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What Bible Preachers of the Past Said about Homosexuality

"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God." 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

The respected preachers and Bible teachers of the past did not mince words when speaking of homosexuality. Below is a sampling of the descriptions used by just a few of those men of God, still highly respected, when preaching and writing about sodomites and the sin they celebrate. To keep this account brief, we have excerpted only a representative sample of phrases and words. All material used has been taken from easy-to-obtain Bible commentaries, sermons, and writings. It should be noted that the men quoted also stressed that homosexuals too may be saved by God's grace through faith in Jesus if they will repent, put their trust in Him, and call upon the name of the Lord for salvation. The reader should also remember that the Lord used the men quoted below in great ways, including as instruments of revival in some cases. These men, though lauded by today's Christian leaders, if they lived today, would be vilified by many of those same leaders for their straightforward, graphic, biblical condemnation of a sin which so quickly destroys the body, reprobates the mind, condemns the soul, endangers the innocent, and brings God's judgment upon a nation.

For convenience sake, we have arranged this presentation in three columns. In the first column, the reader will find the man; in the second column, some of his descriptions of homosexuals; and in the third, his description of sodomy and other homosexual acts.

The Preacher

The Sinners

The Sin

John Wesley 1703-1791	• impudent sinners • children of the devil, wicked and licentious • children of disobedience • abominable • impure and diabolical	• unclean • horrible dishonor to the body • gross abominations • burning lusts against nature • unnatural lust • lewd folly; most ignominious and impudent wickedness • corrupt and abominable • violation of natural laws • offense against God and nature
Charles H. Spurgeon 1834-1892	• indulging in vices which we dare not mention; reveling in lust too abominable even for our imagination to dwell upon for a moment • as vile as a devil	• corrupt • filthy • depraved • no crime could be much worse • putrid • loathsome vice which we dare not mention • the slime of pollution
John Bunyan 1628-1688	• profane and wicked • live like brutes • sinners exceedingly	• sins as may not be spoken of without blushing • ungodly
Jonathan Edwards 1703-1758	• polluted company • sport and wallow in filthiness • shameless • impure • altogether filthy and abominable • unclean • wretches • odious	• most horrid crimes • heinous evils • voluptuousness and wickedness • notorious uncleanness • hateful lusts • vile dispositions • unworthy of the human nature, that greatly debase it • exceedingly hateful to God • a monstrous abuse • an act of violence • filthiness • abominations • impurities that ought to be had in the utmost abhorrence and detestation by all • a most injurious and abominable insult • uncleanness • viciousness • great wickedness • dreadfully incense God's anger
Rev. John Brown 1722-1787	• profligate seducers	• vicious inclinations • shocking • disgraceful • unnatural abuse of their bodies • cannot be thought of or mentioned without shame and horror • unnatural lust • the most unnatural, injurious, dishonorable, and detestable enormities • lewd practices • exorbitant vices
Mathew Henry 1662-1714	• the scum of the earth • ranked among the worst and vilest of sinners • the devil in their hearts • depraved	• the highest pitch of wickedness • vile affections • worse than brutish • cannot be thought of without horror • unnatural uncleanness • unnatural lusts • sins not to be named nor thought of without the utmost abhorrence imaginable • Other sins level men with the beasts, but these sink them much lower. • vile affections • filthy and abominable • not to be thought of without horror and detestation • unnatural and worse than brutish • not to be thought of, much less mentioned, without abhorrence and indignation • lewdness and filthiness • most unnatural • shameful • unnatural filthiness • unnatural and abominable wickedness • filthiness • extreme abomination • flagrant wickedness • enormous crimes • heinous evils • so very provoking that it even urged God to punish • unnatural and abominable wickedness • sins not to be mentioned without horror • most filthy and abominable manner (not to be thought of without horror and detestation) • most unnatural and worse than brutish lust • the devil's work • beastly pleasures
Mathew Poole 1624-1679	• barbarous • like brute beasts • abominable	• outrages • beastly lusts • filthy lusts • pollution • unnatural uncleanness • filthy practice not to be named • those things which beasts themselves abhor • strange, improper, and unfit • unnatural filthiness
Albert Barnes 1798-1870	• licentious and intemperate	• vileness of lust • daring defiance of heaven • the very vortex of vice • ebullition of the vilest passion • sins most indelicate, vile, and degrading which can be charged on man • shameful • there is no sin which shows the depravity of man as this • unnatural • abominable vice • sin against nature • abominable crime • base and unnatural passions • licentious indulgence • licentious passions • debase[s] the mind • sink[s] man below the level of the brute • destroy[s] the sensibility • vice • contrary to nature • strange and detestable gratifications • perverse • disgraceful passions or desires • enormous offences • base and degrading • worse than beastly vice • detestable employment • shameful • disgraceful • unnatural and degrading vice • enormous sins
Adam Clarke 1762-1832	• exceedingly sinful and wicked • most abominable wretches • sons of Belial • rascals and miscreants of the deepest dye • worse than brutes • impure and unholy • polluted with unnatural lust • a compound of beast and devil inseparably blended • radically evil • sinners of no common character • traders in iniquity • depraved people • profligate fellows	• pollution • debauch • too bad to be explained • abominable crime • depraved • out of order • great and grievous • unnatural • the deepest disgrace to human nature • too bad to be described • sin . . . of no common magnitude • greatest impurity

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