JERSEY-BARKER

Leviticus 18:22, 24

22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies
with a female; it is an abomination.

24 Do not defile yourselves by any of these things;
for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become
defiled.

Romans 1:18-32

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in
unrighteousness,

19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made
it evident to them.

20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal
power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what
has been made, so that they are without excuse.

21 For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or
give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their
foolish heart was darkened

22 ^{Professing to be wise, they became fools,}

23 and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in
the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and
crawling creatures.

24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to
impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

25 For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator,
who is blessed forever. Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women
exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

27 and in the same way also the men abandoned the
natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one
another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own
persons the due penalty of their error.

28 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave
them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

29 being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed,
evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit,
malice; they are gossips,

30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant,
boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,

31 without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving,
unmerciful;

32 and although they know the ordinance of God,
that those who practice such things are worthy of death,
they not only do the same, but also give hearty
approval to those who practice them.

1 Corinthians 6:8-10

8 On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to
your brethren.

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
homosexuals,

10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Thessalonians 4:2-8

2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord
Jesus.

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you
abstain from sexual immorality;

4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and
honor,

5 not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

6 and that no man transgress and defraud his brother
in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just
as we also told you before and solemnly warned you.

7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in
sanctification.

8 So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the
God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.

Romans 13:12-14

12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near Therefore let us lay aside
the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

13 Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and
drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in
strife and jealousy.

14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no
provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.

Ephesians 5:5-8

5 For this you know with certainty, that no
immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an
idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ
and God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these
things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of
disobedience.

7 Therefore do not be partakers with them;

8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk
as children of Light.

Food for Thought

Luke 21:34

34 Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down
with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life,
and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Galatians 5:16

16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out
the desire of the flesh.

Romans 13:4

4 for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil,
be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for
nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who
brings wrath on the one who practices evil