Devotional: Belief Statement on Sin, Salvation, and Homosexuality
Source: Operator-authored devotional (1 Corinthians 6:9–11 NKJV) · matt
Salvation comes before behavior change; the Holy Spirit begins transformation after salvation, which may take time. The Church should be open to that process but maintain standards for leadership — no one in ongoing, unrepented sin (including homosexuality) should hold office until they’ve moved past it.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- operator_signature: Operator signature — Matt Harris
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Sinaiticus (c. AD 350) — Greek NT + LXX
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Vaticanus (c. AD 325) — Greek NT + OT
- manuscript_tradition: Aleppo Codex (c. AD 920) — Masoretic Hebrew OT
- critical_edition: Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece (NA28)
- critical_edition: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS)
- translation: Septuagint (LXX) — Greek OT, 3rd cent BC
- translation: Vulgate (Jerome, c. AD 405) — Latin
- translation: King James Version (1611) — independent English translation
- republication: Internet Archive — World English Bible
- republication: Project Gutenberg — World English Bible
- non_government_archive: Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL)