Did you ever cuddle a nest of rattlesnakes? How about a litter of young puppies? Why the difference? Just this. You have a natural fear and repulsion of rattlesnakes, but just the opposite is true about puppies. Toward the puppies there is a “natural affection.”
Twice in the New Testament reference is made to those “without natural affection.” Paul included this in his list of those who are laden with sin (2 Timothy 3). In Romans 1, he described those who have vile affections and who were without natural affection – homosexuals.
A normal, loving mother has a natural affection for the child she carries. One without natural affection aborts the child, and thus she sins against the child, herself and God. The homosexual burns in his lust for one of the same sex. These, we are told in Romans 1:26-27, “God gave them up.” All the so-called legal arguments do not change either situation. Both are in sin – sin that will cause them to be cast into hell.
[Editor’s Note: Fortunately, there is a remedy for all types of sin, even homosexuality and abortion (murder). “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 homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NKJV; cf. Revelation 21:8; Galatians 5:19-21). Sin-soiled souls can become Christians upon their belief in Christ and through the washing of baptism (Mark 16:16; Acts 22:16). Sin-soiled Christians can be “washed,” “sanctified” and “justified” through penitence and prayer (Acts 8:22; 1 John 1:9). ~ Louis Rushmore, Editor]
