"For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error."
Romans 1:26-27
Because reprobate humanity has refused to worship
and honor the one true God of the universe, He has allowed not only allowed,
but foreordained their totally depraved natures to rule their lives. God, in
His sovereignty, has seen fit that the unrighteous will pursue impurity until
they die as a direct result of their sin.
A staple of an unregenerate society is their
participation in and tolerance of homosexuality. Homosexuality is unnatural
according to Scripture. It perverts the unity of the marital sexual
relationship of a husband and wife (Genesis 2:24). Homosexuality is willing disobedience
against God. The homosexual lifestyle is not only degrading to those involved
in it, but more importantly it is degrading to God. As they continue to
practice this debauchery, their sins keep adding up. Referring to this passage,
John MacArthur writes, “Here the law of sowing and reaping takes effect, as
Paul refers to the self-destructive nature of this sin, of which AIDS is one
frightening evidence.”
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