9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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. - 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,
25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;
27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. - Romans 1:24-28
As with all sin, we turn away from God placing ourselves in God's place as Master.
He is your Lord Almighty.
Fornication, homosexuality, lust, predatory sex, and adultery are forms of man and his brokenness.
So we can't say one is worse than the other because they are all bad and will separate you eternally from God.
When we indulge in these acts, we are essentially saying, I don't care what God thinks or says, "I" want to do it.
We emphasize "I" instead of God.
From the beginning, God declared His creation man and woman.
God created the sexual union as a beautiful thing between His creatures He called male and female.
Man has perverted this because of his wickedness.
There is a way that is natural, ordained by God and full of goodness.
There is a way that is unnatural created by wicked man leading to destruction.
God has given us free will.
It comes down to a choice.
God on the throne.
You on the throne.
Choose carefully, the choice has eternal implications.
Thanks John for the great teaching!!!
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