The Sin of Homosexuality
An outstanding characteristic of fallen man is his inability to believe the
evidence of his own eyes and ears. Even YEHOVAH God's own servant people, preserved
by Him in spite of their sins, were many times rebuked by Him for their failure
to hear all that He had spoken: "He hath poured upon him (Jacob-Israel) the
fury of His anger, and the strength of battle; and it hath set him on fire round
about, yet he knew it not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart" (Isaiah
42:25).
It would seem that academics and theologians -- especially the latter -- find
it difficult to accept YEHOVAH's Truth from one not of their calling or position.
In taking offence that YEHOVAH has overlooked them and chosen a "lesser" mortal
to serve His purpose, they today stand in rejection of His Word as did the Sanhedrin
in the days of the Messiah's earthly ministry. Those who would not accept Yeshua
then are the same as those who reject him now. Spiritual wickedness in high
places? Indeed!
In YEHOVAH's Word it plainly shows that sodomy and all its attendant perversions
are abominations in the sight of YEHOVAH and are roundly condemned. Not only
is the Law very clear on this (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Deuteronomy 23:17), but
nowhere in the New Testament Scriptures do we find the law removed or modified.
Although many "Christian" scholars ignore this fact, Paul certainly does not
(Romans 1:18-32). The reader should pay particular attention to "that recompence
of error."
It is claimed that some people are "just built that way." We can expect the
enemies of YEHOVAH to make such a claim; but every one who is worthy of the
name Christian must deny such a claim because it is not possible for the Righteous
and Just God to condemn without cause that which is of His own creation. YEHOVAH
has condemned sodomy and all such perversions. They are therefore not of His
creation, but the insinuations of Satan into the minds of sinful men.
In history, sodomy is a prominent feature of apostasy and decline. It is a
sign of the end of an age. Like Sodom and Gomorah the cry of this people "is
waxen great before the face of the Lord" (Genesis 19:13). Disobedience to His
Law has resulted in that same Law breaking us in the form of AIDS and its complications
-- now sweeping the world. Repentance is the only way to stop this curse. --
John D. Keyser
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