I appreciate your response. As usual, well worded and convicted. I also appreciate that you acknowledge that Jesus never spoke specifically to the subject. Any direction we get on the subject from the Bible is from the old law. If you've read it, and I'm sure you have, you'll know that a lot of those laws would not be acceptable in the 21 century.
Many of the laws , especially concerning sacrifice were types and shadows point to the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. Other laws were simply hygiene, or concerning healthy food.
We don't live by the law today. The fact is that a homosexual is no more worthy of Hell than any one of us. All sin is the same, as far as keeping anyone from Heaven, and no one has ever been without sin except Jesus.
Jesus is the only sacrifice and payment for all our sins. By accepting his sacrifice and repenting (to change our mind about sin), we are saved. No man will live without sin in his life, but the blood of Christ continually cleanses us from sin.
I think the main question concerning sin and salvation is a heart condition. A born again man doesn't want to continue in sin, his heart has been changed. He may very well fall into the same sin time and again, but his desire is to be free from it. How to get free is the subject of another conversation.
That born again man, agrees with the law of God from his heart, even if his flesh still sins. That's why only God is qualified to judge. Only God can see into a man's heart and know if he wants to be free from sin, or just wants to continue in sin and be OK with God.
We do however have to acknowledge sin as sin, for how can a man desire to be free from something he doesn't consider as wrong. If a man is born again, by surrendering his will to God's will, the Spirit of God will teach him what sin is and what he needs to be free of. We as Christians don't need to be in the business of pointing out sin. We need to lead people to a relationship and surrender to Jesus and let the Holy Spirit do all the correcting.
