Sexual Sins

 

SEXUAL SINS

Scripture addresses five sexual sins; adultery, fornication, homosexuality, incest and beastiality.  Adultery violates the seventh commandment while the latter four are violations of the law of Moses.  When Moses was given the law the words inscribed on the tables of stone were those spoken to Israel on the day of assembly, Exodus 20:1-17 ,  Deuteronomy 5:22 .  The second set of tables contained the exact same words, Exodus 34:1 , Deuteronomy 10:2 .  The Ten Commandments were not know to humanity before God gave them to Moses.  Deuteronomy 5:3  Now the Ten Commandments were placed inside the ark of the covenant, Exodus 25:16 but the law of Moses was outside of and beside the ark.  Deuteronomy 31:26 .  In this law of Moses were  the judgments or penalty for violating the Ten Commandments, additional laws concerning the festivals, unclean laws, and sexual laws as well as other laws totaling 603 Mosaic commandments with the Ten Commandments making the total number of laws 613.  Now, fornication is sex between unmarried people, incest is forbidden in Leviticus 18:6-18  &  Leviticus 20:11-21 shows death was the penalty for theses sins . The sin of homosexuality, Leviticus 18:22 and beastiality, Leviticus 18:23 .  The Ten Commandments  were the statutes and the law of Moses contained the judgments. All sin is worthy of death without mercy under this system of laws.  Hebrews 10:28 , Deuteronomy 17:6 .  Sexual sins are no worse than other sins but all sins earn the wages of death , Romans 6:23.  All of these sins, all 613, can be forgiven under the new covenant and all of these laws are combined under the law of Christ, love God and love neighbor, Mark 12:30-31 , Matthew 22:40 .  Some of you have seen posts here on Simply Christian about Liberal Christianity that believes the scriptures must be viewed through the lens of modern society and must change to include homosexuality and other sins that the prophets, Jesus and Apostles plainly state are sins.  Sin has never changed and is the same today as in biblical times.  Liberal Christianity provides a way for the sinner to not feel they are sinners and welcomes the sinner with their unrepentant sins as fellow Christians.  There is a lesson for all of us here; do not carelessly read any post and do not be impressed with great swelling words of emptiness.  Check out what these posts are really saying before you give a thumbs up.