I submit to you that possibly sodomy should not be used to describe all but ‘normal’ sex. In fact, are we sure that sodomy should mean sex at all? If sodomy is in fact named after Sodom, I ask you to look at Ezekial 16.49.
Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
Could it be that sodomy should refer to arrogant hearts that refuse to help the poor? Is homosexuality the ’sin of Sodom’? Sure, we know they practiced it, and God calls it out as a sin they were guilty of, but do we elevate it’s importance by saying it is THE reason Sodom was destroyed.
Before you shoot back from the hip, I implore you to re-read the section where Sodom’s demise is discussed in the bible (Genesis 12-19) with these thoughts in mind. Notate in your bible when homosexual sex is discussed and when other sin is pointed out.
I think your faith is important enough that it DESERVES your reflection. Don’t be afraid to ask questions…
*Side note, I still have difficulty forgiving Lott for his quick offering of his virgin daughters to be gang-raped by an angry mob to save the two angels. It really bugs me.
Ben Maulis Said:
on April 5, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Sin is THE reason Sodom was destroyed. The Lord told us exactly the reason when he said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous.”
Your questions pertain to which sins they were guilty of, but the Word of God defines sin as transgression of the law (1 John 3:4). You may question what part of the law was transgressed, but the Word of God tells us, “Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.” The Sodomites were guilty of ALL sin.
Now you may say that Sodom was destroyed before the law of the Lord was given by Moses, but the Word of God tells us, “As many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law.”
Amen, amen, Jesus said, “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
The Lord Jesus made it perfectly clear when he described the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrafices and the eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell and slew them.
“Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?”
“Think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?”
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”