Slightly under nine minutes into his 43-minute
sermon, which garnered reactions from many media sources this week,
Robertson spoke about the many lists of sins humans are vulnerable to.
According to Robertson, "I gave some guy one list. You say, 'Were they mad
at you about that list?' They were mad at me."
"You say 'Why did they get mad at you?'" continued
Robertson to the gathered parishioners. "Because instead of acknowledging
their sin – as you had better do – they railed against me for giving them
the truth about their sins. 'Don't deceive yourselves.'”
Recounting the conversation he had for
his GQ interview, the reporter asked Robertson, "Is homosexual
behavior a sin?"
Robertson responded by paraphrasing the Bible. "I
said, 'Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?
Don't be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor the idolaters, nor
adulters, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves, nor
greedy, nor drunkards, nor swindlers, nor slanderers, nor swindlers — will
inherit the kingdom of God.'”
"The news media didn't even know it was a verse,"
Robertson said. "They thought I was just mouthing off."
“I gave him the rest of the story," Robertson said.
"I gave him the bad news, and then I gave him the
good news. I said, 'The apostle Paul then said, that that's what some of you
were'" in the next verse. His words quoted
I Corinthians 6:9-11.
Robertson closed his sermon by noting that all
have sinned and all can be forgiven. "I've been in that camp! That list of
sins covered me in my past life! Doesn't it cover you?” he asked. “We've all
been there!"
Robertson was briefly suspended from Duck Dynasty
over what
media sources called his "anti-gay" remarks.
After an
outcry among the show's fans, as well as millions of other Americans,
Phil Robertson's suspension was lifted shortly after Christmas, infuriating
homosexual activist groups.
Phil's son, Alan Robertson, recently revealed he is
proud of his father's fearless stance. Alan
told the Family Research Council's "Watchmen on the Wall 2014" event
yesterday that "my dad has the heart and mindset of a prophet” for his
persistence in “speaking the truth in a culture that isn't prepared to hear
truth."
"That doesn't change my dad's view at all," Alan
continued. "Prophets tend not to care about their public image. They...speak
what God gives them to speak.
“He is, in that sense, a 21st century prophet," Alan
said.
Duck Dynasty
will launch its sixth season on June 11. It is one
of the most popular shows on television, leading the 10:00 to 11:00 p.m.
time slot.