Leviticus 19-21
We Americans often condemn other cultures that practice corporal punishment for sexual sins. Yet, God gave Israel commandments to do just that. There is a whole list of sexual sins, including incest, adultery, bestiality, and homosexuality, that were to be punishable by death! Even though the New Covenant removed the death penalty from these sins, it did not remove the wrongness. When Jesus convicted the Pharisees of their hypocrisy in condemning the adulterous woman, and did not offer His own condemnation of her, He still told her to sin no more.
As Christians, we have a moral obligation to condemn sin and remove it from our lives. However, this does not include the judgment, condemnation, and punishment of others who are caught up in sin! This is left to our high priest, the Lord, Jesus Christ.
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