’s excuse the fact that they didn’t want to promote a sinful lifestyle then they should use the same standards if asked to perform a funeral for someone who was divorced and remarried. But I suspect that it was all about the fact that he was a homosexual.