The Bible does not approve of 'alternate lifestyles' as an acceptable option; it describes homosexual behavior and all sexual immorality as sin.
Romans 1:18 says God's wrath is revealed against ungodliness and unrighteousness; Romans 1:26-27 specifically calls homosexual conduct 'vile affections' and 'against nature.' First Corinthians 6:18 commands believers to flee sexual immorality. Les Feldick adds that even this sin is not beyond the grace of God — God hates the sin but loves the sinner.
Romans 1:18 — Shows that God judges unrighteousness and those who suppress the truth.
Romans 1:26-27 — Directly describes homosexual behavior as vile affections and against nature.
1 Corinthians 6:18 — Commands believers to flee sexual immorality as sin against their own body.
Hebrews 13:4 — Affirms God's design for sex within marriage and warns of judgment on adulterers.
Scripture presents sexual behavior outside God's design as sin and under judgment. Romans 1:18 says God's wrath is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who 'hold the truth in unrighteousness.' In Romans 1:26-27, Paul describes women who 'changed the natural use into that which is against nature' and men who 'burned in their lust one toward another, men with men.' The passage calls these 'vile affections.' First Corinthians 6:18 tells believers to 'flee fornication' because 'he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.' Hebrews 13:4 upholds marriage as honorable and the bed undefiled, while warning that 'whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.' These verses establish that the Bible does not bless an 'alternate lifestyle' as neutral; it labels the practice sin.
Les Feldick is clear that 'alternate lifestyles' that contradict Scripture are sin, but he insists sin is never beyond God's grace. Speaking of homosexuality, he says, "It is still a sin that the grace of God can overcome. It is still the same old thing that God hates the sin, but He loves the sinner" (Clip 0). He points to Romans 1 as a downward progression: God gives people up to natural immorality, and then to 'vile affections' of the homosexual lifestyle, culminating in God's wrath (Clips 4 and 6). Les also applies this to believers. Since a believer is in union with Christ, involving oneself in immoral activity is 'adulterating your position with Christ' (Clip 1). He says God's original design for marriage is 'one man for one woman until death do them part' (Clip 3), and though believers are not under the demands of the law, they are not free to break the law — the commandments are still the guideline for Christian life (Clip 5). He adds that everyone, as a son of Adam, is born with a sin-bent, anti-God nature, so no one can claim to be too good to need grace (Clip 7).
Yes, according to Les. He says that even if a homosexual is listening, "It is still a sin that the grace of God can overcome." He repeats the principle that God hates the sin, but He loves the sinner (Clip 0). Because Paul wrote that where sin abounds, grace is always greater, no sinner is beyond God's reach.
Les says marriage and family are holy and sanctified, and God ordained them that way (Clip 1). He cites Jesus' teaching that in the beginning it was not so — Moses permitted divorce only because of sin. God's original format was one man for one woman until death (Clip 3). God put His stamp of approval on marriage in the Garden, and the marriage bed is undefiled (Clip 6). Therefore, any lifestyle outside that design is immorality.
Les traces Romans 1 as a sequence. Starting at verse 24, God gave people up to natural immorality between male and female. Then in verses 26-27 they went from that to vile affections — women changed the natural use 'into that which is against nature,' and men left the natural use of the woman and burned in lust toward one another (Clip 4). This happened after they changed the truth of God into a lie (Clip 6). Les calls this the downward progression that leads to God's wrath.
No. Les says that because a believer is now one with Christ, sexual immorality adulterates that position (Clip 1). He reminds the Corinthians that every sin a man does is outside the body, but the one committing fornication sins against his own body (Clip 2). Paul's instruction is 'flee immorality' (Clip 3). Under grace, believers are not under the demands of the law, but they are not free to break the law; the commandments remain guidelines for Christian life (Clip 5).
Grace Covers the Sinner
Les says homosexuality is a sin that God's grace can overcome, and God hates the sin but loves the sinner.
Believer's Union with Christ
A believer who commits sexual immorality adulterates his position with Christ; marriage and family are holy and God-ordained.
Fidelity in Christ
Being in union with Christ means being careful about fidelity, and fornication sins against one's own body regardless of past lifestyle.
Original Marriage Design
God's original design is one man for one woman until death, and believers are to flee immorality.
Romans 1 on Homosexuality
Romans 1:26-27 describes homosexual behavior as vile affections and against nature, and Les connects it to Genesis 19.
Not Free to Break the Law
Under grace, believers are not under the demands of the law but are not free to break it; the commandments remain guidelines.
Truth Changed into a Lie
The slide into homosexuality happens after people change the truth of God into a lie, while God has stamped approval on marriage.
Old Sin Nature
Every person is born with a sin-bent, anti-God nature, so no one can claim to be too good to need grace.
Romans 1:18: For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Sets the universal judgment on ungodliness and truth-suppression.
Romans 1:26: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Shows that homosexual behavior is described by God as a 'vile affection' and against the natural order.
Romans 1:27: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Directly describes men engaging in same-sex acts and receiving the due penalty for their error.
1 Corinthians 6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Commands believers to flee sexual immorality because it is uniquely against one's own body.
1 Corinthians 6:19: What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Reminds believers that their bodies belong to God, making sexual sin a defilement of His temple.
Hebrews 13:4: Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
God's approval is on marriage, not on sexual immorality outside it.
Yes. Romans 1:26-27 calls homosexual conduct 'vile affections' and 'against nature.' Les Feldick also refers to it plainly as a sin that God's grace can overcome, while emphasizing God hates the sin but loves the sinner.
Yes. Les says, "It is still a sin that the grace of God can overcome." He reminds listeners that where sin abounds, grace is always greater, and that God hates the sin but loves the sinner.
Les points out that when questioned about divorce, Jesus said 'in the beginning it was not so' — God's original design was one man for one woman until death do them part. Moses' divorce permission was given only because of sin.
Les teaches that every person born as a son of Adam has a body with a sin-bent, anti-God personality. This is why no one can claim to be 'too good' to be a sinner; everyone needs God's grace.
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