Toward a Christianity of Common Sense

The problem is that this passage is continuously taken out of context to condemn homosexuality as if it is an unforgivable sin. In Paul's letters you have to to see each chapter as a premise working it's way up to a conclusion. Paul, in Romans, is speaking directly to the Jewish Christians in the Roman church who feel superior to the Gentile Christians because they feel they are pure because they have obeyed the law while the Gentile Christians are impure because they have disobeyed the law. In Romans 1 Paul is appealing to this Jewish outlook to set them up for Chapter 2. Paul is trying to put the Jews into their judgmental mindset against the Gentiles to say in Chapter 2:1 "therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things." Paul is trying to point out to the Jews that just because they don't do some sins doesn't mean they're on a superior level. The fact that they judge means they are as condemned as the Gentiles. Chapters 1 and 2 of Romans reflects a Pre-Jesus situation where all are condemned. Paul is working to the conclusion that "there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Jesus"(8:1). This means that homosexuality, and all sin, is no longer condemned for those who are in Jesus. Visit my blog at whatjesusd­iddo.blogs­pot.com
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