Introduction
“Contrary to sound teaching” (I Timothy 1:10)
- I Timothy 1:8-10 – Homosexuality is contrary to God’s law.
- Sinful people especially need God’s law to guide them.
- Mark 2:17
- Homosexuality was a common sin in Paul’s day.
- We have all committed sin. We all need God’s grace.
- I Timothy 1:12-14
- We should not look down our noses at other people because we are all guilty of sin.
- Luke 18:9-14
- Just because we all sin doesn’t mean that any sin is okay.
- The reason Christians come out so strongly against this sin is because the world puts such a spotlight on it.
- Matthew 16:24; Colossians 3:5; I Peter 4:3; I Corinthians 7:11; I Timothy 1:10
“Let him who boasts, boast in the Lord” (I Corinthians 1:31)
- I Corinthians 1:25-31 – No one may boast before God.
- Sometimes the attitude about the sin is just as bad as the sin itself.
- I Corinthians 5:1-6
- Romans 1:26-27, 32 – Homosexuality is clearly wrong. Giving approval of homosexuality is also wrong! Compare Acts 8:1.
- Romans 6:23 – Sin causes spiritual death.
- II Timothy 3:1-5
- I John 2:16
“Such were some of you; but you were washed” (I Corinthians 6:11)
- I Corinthians 6:9-11 – The church in Corinth was made up of people who had put away all these sins.
- Whatever sin you are drawn to, God loves you!