Q: You recently shared a link on Facebook to a news story about how Apple is embracing an iPhone application from Exodus International --- which aims to "cure homosexuals." Isn't this just hate-mongering? Aren't we supposed to love the sinner hate the sin? And does anyone really believe gays can be "cured?" I mean, if God made them that way, who are we to change them?
A: The Biblical position is that homosexual activity is a sin. And as Jesus pointed out, lust in our minds and hearts is also sin. So homosexual fantasies are sin (just as hetero-sexual fantasies outside of committed, marriage relationships are sinful). The Biblical position is also that temptation to sin can be resisted, and is to be resisted. So no, I don't think it's "hate mongering" to try and offer loving, spiritual-based assistance to people who need to resist and turn from the temptations they may have to engage in sinful behavior. Quite the contrary. If we really love the self-proclaimed gays in today's society --- then we really owe them the decency of that loving, spiritual guidance and support.
Finally, I'm not deluded by the notion that gays can be "cured." Only Christ Jesus can completely free us from the temptation to sin. He is the only cure.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Born Gay?
Q: I've been reading about homosexuality and am confused. It seems that some people are born that way - and that is logical. But it doesn't seem that most churches accept that fact. Why is that?
A: People are not born to be homosexual. God created each of us for a heterosexual marriage. The exception to that would be the people whom He may have created to live celibate lives (i.e., those who never marry).
People are born with sinful natures that can be tempted. Those who have been abused sexually, for example, often find themselves a target for sexual temptations that are stronger and/or different than what the average person might experience.
We know the character and nature of God, and we have His Word (the Bible) that tells us what He thinks about virtually everything we'd ever encounter in life. Clearly God would not create someone to be something that He would then forbid.
The problem with those with homosexual feelings today is that they believe those feelings (temptations) define them. They don't. Similarly, people with food issues shouldn't just give up and proclaim that they were born that way and will just be fat. God wouldn't create people to be gluttonous and then declare gluttony a sin. It's just not who God is.
Those with homosexual tendencies need to come to grips with the difference between a temptation and a definition. (And they are different!)
A: People are not born to be homosexual. God created each of us for a heterosexual marriage. The exception to that would be the people whom He may have created to live celibate lives (i.e., those who never marry).
People are born with sinful natures that can be tempted. Those who have been abused sexually, for example, often find themselves a target for sexual temptations that are stronger and/or different than what the average person might experience.
We know the character and nature of God, and we have His Word (the Bible) that tells us what He thinks about virtually everything we'd ever encounter in life. Clearly God would not create someone to be something that He would then forbid.
The problem with those with homosexual feelings today is that they believe those feelings (temptations) define them. They don't. Similarly, people with food issues shouldn't just give up and proclaim that they were born that way and will just be fat. God wouldn't create people to be gluttonous and then declare gluttony a sin. It's just not who God is.
Those with homosexual tendencies need to come to grips with the difference between a temptation and a definition. (And they are different!)
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