Over the years, I've known many "pick and choose" Christians. They pick and choose what they want to believe in the Bible to validate their choices in life. They also disregard other parts of the Bible so they would not be called out by them. God calls people like this "lukewarm".
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. - Revelation 3:15-16
These Christians are hot about some parts of the Bible and cold about others. Here's an example:
You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination. - Leviticus 18:22 AMP
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. - Revelation 3:15-16
These Christians are hot about some parts of the Bible and cold about others. Here's an example:
You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination. - Leviticus 18:22 AMP
This has become a contentious issue over the last few years. The argument from some Christians about this issue is that this is victimless. No one really gets hurt by doing this. Everyone has a right to love who they choose. This goes beyond that. It's talking about "lie"ing or having sex between the same gender. Then they totally disregard the second part of this Scripture.
Abomination as defined at www.answers.com is:
1. Extreme hostility and dislike 2. An object of extreme dislike.
God dislikes homosexuality to the extreme. I believe another word for this is hate. Because He does, it's a sin. He designed it to be only between a man and a woman. Remember Adam and Eve? It was Adam and EVE and not Adam and EVAN for a reason. Although we enjoy it, it was designed for procreation.
Some will argue that the Scripture from Leviticus was only a directive from God for the Levites or priests of the Old Testament, but this is what is said in 1 Peter 2:9:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
We Christians are the "priesthood"; we are the priests.
God doesn't want us to be wishy-washy about Him. We need to be in complete agreement and hot for Him, or cold and against Him. He is good with that, but being lukewarm is distasteful to Him. Ever have anything in your mouth that was absolutely awful? What did you do? You spit it out. That is what He will do with distasteful, lukewarm Christians.
God dislikes homosexuality to the extreme. I believe another word for this is hate. Because He does, it's a sin. He designed it to be only between a man and a woman. Remember Adam and Eve? It was Adam and EVE and not Adam and EVAN for a reason. Although we enjoy it, it was designed for procreation.
Some will argue that the Scripture from Leviticus was only a directive from God for the Levites or priests of the Old Testament, but this is what is said in 1 Peter 2:9:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
We Christians are the "priesthood"; we are the priests.
God doesn't want us to be wishy-washy about Him. We need to be in complete agreement and hot for Him, or cold and against Him. He is good with that, but being lukewarm is distasteful to Him. Ever have anything in your mouth that was absolutely awful? What did you do? You spit it out. That is what He will do with distasteful, lukewarm Christians.
