I am not a member any denomination. I am a Christian added to the Church by the Holy Spirit when I obeyed the gospel and underwent full immersion water baptism. I associate with a non-denominational church of Christ where others that believe in a similar manner attend. We discuss Scripture, and don't always agree. However, we all DO agree that the Bible is the only authority afforded man by God to correctly understand His will.
There are those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church, who have turned to Scripture and found NO prohibition against homosexuality. In essence, they believe that they can have their sin and their salvation, too. What would you say to them?
Ah, so you're a member of a "church" that's erected only to serve the ego of the "pastor?" I've seen many of them in my day...Jim Bakker your "pastor?"
The inherent contradiction of this statement is absolute proof of the fallacy of the 16th Century invention called sola scriptura.
If sola scriptura were valid, then all like-minded people would read it and come away with the same meaning. However, practitioners of YOPIOS are generally unable to find one single person that believes exactly as they do. If sola scriptura were valid, then when Calvin left the Church, he would have joined with the Lutherans, but he didn't, he developed an entirely different theology. The simple fact of the matter is that there is no possible way for Luther and Calvin to have both been right; however, it is entirely possible that BOTH WERE WRONG.
Another aspect that no adherent to this 16th Century theory has been able to explain is, why would Jesus design a system of Salvation that He Omnipotently knew would be impossible to practice for fifteen centuries? Prior to the invention of the printing press, books were exceedingly rare and the price was well beyond the means of all but the very wealthy. As a result, most people never learned to read and write. I understand that voluntary illiteracy makes no sense to us, but in a historical context it doesn't. Why do most of us know how to drive but not how to fly an airplane? Because most of us cannot afford to own a plane, so it makes no reason to learn, if the average person could afford an airplane then most of us would know how to fly. It is the same way with literacy prior to movable type. So, I ask again, WHY WOULD GOD DEVISE A THEOLOGY THAT HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN FOR AN ABSOLUTE FACT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT FOR FIFTEEN HUNDRED YEARS? Would a God of Love even consider such cruelty?