I'm in mixed emotions while watching a child of my cousin supporting same sex marriage. I'm not even sure if she is already eighteen. We're not that close so I really don't know how to approach her. I know what her family has been undergoing is painful already. My cousin decided to leave his wife who has been abusing drugs and been in and out of rehab. I can only emphatise with what she is undergoing and without parental guidance all these years. What alarming is that she even misunderstood the bible and quoted that Jesus has nothing to say with homosexuality. I only commented to her post for her to study more. I don't want to humiliate her for lack of knowledge but hoping that I could shield her from any bashings of these controversies. But she did it again. I just let her since this is the free world. How I wish I could talk to my cousin and be able to properly guide his children especially on social media. It only shows their family values and I really felt sad that his children are growing to a world patronizing immorality. I really don't know even if they know such a word. Well, Jesus may not speak directly during His lifetime regarding homosexuality. But if we are among the Christians who believe He is God then the whole bible is regarded as His Word regardless if unitarian or trinitarian. Let me cite two bible verses regarding these:
Leviticus 18:22 ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.'
1Corinthians 6:9-10 Or do you not know that the unrighteous[a] will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,[b] 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Footnotes:
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 Or wrongdoers
- 1 Corinthians 6:9 The two Greek terms translated by this phrase refer to the passive and active partners in consensual homosexual acts
Nevertheless we are commanded to love one another and we also know that we are all sinners and all equal in the eyes of God. We must be reminded to condemn only the actions and not the sinner.
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