Edited sentence: According to the apostle Paul, those engaging in homosexual acts, with fornicators, adulterers, idolaters, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers and robbers, will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.Christians come from all these categories of evildoers who have, voluntarily and involuntarily, been caught up in the sin of the world.Homosexual acts, like adulterous and incestuous behavior, are condemned in the law of Moses.Jesus teaches mercy and forgiveness for all sinners, but the Lord does not justify sin.They are those who through their personal repentance and faith in Christ, their baptism and chrismation, and their participation in Holy Communion, have been "washed...sanctified...and made righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus and in the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).Those who do these things, both men and women, are, according to God’s law of the old covenant, to be put to death (Leviticus 18:6-23; 20:10-21).When the Son of God pronounces divine pardon to those caught in evil he always charges the forgiven sinner to "go and sin no more" (John 8:11)