Jon Gary Williams
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Article 72 - Homosexuality
What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?
Jon Gary Williams
1. Gen. 13:13 - - How does the Bible describe the sinful men of Sodom? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2. Gen. 18:20 - - The sin of the men of Sodom was _ _ _ _ _ _ and very _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
3. Gen. 19:5-7 - - What did Lot call the actions of homosexuals? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(cf. Judges 19:22,23)
4. Lev. 18:22 - - For man to lie with man is said to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . (cf. I Kings 14:24)
5. Lev. 20:13 - - Under the law of Moses homosexuality was punishable by _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6. Deut. 23:17 - - God would not tolerate _ _ _ _ _ _ or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
7. I Kings 15:11,12 - - What did King Asa do to the sodomites? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8. I Kings 22:46 - - What did king Jehoshaphat do to the sodomites? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9. II Kings 23:7 - - What did king Josiah do to the sodomites? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10. Rom. 1:27 - - How is homosexuality described? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
11. I Cor. 6:9,10 - - Those who practice these sins will not be able to do what? The answer found both at beginning and end -- "not inherit kingdom of heaven."
Note: Paul said, "be not deceived" People are deceived into becoming involved in these kinds of sin!
Satan induces people to participate in these things!
Note: Two terms in this text refer to homosexuals. They are:
1) malakoi -- "effeminate" alluding to pedophilia.
2) arsenokoitai -- "abusers of themselves with mankind" or "sodomites" (NKJ); relates to adult homosexuality.
12. I Cor. 7:2 - - Sexual relation outside of marriage called is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Since homosexuality takes place outside of marriage, it is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
13. I Tim. 1:10 - - Homosexuals are described as those who _ _ _ _ _ _ themselves with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
14. Jude 7 - - Sodom and Gomorrah were given over to what? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
15. Jude 7 - - The punishment of Sodom and Gomorrah serves as an example of what?
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16. Thought questions.
A. From a Biblical standpoint, why is it illogical to claim that God created some people with an affinity to be homosexual? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
B. Are people born with the proclivity to be homosexual? _ _ _ If the answer is
"no," then the practice of homosexuality must be a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ behavior.