GOD ALONE DETERMINES WHAT IS DEFINED AS SINFUL, AND WHAT ISN'T. HUMANITY'S OPINION IS IRRELEVENT.

 Today, there are many churches far more concerned about alienating potential donors, than they are about rightly interpreting the word of God. Behaviors which were once universally considered sinful, are now being celebrated and encouraged. This isn't based on any change in the bible or God's definition of morality. It's instead trying to replace God's objective morality, with human-determined subjective morality and political correctness.

This typically isn't done overtly. A person or church isn't likely to come straight out and say: 'this is what God says, but I/we say otherwise'. They will instead use Satan's very effective 'Hath God said?' technique, and reinterpret biblical passages to suit the behavior they are trying to legitimize. This is why I've mentioned previously the importance of having at least one good classic bible commentary, such as Matthew Henry's. Over hundreds of years, things get lost in translation or meanings consciously become altered. An older commentary lets you step back in time and see verses through a proper historic lens.

If you even dare cite the bible as the instrument with which you determine what is and isn't morally desirable, one of the first things people do is cite this verse:

Mat 7:1  Judge not, that ye be not judged. 

This is a blatant misrepresentation, as this verse is warning against irrational and hypocritical judgment, where are a person acts as judge, jury, and executioner, based not on God's standards, but on his own particular feelings and beliefs. 

If this verse truly prohibited us from judging anything, then - by definition - nothing could be immoral. All behaviors and actions would be open to interpretation, and even the most heinous and reprehensible acts could be legitimized, under the phony precept of no one being allowed to judge them. To truly not judge anything as right or wrong would result in a society so uncivilized, that it would practically be uninhabitable.

Though all of us do, we humans are definitely not qualified to judge the motives of others, or what may be in their hearts. One could comment on an individual and flippantly proclaim, "she's going to hell", and that would be an example of the kind of judgement this verse is referring to. Only God knows who will repent and who will fall away. We don't, despite appearances sometimes to the contrary. So, while we aren't qualified to judge in the sense that God judges, we are qualified to determine what's moral and immoral, using God's word:

 2Ti 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness

If for hundreds or thousands of years, a behavior is biblically interpreted to be sinful, and then suddenly someone comes along and contradicts these historical interpretations, beware. In 99.9% of cases, they are doing nothing more than attempting to replace God's objective morality with their own subjective morality, period.

All of us are sinners, and we should treat each other respectfully, this is absolutely true. The biggest factors are: 1) does a person acknowledge that a particular behavior he/she may be struggling with is sin? 2) If so, are they willing to renounce the behavior and attempt to overcome it? 

For example, I have told lies, so by God's definition, I am a liar, worthy of eternal damnation. I would never contest such a statement because it is 100% accurate. And I should be willing to cite lying as a sinful behavior, and genuinely do my best to refrain from it. On the other hand, suppose I reframe the context and instead said:

"God didn't really mean that lying is sinful. He was talking only about when it involves a transaction for money, or within a business relationship, but not every day personal interactions.". In this way, I can rationalize any pet sin I have by reinterpreting what God 'really meant'. In this case, not only am I not willing to repent and renounce my sin, I am doing the exact opposite, and trying to legitimize it. I am doing nothing more than rejecting God's objective morality, and attempting to replace it with my own subjective morality. 

In the end, we humans can contest all we want. We can stomp out feet, throw tantrums, and do everything in our power to substitute God's moral prescriptions for those of humanity, but the effort is completely futile. God's determinations aren't open for negotiation. He and He alone decides what is right and what is wrong. Attempting to go against the grain of God's morality always has and always will ultimately result in chaos and discontentment, with no peace of mind to be found. That is just a natural consequence of sinful behavior.

Every last one of us is rightfully deemed wicked by the perfect standards of God, and we have one of two choices: we can live in denial of that fact and proceed using Sinatra's 'My Way' philosophy, or we can instead acknowledge our unworthiness and trust in Jesus Christ. Only by His blood and substitutionary atonement on the cross, can we be delivered from the eternal torment and damnation we all deserve. Praise God for His incomprehensible mercy and grace.