Homosexuality and Other Sins

# 254 - Today's Du-votional comes from: 1Sa 18:1 Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. This is the kind of passage that can make guys a little uncomfortable. Knitting your soul to another guy? Loving another guy? Question. Is this verse to be taken as a stamp of approval for homosexuality? Answer. Only if it is taken out of the context of the rest of Scripture. One of the main rules of interpreting Scripture is simply this: Scripture interprets Scripture. In other words, ALL of the words of the Bible are used for interpretation, not verses taken in isolation. The Bible consistently and plainly forbids any sexual activity outside the bounds of marriage, and marriage is defined as the union of a male and a female. Ge 2:24 says, “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. There are other passages that deal with homosexuality in a very direct manner: Le 18:22 says, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. Le 20:13a 'If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” Ro 1:27a Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and, 1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, It's important to remember that there are also many other passages singling out inappropriate heterosexual behavior in the Scriptures as well. And not only sexual behavior, but things like lying, stealing, cursing, coveting, and the list goes on and on. All of these inappropriate behaviors are called sin, and the Bible also has the remedy for our sin. Confess it. Receive God's forgiveness through faith in Jesus, then, “go, and in the power of the Holy Spirit, seek to sin no more.”