Jude 1:7

Jude 1:7: “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.”

Jude brings up another example where God judged cities, utterly destroying them for
their wickedness. God judged Sodom and Gomorrha for “giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh”. In other words, God destroyed the cities because of their gross sexual immorality. We all know what type of immorality these people were guilty of; the old word “Sodomite” comes from the name Sodom. Today these people are called “homosexuals”.

A lot of people in the church claim that homosexuality is not a sin. One church even went so far as to release a new version of the Bible that has been edited to remove all condemnation of homosexuality. (It is called the “Queen James Bible”; you can find it on Amazon, but I refuse to link to it.) Yet, despite all this, the Word is clear: homosexuality is a sin. It has always been a sin and it will always be a sin. It was a sin in the Old Testament and it is still a sin in the New Testament.

All of us are sinners; there are none who have not sinned. God requires all of mankind to repent of their sins and subject themselves to the authority of Christ. This means that there are no sins that we are allowed to keep. We must repent of all of them; we must forsake them and turn from them. That does not mean that Christians do not sin, but it does mean that we acknowledge that our sins are actually sins and we cry out to God for the grace to turn from them.

It is impossible for anyone who refuses to repent of their sins to be a Christian. A thief who refuses to repent of thieving cannot be saved. An adulterer who refuses to repent of fornication cannot be saved. Likewise, a homosexual who refuses to repent of homosexuality cannot be saved. You must repent of your sins, and homosexuality is absolutely a sin.

Those churches that teach that homosexuality is not a sin are doing a terrible disservice. A man who is lost in his sins needs to be told that he is lost in his sins; otherwise he will remain lost and will keep going down the road to Hell. Thieves must be told that they are sinners and urged to repent. Adulterers must be told that they are sinners and urged to repent. The same goes for homosexuals, and for all types of sins. Telling a sinner “What you are doing is fine; God approves of your behavior” is a terrible wrong. God’s opinion on this matter has not changed – and editing the very words of God does not change anything either.