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Vicky Beeching's coming out.

It has seemed yet another Christian artist who has great influence within the CCM and Christian worship world has come out recently and said that she is attracted to members of the same sex. This doesn't come as a surprise to me because I know for a fact that there are many professing evangelical Christians and born-again Christians who have same-sex desires. Hiding within the church are many people who are confused about their sexual identity and have no recourse or community to express those believes to. Some people are very confused about the interpretation of the Bible and concern to homosexuality. There are a few verses in the New Testament which refer to homosexuality is being a sin one of them being first Corinthians chapter 6 starting at verse nine. The context of this verse what is made clear at the end when the apostle Paul says and such were some of you. I guess I should quote this verse. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, * practicing homosexuals, * thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, * and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. Some of you once lived this way. * But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ * and by the Spirit of our God.

 Some may say that this verse  is outdated and with improper exegesis of the scripture try to make it say something that it doesn't actually say. Enter denominationalism. The foundation of any church is it's exegesis  of Scripture. With proper hermeneutics we can understand that the context of this verse not taken in a metaphorical way. Paul here is talking about actual people who are part of the actual Corinthian church at that time who used to practice these kinds of sins the meaning here is that they practice the lifestyle of the sins not individual acts of sins. Of course all sin leads to bondage but even as a Christian we struggle with temptations that sometimes we yield to however Paul is not talking about this in this particular passage what he's talking about is those who practice a lifestyle of the sins  that are listed in the verses above. God does not exclude anyone from the kingdom of heaven however he does require us to forsake our sins and to follow him. 
No one goes to hell because they live their life the certain way particularly the way that we're talking about now the reason why someone goes the hell is because they failed to submit to the authority of the word of God. You may wonder why you have to submit to the word of God because the word of God is the only book that Christians and myself personally believe is infallible and direct revelation from the creator of the universe. This is why Christianity is so offensive to many and many who are interested and becoming Christians usually end up turning away and going off in following another God or another Jesus because the word of God can be harsh And it can be very convicting. Another reason why people are turned off from from the biblical version of Christianity is because it involves a complete submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. When we submit to the Lordship of Jesus Christ we are also submitting to the word of God as supreme author and finisher of our faith. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. The Word was with God in the beginning. All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it.

Scripture explains itself and when we impose false interpretations upon the word of God we fall into sin and we fall into error. This is Mike.

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