Now, the relevant churches are preaching that you can keep your vice, and still be saved, in direct opposition to Jesus' command that we must be born again. Which brings to mind the AA Third Step that says: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. So, people have adopted the 12 Step Program by adopting a god of their own imagination, not the God that created all that there is. Yet, the Creator clearly states in His Holy Bible how He wants men/women to behave.
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Leviticus 18:22.
Deuteronomy 23:17 -
There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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1 Kings 14:24 -
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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1 Kings 15:12 -
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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1 Kings 15:12 -
And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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1 Kings 22:46 -
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
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2 Kings 23:7 -
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
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How can anyone forget the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah?
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1And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
14And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:
19Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
25And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Genesis 19:1-25.
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