In their excellent book, The Same Sex Controversy, James White and Jeffrey Niell make an important observation: “The same-sex controversy is, at its core, a controversy over the authority and interpretation of the Bible … we are being told that the moral opposition to homosexuality, based in and upon Scripture, is actually a rather recent phenomenon. We are being ‘informed’ that the Bible nowhere condemns homosexuality as it is predominantly known and practiced today and that, as a matter of fact, a lifestyle of committed homosexuality is consistent with biblical morality.” Apart from God’s grace, in our fallenness, we can effortlessly twist and ‘re-interpret’ Scripture to fit the morality of our present culture. Rather than conforming our lives to the Bible, we conform the Bible to our lives. Crystal clear statements in God’s holy Word are manipulated to mean something entirely different than what the writers intended. It is in this moment that God’s people must stand up and graciously, but boldly, declare the truth. If we shrink from this duty we are not truly loving our neighbor and we are not being faithful to our Lord. So is homosexuality a sin? Or is it an acceptable lifestyle, equally pleasing to God as marriage between one man and one woman? In 1 Timothy 1:10 Paul refers to homosexuality and this morning we’ll carefully explore his teaching. May we, by the grace of our great God, be faithful to His Word!