Romans 1:18-32
The Gay Agenda and the Biblical Response
Rev Tan Eng Boo
The church has lost her testimony - allowing homosexual clergy, endorsement of homosexual unions and regarding homosexuality as a normal, non-sin.
So what does the Bible have to say?
In the Old Testament, the earliest account is found in Genesis 19:1-11, c.f. Jude 7.
The Mosaic Law is also clear - Leviticus 18:22, 20:13.
These are laws regarding morality, not ceremony.
But has the Mosaic Law been put aside, superseded?
In the New Testament, Romans 1:26-27 is clear about the Bible's stand against homosexuality; it is against the natural order ordained by God.
Additionally, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 states, practising homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Can it be that God created homosexual people? That people are born homosexual? Not so, because God created man in both male and female. See Genesis 1:27; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6-8.
Conclusion
We affirm that the Bible is clearly against homosexuality.
But we must welcome homosexuals in the Church and seek to help them be rid of their sin.
Change is possible.
1 Corinthians 6:11
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.
