Can Gay People Be Saved? Romans 1 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 | Straight Bible

Can gay people be saved, or are they beyond repentance? Romans 1 and 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: "And such were some of you: but ye are washed... sanctified... justified."
A Straight Bible study, hosted by Matt Hepner and TopLobsta.

After a guest on an earlier episode argued that homosexuals are past the point of repentance, Matt explains why he let him talk, why he disagreed, and why the church plays the long game. They unpack Romans 1: "I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ" (1:16), creation leaves men "without excuse" (1:20), "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools" (1:22), and "God gave them over to a reprobate mind" (1:28). Matt reads it as mankind as a whole rejecting God, not a verdict on one person.

A tolerant church is nothing new. In Corinth a man had "his father's wife," and Paul said "put away from among yourselves that wicked person" (1 Corinthians 5:1-13). Once the man repented, Paul said "ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him" (2 Corinthians 2:7). In Matthew 19 Jesus says "he which made them at the beginning made them male and female."

The only unforgivable sin is blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Mark 3:20-30; Matthew 12:31), with G. Campbell Morgan's explanation. The answer comes from 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: those who practise these sins "shall not inherit the kingdom of God," but "such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus."

Questions answered
- Are gay people beyond repentance? (5:05)
- Is Romans 1 about individuals or mankind? (14:11)
- What does "gave them over to a reprobate mind" mean? (26:04)
- What does "deliver such an one unto Satan" mean? (36:25)
- Should a repentant church member be restored? (46:05)
- Is homosexuality the unforgivable sin? (1:06:09)
- Can gay people be saved (1 Corinthians 6, Verses 9-11)? (1:11:25)

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Chapters
0:00 1 Corinthians 5: A Tolerant Church?
0:59 We're So Tolerant
2:04 Last Week's Guest and the Chat
4:04 Steel-Manning His Points
5:05 Are Gay People Beyond Redemption?
12:00 Playing the Long Game
14:11 Unpacking Romans 1
14:53 Separated Unto the Gospel of God
17:03 Church Is Not a Building
17:50 Not Ashamed of the Gospel (Romans 1, Verse 16)
18:46 The Conscience Within Man
20:38 Without Excuse (Romans 1, Verse 20)
21:01 Professing Themselves to Be Wise
24:07 Changed the Truth of God Into a Lie (Romans 1, Verse 25)
25:02 Against Nature (Romans 1, Verse 26)
26:04 A Reprobate Mind (Romans 1, Verse 28)
30:00 Born This Way?
33:01 Does God Still Speak Today?
35:47 Fornication Among You (1 Corinthians 5, Verse 1)
36:25 Deliver Such an One Unto Satan (1 Corinthians 5, Verse 5)
40:04 Is This Sin Harder Than Others?
40:46 You Must Be Born Again
42:02 Not to Company With Fornicators
45:03 Success by Numbers?
46:05 Forgive and Comfort Him (2 Corinthians 2, Verses 4-11)
49:51 Marriage in Matthew 19
53:58 I Want to Make Sure You're Happy
55:43 Why Did Moses Allow Divorce?
56:51 Lust and Adultery
57:58 Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit (Mark 3, Verses 20-30)
59:35 He Is Beside Himself (Mark 3, Verse 21)
1:02:11 Binding the Strong Man
1:05:09 Matthew 12, Verse 31
1:06:09 Is Homosexuality the Unforgivable Sin?
1:10:11 G. Campbell Morgan
1:11:25 Such Were Some of You (1 Corinthians 6, Verses 9-11)
1:13:57 But Ye Are Washed
1:15:03 Who Would Enforce It?
1:15:42 The Long Game

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