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, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 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
I saw a small group of people holding up "God hates fags" signs in Columbia yesterday at the Broadway and College intersection. I was thoroughly upset and incredibly exasperated by what I saw. How can people who claim to follow Jesus so blatantly disobey his commands to love others, including your enemies? Why is this sin set apart from the other sins as the one that God hates the most and does not forgive? Paul makes it clear that homosexuality is among the things that Jesus died to forgive. Are these people saying that Christ's death on the cross wasn't sufficient for everyone's forgiveness? This is an impoverished view of the Gospel. After seeing this I said to God as Jesus did on the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34).
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