--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/26/06 12:31:30 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > But > remember that the kingdom of God is coming soon.' I tell you, on the > judgment day it will be worse for the people of that town than for > the people of Sodom." > > It appears that as far as Jesus was concerned, the sin > of refusing hospitality was far worse than that of > homosexuality. > > > > The comparison of homosexuality and hospitality are not made here by > Christ. What Christ is saying is that the people of a town that refuses his message > are in far worse condition because the message was offered and rejected > where as it was never offered to the Sodomites who never rejected it.
Of course, but why did Jesus choose Sodom for the comparison? He didn't just pick it out of a hat; he used Sodom because the sinful *behavior* was similar to that of the town that would reject Jesus's disciples--the lack of welcome to strangers. The *punishment* would be worse because they were rejecting Jesus's message, but to make that very point he had to choose a town with an equivalent sin. Obviously he wasn't suggesting that the towns that rejected his disciples would be full of homosexuals. Try reading > Leviticus 18:22,Romans 1:18-32, 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. But why did Jesus choose Sodom for his comparison? > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
