I was addressing post #2, but will address your important question. Sorry I didn't already.
Regarding the modern word "homosexuality", see the note below about accurate translation and meaning -- (*). But the bigger question here, phrased fully is --
Is it okay for a church to preach that some sin, like adultery or sodomy or greed is ok, just fine? Not simply to refuse to highlight a sin we don't do (which is actually the right approach; it's never the case that other people's sins are somehow more important than our own, to only highlight one or two sins and ignore the rest) -- but instead to actually
endorse a sin?
For instance, suppose a preacher endorses material greed. Says a version of "let's get rich and accumulate lots of material wealth and goods, and seek to get more".
Is that ok?
The answer is definitely No!
I think these verses (especially 9-10) are a useful aid to us about this bigger question (NIV translation):
7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, and you do this to your brothers and sisters.
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men
[more likely more accurately: "sodomites" as in YLT] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
See? A variety of common sins, even slander -- saying bad things about people we barely know that may be false statements -- even just the everyday commonplace malicious gossip, slander, means losing the Kingdom of God!
Let's review that list!
Leads to Death when unrepented from:
Sexual immorality
Idolatry
Adultery
Sodomy
Greed (! the commonplace American sin)
Theft
Being a drunkard
Slander [any forms of saying bad things about other people that are false or even may not be true -- commonplace]
Swindlers [including we can guess all forms, such as fraud also]
...
Wow, quite a list, right?
How many are going to make it?
Christ said: "For many are called, but few are chosen."
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* Note on the modern word "homosexuality"
This word used to translate at times loses some of the meaning in scripture as I found using more literal translations -- the older translation that retains the full meaning is "sodomy" and "sodomite". See, it's not being gay that is referred to but instead the act of sodomy intercourse specifically.
For example, a gay person that is continent (refrains from sodomy) is not doing the sin. That's important. We are not to alter or change the real meaning of scripture. The real meaning is about the act of sodomy, not being gay. The fact is that traditional man/women married couples have also done this same sin. That seems to be the reference in Romans 1:26 -- that woman can do this same wrong, same sin, when they do sodomy intercourse.
