Homosexuality and the book of Romans

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Based upon past historical data: 3,287+ UNBORN BABY MURDERS have occurred in the last 24 hours in the United States. See my post “BABY HOLOCAUST” posted January 22, 2008.

I’ve been involved in a problem one of my clients has with Farmers Insurance Group. My previous posts in relation to this problem were:

September 10, 2007 post: “Beware of Farmers Insurance Group”
September 11, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group’s response”
September 18, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company received the requested list”
September 19, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Company’s response to the list”
October 16, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group and my request for information”
November 27, 2007 post: “Farmers Insurance Group does not respond to my request”
January 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group latest stall”
January 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group is sent a response”
January 14, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group pays some money”
January 19, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group continues to be obstinate”
January 26, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group receives another request”
February 11, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group shows how low they will go?”
February 12, 2008 post: “Farmers Insurance Group: If I were going to respond to the final letter”

I will not be continuing my Creationism posts today. I do plan to return to them soon.

Then, I plan to answer the response about Iraq. I am sorry for the change in plans. Plans, in reality, often are altered for one reason or another. “The best laid plans … often go astray.” Thank you for your understanding and patience.

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“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: ‘The righteous will live by faith.’

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed
indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” Romans 1: 16-32 (NIV)

This section alone should be sufficient for any Christian to know that HOMOSEXUAL behavior is a SIN. Paul is very clear and precise. The only way he could be more precise is to give the actual description of a HOMOSEXUAL act. I’m certain that even with such a description some would try to deny that he is referring to HOMOSEXUALITY. Paul states that GOD gave SINFUL men up to shameful LUSTS. That even women gave up natural relations for unnatural. Then he continues that in the same way men abandoned natural relations with women for unnatural relations with men. They did so because they were inflamed with LUST. The acts committed by men with men were and are INDECENT. The acts were and are a PERVERSION regardless of the protests of politically correct people today.

Christians today are only repeating what Paul wrote through the guidance of the HOLY SPIRIT. A HOMOSEXUAL act is an act of PERVERSION! The penalty for such SIN in the Old Testament was DEATH. The penalty for unrepentant SIN including HOMOSEXUAL behavior was, is now, and always will be spiritual DEATH. That is the only Biblical conclusion that is possible.

Paul continues that GOD gave up these SINNERS to a DEPRAVED mind. These same SINNERS are filled with every manner of WICKEDNESS, EVIL, GREED, and DEPRAVITY. Then Paul lists seventeen additional SINS that flow from the same DEPRAVED mind that disregards GOD’S standards including being filled with murder, heartless, and GOD-haters. (Who is trying to remove GOD from the public arena = GOD-haters!) The final condemnation is that these individuals know that they are violating GOD’S decrees and yet continue to do so and continue to approve of the SINFUL behavior of others who do the same. Approving the SINFUL behavior of HOMOSEXUAL acts is itself a SIN.

Later on in the book of Romans, Paul quotes Isaiah: “It is just as Isaiah said previously: ‘Unless the Lord Almighty had left use descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.’” Romans 9: 29 (NIV) Now, we have three central figures in the Bible recognizing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for their SIN as a historical event. The first and foremost of course is JESUS, the CHRIST—the SON of GOD. Now, we can add Isaiah and Paul as HOLY SPIRIT led writers who confirm that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah occurred as given in the Old Testament.

“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not covet,’ and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: ‘Love you neighbor as yourself.’ Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissention and
jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature.” Romans 13: 8-14 (NIV)

In this section of Romans, Paul once again identifies SEXUAL IMMORALITY including HOMOSEXUALITY as a deed of darkness which must be put aside. We are to not even think about gratifying the desires of the SINFUL nature which includes SEXUAL IMMORALITY—HOMOSEXUALITY as just mentioned by him in chapter 1. Even more telling is his admonition that we are to love our neighbors as we would ourselves. However, he uses a true criterion for love of our neighbor. “Love does no harm to its neighbor.” Romans 13: 10a (NIV)

It is not love to approve of and support someone committing SIN—SIN that will keep him from eternal life with the FATHER. It is not love to allow someone to SIN. A loving parent would not encourage his child to run into a burning house to try to save a family pet. A loving Christian would not encourage a HOMOSEXUAL to continue in his HOMOSEXUAL lifestyle when he knows such action is a SIN that will prevent him from spending eternity in Heaven. A loving Christian does not encourage SIN. A loving Christian does not ignore SIN and pretend that it does not exist. A loving Christian knows that unrepentant SIN and disobedience to the CREATOR of the universe means condemnation at the Day of Judgment. A loving Christian does not want SIN to spiritually destroy a person forever.

These three references to HOMOSEXUALITY in the book of Romans are powerful indictments against any HOMOSEXUAL act. Such an act is a PERVERSION to GOD. Such PERVERSION involves more SIN and the continuing rejection of GOD’S will. Practitioners have a DEPRAVED mind. Practitioners approve of others doing the same leading others down the path of SIN, DEATH, and DESTRUCTION. In love, Christians must rebuke, encourage, and help them to turn to repentance just as we repented when we accepted JESUS the CHRIST as our LORD and SAVIOR.