Is Homosexuality Wrong?

[@tonyakunzmann4999]

Good points. Ty for sharing those verses. This video is very helpful. We are all sinners. We need to encourage and support each other, not judge and hate each other. It’s important to have a compassionate, understanding, empathetic view of others so that we can spread God’s love, share His Word and help serve and support others when they need it. We all sin and we all have struggles in life. Let’s get through it together.

[@MusicalRaichu]

unfortunately he's contorted what the Bible says, claiming male-bedders means homosecsuals (and asserting proof exists to that effect), making out that "hetero-flesh" means men doing it with men, calling pagan revelry is the same as loving relationships, and misunderstanding the law of moses and ignoring what the NT says about it. Just about everything he says in this talk is wrong.

[@kennethbailey9853]

Thank you. At 65 still Suffering.

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

Lay it down at the cross and flee it. Only Jesus can break that yoke.

[@Grokford]

Love is not a sin, sex is not a sin, morality is not sexist.

[@julemartin1406]

I am finding so much hope from the messages on abuse. My now thankfully ex-husband. He abused me for 13 years, and when I finally left he and 2 friends raped me. I have been dealing with suicidal thoughts for so long! Thank you for dealing with such difficult topics. I dont feel so alone and broken.

[@godlytiktoks7113]

Oh my that's soo sad to hear I hope the Lord stay with you and bless you and keep you safe🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@stephenjazz]

Yes, Jesus did not address homosexuality, at least not specifically. In his story about the rich man and Lazarus, Jesus did say "they have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them." "Moses and the prophets" includes the section from Leviticus that Pastor Jeremy read; but, more importantly, it includes God's promise of a Savior and His plan to forgive all sinners who believe that promise.

[@michaelm254]

Romans 1:27 “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” Romans 1:28 “And even as they did not like to retain Elohim in their knowledge, Elohim gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;” Romans 1:29 “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,” Romans 1:30 “Backbiters, haters of Elohim, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,” Romans 1:31 “Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:” Romans 1:32 “Who knowing the judgment of Elohim, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Leviticus 18:6-23 The Scriptures Laws of Sexual Morality 22. ‘And do not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination. COVENANTHBREAKERS………… Luke 13:3 “I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Strong's Greek Lexicon Search Results ... repent... Result of search for "3340": 3340. metanoeo met-an-o-eh'-o from 3326 and 3539; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction):--repent. Bless you

[@tylersoto7465]

Paul had to get onto homosexuality in the book of Corinthians

[@micahwatz1148]

He addresses it by explaining a TRUS Godly marriage. His lack of acknowledgment is addressing it.

[@Sole_Soul_Purpose]

Find God in your heart. Then follow that, regardless of any religious writings. Religious writings are always secondary to your relationships with God in your heart. It's the one true place where God will not let you down. Religious writings, on the other hand, can and do let people down all the time because much of it is so arcane, and therefore open to various interpretations. That's why religious people are always arguing about what God says, what God means. So follow your heart. That's where you will always find out what God intends.

[@theresaconklin156]

Thank you for teaching on this tough subject. In the world we live the acceptance and actual push for this way of life is so prevalent but my guide, The Bible tells the real truth. Forgive all of us for all of our sins.

[@pregamilitisto288]

Thank you for sharing. The more I listen to God's word, I become more compasionate to people and especially to God. God bless you all. | Preğa Militisto

[@HelloCha]

What does God say? That’s the focus. Amen.

[@sillythingsme186]

One genuine question as a Christian, I did not finish the video so not sure if this is addressed. how is it okay for us to condemn homosexuality nowadays and no longer condemn divorce which Jesus clearly states at sermon at the mount? My point is not that we should condemn both but that we are inconsistent and hypocritical and what parts of the Bible we treat as law that applies today and what does not. I think as we evolve as Christians we decide which parts of the Bible we no longer need to follow literally and judge people over and I hope many years from now we will look at how we treat and view LGBT communities and think wow we were really dropping the ball there. If I am wrong may Jesus have mercy on me, I’m trying to do his most important command, love your God above all else, love your neighbor as yourself

[@rar6546]

Christians do "condemn" (using your words) divorce. I do not think Christians condemn either. There are always going to be segments with any group that may be extreme or hateful. As Christians it is also necessary to share with how and why the practice of homosexuality and divorce is detrimental and harmful to the individuals involved and speak truth in love but speak truth none the less.

[@acrosticacrosti]

I believe you have hit the nail on the head. The Two Commandments of Christ are, as Jesus Himself told us, the basis of all the law and the prophets. If we find (or interpret) something in the Bible which is not in accord with these two commandments, we can know that it is false. Clearly, neither of the Two Commandments prohibits homosexuality or homosexual practices. It really is as simple as that, yet how some struggle to maintain their prejudices by rejecting the very words of the one whom they claim to follow! Unfortunately, for many, their religion takes second place to their prejudices.

[@thomasusheriii971]

God is not a respector of persons. We can't go off our feeling. We must follow what scripture teaches. We must love what God loves and Hate what God hates. Is loving your neighbor acccepting their sinful lifestyle cuz you don't want to affend them. That is really hate. Our definition of love is wrong according to the Word of God.

[@Montag87]

Very carefully I will say that divorce is not always sinful, as in Matthew 5:31-32: "but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." However, your concerns are totally valid for those in the Church who separate and remarry for other reasons, and I believe that problem may not be sufficiently addressed. Furthermore, another concern that is not sufficiently addressed is porn usage, as stated just a couple of verses earlier in Matthew 5:27-30: "but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for reason of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." I used the NASB for reference. Beyond that, these are principles for those who follow Christ, therefore I'm not convinced we can use them to judge our surrounding culture. We must witness, they may choose to answer the call and in being adopted as heirs in the family of God, they must also embrace these teachings.

[@strineys.957]

Thank you. Facts are important to get across and to put emotions aside. God bless.

[@romanticandperky]

Pastor Jeremy, it's curious how you start this video, with a reference to 'The Wizard Of Oz': I've met Judy Garland (a few months before she died). None of these labels-'gay'-'straight'-'bisexual'-etc.-actually describe how we stand before God. Jeremiah 17:9. There is something wrong with all of us (we have desperately wicked hearts), not just 'gay' folks. But the passage that speaks most tellingly about homosexuality; which is too often overlooked, but is astonishingly true is (drum roll, please): Romans 1:26-27. This, of course, is referring to the sin of idolatry. Who wrote wonderfully about this, and would later repent of 'being gay', and confess Jesus as his Lord and Saviour, was Oscar Wilde in his novel-'The Picture Of Dorian Gray'.

[@divinegwhughes]

I needed this clarification. Thank you.

[@10buk2]

Is the device you reading from a iPad?

[@RenewalCreations]

In terms of "practicing homosexuality" Jesus also addressed that if we hate someone in our heart or lust after someone, it is as good as commiting murder or adultery. Sin starts in the heart and we have the choice on whether we want to act on it and ask forgiveness and for a new heart.

[@tysonvslewis12]

What the hellis"practicing homosexuality" im gay i dont practice being gay

[@mpshields]

​@brojoe3909 OK. Kinda splitting hairs. I'm not attempting a textbook definition. I'm explaining homosexuality is not a lifestyle. People choose a lifestyle like a beach going surfer bum. One does not choose their sexual orientation.

[@misschloe3678]

Thank you for covering a topic that most churches and pastors avoid and ignore.

[@mrsjoycechetty]

Thank you for sharing GOds word on difficult topics

[@ianfortuna9385]

People ask me all the time “Should gay men be allowed to get married” And I always say “Yes *AS LONG AS THEY FIND THE RIGHT WOMAN* “

[@pumpkinmomma155]

People who dont want to hear wont hear even when you lay out the facts for them.

[@jackstone5631]

True

[@neilbeech4093]

Great advice!

[@mrhufflepuff6443]

I am a devout Christian I would like to make that perfectly clear before I say what I'm about to say i DO NOT believe homosexuality is a sin, if you do that's fine but who are we to condemn or judge the LGBTQ+ communities throughout the world? That is for god to do not us mere mortals god sees all the good things you do and surely through his grace and his forgiveness for our sins while in the mortal realm all the good things we do will out way the bad. God loves ALL his creations and that includes the LGBTQ+ community, each of us have our own relationship with the lord our own little arrangement with him if you like, I have mine you have yours so let's just follow his lead and love and respect everyone regardless of wether we agree with them or not. God bless and keep safe

[@adampilarski7083]

As a Christian, how do you approach the passages of scripture that were used here?

[@mpi1973]

He came for ALL and ALL are welcome to His Table. He has commanded me to love Him and to love AS He loves my neighbor as they are and where they are in their relationship to our Creator and Savior! How else will anyone know the love of God if not through His ambassadors. While I was a sinner, He died for me. And, although I am saved and forgiven, I still stumble/sin, but He dealt with those too. I have Christ in me and I pray and love all so they may have the same - Christ in _______! (patsy)

[@mrhufflepuff6443]

Adam Pilarski well Adam ultimately it's up to you how you interpret the scriptures referred to here but I tend to just cherry pick meaning I focus on the good parts and disregard the bad parts while at the same time learning from both the old and new testaments hope this helps

[@mrhufflepuff6443]

Patsy and Michael Ingallina Amen to that patsy!

[@adampilarski7083]

MrHufflepuff 64 Thanks for your honesty about how you approach interpreting scripture. You said that you focus on the good parts and disregard the bad. How do you know which parts are good and which are bad? I can’t imagine trusting my own fallen judgment to tell me the truth about what is good and bad.

[@chriswells2953]

Every sexuality can be a sin depending on the circumstances in which you're doing it.

[@weeringjohnny]

I like your calm and collected delivery and even as an atheist I can see the benefit to Christians returning to their holy book to see what it actually says. In terms of homosexuality, Christian teaching couldn't be further from my conception of gay rights but maybe it's also a matter of proportion; I read somewhere that there are 5 or 6 references to homosexuality in the Bible and more than 3000 references to poverty. Maybe your God is more concerned with the latter. I would be.

[@rar6546]

I hear what you said so well, but you can not judge on your own perspective on what God deems more or less important based on how many times a subject appears in the Bible. God, set in motion and creation from Adam and Eve with how He created and designed man and woman to be and live in relationships. So, although He may not have specifically used the word "homosexual", He has been proclaiming His ideal of His creation since the beginning of time.

[@katiemorrow3504]

To me taking little clips of passages doesn't say anything "clearly"...look at each passage in full. Not just a few verses back to back. I am currently struggling with these thoughts and feelings myself and if anything...this video may have pushed me farther away from what many "christian" pastors/leaders teach. I don't know that they have it right. And this, although he claims it is clear, it is NOT> I'm open to discussion, but if you're going to use the Bible to back your teaching...do not just take a few verses here or there and call it a "passage"...it isn't the full picture. It is mearly a snippet taken out of context.

[@Grokford]

God does not care about gender (Galatians 3:28), Love is the nature of God (1 John 4:8) and love is a fruit of the spirit against which there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23). Struggling against the passions that God has instilled in you is counterproductive (1 Corinthians 7:9). Love is our noblest calling, it is the greatest commandment, _no one_ should _ever_ feel shame for love. When people say it's clear it's because they're trying to move on from something more complicated.

[@suburbansquirrel]

Thanks for the video. ❤

[@mariontutstone390]

Thank you for your insight into God's Word. I appreciate it.

[@Grokford]

No. Not in the Bible, not in our conscience. Next question please.

[@aguywhoplaysstuff2107]

Not at all

[@edwarduzoma35]

Thank you for showing that Jesus died for us and there is hope for the lost when they come to God for forgiveness and deliverance. I thank God for giving you the grace to shed light in this truth. Bless you!!

[@peterhaas447]

Well I'm not Gay but I have been drunk and had sexual relations out side of marriage. Sad to learn I am not welcome into the Kingdom. We all sin and I don't think Jesus has favorite sins. I disagree with this post. It seems to go against the New Testament. Just like the ten commandments we don't get to pick and choose. I respect your point of view but I have many Gay friends who live much more pious lives than so called strait people. He who is without sin should cast the first stone.

[@peterhaas447]

Please take a moment to consider my comment

[@acrosticacrosti]

@@peterhaas447 I believe this video has many errors, and that you are quite correct when you say that it seems to go against the New Testament. The final arbiter, surely, on Christianity, should be Christ, and His Two Commandments do not in any way prohibit homosexuality (or drunkenness, if it causes no harm to others). People such as the makers of this video, I believe, are far more interested in pursuing their obsessions than they are in following the Words of Christ. Do not expect any reply from the locutor: I have found that such people present their position with great force, but are unwilling, or unable, to support it appropriately when faced with a contradictory opinion.

[@thomasusheriii971]

Those were actual stones

[@Grokford]

It's also worth mentioning that the Bible never prohibits pre-marital sex.

[@jamesmcallister1720]

Is it someone’s moral duty to believe in the truth. Hence should you convert people. also hence they should counter convert you if they believe in something else.

[@cnault3244]

"Is Homosexuality Wrong?" I haven't seen any evidence to support that view. Do you have any supporting evidence for that position?

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

God is true and every man a liar. You must read the full Word of God. 1 Corinthians 6:9 / 1 Romans 26-27

[@thecrazywelshman7357]

Just... why? Why base your entire life around a god that may or may not exist and a book written over 2,000 years ago?

[@VeijoAjanki-sv7vf]

Svaret på frågan är nej.Homosexualitet är inte fel.Vi människor föds med vår sexuella läggning.Vi behöver inte kämpa för att bli fria från något.Bara acceptera och inte låta någon sätta normen på vad som är rätt eller fel.Låt ingen använda Gud till att någon ska kunna trycka ner dig.

[@yvettechaidez]

Please do a message on what jehovah witness believe I don't believe they are the right religion

[@asingularbrick4758]

So as a bisexual (tho gay inclined) femboy can I get a TL;DR on this?

[@Rezzzzz-kg1pz]

Don't listen to the gay hate and live your life to the fullest. Love always wins

[@charmiedelossantos315]

I just discovered your videos Pastor Jeremy! Am pretty much enjoying it!!

[@Joynwewin]

Thank you for this message and all the supporting Bible verses.

[@chriswells2953]

You don't practice homosexuality, it's a part of you.

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

It can be an ancestral sin or trauma-based. It must be overcome through choice or fellowship with the Lord is broken.

[@Q-ey2jk]

Live your life stop letting people trying to tell you what to do just be happy

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

Live your life according to the Word of God. The devil is a liar, murderer and thief.

[@malibu4182]

My translation for 1 Timothy 1:10 says perverts I'm confused, witch translation is he reading?

[@acrosticacrosti]

If you are confused, it is because you assume that there is only one version of the Bible, which is very far from the case. The earliest widely distributed Bible printed in English was, I believe, the King James version, although I understand there were earlier versions. If I may quote from an earlier posting of mine addressed to the speaker: "1 Timothy 1:10: The words which your version of the Bible translates as "homosexual" is, as you say, "ἀρσενοκοίταις" (arsenokoitais), which, is made from two parts, "man" and "marital bed" or simply "bed". The King James version of the Bible translated this word as "them that defile themselves with mankind". Commentaries from this time made no connection between this phrase and homosexual practices. Some people, in relatively recent times, have chosen to understand "mankind" to mean "men", which, of course, it does not, referring, rather, to all humanity." St Clement of Alexandria, for example, considered that excessive fondness of the marital couch - having a lot of sex with one's spouse - was a bad thing (he seems to have been a strong believer in the school of: if you are enjoying it, it must be bad). Does not this verse merely reflect this view? I would suggest that it does. I consider that any translations such as "homosexual" or "pervert" are without adequate scriptural and historial basis and understanding, no matter how satisfying they may be to one's prejudices. I wonder if the modern "translators" of the Bible have read Proverbs 30:6: "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." Unfortunately, my experience leads me to believe that people ascribe to God those beliefs which they, personally, hold dear (be there scriptural support or not), leaving them completely unaware of even the grossest errors of their understanding.

[@richardmartinez188]

Holy and Miraculous Lord Jesus, heal me from bad languages and unhealthy behavior. Grant me full strength O Lord and revive my heart, body and mind. Amen and Amen and Amen

[@wonkhong]

Very handsome preacher man! Anybody else notice the piercing blue eyes??? ❤❤❤

[@reuterromain1054]

Yes in my opinion he is gay or bi. That is why he is so obsessed by this topic. He also seem to be a very good-natured man.

[@virginiarobinson102]

A very difficult subject...thank you for clarification on this subject...

[@acrosticacrosti]

The clarification you have found in this is, I suggest, entirely illusory, being based on a false interpretation, both of the original Koine Greek, and English translations. This false interpretation has been encouraged, most particularly in the USA, for perhaps a century by people for whom their own obsessions are more important than the Word of God. Their interpretation certainly does not rely on a reasonable translation of the original Greek, and it contradicts the understanding of prior centuries of English translation. The most respected of English language Bibles, the King James Version, makes no such claims within the New Testament. This speaker and his ilk would argue that the English words can be interpreted as they suggest, but this is incorrect, as can be seen by a near contemporaneous commentary.

[@whiteroseangel1511]

Thanks Pastor Jeremy 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@scottjones9187]

Thank you for that inspiring and blessed video. I have a daughter, my youngest who is gay and lives with her girlfriend and I worry for her soul I don't know how to talk to her about it!

[@malibu4182]

I will be praying for your daughter, I used to be Homosexual

[@robertathespider5311]

Homosexuality is not a sin. Love is love.

[@Tekanova]

Maybe support her? She's your daughter. Being gay isn't a sin and the Bible is a load of shit.

[@scottjones9187]

@@Tekanova God bless

[@andr31requiem2]

The important thing is does her and her girlfriend have good morals like being nice. And helpful to people so we can understand if gay people are good people

[@rokitman5753]

My friend Eddy hanged himself when he was 12,ys old bc he was a boy but he did not feel like one and he struggled immensely . He would tell me how he felt and how he cried alot bc he hated how he was so confused and just wanted to be "normal" like us. In school kids would kick him in the balls so he would cry then the kids would laugh and say "see you have balls", in Sabbath school class he had to sit in a special spot in the corner while the rest of us sat where we pleased. I know he did NOT make that decision to be sooo messed up but why won't a preacher who preaches Love not address it and i dont understand why not. So as long as this situation isn't addressed in church, hate and judgement will never go away. Who might Jesus be referring to in Matthew 7:23? And pastor you need to study up on Sodom and Gomorrah theres so much more to those city's your congregation needs to know. your lumited knowlege in Scripture shows sir wake up

[@acrosticacrosti]

I was so very saddened to read of your friend Eddy. I believe it is sermons such as this, apparently so reasonably presented, that do a great deal of harm, whilst certainly doing nothing to advance scriptural understanding. As you have observed (and as did I in an earlier post), this particular preacher's scriptural understanding seems to be less than adequate. Unfortunately, this seems not uncommon in the world of evangelicalism - they know what they hate, but not how to love. Perhaps that is why it is declining more rapidly than any other form of Christianity. The sooner it is gone, I feel, the better - it is just so sad that so many have to suffer while it wanes.

[@rubiegrimmett2788]

Are you not going to bring up the fact that verse in particular was TRANSLATED incorrectly back in 1976

[@brojoe3909]

Jesus did speak about homosexuality. Those words from Paul are God-breathed. All Scripture is God-breathed. Jesus is God. Paul's words are from Jesus. All Scripture is from Jesus. Both the Old Testament and the New. It was Jesus who flooded the earth, destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, and set the plagues on Egypt. It is a trick of the devil to deceive people that they are two different divinities.

[@acrosticacrosti]

If we are to take Paul's words as those of Jesus (a heretical position to most of Christianity), then surely we must look to his actual words. If you refer to the original Greek you will find that the words are not as portrayed in many modern "Bibles". In fact, Paul made no reference to homosexuality at all, and only one reference in Romans to homosexual acts, and that in the context of apostasy and a return to previous modes of religious worship, not that of normal sexual relationships. So, clearly, there is no condemnation of normal homosexuality in the New Testament. The Old Testament has such condemnation, but it also condemns/commands many other things, such as the killing of the disobedient child and other nonsense that no Christian can take seriously. Why cannot Christians take such ridiculous nonsense seriously? Because it clearly goes against the explicit words of Christ Himself (I refer to the second of the Two Commandments). If you are looking for diabolic tricks, perhaps you should look to those evangelicals who have changed the words of Paul to make them suit their personal prejudices.

[@Grokford]

God does not care about gender (Galatians 3:28), Love is the nature of God (1 John 4:8) and love is a fruit of the spirit against which there is no law (Galatians 5:22-23). Struggling against the passions that God has instilled in you is counterproductive (1 Corinthians 7:9). Love is our noblest calling, it is the greatest commandment, _no one_ should _ever_ feel shame for love.

[@brojoe3909]

@@Grokford Galatians 3:28 is talking about being saved, not homosexuality or the order of authority within the family and church. It is not loving to allow your neighbor to believe that a just God would overlook fornication and allow them to inherit the Kingdom of God as Paul states: 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. Fornication is sex with anybody else other than a man & woman who have formed a permanent marriage covenant with God.

[@brojoe3909]

@@acrosticacrosti if you think that God does not care if men have anal sex along with the other types of unnatural sex, then I'm afraid that satan has duped you.

[@Grokford]

@@brojoe3909 Of so you think that God is okay with different treatment based on gender, ethinicity or social class? Or do you think there are different moral codes based in those categories. Somehow that does not seem obvious to me from the text so you're going to have to defend the claim that we are allowed to treat people differently based on gender. On a separate but related note, you really ought to read a translation that was made after trains were invented. The KJV has a lot of incorrect implications due to linguistic drift over the past few centuries but also 17th century scholars in England didn't have access to the same historical and linguistic knowledge that we do. Which is to say that fornication is not a sin. That is a mistranslation based off a false cognate with the Latin Vulgate translation _fornicatio_ which meant prostitution. That wasn't even an accurate translation either becuase the Greek word _πορνεία_ or _porneia_ was much more general in usage. Modern translations use the term "sexual immorality" which better reflects the non-specific nature of the original Greek. It is does not have any marital implications. Nor is a covenant even a part of marriage in either the Ancient Mediterranean or in the Biblical narrative. So, to claim that there is an ancient word that encapsulates modern marriage traditions is simply not accurate.

[@travisometimes3126]

How does one know what Jesus means maybe he really don’t think that

[@cactuscallie5090]

With regard to why Jesus did not address homosexuality, you stated that "He felt that he didn't need to". Because apparently you know how Jesus felt? Jesus IS God. And God knows the entirety of the human story, including what is currently going on right this very minute. Meaning: Jesus knew what we would be doing, and thinking, and saying here in 2022 while he was physically walking the Earth as a flesh and bone human being. He KNEW that the topic of homosexuality would be so widely focused on and discussed and debated. He KNEW that it would be a topic of much confusion and disagreement, even amongst Christians. So I sincerely doubt that He didn't address the topic because "He felt He didn't need to." No one down here on Earth knows why Jesus didn't address the issue. Of course people will speculate the reason of His silence regarding homosexuality. Some speculations will make more sense and most likely be closer to the actual truth that the one you just threw out.

[@Grokford]

Not to mention that homoeroticism was far from rare in the Mediterranean.

[@shellygarcia2409]

Amen, thank you pastor

[@stevendelucas6311]

The book you're referring to says that Noah had kids at 500 years old, an entire sea parted, a snake was talking and someone turned to salt. Credibility issue??

[@Tekanova]

They just ignore those bits. Christians like to cherry pick the Bible to suit their narrative

[@josephscala6707]

Funny that he starts off with the Wizard of Oz, a book of fiction like the bible books you mentioned. Does he think it biblical to go on the internet and spread hate under the name of God? God make some people gay, that's the way it is. Personally, God made me hetero and I'm not apologizing to anyone for it.

[@christopherscheiber1439]

The description of homosexuality as a lifestyle is a blatent oversimplification of human sexuality in general and homosexuality in particular. Such indoctrination of the collective societal psyche is paramount to the self validating delusion of heterosexuality possessing moral validity. The reason that we never hear the term " heterosexual lifestyle " is because there is no need to catogorize heterosexuality with such descriptively inherent connotative oversimplification in order to subconciously justify contempt and hatred through the stone of subjective comparison.

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

Nonsense psychobabble. Read the Word of God. There are many warnings. God does not wish any to perish.

[@awillingvessel238]

Yes you should read the bible

[@bobbiegarling-myers7910]

Thank you for this message

[@neilbeech4093]

Great video!

[@acrosticacrosti]

If you think it a great video, I should think you have a scriptural knowledge similar to that of the speaker - rather low. I do not criticise lay people for such a lack, but I do find it unacceptable that priests/pastors/ministers should spread such scriptural ignorance.

[@waynegebhardt5396]

I personally think you can apply Matthew 19 to homosexuality, certainly in our age. Here Jesus talks about marriage, as designed by God, being uniquely between a man and a woman. Thanks for the video.

[@acrosticacrosti]

If one is to take Matthew 19 literally, then men are required to live with their parents-in-law, for, whilst it says the man must leave his family, it makes no such mention of the wife's having so to do. Too much is interpreted, or taken literally, without understanding or context.

[@Grokford]

He mentions heterosexual marriage, it's not a definition.

[@mpshields]

Homosexuality is an orientation about who you're attracted to and want to have a relationship with. “Lifestyle” is a euphemism for gay sex to excluse love & relationships because it’s a convenient ignorant path to discriminate & imply choice.

[@paulweidig5409]

When are these "biblical experts" going to stop calling "homosexuality" a SIN? Homosexuality is a state, condition or orientation as opposed to an ACT. The same is true of heterosexuality. It too, is a state, condition or orientation, NOT AN ACT. As such, either orientation cannot be sinful.

[@athomeskincare8346]

Don’t act in it

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

The devil is a liar. Read the Word of God. It clearly says to flee sexual immorality and that this is condemned by God. Otherwise, you are in rebellion.

[@Grokford]

@@athomeskincare8346 Or do. Love is not a sin, sex is not a sin. Morality is not sexist.

[@Grokford]

@@MariaSantana-ul5wd Having a sexuality isn't immoral, read Song of Songs if you don't believe me.

[@mpshields]

Homosexuality is an orientation about who you're attracted to and want to have a relationship with. “Lifestyle” is a euphemism for gay sex to excluse love & relationships because it’s a convenient ignorant path to discriminate & imply choice.

[@johnturano2718]

great message pastor the Bible tells us AMEN

[@acrosticacrosti]

1 Timothy 1:10: The words which your version of the Bible translates as "homosexual" is, as you say, "ἀρσενοκοίταις" (arsenokoitais), which, is made from two parts, "man" and "marital bed" or simply "bed". The King James version of the Bible translated this word as "them that defile themselves with mankind". Commentaries from this time made no connection between this phrase and homosexual practices. Some people, in relatively recent times, have chosen to understand "mankind" to mean "men", which, of course, it does not, referring, rather, to all humanity. Your translation appears to be based on poor scholarship, misunderstanding and prejudice. To say that Paul may have invented this word with the meaning of "homosexual" is to rewrite history, as arsenokoitais came to be understood as referring to homosexual practices only many centuries after the death of Paul. Romans 1: This reference is never used by any mainstream, theologically literate pastor/preacher/priest to speak against homosexuality, as the chapter is clearly referring to apostates and their return to previous forms of non-Christian worship. What is condemned by this chapter is apostasy, not homosexuality. Jude 7: What your version of the Bible refers to as "perversion" is, in the KJV, translated as "going after strange flesh". The original Greek text for "strange flesh" is "σαρκὸς ἑτέρας" - literally "flesh not of our kind" - hardly a reference to homosexuality but, rather, a reference to pursuing "foreigners/outsiders". Your blithe assertion that this was a common term referring to homosexuality bears, in my opinion, no contemporaneous validity. I believe, rather, that you are referring to the usage of the English word "perversion" which, in the relatively recent past, most particularly in the USA, had come to be used as a euphemism for homosexuality. This refining upon individual words in a translation, without reference to the original text, is an error that one would not expect from any serious scholar of scripture, most especially as there are other references in the Bible to the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah (e.g. Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel), none of which references is in accord with your stated understanding. Leviticus: One can understand this to be irrelevant to Christianity. It is a collection of so-called Mosaic laws, yet scholars now understand that this was written over a period of centuries, by various authors, rather than being handed by God to Moses. It was a creation of man, and this was reinforced by Christ Himself when he gave His Two Commandments. The second of these two commandments makes it very clear that much of Mosaic Law is rubbish. One has but to read the 613 laws of Moses to appreciate that a distinct number are not in conformity with this second commandment: the one calling for the killing of disobedient children seems singularly at odds with the second commandment, no less so is the one which requires a woman to leave the house for a week whilst menstruating (particularly if the weather be inclement), to mention but a couple. You would appear to have a strange understanding of Christianity when you say that if one were to disregard Mosaic law one would be able, for example, to have sex with one's neighbour's wife: it disregards entirely the Two Commandments of Christ, which we are told are the basis of all law and the prophets. 1 Corinthians 6:9: To save time and energy may I just refer the reader to my comment on 1 Timothy. You would seem to be reasonably versed in "evangelical" theology, but that is very different from being well versed in Christian history and theology. Whilst your arguments may succeed within that "evangelical" world, from a Christian perspective, they lack merit - if you hold your belief about homosexuality to be true, and you are a true Christian, I suggest you find valid scriptural support before bruiting about an opinion which will injure many, however satisfying it may be to "evangelicals".

[@darlenebennett9684]

You are a very confused person. You have knowledge but do you have GOD’s Spirit of understanding! 🙏🙏🙏🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

[@acrosticacrosti]

@@darlenebennett9684 I am not in the least confused. I suggest you think I am merely because my understanding is not in accord with yours. Many so-called evangelical preachers in the USA seem to have but a passing acquaintance with theology, yet they preach with a certainty which masks their lack of scriptural attainment and leads their congregants down the "evangelical" path rather than that of Christ.

[@QuatMan]

When you remove the gay theology, which pretends words do not mean what they mean, you are left with 6 verses that directly condemn hmosxuality.

[@QuatMan]

If the direct Bible verses condemning hmosexuality are not enough, be sure to note the complete lack of hmosxual couples anywhere in the Bible...no references to them being married or in a holy union ordained by God. Pay attention to when God explains why men and women were created, and how He did not include any caveats to include hmsxual couples. When He speaks of marriage, note that it is ALWAYS in reference to one mam and one woman.

[@acrosticacrosti]

@@QuatManWhat is this "gay theology" of which you speak? It is not known to me. Perhaps this is terminology from the theologically fringe extremist "evangelical" movement which, whilst vigorously criticising the theology of others, has remarkably little of its own. I make no pretence about the meaning of these words. They are there for all to see, in clear, concise Koine Greek. If your Bible disagrees, I would suggest it is clearly false. Claiming that because it is not mentioned in the Bible it must be wrong is really a foolish argument, although doubtless one you have heard made oftentimes. That is the same as saying that, as kangaroos are not mentioned therein, they do not exist!

[@ОксанаПетровна-с9ш]

The bible talks about religion sex , so you read the right tekst but pretending it totally wrong , because in this time was temple sex , sodom and Gomorra the sin was not the homosexual act .

[@Grokford]

Judges 19 details similar events but with a female victim, the issue was not the gender of the victims.

[@barbstill9208]

God created man and woman, not man and man or women and women....

[@EvangelinaSings]

Exactly

[@rar6546]

@Nick Gagnon Actually Nick, I do not see that as being true. However, all of us when we are born automatically have a sin nature. We may have weaknesses in certain areas of our lives, that is why we are called to be born again and accept what God's intentions and truth is for us and not what our own hearts or minds may direct us towards. This is for any sin in our lives, whether it is sexual, lies, hatred, covetousness, etc.

[@Paul-ek5lu]

@Nick Gagnon God commands us to abstain from sin. He never tells us to involve ourselves with religion.

[@marcof7110]

This is great, guys! Just a technical note: it is bad camerawork to place the lens at crotch level so we can literally see the wear-marks on the inside of the pastor's jeans. And considering the topic... Anyway, keep up the very good work.

[@n0harmj497]

Depends on how yu look at it. If its a constant problem for you to look at it then its a problem that should be deslt with becausr not everyone notices or pays attention to that. Best off to sort out that problem

[@thurlrey1160]

I would never have thought to let my eyes wander there I see only his face and the Bible Why do you look where you should not look?

[@daveodell700]

The fact that you start this off with WICKED says it all. What should happen to gay people, in your opinion?

[@lydias2801]

Q: "What should happen to gay people?" A: "They should repent, turn away from sin and receive forgiveness, grace and a NEW Life through Jesus Christ ... That's the same answer to any other "people" ... Q: What should happen to Adulterers; Thieves; Rapists; Pedophiles, Liars, Gossips, Crooked Politicians, Drunkards, Abortionists, etc., etc. That's why we all need Jesus, and why He came and died for our sins -- to grant us Salvation!

[@daveodell700]

@@lydias2801 gay people are not sinners. That is the mistake in your logic. When I was a kid I often heard that being gay was equal to murder. That is incorrect. The sin is in your heart, not in the heart of the one you are pointing at. Remove the beam from your own eye before pointing to the mote in another’s.

[@lynelleschleusener9675]

We share. God the Holy Spirit works understanding.

[@הודריהודרי]

It's so wrong God created man and woman no guys sry

[@corralmcneil]

I was trying to explain this very message to someone that I use to date that practicing homosexuality is a sin that will keep you out of heaven. Her defense was no sin is greater than another. At that point I gave up.

[@rar6546]

Although God may regard all sin as equal, you may wish to view the scripture that states that sexual sin destroys and contaminates one from inside oneself whereas other sin does so on the outside of that person.

[@Scott-gn8yo]

Lord, take it away...

[@trentsworld7745]

Hi there, atheist here! Came here to be a dick and laugh at people, but I found a very clear, and straight to the point video about what the scripture says on the matter.

[@acrosticacrosti]

Unfortunately, the clarity you perceive exists only because prior understanding has been excluded from consideration, a typical technique used to deceive those lacking knowledge. The New Testament verses in which this video purports to find support for their anti-homosexuality position are gross mistranslations/misunderstandings which are in disagreement with the most respected of all English language Bibles, the King James Version. While some may claim that the relevant verses, even in this Bible, meant what is now more explicit in some modern versions, this position is without support from contemporaneous commentary. This distortion of the Bible to "prove" their anti-homosexuality position has been going on for quite a long time, particularly in the USA, despite the warning in Galatians that he who makes any change shall be accursed. Apparently personal prejudice outweighs all else.

[@trentsworld7745]

@@acrosticacrosti Thanks for the info

[@janet899X]

You betcha!

[@bellavampire8736]

Jesus said a man should leave father and mother and cling to his wife not his husband

[@Grokford]

No he said that they did, Jesus is completely on-board with asexuals so why should the gender matter? God certainly doesn't care about gender (Galatians 3:28).

[@valenciaapillaringodstempl6554]

Let God Be True and everyman a lier. It is written: God loves us all unconditionaly, you can't do a thing to make Him not love you. However, You are incharge of how please He is with you . Please have ears to hear and eyes to see what God say about homosexuals, lesbians... We pray you will acknowledge God and the Holy Spirit will lead and guide you into all truth. Leviticus 20:13 “‘If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death: their blood shall be upon them. Romans 1:26-32 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, I pray you choose truth, and Rightiousness according to God Almighty's standards.

[@MariaSantana-ul5wd]

@NickGagnon-u1v God is HOLY and hates dirty stinking sin.

[@Grokford]

Love is not a sin, sex is not a sin, morality is not sexist. You are wrong about the Bible.

[@mpshields]

​Homosexuality is an orientation about who you're attracted to and want to have a relationship with. “Lifestyle” is a euphemism for gay sex to excluse love & relationships because it’s a convenient ignorant path to discriminate & imply choice.

[@ricusprinsloo4566]

Are you gay Pastor?

[@michaelm254]

Romans 1:27 “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” Romans 1:28 “And even as they did not like to retain Elohim in their knowledge, Elohim gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;” Romans 1:29 “Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,” Romans 1:30 “Backbiters, haters of Elohim, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,” Romans 1:31 “Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:” Romans 1:32 “Who knowing the judgment of Elohim, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Leviticus 18:6-23 The Scriptures Laws of Sexual Morality 22. ‘And do not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination. COVENANTHBREAKERS………… Question please where in Abraham's covenant does it condemn that showing that it makes them ...COVENANTHBREAKERS Thank you Bless you

[@robertpeck6916]

What does scripture say?!

[@YrretsJ]

The framing of the question says it all. Hopelessness.

[@donaldduterti8066]

Is homosexuality wrong? Yes it is. If you are not homosexual then nothing is wrong.

[@adampilarski7083]

Donald Duterti I would want to be careful to distinguish that those tempted by this sin but who are repentant and resist the temptation (but may fall at times due to weakness) are forgiven the same as anyone who is tempted by any other sin.

[@ShintaroCruz]

Praise Lord Jesus that I accidentally found this channel and thanks Pastor Jeremy for your wonderful sharing/message… sad to say i have lots of friends who are dealing with identity crisis/spiritual issue, I can surely tell that I also found you as the right person coz it’s been a while that I’m seeking for help… May I know your email address and share me some more sharing so that i can use that for sharing to my friends. That would be all for now. God bless us all more🙏

[@Grokford]

Love is not a sin, sex is not a sin, morality is not sexist.