** Okay this is from my school's newspaper, I am currently working on my response to this article....
The Bible declares in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge."
E.L. Bynum, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas, once said, "Many years ago it was not proper to speak in public about homosexuality. It was something that polite, decent people just did not talk about. They knew it existed, but they knew it was wrong. Religious people knew the Bible condemned it as a sin. Perhaps, too many Christians have been silent too long on the subject. In the last 20, years there has been tremendous change in public attitudes. This has come about through the influence of magazines, newspapers, and books, which have advocated a soft and sympathetic attitude toward this sin. Some doctors, psychiatrists, and psychologists have defended homosexuality. It has had an impact on public opinion. Now, the homosexuals are coming out in the open and bragging about their practice. Many "gay parades" have been held. Some cities have had "Gay Pride Week."
Webster defines homosexuality as being "characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex." E. L. Bynum speaks the truth. Christians have been silent too long on this subject and it's high time that we discuss and expose it. Before I get into this, know that regardless of what man says about homosexuality, a true Bible believer must turn to the Bible for God's truth on the subject. It is here we will find God's eternal truth, which should settle this matter forever.
We find the first mention of homosexuality in Genesis 19:1-5. In this passage, we find that God has sent two angels, who appeared as men, to Sodom to warn Lot of the city's impending doom. Once the angels entered Lot's house, the men of Sodom surrounded the house and asked him, "Where are the men which came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us, that we may know them." It is clear that the Bible uses the word "know" many times to describe a sex act between two individuals. "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain," and, "Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch" (Gen. 4:1, 17). Lot offered to give the men of Sodom his two unmarried daughters, which had not "known man," but of course they were not interested in women. They wanted men because they were sodomites. Then, shortly after, we find that God destroyed the city with fire and brimstone.
In the book of Leviticus, we find two explicit scriptures stating God's view on homosexuality. "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination" (Lev. 18:22). "If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death" (Lev. 20:13).
In the book of Romans, chapter one, homosexuality is pictured as being at the end of the road. It is at the lowest level of human depravity. For this cause, God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was met" (Romans 1: 26-27).
Homosexual ministers and ministers who condone homosexuality have written many articles defending its practice, but they never bother to explain Romans one. The reason is obvious. It cannot be explained in any way. It must either be ignored or denied. Widespread homosexuality in a society is a sign that God has given them up. If America continues to follow the widespread homosexual trend, it will destroy our civilization but, if you're homosexual, I have good news. Acts 3:19 says, "Repent ye therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out." I strongly encourage you to not only follow this scripture, but to get involved in a Holy Ghost filled church that preaches every inch of the Bible.
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