Morality
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Homosexuality is not a sin |
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Many
pastors, bishops, theologians and Churches all over the world support
homosexuality, for they believe that homosexuality is not a sin but a lawful
choice that man is free to make. Therefore, in their opinion, homosexuals who
profess Jesus Christ and obedience to Him, are
welcome to be or become full members of the Church. They must not be rebuked
for their behaviour nor should they be urged to repent, rather they should be
encouraged to remain homosexuals, for there is no harm in homosexuality. A Christian
man can be a gay, while a Christian woman can be a lesbian, for God does not
detest homosexuality. |
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In
1988, the United Church of Canada, the largest Protestant denomination in |
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In
1994 more than 60 Italian protestant pastors and theologians signed a
statement supporting the civil ‘marriage’ between homosexuals. Here is the
statement: ‘We appreciate and welcome with interest the recommendation of the
[European] Parliament in Strasbourg to recognize in the national legislations
the rights of the permanent cohabitations between citizens who are
homosexuals, by comparing them with the permanent cohabitations among heterosexuals,
in order to assure both of them of equal rights and duties; we invite our
society to have a confrontation of such proposal with serenity and a spirit
of equity, developing an ethical reflection which takes note of the
development of the custom which is going on in the western societies,
safeguarding the respect of the people involved in their human specificity
and their choices of life, and safeguarding together the times which are
indispensable for a development and maturity of the consciences in the face
of the changes which are going on; we hope that in this matter neither rigid positions
nor preconceived condemnations will arise, even in the name of a Christian
ethics which has been lived historically in different ways, and that the
respect of the human being, created in the image of God and loved and
redeemed by God, may remain in its centre; finally, in this context we
suggest that the word ‘marriage’ (which has produced the sense of an
unnecessary provocation) should be forsaken in favour of the words ‘permanent
cohabitation’ or ‘civil union’, which are more suitable’ (NEV, 2 March, 1994,
year XV, number 9, page 1). This declaration was signed by 33 Waldensian
pastors, 17 Baptists, 7 Lutherans, 7 Methodists and a Reformed woman pastor.
Among the signers we find Giorgio Bouchard (Waldensian, former President of
the Italian Federation of Evangelical Churches); Sergio Aquilante (Methodist),
Franco Scaramuccia and Massimo Aprile (Baptists); Hans Gerch Philippi (the
Lutheran Doyen); Paolo Ricca, who is the Dean of the Waldensian Theological
Faculty, and Bruno Corsani, Daniele Garrone and Ermanno Genre, who are
teachers at the same faculty, as well as Giorgio Girardet, who is emeritus
professor. |
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In
1997 in the |
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The
United Reformed Church in |
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The
Episcopal bishop of Chicago, William Persell, believes churches should
formally bless homosexual unions. Persell, who was consecrated at a ceremony
in |
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In
2001, the Archbishop of York, David Hope, the second highest official in the
Church of England, commissioned a new catechism that treats homosexuality as
a blessing from God. This Anglican catechism says: "Homosexuality may
well not be a condition to be regretted but to have divinely ordered and
positive qualities. Homosexual believers should be encouraged to find in
their sexual preferences such elements of moral beauty as may enhance their
general understanding of Christ's calling." |
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The
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Confutation |
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The
Holy Scripture clearly teaches that homosexuality is a sin, as it is written:
“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination”
(Leviticus |
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Homosexuality
is a sin against nature, for Paul wrote to the Romans: “For this reason God
gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use
for what is against nature. 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 receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was
due” (Romans 1:26-27 – NKJV). As you can see, according to the Scripture,
both gays and lesbians are people who give themselves over to vile passions
for they have exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. They
commit what is shameful in the sight of God. |
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In
the light of what the Scripture teaches, therefore, ‘homosexual marriages’
are to be abhorred. Know this, that a man has no right to marry another man,
and a woman has no right to marry another woman, for Jesus said that God “at
the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man
shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh” (Matthew 19:4-5 – NKJV). |
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Unbelieving
homosexuals must be urged to repent of their sins and to believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ, bearing fruits worthy of repentance. Therefore they must be
exhorted to forsake immediately their homosexual practices. While the so
called believing homosexuals (that is, those Christians who have become
homosexuals) must be expelled from among the congregations of the saints, as
it is written: “Put away from yourselves the evil person” (1 Corinthians |
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Homosexuals
will not inherit the |
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Let
no one deceive you, brethren, with empty words. Cling to what the Holy
Scripture teaches, and refute all those who support homosexuality. |