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Some contend that Jesus (and Paul) categorized sexual sin to be merely ceremonially unclean (Mk. 7:23), though it is evidenced there and under the [[New Covenant]] that such refers to moral uncleanness. (1Cor. 3:17; 1Tim. 1:10; Jude 1:8; Ja. 3:6; Rv. 21:27) In addition, the proof text (Lk. 12:57) which Wink invokes as advocating  subjective judgment that need not be bound by Biblical injunctions against illicit sexual partners, is seen as contextually indicating a lack judgment due to a result of souls not taking the Scriptures and Jesus authority seriously, which He exampled by upholding the moral law.<ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosexuality_and_the_Bible_Wink.html</ref>

Some contend that Jesus (and Paul) categorized sexual sin to be merely ceremonially unclean (Mk. 7:23), though it is evidenced there and under the [[New Covenant]] that such refers to moral uncleanness. (1Cor. 3:17; 1Tim. 1:10; Jude 1:8; Ja. 3:6; Rv. 21:27) In addition, the proof text (Lk. 12:57) which Wink invokes as advocating  subjective judgment that need not be bound by Biblical injunctions against illicit sexual partners, is seen as contextually indicating a lack judgment due to a result of souls not taking the Scriptures and Jesus authority seriously, which He exampled by upholding the moral law.<ref>http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/Homosexuality_and_the_Bible_Wink.html</ref>

Traditionalist thus contend that contrasting the laws of God such as define marriage and sexual partners with love is a false dichotomy. D. J. Atkinson argues that such manifest "a misconception of  the  relationship between  love  and  law  in  the Bible. The Biblical  understanding  of  the  nature  of  love  is  always  related  to  the description or expression of  God's character in Himself  on the one hand, and  the character of  life appropriate to the people of  God, on the other hand. D. J. Atkinson, Homosexuals in the Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979), 69-70.

Traditionalist thus contend that contrasting the laws of God such as define marriage and sexual partners with love is a false dichotomy. D. J. Atkinson argues that such manifest "a misconception of  the  relationship between  love  and  law  in  the Bible. The Biblical  understanding  of  the  nature  of  love  is  always  related  to  the description or expression of  God's character in Himself  on the one hand, and  the character of  life appropriate to the people of  God, on the other hand.<ref>D. J. Atkinson, Homosexuals in the Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1979), 69-70.</ref>

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