Francine
Well-Known Member
In the Old Covenant, people were punished for actually committing murder or adultery. In the New Covenant, Jesus said even the anger that leads to murder is sinful, and even the lust that leads to adultery is adultery. So the NT seems to be about feelings as well as actions. Yet homosexuals who do not act on their feelings are said to be acceptable to God, to the point of letting even repentant gay pastors preach again. Why is the Old Covenant sin standard of actions rather than thoughts applied, uniquely it seems, to homosexuality?