Gays and the Bible

Gays abuse Biblical text just as much as they abuse each other. So-called ‘gay and lesbian Christians’ also misrepresent and misuse texts to appease their own consciences and to try and convince others they are right. But, anyone who has a proper knowledge of the Bible can easily discern the error in what they say.

Genesis 13:13
"But the men of Sodom (were) wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly"

Those who believe the sin of the men of Sodom was primarily their refusal to honour the Eastern rules concerning hospitality should consider what this text is really saying. The word "wicked" is loaded with significance. It means: (1) Bad/malignant/evil (giving pain, suffering, hurt, misery, unhappiness, disagreeable, unpleasant, displeasing, valueless, worse than others, sad, unkind and of a vicious disposition. (2) Distress/injury/calamity/wrong. The word is based on the meaning: to break; to be broken into pieces; mischief.

Notice the profound meanings of this word? See how the Sodomites were vicious and unkind, unpleasant and malignant? See how they meant to harm and destroy and were of no value to society at all? And see how they were worse than others? This is a picture I readily see amongst homosexuals every day.

It is correct to say that, to God, every sin, whether big or small in our eyes, is deserving of His wrath. However, we are repeatedly told in scripture that Sodom is an example of extreme wickedness deserving not just eternal hell but also the temporal, summary penalty of total destruction. Sodomy is not 'just another sin', it is the culmination and expression of the depths of human depravity (see Romans 1) and Sodom has been given as an example of utter godlessness throughout the ages.

Also, look at the word "sinners". This word is an extreme expression meaning sinful; exposed to condemnation; reckoned to be offenders. It is a word which has the following root meanings: (1) To sin/miss the true way of right and duty; to go wrong; to be guilty and to incur a penalty. (2) To induce to sin/cause to sin; to bring into condemnation and to incur punishment.