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It has been requested of me to share what the Bible has to say about homosexuality, so if you are reading this and are thinking that I’m just picking on gays (or one of my readers in particular)… I’m just fulfilling a request. (Because, you know, I take requests!)

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Leviticus 18:22

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Leviticus 20:13

Interestingly enough, the word “abomination” is only used twice in all of the Levitical code, both times referring to homosexual sex. The word translated “abomination” comes from a Hebrew word meaning “an abhorrence” or “disgusting” and can also refer to idolatry. Much later in the Bible, as we will see in a bit, the Apostle Paul very much links homosexuality with worshiping the creature rather than the Creator.

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, ¹⁰nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9–10

One of the questions posed to me earlier was if I thought there was forgiveness for someone who has been gay; to answer that, I’ll quote the next verse from the previous passage:

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

Who comprised the early church? Who were the Christians Paul was writing to at Corinth?

They were a group filled with people who had once been gay or thieves or idolaters or drunkards… people who were on the fast track to Hell but were rescued — indeed, transformed — by He who is powerful to save. [click to continue...]

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Another exercise in chance & providence, I again closed my eyes, opened my Bible, and pointed to a verse. The result:

By mere words a servant is not disciplined, for though he understands, he will not respond. Proverbs 29:19

Do you know anyone like this? They go to work, but they just don’t give it their all. They make mistakes, and when their masters (today we call this “management”) reprove them, their behavior does not change. “In one ear and out the other,” we may say. [click to continue...]

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A silly little experiment in chance or providence: Determined to blog about the result — whatever it may be¹ — I closed my eyes, opened my Bible, and pointed at a passage.

Judging by the thickness of the pages, I would have expected to open my eyes to one of the Minor Prophets, but instead a passage from Luke sat there on the page before me:

Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, ²and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, ³and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager, and Susanna, and many others, who provided for them out of their means. Luke 8:1–3

These three little verses provide a springboard to go any number of different ways here, but what first caught my attention was the phrase “who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities.” That, as you can see, refers to Mary of Magdala, from whom seven demons had been cast out.

It’s interesting my eyes should fall upon this passage first for I have been thinking a lot lately about my own “close encounters” with the spirit world. [click to continue...]

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1. If it was a series of “begats,” then that’s just what this post would have been about. [↩]

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