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>"Jd" <
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>> >"Jd" <
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>> >> "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." (Leviticus 18:22)
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>> >Congratulations. You're welcome to your opinion. If you were a church preacher, you'd have the
>> >freedom not to perform a marriage ceremony for
>gays
>> >and lesbians, and I'd cheerfully support your right not to do so. In
>fact,
>> >I'd excoriate gays and lesbians who criticised you for exercising your rights not to marry them,
>> >then we could trot down to the local greasy
>spoon
>> >and I'd buy you breakfast and we could have a lively chat.
>> >
>> >But when a gay couple want to have their relationship recognized the same way as straight
>> >couples, the issue concerns only government agencies, and not religious organizations.
>>
>> God has given us the duty of governing ourselves.
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>So go govern yourself, and leave others to govern themselves.
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>
>> >But let me ask you this . . . If you want other people to abide by Leviticus 18:22, would you
>> >also say that people should abide by Leviticus 20:13, which says that gay people
>have
>> >to be put to death? If not, why should people abide by some parts of the Bible and not
>others?
>> >--Just curious . . . --Tock
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>> >Leviticus 20:13 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; their blood shall be
>> >upon them.
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>> God has also given us behavioral guidelines.
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>Which are not relevant to the legal issues.
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>> judgement of God?
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>It's not your place to punish anyone.
>
Right. I'm not in the government. Are you?
But lookie here, folks who reject God long enough risk suffering the judgement of God. It's a bad
sign to us Christians to see so many folks being turned over to thereprobitic mindset...
Romans 1:26 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:
Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust
one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that
recompence of their error which was meet.
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a
reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient
Even if the entire government decides to rebel against God it will be nothing new. There is no new
thing under the sun.
A selection from the OT comes to mind....
"The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and
against his anointed, saying, "Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from
us"." (Psalms 2:-3)
... which is defined in the NT as an event ( if not the very first event) when the state which was
allowed to kill Jesus, began chasing the Church around in ignorance of the fact that Jesus had
arisen from the dead and ascended to the throne of God in heaven to rule, reign, and make
intercession for the saints being positioned at the right hand of God "from thence shall he come to
judge the living and the dead".
Here's the supporting evidence from the NT which speaks of the aforementioned OT example....
Acts 4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said,
Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
Acts 4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people
imagine vain things?
Acts 4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord,
and against his Christ.
Acts 4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and
Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts 4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all
boldness they may speak thy word..."
Now. As it was then, so it is now. We Christians are strapped with the duty of telling sinners
(whether they be homos or ordinary adulterers) that they should repent of their wickedness and turn
to Jesus who is the judge of the living and the dead....
"And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of
God to be the Judge of quick and dead. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins." (Acts 10:42-43)
Even so you may merely mock and jeer. Nevertheless you will not be able to say " I never heard" when
you stand before the judge of all mankind, because I have told you.
Jd
"But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee." - Jesus (Matthew26:32)
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