Homosexuality

“And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?” Matthew 16:26 (NLT)

But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?” When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Mark 2:16-17 (NLT)

This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”— and I am the worst of them all. 1 Timothy 1:15 (NLT)

Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” John 8:11 (ESV)

"This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one." Genesis 2:24 (NLT)

"They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy."  Romans 1:25-31 (NLT)

“I will never, ever deal with you on the basis of your cleanliness or dirtiness – your goodness or your badness – but on the basis of my Son’s finished work on your behalf.” Tullian Tchividijian – Jesus + Nothing = Everything

“We abuse God’s gifts. We take the good gifts God gives us, and twist them and pervert them. In so doing we turn something meant to help us into something that ultimately hurts us. And that’s especially true when it comes to sex.” Tullian Tchividijian – Unfashionable

Sin to a believer is horrible, because it crucified the Savior; he sees in every iniquity the nails and spear.” Charles Spurgeon – Sermons