“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. . .If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13).

“For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. . .God gave them over to a debase mind to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness. . .” (Romans 1:26-29).

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites. . .will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed. . .” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).

“Knowing this: that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners. . .for fornicators, for sodomites. . .and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine” (1 Timothy 1:9, 10).

“As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” (Jude 7).

As you can see, we simply placed in this article what the Bible speaks about homosexuality. It is not “my interpretation” or “ your opinion” that makes it right or wrong, but rather what God has said about the matter. From the above, you can see that homosexuality was a capital offense. In fact, it is condemned in both Testaments of the Bible. God calls it “vile,” “against nature,” “shameful,” “unrighteous,” disqualifying one from the “kingdom of God,” “contrary to sound doctrine,” “not fitting,” and “strange flesh.” It is “strange flesh” because God had ordained that the sexual order be fulfilled in the marriage bed in the bond of one man to one woman for one life (cf. Genesis 2:18-25; Matthew 19:9). Any other arrangement is unauthorized by God’s word. We can also see from the above scriptures that some first-century Christians were once homosexuals but had repented and were washed in the blood of Jesus by baptism (cf. Acts 18:8).

We hear a lot of homosexuals crying for “rights.” Should they have rights? Absolutely, but not necessarily the ones they want. Rather, they should have the right to hear the gospel truth (Mark 16:15; Romans 1:16). They should have a right to read this article. They should have the right to repent of their sins and obey the gospel (Luke 13:3; Acts 17:30; Heb. 5:9).

People may hate these passages, but this they will stand until the end of time.