1 Corinthians 6:9 says that adulterers, fornicators and homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God.?

Question

In the book of Luke, we are told that people who divorce and remarry are adulterers...

Why is everyone pointing at this scripture as it relates to gays..but not to divorced/remarried people...

Again, if the divorced do not return to their original spouse,they continue to live in sin...and by 1 Corinthians 6:9, will not inherit the kingdom of God too.

You fundies are hypocrites..you pick on gays because we are few in numbers...but, try to justify the divorced...you can't have it both ways...

If divorced people who remarry do not return to their original spouse...they are destined to hell according to this scripture...plain and simple...if it applies to me being gay..it applies to all.

Again, not trying to justify my life to anyone...just challenging people to think...

Answer 1

Be careful. Look to your own life, and your own sins, and let God take care of everyone else.

Answer 2

You are right on most aspects. Those sins mentioned in 1 Corinthians will prevent you from going to heaven. A couple of things you got wrong. Effeminate in the Bible is not the same as it is today. Consider the words it was translated from: Malakos is listed among other vices in the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians. 6:9. Translations use different terms to express this: "The JB (1966) chooses 'catamite,' the NAB (1970) renders arsenokoités and malakos together as 'sodomite,' others translate malakos as 'male prostitute' (NIV 1973, NRSV 1989), and again some combine both terms and offer the modern medicalised categories of sexual, or particularly homosexual, 'perversion' (RSV 1946, TEV 1966, NEB 1970, REB 1992)." (Martin, 1996). The word malakos, #3120 in the Greek Dictionary of The New Testament of James Strong's Exhaustive Concordance to The Bible translates: "of uncertain affinity". It means someone who is much worse off than "straight guys who sing in the choir". It refers to sexual perversion, not mannerisms. Concerning divorce/remarriage, you are partially correct. If you are divorce for any reason other than Adultery (which is the part you left out), you must remain celibate and single. If you are the innocent party in a marriage that ends in divorce due to adultery, you are free to remarry. Only the innocent person may remarry. Fortunately, if you are guilty of any of these sins, you can repent (turn away) from the sins and have the hope of eternal life.

Answer 3

The reality is, we have treated gays differently from other sinners. We are a lot better at showing Christ's love to fornicators and adulterers than we are gay people, and that's just plain wrong. Hiding behind "love the sinner hate the sin", but then not honestly having love for gays doesn't make it any better.

So I'm sorry you've been mistreated by us, I pray that we will do better in this area.

Answer 4

Hmmm if everyone is a sinner though the nobody goes to heaven, not Moses, Mary, David or anyone of tjst matter because we're all sinners


That's why there's repentence. You apologize for your sins and your welcomed to heaven with open arms

Answer 5

Jesus taught us the looking on another person with lust is adultery. I admit it I have done this many time. And realizing that I have sinned when I find it in myself. I turn from it and confess it to God as SIN. People who divorce for any reason except for the reason the Lord listed in Matthew 5 Have committed adultery. After the fact, can they be forgiven.. I believe so. Now if they say no I won't confess it, and I divorce as much as I want and remarry as many time as suits me, they are living in the sin of divorce. Gays live in their sin daily. Both are equally evil. However both can come to Jesus and find forgiveness. He can reach into the hearts of either and restore them. Make them His children and bring them to Himself. All they must do is to reach reach out and take the gift of Life Jesus stand ready to give to them. Jim

Answer 6

Truly. The Christians MUST get off the condemnation message! The Gospel is what we are to preach! Oh how we deviate from the truth.

We are all guilty of many things. No one guilty will enter the kingdom UNLESS they have 'washed their robes'. That there is only one way to do that. And that is in Jesus Christ.

Answer 7

Christians always pick and choose.

It's a ridiculous religion.

Take the Ten Commandment monuments that they put on Court House lawns. The Sabbath is sundown Friday to sundown Saturday and Christianity has never observed it.

But they want to make it a law? They don't even know what day it is.

Answer 8

the problem is everyone is trying to judge everyone. People cannot live by everything the bible says it impossible .it also says in the bible not to judge .So by judging someone telling them they are going to hell for being gay would make them a sinner as well.

Answer 9

There are entirely too many people who think that the bible has some value or significance. If I want to read fiction, Clancy does it better.

Answer 10

All good people do not go to heaven, all forgiven people go to heaven. God also says in His word that even if we do not do what He asks us to do, He will forgive us. We need to believe in Him. We cannot make it by law. We need Jesus to save us. So we get saved only by the mercy and grace of God. : )

Answer 11

Correct.