Some Christians make this statement often, thinking that every Sin is Sin, so a fornicator or a gossip is same as an Homosexual.
It is likened to saying that, Kofi who saw Ama on TV in a commercial and lust after her (Lust is a Sin) and Kojo who actually followed up with Ama, deceived her, trapped her down, beat her mercilessly, raped her and killed her; Kojo’s sin is same as Kofi before God, if this was the case, then we have an unintelligible being who cannot simply grasp the basic concept of Criminal Law and Offenses that even mere mortals who are his own creation and subjects, have instinctively developed through wisdom and ensured that a Man who fired a Gun to kill another human being commits Murder and will suffer far more dire consequences than a man who hit another man with his fist that made him fall on the ground.
Christians who say all sin is sin as a basis to justify homosexuality lack biblical depth and have disfunctional scriptural understanding – it is an oversimplification of the entire Concept of Sin.
All Sins are not Sins, God doesn’t treat every Sin as same!
Let us go into the Bible for a moment:
In 2 Samuel 12, King David was going all over womanizing and piling up concubines, and God was quiet about it, eventhough it was very sinful and wrong, yet God said nothing, why? Because there was already a laid down procedure given to Man for atonement of Sins by anyone who sinned against God.
But immediately he Killed another Man and took his Wife, God got very angry and spoke! He sent a Prophet to him to go and blast him and tell him his piece of mind, which of course was trouble brewing for King David. God was upset that he killed another Man and took his Wife – Bathsheba and because of that, God even killed the Baby that Bathsheba had, eventhough David begged God so much to forgive him and not Kill the Baby, God still killed the Baby because he was so upset with David that he decided he will not let him profit from this act of murder to take another Man’s wife and sleep with her to produce an illegitimate fruit.
And in verse 8 of 2 Samuel 12, God specifically said and I quote;
“I gave your master’s house to you, and *your master’s wives* into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.”
God specifically gave David an audacious blank Cheque that instead of David, going to kill another Man and sleeping with his Wife, if he had asked Him, He will have given him much more of that. Which means that God was specifically angry and disgusted that David went about it the wrong way – eventhough Adultery in itself is still Sin, but this time around he had gone too far, so much so that, the Judicial Powers of Heavens could not wait for a yearly atonement, he was to be punished immediately!
ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
God specifically destroyed Sodom because, one of the most prevalent sins in Sodom was the homosexuality of the men, engaging in sexual relations with the other men and boys. Sodom is where we get the term “sodomy and sodomites” named after this widespread sin of the town.
After the angels entered the home of Lot, the men of the city surrounded Lot’s house. According to Genesis 19:5, “They called to Lot, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.’”
This account show us that the Men were putting pressure on Lot to release the two Men (who were actually Angels) in his custody so they will sleep with them, let me be plainly blunt and literal – chop their anus; sodomy!
A careful exegesis of Scriptures reveals without any equivocation that there are Sins that ignite God’s anger. Homosexuality is one of them, and it honestly makes sense to me; because Homosexuality is anti-God agenda, why do I say so? God gave a fundamental command for Procreation that we should be fruitful and multiply. If everyone decided to be Gay, procreation will stop and in about many years’ time, Man will be an extinct species.
Now, imagine every fish was gay? Imagine every chicken was gay? How will they lay eggs to produce more to feed Mankind? All Creation is against homosexuality, even Plants, they have inner wisdom that is programmed by God and Infinite Intelligence to Pollinate in a way that is consistent with the concept of an opposite sex, mating!
Aside Homosexuality, another Sin that God specifically gets very angry about is Idolatry. Time and space will not allow me to expound deeply on that, but you can NEVER EVER compare someone who lied, to someone who went to worship an Idol, in the mind of God the weight of their offenses is not same.
Sarah lied in God’s presence in the Bible when she was questioned by God why she laughed, she denied and lied that she didn’t laugh; God knew she had lied and it was a sin but at that same moment, God still blessed her with the promise of Isaac.
You can’t compare someone who stole a goat (Stealing) to someone who stole the goat and still slept with the goat (Bestiality), c’mon you can’t do that!
Also read about God’s specific mention of Pride as He intentionally resist the proud in 1st Peter 5:5 and gives grace to the Humble, Pride reminds God of Lucifer and what he did in Heaven, God fought and dealt with Nebuchadnezzer with instant judgement because of Pride! So a Man that is full of Pride gets God’s resistance and can easily infuriate God, it means, that Sin in particular has its unique effect of activating God’s provocation.
There is a reason why we have Sin, Transgressions and Iniquity. Go research about these words and why they are used differently in different context of wrong-doing with God in the Bible.
I, BigGodwin, I personally have no problem with what two adults do privately, it’s their matter, but why do you want to institutionalize it and open offices? Why? And when you are criticized you are quick to unsheathe your sword and get in the attack mode by saying after all most Christians are sinners and fornicators and yet criticizing homosexuality, ah? Have you seen any Fornicators & Adulterers Association opening offices and having fun fare? Why do you think it’s done in Secret if it was admissible as an act of good behavior?
You condemn Polygamy but accept Sodomy? How?
I have no problem with a Gay, I love everyone, but I disagree with the act and the Spirit behind that perversion, it is a misnomer.
Infact, if I am not mistaken, I think a few decades ago the United Nations published a report that said Homosexuality was a Mental illness, go fact-check it out, today all of a sudden it has changed.
We love everyone, but we can not accept every act as noble just because we love the human being. Homosexuality is unbiblical, unbiological and not culturally acceptable – at least, even if you are not a Christian, as an African you know very well that it is against our customs, traditions and usages. We are not used to adults wearing diapers because their anus muscles can no longer hold their bowels.