Yes, but what is OUR attitude supposed to be? God made pronouncements such as that homosexual acts are an abomination......that is HIS judgment and condemnation. But Jesus said that He came not to condemn but to save and that we are to judge not lest we be judged. So while the LORD can make pronouncements and judgments such as that, I believe our place as believers is not one of judging/condemning but rather an intercessory one to continue His earthly ministry while there is still time before God's final judgment does come. It's hard to pray for God to have mercy and save folks if we are condemning them in our hearts. Think we need to think of the lost with compassion, as being captives of the devil that need rescuing.....just as we all once were. Especially those who are suffering. And leave the judging up to God.
Nicely put…..if someone found us when we were lost, how grateful are we to God for seeing something worthy in us?
As Paul said…in 1 Cor 6:9-11…
”Or do you not know that unrighteous people will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Do not be misled. Those who are sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, men who submit to homosexual acts, men who practice homosexuality, 10 thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, and extortioners will not inherit God’s Kingdom. 11 And yet that is what some of you were. But you have been washed clean; you have been sanctified; you have been declared righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God.”
It is clearly stated that people who practice what God condemns will not inherit the Kingdom…and Paul said “do not be misled” because Satan will turn everything upside down and call evil good, and good, evil.
So those who want to justify their wrongdoing are in for a shock. Paul says…”that is what some of you WERE, not ARE.…past tense, not present tense.
Being “washed clean” by Christ’s sacrifice, means not engaging in those things any more.
2 Peter 2:20-22….
”Certainly if after escaping from the defilements of the world by an accurate knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they get involved again with these very things and are overcome, their final state has become worse for them than the first. 21 It would have been better for them not to have accurately known the path of righteousness than after knowing it to turn away from the holy commandment they had received. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the sow that was bathed to rolling in the mire.”
There can be no justification…and no going back….God would love it if all turned away from sin by the willingness of their own heart, out of love for him, and appreciation for the sacrifice of his son (2 Peter 3:9)….but he will not force anyone to obey him, and he does not use fear to coerce us…..he reminds us of the consequences of our actions, and tells us clearly what actions displease him……so are we left with any excuses? There are no loopholes in God’s law. His justice is administered without sentiment.