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I am not necessarily wondering WHICH laws we should follow, but how it is that we should follow the ten commandments, when it seemed that so much of the "law" described HOW to follow them. Like for instance explaining what sexual sin is etc. "Do not uncover the nakedness of".. whoever whoever etc.
Michele,

You are referring to Lev. 20:7-19, no? That section deals with cohabiting with one's relatives outside of marriage, which too was prohibited (marriage and/or having sex with "near relatives". And to uncover one's nakedness is an English euphemism for sexual intercourse. These sins, being moral are simply applications of the Seventh Commandment, prohibiting adultery and implied in other passages in the New Testament, particularly in the writings of Paul, e.g., 1Cor 6:9, 10, 13; Gal 5:19-21; Col 3:5, where lasciviousness and fornication are mentioned. The judicial aspect of the O.T. laws, e.g., the stoning to death of adulterers is no longer applicable since they were confined strictly to the nation of Israel. But the moral aspects are perpetual and binding.

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But then, how does a gay person say that he loves God? Or that he loves his neighbor? We know it's wrong, but I have a gay friend who insists that he is not living the wrong way, and that he does love God. How do I tell him he's wrong, if I don't give old testament examples? Or are there new testament examples too?
Again, the O.T. examples of God's prohibition against homosexuality and judgment upon those who practiced such sins are relevant to those living in the N.T., for they are MORAL; i.e., they reflect the holiness of God, which is eternal and immutable. There are myriad passages which speak against the sins of homosexuality in the N.T., e.g., Rom 1:26ff; 1Cor 9:6; Eph 4:19; 5:12; 1Tim 1:10; 2Pet 2:6; Jude 1:7, 10.

In His Grace; and the "pipe-smoking old man",

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