How would you answer a person who says, “You can’t take the Bible literally because it promotes killing homosexuals” (Lev 20:13)? 1. This particular law was only given to ancient Israel under the terms of the Old Covenant. But God is not relating to anyone under the terms of this covenant today. Rather, God is now relating to all men under the terms of the New Covenant (Hebrews 8). Hence, this is not a law which should be implemented today. 2. This passage does not promote killing homosexuals. This is simply false – and it is important to say so. This particular law requires that those who engage in homosexual activity be put to death. Even under the Old Covenant, a person with homosexual inclinations or attractions, who refused to act on them, would NOT be put to death. What is at issue here is homosexual activity – not homosexual attraction. 3. God takes sin very seriously and His holiness and moral perfection require that He deal with it as it deserves. Under the terms of the Old Covenant, homosexual behavior was not unique in meriting the sentence of death. Adultery (Lev. 20:10), blasphemy (Lev. 24:16), murder (Exod. 21:12), striking one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:15), kidnapping (Exod. 21:16), cursing one’s father or mother (Exod. 21:17), and other acts as well, all merited the death sentence under the Old Covenant. Even Sabbath violations received the death sentence (Exod. 31:14). 4. God disapproves of all sexual sin – not just homosexual activity. God disapproves of adultery, fornication, rape, incest, bestiality, as well as homosexual sin. Again, homosexual sin is not unique in being prohibited by God. All sexual sin is prohibited. The Bible allows for sexual activity only within the confines of one man/one woman heterosexual marriage. Any kind of sexual activity outside of this is sin (Michael Gleghorn).

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Post published:December 20, 2022

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136:1 ¶ Whakawhetai ki a Ihowa, he pai hoki ia: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:2 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o nga atua: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:3 Whakawhetai ki te Ariki o nga ariki: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:4 E mahi nei tona kotahi i nga merekara nunui: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:5 I tohunga rawa nei ki te hanga i nga rangi: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:6 I whakatakoto nei i te whenua ki runga ki nga wai: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:7 Ki te kaihanga i nga whakamarama nunui: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:8 I te ra hei tohutohu i te awatea: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:9 I te marama me nga whetu hei tohutohu i te po: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:10 ¶ Ki te kaipatu i Ihipa, ara i a ratou matamua: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:11 A arahina mai ana a Iharaira i waenganui i a ratou: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:12 Na te ringa kaha me te takakau maro: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:13 I tapahi nei i te Moana Whero a motu rawa: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:14 A meinga ana a Iharaira kia haere ra waenganui: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:15 A hurihia ana a Parao me ana mano ki te Moana Whero: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:16 I arahi nei i tana iwi ra te koraha: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:17 I patu nei i nga kingi nunui: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:18 I whakamate nei i nga kingi rongo nui: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:19 I a Hihona kingi o nga Amori: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:20 I a Oka kingi o Pahana: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:21 A homai ana to ratou whenua hei kainga pumau: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu;

136:22 Hei kainga pumau mo Iharaira, mo tana pononga: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:23 ¶ I mahara nei ki a tatou i to tatou itinga; he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu:

136:24 A whakaorangia ana tatou i o tatou hoariri: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.

136:25 Ko ia te kaihomai i te kai ma nga kikokiko katoa: he mau tonu hoki tana inahi tohu.

136:26 Whakawhetai ki te Atua o te rangi: he mau tonu hoki tana mahi tohu.