In the same way the men give up natural sexual relations with women and burn with passion for each other. Men do shameful things with each other, and as a result they bring upon themselves the punishment they deserve for their wrongdoing. –Romans 1:27 (GNT)–
A gentleman who was in his fifties, he had led a homosexual lifestyle…he contracted the human papillomavirus (HPV)…genital warts…his entire buttock, his entire anal area had been eaten away by the warts…he ended up losing all of the buttock area. He ended up having a colostomy where his feces would come into a bag on his abdomen, because he no longer had a rectum…and it was a wide open gaping wound. –Dr. David Miller, 13:40–
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. –Jonah 1:2 (KJV)–
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. –Leviticus 18:22 (KJV)–
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. –Deuteronomy 22:5 (KJV)–
SICK!
You’re not imagining things: many pastors avoid this topic; and there are several common reasons. Topics like homosexuality are highly charged in today’s culture. Many pastors worry they’ll be misunderstood as just attacking people rather than addressing the behavior from a moral or Biblical perspective. Pastors know these issues affect people sitting in the pews: people addicted to porn, couples living together, church members with homosexual family members, etc. Because they want to keep people coming back and open to hearing the gospel, some avoid topics that feel “too confrontational.” Addressing sexual sin can create conflict with influential and wealthy church members. Pastors sometimes feel pressure–spoken or unspoken–to “keep things positive.” Some pastors genuinely want to address these topics but fear doing it in a harsh or simplistic way. They may not feel equipped to speak with both Biblical conviction and so-called pastoral compassion. So pastors are actually pressured by church staff to keep the show going with non-confrontational sermon topics like hope, grace, purpose, dream fulfillment, and forgiveness. And to classify subjects like homosexuals as just a “negative” topic to be removed from all church communications. They are increasingly focused on being “seeker sensitive,” which often means avoiding topics that would make newcomers feel uncomfortable.
And so these pastors have failed to be watchmen, and the people’s blood is on their hands, and they’re guilty of not warning sinners of the hell-deserving danger they’re in! Because they don’t adequately point out the specific sinfulness of their homosexual, shackin’ up lifestyles. They might say the word “hell” or the word “cross” if they’re really daring in the typical Rick Warren influenced seeker-sensitive church, but no, they’re not going to boldly confront the homosexual lifestyle, because they ultimately want homosexual money to be tithed to their churches. And so they cave into the sissified gay affirming church culture instead of being truly prophetic. Such pastors should be viewed as wolves in sheep’s clothing, carnal, and not filled with the Holy Spirit. Homosexuals, the Bible says, “shall not inherit the kingdom of God,” and these pastors could obviously care less about them (1 Corinthians 6:10). If they’re gonna die and go to Hell, then they better do it, and decrease the surplus population! But let’s keep things “positive” around here; and not preach against the unmentionable sin of the homosexuals in this holy sanctuary. Ezekiel 33:6: “If the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.” Lazy purpose-driven pastor! You’re no preacher! Can’t you see all those dead homosexual ghosts that died of AIDS a few years ago, rolling around in the lake of fire, screaming and yelling in pain? They used to listen to you preach! They used to come to church and pay you a tithe. But can you see ’em down there in Hell right now? They’re all down there because of YOU! Because you were too afraid of the conflict that would come from warning them about their sin from the pulpit. And so now God will require their blood of you! This means God holds you guilty for their suicide! You could’ve warned ’em about the cliff they were headed for, but you just let ’em fall right into a lake of burning lava!
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (1852) by John Martin.
25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen. 26 Because of this, God gave them over to SHAMEFUL LUSTS. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for UNNATURAL ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. 28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a DEPRAVED MIND, so that they do what ought not to be done. –Romans 1:25-28 (NIV)–
THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A HOMOSEXUAL CONSERVATIVE. THAT’S AN OXYMORON. –J.B.–
The men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord. –Genesis 13:13 (NKJV)–
Abram said to the king of Sodom, “With raised hand I have sworn an oath to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth, that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’” –Genesis 14:22-23 (NIV)–
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. –Psalm 1:1 (NKJV)–
Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. –James 4:4 (NIV)–