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Homosexuality & Christianity: A Taboo that not many like to talk about
Homosexuality has been a Taboo and a No Go Zone in Many Cultures through out the Centuries. Christianity is no exception. For years and years on, Gay & Lesbians people have been subjected to all sort of physical, verbal, mental & racial Abuse simply because of who they are.
Many Christian Groups and Churches Strongly Condemn Homosexuality and consider it a Red Zone area where no one is allowed to talk about it nor discuss it openly. In the past, many Homosexuals were kicked out from the church, refused the Qorbana Or simply told to never come back unless they change their ways.
In return, this has led to a hostile reaction by many Gays & lesbians who took this mistreatment personally & in return began to condemn and hate Christianity. Many were led away from believing in God, and many more have gone through a daily struggle between accepting Christianity and following Jesus Christ, and between accepting themselves for who they are.
Christians themselves have been able to use some Scripture that strongly condemns Homosexuality and by using and twisting the real meaning of these verses, they were able to distort and corrupt God?s true intentions towards Homosexuals.
I have spent a very long time, trying to resolve this issue and working on truly understanding God?s True position of Homosexuals. By carefully studying Scripture from the first page to the last, I was able to reach some interesting conclusions that might surprise many of us. Never the less, The Truth has to be told, and this Taboo that has been hanging over Homosexuality had to be addressed for the Sake and benefit of all People who want to seek and find the truth through One man called Jesus Christ.
I will keep this topic short and in dot points so that readers don?t lose interest too quick. Here is what I found from my Study :
1- In order to understand God?s True intentions towards Homosexuality, we must First Understand his intentions towards Humanity in General. We must ask ourselves, does GOD favour one group over another? Does he love one group more than the other? Does he condemn some groups whilst forgives others? The following verses should get us started
Romans 3:9 ? What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all. We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under Sin. As it is Written: There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away. ?
This is a Big verse because it sets the scene. God here declares that All Humanity Are Equal in the Sense that all have Sinned. All have wronged. There is not a single person on earth who can Claim favour from God or Claim that they are perfect without error.
This verse tells us that GOD does not look at you if you were a homosexual, any differently than if you were a heterosexual who has a habit of lying or stealing or cursing or the list goes on??..
John 3:16 ? For God so loved the World that he Gave his one and only Son, that whoever believers in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the World to condemn the World, but to save the World through him ?
An extremely important verse. Here, We see that GOD makes a declaration that He Loves the Entire World. Wether you are Gay or Straight, GOD LOVES YOU, and wants you to come to him?.
IF there are any Gays out there, then Read Carefully this statement and try to understand it?.
? GOD Loves you, regardless of your Sex Gender. GOD does not differentiate between you and others the same way Humans do. GOD?s message in the bible is Crystal Clear. He Wants you to come to him and Repent. Give your life to him and he will deal with your homosexuality.
2- Having read the above, does that mean that GOD really accepts Homosexuality as an act? Does he approve of men sleeping with other men and having Sexual relationships as Men and Women do? HE CERTAINLY DOES NOT. GOD sees Homosexuality as an act of Wickedness, an abnormal act that is a direct result of Man?s fall to Sin. But why we do have to make Homosexuality Stand out more than any other Sin or issue in the bible?
For example, GOD condemns getting Drunk, he condemns those who lie. He condemns those who do wicked and evil things to hurt others. How many Christians today have a problem with drinking or gambling or even the smallest of things such as cursing or hurting others? Let's look now at some Key verses to show GOD?s opinion of Homosexuality.
Romans 1: 18-27 ? The Wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what maybe known about God is plain to them because God has made it plain to them. For though they knew God, they neither glorified him as a God nor gave thanks to him. Because of this, God game them over to shameful lusts. Women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way, Men also abandoned natural relations with Women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men. "
From this verse, We can see that God differentiates between what is natural and what is Not. His purpose in creating humanity was to multiply via a natural process , i.e. Man with Woman. God puts the Wickdness the Evilness of the World as a reason why People started having un-natural relationships ( i.e. of the same Sex). This sort of relationship is viewed in God's eyes as Wicked, Wrong and shameful.
Leviticus 18:22 " You must not have Sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. This is a hateful Sin. "
Taking Further, here We learn that GOD looks at homosexuality as a Hateful Sin. The Term Hateful means that GOD hates the Practice itself & not those who practice it. In other Words, GOD hates the Sin & not the Sinner. Sadly, many Christians have abused this command and verse to show that GOD hates all Gays and Lesbians to death.
What does God say elsewhere about this Hateful Sexual Sin?
1 Thess 4:1-5 " God wants you to be holy and to stay away from Sexual sins. He wants each one of you to learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honourable. Don't use your body for Sexual Sin like the people who do not know God. "
1 Cor 6:12 " I am allowed to do all things, but all things are not good for me to do. The Body is not for Sexual Sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. "
1 Cor 6:18 " Run Away from Sexual Sin. Every other Sin people do is outside their Bodies, but those who sin sexually, sin against their own bodies. You should know that your body is a Temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. "
From these verses, we can see that GOD's intention is for us to Flee and run away from these sorts of Sexual acts. God sees our bodies as Holy and those who have given their lives to Christ, their bodies no longer belong to them.
However, a homosexual person might ask " How can I flee and run away from my Sexuality when in fact I am Born with it, and this is how I am right from the beginning? "
It?s a very Valid and fair Question. The Answer to it simply lies with GOD. God Declares that He knows that some people will be Born with this Sexual condition. GOD does not hold it against the Gay person himself but blames it on the Sinful nature of Humanity as seen from the previous verses.
So then, the Question is asked " will God then just forgives Homosexuals and accepts them for whom they are? Will he just cast out his Love to all people and say " I love you and forgive you people. Don't worry about what sort of person you are or what Sex orientation you held ".
What Fools we are indeed ( Humanity ). Here is what God says:
1 Cor 6:9 " Do you not know that the Wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders will inherit the Kingdom of God. That is what some of you were, but you were Washed, you were Sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. "
Here, God makes it Clear that Homosexuals can not possibly inherit the Kingdom of God. So Then what can they do? How can they please God? How can homosexuals who are willing to believe and have faith then be accepted by God? What is the Solution?
[size=10pt]The Solution: [/size]
The Question is asked again, If Homosexuals will not inherit God's kingdom, then who will? Will all heterosexual people be accepted just because they have a natural sexual relationship with the opposite Sex?
The Answer is Clear: No one will inherit God's kingdom unless they are Born Again. Wether you are Gay, Straight, Bi or anything else for that matter, GOD puts everyone on Equal Terms. Everyone must be born Again to taste God's kingdom. This is where the Solution comes into it.
The Solution is found in one Simple Word " Repentance "
GOD Wants your heart. He wants you to Repent. If you are Gay or lesbian and is living a life away from GOD, do not be afraid to approach him and ask him to come into your life.
GOD says unless you repent and hand over your heart and life to me, being Gay or being Straight makes very little difference to him. This is the Key concept that All homosexuals must understand.
GOD is not going to make you born with this Sexual condition, only for him to then judge you and condemn you & toss you away. GOD knows what you are and who you are. Give your life to him and let him do the rest.
Do not let your homosexuality Stands in the way of Approaching GOD. Do not let people's hateful remarks and ignorance Stop you.
People who condemn Homosexuals are condemning themselves, for they are the first groups not to inherit God's kingdom.
Jesus says " Unless you Repent, you will perish too ".
When you Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ, he will change your hearts and your minds and even your Sexual orientation. Do not let your homosexuality stands in your way. Trust God and let him make that call for you. If God desires for you to stay Gay all your life, then its his Call, not anyone Else. GOD is knocking your Door, open it and invite him in, I promise you will not regret it.
Do not be stubborn and do not be self driven. Do not put conditions on your God. Just come to him the way you are. GOD will accept you for whom u are, and if you were a homosexual, then GOD will make the Call if he found your sexual choice not appropriate for his Kingdom.
Finally, please remember " GOD LOVES ALL HOMOSEXUALS BUT HATES THE SINFUL NATURE OF THEIR ACT . GOD HATES THE SIN BUT LOVES THE SINNER. ".
Don?t delay your decision. Come to him Today. Repent and he will take care of the rest.
Still not convinced? Here is a concluding verse that basically explains the entire topic I have written in few words.
Romans 3:22 " GOD makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ because all people are the same. All have sinned and are not good enough for God's Glory and all need to be made right with God by his grace. "
The key Words are : Repent, believe, have faith in Christ and receive him into your life. ALL ARE EQUAL.
My Dear Gay or Lesbian friend, Come to Jesus Christ & let him do the rest
Homosexuality has been a Taboo and a No Go Zone in Many Cultures through out the Centuries. Christianity is no exception. For years and years on, Gay & Lesbians people have been subjected to all sort of physical, verbal, mental & racial Abuse simply because of who they are.
Many Christian Groups and Churches Strongly Condemn Homosexuality and consider it a Red Zone area where no one is allowed to talk about it nor discuss it openly. In the past, many Homosexuals were kicked out from the church, refused the Qorbana Or simply told to never come back unless they change their ways.
In return, this has led to a hostile reaction by many Gays & lesbians who took this mistreatment personally & in return began to condemn and hate Christianity. Many were led away from believing in God, and many more have gone through a daily struggle between accepting Christianity and following Jesus Christ, and between accepting themselves for who they are.
Christians themselves have been able to use some Scripture that strongly condemns Homosexuality and by using and twisting the real meaning of these verses, they were able to distort and corrupt God?s true intentions towards Homosexuals.
I have spent a very long time, trying to resolve this issue and working on truly understanding God?s True position of Homosexuals. By carefully studying Scripture from the first page to the last, I was able to reach some interesting conclusions that might surprise many of us. Never the less, The Truth has to be told, and this Taboo that has been hanging over Homosexuality had to be addressed for the Sake and benefit of all People who want to seek and find the truth through One man called Jesus Christ.
I will keep this topic short and in dot points so that readers don?t lose interest too quick. Here is what I found from my Study :
1- In order to understand God?s True intentions towards Homosexuality, we must First Understand his intentions towards Humanity in General. We must ask ourselves, does GOD favour one group over another? Does he love one group more than the other? Does he condemn some groups whilst forgives others? The following verses should get us started
Romans 3:9 ? What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all. We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under Sin. As it is Written: There is no one righteous, not even one. There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away. ?
This is a Big verse because it sets the scene. God here declares that All Humanity Are Equal in the Sense that all have Sinned. All have wronged. There is not a single person on earth who can Claim favour from God or Claim that they are perfect without error.
This verse tells us that GOD does not look at you if you were a homosexual, any differently than if you were a heterosexual who has a habit of lying or stealing or cursing or the list goes on??..
John 3:16 ? For God so loved the World that he Gave his one and only Son, that whoever believers in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the World to condemn the World, but to save the World through him ?
An extremely important verse. Here, We see that GOD makes a declaration that He Loves the Entire World. Wether you are Gay or Straight, GOD LOVES YOU, and wants you to come to him?.
IF there are any Gays out there, then Read Carefully this statement and try to understand it?.
? GOD Loves you, regardless of your Sex Gender. GOD does not differentiate between you and others the same way Humans do. GOD?s message in the bible is Crystal Clear. He Wants you to come to him and Repent. Give your life to him and he will deal with your homosexuality.
2- Having read the above, does that mean that GOD really accepts Homosexuality as an act? Does he approve of men sleeping with other men and having Sexual relationships as Men and Women do? HE CERTAINLY DOES NOT. GOD sees Homosexuality as an act of Wickedness, an abnormal act that is a direct result of Man?s fall to Sin. But why we do have to make Homosexuality Stand out more than any other Sin or issue in the bible?
For example, GOD condemns getting Drunk, he condemns those who lie. He condemns those who do wicked and evil things to hurt others. How many Christians today have a problem with drinking or gambling or even the smallest of things such as cursing or hurting others? Let's look now at some Key verses to show GOD?s opinion of Homosexuality.
Romans 1: 18-27 ? The Wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what maybe known about God is plain to them because God has made it plain to them. For though they knew God, they neither glorified him as a God nor gave thanks to him. Because of this, God game them over to shameful lusts. Women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way, Men also abandoned natural relations with Women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men. "
From this verse, We can see that God differentiates between what is natural and what is Not. His purpose in creating humanity was to multiply via a natural process , i.e. Man with Woman. God puts the Wickdness the Evilness of the World as a reason why People started having un-natural relationships ( i.e. of the same Sex). This sort of relationship is viewed in God's eyes as Wicked, Wrong and shameful.
Leviticus 18:22 " You must not have Sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. This is a hateful Sin. "
Taking Further, here We learn that GOD looks at homosexuality as a Hateful Sin. The Term Hateful means that GOD hates the Practice itself & not those who practice it. In other Words, GOD hates the Sin & not the Sinner. Sadly, many Christians have abused this command and verse to show that GOD hates all Gays and Lesbians to death.
What does God say elsewhere about this Hateful Sexual Sin?
1 Thess 4:1-5 " God wants you to be holy and to stay away from Sexual sins. He wants each one of you to learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honourable. Don't use your body for Sexual Sin like the people who do not know God. "
1 Cor 6:12 " I am allowed to do all things, but all things are not good for me to do. The Body is not for Sexual Sin but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. "
1 Cor 6:18 " Run Away from Sexual Sin. Every other Sin people do is outside their Bodies, but those who sin sexually, sin against their own bodies. You should know that your body is a Temple for the Holy Spirit who is in you. "
From these verses, we can see that GOD's intention is for us to Flee and run away from these sorts of Sexual acts. God sees our bodies as Holy and those who have given their lives to Christ, their bodies no longer belong to them.
However, a homosexual person might ask " How can I flee and run away from my Sexuality when in fact I am Born with it, and this is how I am right from the beginning? "
It?s a very Valid and fair Question. The Answer to it simply lies with GOD. God Declares that He knows that some people will be Born with this Sexual condition. GOD does not hold it against the Gay person himself but blames it on the Sinful nature of Humanity as seen from the previous verses.
So then, the Question is asked " will God then just forgives Homosexuals and accepts them for whom they are? Will he just cast out his Love to all people and say " I love you and forgive you people. Don't worry about what sort of person you are or what Sex orientation you held ".
What Fools we are indeed ( Humanity ). Here is what God says:
1 Cor 6:9 " Do you not know that the Wicked will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders will inherit the Kingdom of God. That is what some of you were, but you were Washed, you were Sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. "
Here, God makes it Clear that Homosexuals can not possibly inherit the Kingdom of God. So Then what can they do? How can they please God? How can homosexuals who are willing to believe and have faith then be accepted by God? What is the Solution?
[size=10pt]The Solution: [/size]
The Question is asked again, If Homosexuals will not inherit God's kingdom, then who will? Will all heterosexual people be accepted just because they have a natural sexual relationship with the opposite Sex?
The Answer is Clear: No one will inherit God's kingdom unless they are Born Again. Wether you are Gay, Straight, Bi or anything else for that matter, GOD puts everyone on Equal Terms. Everyone must be born Again to taste God's kingdom. This is where the Solution comes into it.
The Solution is found in one Simple Word " Repentance "
GOD Wants your heart. He wants you to Repent. If you are Gay or lesbian and is living a life away from GOD, do not be afraid to approach him and ask him to come into your life.
GOD says unless you repent and hand over your heart and life to me, being Gay or being Straight makes very little difference to him. This is the Key concept that All homosexuals must understand.
GOD is not going to make you born with this Sexual condition, only for him to then judge you and condemn you & toss you away. GOD knows what you are and who you are. Give your life to him and let him do the rest.
Do not let your homosexuality Stands in the way of Approaching GOD. Do not let people's hateful remarks and ignorance Stop you.
People who condemn Homosexuals are condemning themselves, for they are the first groups not to inherit God's kingdom.
Jesus says " Unless you Repent, you will perish too ".
When you Repent and give your life to Jesus Christ, he will change your hearts and your minds and even your Sexual orientation. Do not let your homosexuality stands in your way. Trust God and let him make that call for you. If God desires for you to stay Gay all your life, then its his Call, not anyone Else. GOD is knocking your Door, open it and invite him in, I promise you will not regret it.
Do not be stubborn and do not be self driven. Do not put conditions on your God. Just come to him the way you are. GOD will accept you for whom u are, and if you were a homosexual, then GOD will make the Call if he found your sexual choice not appropriate for his Kingdom.
Finally, please remember " GOD LOVES ALL HOMOSEXUALS BUT HATES THE SINFUL NATURE OF THEIR ACT . GOD HATES THE SIN BUT LOVES THE SINNER. ".
Don?t delay your decision. Come to him Today. Repent and he will take care of the rest.
Still not convinced? Here is a concluding verse that basically explains the entire topic I have written in few words.
Romans 3:22 " GOD makes people right with himself through their faith in Jesus Christ. This is true for all who believe in Christ because all people are the same. All have sinned and are not good enough for God's Glory and all need to be made right with God by his grace. "
The key Words are : Repent, believe, have faith in Christ and receive him into your life. ALL ARE EQUAL.
My Dear Gay or Lesbian friend, Come to Jesus Christ & let him do the rest
