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Transcript 762A — The Bible on Homosexuality
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Yes, Brother Camping. I wanted to ask you about some scriptures about homosexuality. What does the Bible say about that?
HC: Insofar as homosexuality is concerned, the Bible has very ugly things to say, as it also has ugly things to say about many many sins. It doesn't single out homosexuality. It normally lists it along with other sins.
In I Corinthians 6:9 we read, "Know ye hot that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God?" And of course the opposite of inheriting the kingdom of God is to be subject to eternal damnation. But then the Bible goes on, "Be not deceived. Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with mankind [that would be a homosexual], nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God."
Now in Leviticus 18 God speaks very directly to the sin of homosexuality. In verse 22 we read, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is abomination." And here God lists this as one sin amongst many other sins. A third reference to homosexuality, which in a surprising way relates to what is happening today, when we have such an increase in homosexuality, is in Romans 1:18: "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who hold the truth in unrighteousness, because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them, For the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead; so they are without excuse."
Now so far what God is saying is that God's wrath is going to be visited on this earth and is already seen, because mankind, who ought to know that there is a Creator God and begin to cry out for His mercy, instead will not worship Him. They go their own way. They worship the creation. They believe in things like evolution, and so on. They refuse to worship God.
We read in verse 21, "Because that when they knew God they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened." Verse 23: "and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man and to birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things." Now that's the sin, that they refuse to acknowledge God. And that speaks of the world today. The common situation in the world is that God will not be recognized, and man does everything he can to deny the fact that there is a Creator God.
Now this is the result that we see in this time, and it's very ominous. And of course it's only a prelude or a transition to Judgment Day itself, when they will be faced with eternal damnation. Verse 24: "Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves." Now that's pointing right to sexual immorality.
And now in verse 26 and 27 God speaks directly to this matter of homosexuality: "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature, and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust, one toward another, men with men, working that which is unseemly." Now that's homosexuality. And God is saying that the vast increase of homosexuality that we see in our day is a result of the fact that God has taken His hand of restraint from off mankind, because they refuse to acknowledge Him as God. They refuse to turn to Him as their Savior and recognize that He is the Creator of this universe.
Now that's the first thing that happens. They burn in their lust, one for another, that is, men with men. And notice the next phrase, which seems so pertinent in the light of some of the news stories that are coming out, where there are not only the typical venereal diseases that are rampant everywhere, but also there are new diseases that doctors do not know how to cure, and they are particularly found with this kind of activity. And there the Bible speaks about this, in verse 27, "And receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet." Now that of course could also be speaking of eternal damnation, which will finally come upon them. But at least there's a strong suggestion that even as they are engaging in these kind of activities, God's wrath will already be visited upon them. And I'll tell you, when I read some of the stories that are coming out now about these diseases for which there is no-cure, if I were a homosexual, I would be living in fear and trembling, wondering when I was going to get that disease. And many are dying from these unknown diseases that are seriously troubling the homosexual community.
And of course far worse than that (and this is true of anyone who engages in sin, whatever the sin may be), there is the wrath of God that is infinitely worse than any disease.
CALLER: Okay. Thank you very much, Brother Camping.