Can A Person be a Homosexual and a Christian at the Same Time?
- Author Garfield Gregoire
The homosexual way of life has pervaded all aspect of society in just about every country in the world; it is so widely accepted – especially here in the United States, that it appears to be almost taboo for anyone to openly speak out against homosexuality – as such is likely to be met with hostile opposition. But does God approve of homosexuality, and can a person continue to engage in homosexual activities and be a truly converted Christian at the same time?
There are millions of homosexuals who profess to believe in God – while other actually profess to be Christians or followers of Jesus Christ; there are also ordained church leaders – such as priests and Pastors who have publicly admitted they are homosexuals. The Acceptance of homosexuals into recognized churches and church ministries is worldwide in scope, and it just continues to grow – as people are unashamed of their same sex way of life that many seem to have no qualm in placing the homosexual flag or colors in their place of residence; it seems they want the world to know that they are homosexuals; they have truly come out of the closet.
There is a scripture in Jeremiah 6:15 – which is applicable to our time; it says, “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? Nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush …” In general, people carry out all kinds of wrong doings in our society today – who seemingly exhibit no shame or even remorse for the things they do; and this is an overall condition in our nation today, and not just in the homosexual way of life.
God says we are Not to Lean on our Own Understanding.
On the matter of homosexuality, people have a tendency to apply human reasoning to justify or condone homosexuality; For example, some will reason that there is nothing wrong when two people of the same sex chose to express their love toward each other - through the act of a sexual relationship. I can recall a homosexual minister justifying homosexuality by expressing that since God is love, this therefore makes it right for people to be in a loving homosexual relationship- because it is the expression of love; and of course, there are other forms of reasoning people use to try and justify homosexuality. However, we must keep in mind that though people may have their own personal beliefs or thoughts about homosexuality and the justification for it, God says we must not lean upon our own human reasoning; Notice proverbs 3:5,7: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding; Be not wise in thine own eyes …”
Human reasoning and beliefs can get us on the wrong path of life- as emotion can get in the way – blinding us to the truth; and so, we must rely not on our own thoughts and reasoning but on what God our creator says, because God says, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways …” (Isaiah 55:8). To know truth, we must rely on what God says; rely on what HE tells us in his word – because his word is "profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness" (II Timothy 3: 16).
Notice it is God’s word that correct us humans; it corrects and instructs us in the way of righteousness – making it possible to judge righteous judgement – even as the Jesus said (John 7:24); and on this matter of homosexuality, we must rely on what God says about homosexuality – for it is the standard by which we can righteously and justly judge a matter to be either right or wrong - because we of ourselves are prone to making wrong judgement. I can tell you that the man who relies on human reasoning – doing what he thinks is right - may be committing a lot of sin.
Concerning the determination of what sin is, I would also like to point out that God does not allow you or me to decide what sin is, but HE alone decides what sin is and then allows us to decide only whether or not we will obey him – by not doing that which HE determines to be wrong or sinful; this is very important to understand, and I suppose most people do not understand this – especially when they are so bent on wanting to justify their own way; their own sinful ways.
The Old Testament Speaks of Homosexuality
So, what does God say about homosexuality? Notice Leviticus 18:13: “If a man also lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination …” If you do a simple look up of this word LIE – using a Concordance, you will find that this word (LIE) comes from a Hebrew word which mean to lie down for sexual connection. This means there is no doubt that God is speaking of a homosexual relation – which HE condemns as that which is abominable in his sight.
Also, who has not heard how God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of it sins – which include the sin of homosexuality. We can zero in on Genesis 19 – where the men of Sodom surrounded the house of Lot (verse 4) and called for the strangers or men that were in the house with Lot – to come out so they may “know them” (verse 5). The men of Sodom wanted to have homosexual relation with the men, this was why Lot went outside and pleaded with the men – saying to them, “… do not so wickedly” (verse 7).
Lot knew the men wanted to engage in homosexual activity with the men and pleaded with them to not do this evil thing; this was why Lot resorted to offering up his three daughters to try appease the wrongful desires of the men but they were more interested in having sex with the men; and so, they refused having women for sex -as they followed their homosexual drive or lust.
It is also interesting to point out that the men of Sodom said that they wanted to KNOW the men; This word “know” can have more than one application, but it is tied to the very same word used in the sexual sense in Genesis 4:1 – where it says, “Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived …” Adam “KNEW” Eve in sex and the men of Sodom also wanted to do the same with the men when they said, “that we may know them” – meaning the men of Sodom did not want to “KNOW” the men in a cordial or friendly manner, but wanted to KNOW them by way of having sex with them. Genesis 13:13 makes known “the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.”
I know there are those who may admit that homosexuality in this case was only wrong because the men of Sodom wanted to rape the men that were in the house with Lot, but that is flawed human reasoning – because God has revealed that the act of homosexuality is wrong – even if it is consensual.
The account of what happened in Sodom was recorded for our instruction: "And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,” God, as the context shows, "condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample [example] unto those that after should live ungodly" (2 Peter 2:6). God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah as an example; and if such served as an example for people to learn, see and fear, what then do you think is going to happen to other nations -especially to the United States and Britain – who continues to allow the acceptance of homosexuality to become an acceptable way of life in every facet of society – impacting the life of our own innocent little children – who are being taught and influenced to believe in a way of life that is contrary to what our creator says? Do you think God is not going to respond to this? I tell you HE is going to respond in a way this world is not prepared for. In Isaiah 13:11 God says, “And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease …” God is going to bring to nothing the wrong and sinful ways of this world and I tell you or day of reckoning is at hand – as we are to enter deeply troubling times -as God is going to severely punish the United States for its sin; and we are already a nation in trouble and do not seem to realize it; our troubles are going to intensify right before our very eyes.
True Union is Between a man and woman in Marriage
In speaking of true marriage, Jesus said, "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said: For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?" (Matthew 19:4-5).
Marriage is between a man and a woman, not between two men or two women. Sex belongs in marriage, as the Bible plainly reveals, and should be between a man and his wife and not between people of the same sex.
But also notice that Jesus went on to say: “Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder” (Matt. 19:6). The word asunder means to separate – which carries the meaning of putting a room of separation between the man and the woman; and this is why Jesus pointed out that God never intended for men and women to divorce and break up the marriage. But also, in another sense, the homosexual relationship seeks to put asunder the marriage union of man and woman when it brings same sex marriage into to picture because it seeks to corrupt and set aside the fact that marriage is between man and woman only.
God is a God of order and perfection - for and when HE made the man, God then stated it was not good for the man to be alone - and then he created the woman to be a helper to the man -where she would stand by his side in a loving husband and wife relationship. it was God who blessed the man and woman in this holy union to love each other and to produce children. God gave the human pair the command to be fruitful and multiply (Gen. 1:28). Same sex union cannot produce children as the homosexual way of life is based on human vanity; it is a way of life that produces only a carnal and lustful pleasure that is barren, empty and is incapable of producing children – which is a blessing from God. Psalm 127:3 makes known that “children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” Can the fruit of the womb produce a child in a homosexual relation? No, it cannot; it produces no descendants, no grandchildren; nothing for those in same sex relation to look back on and to enjoy the children and grandchildren that can only come out of man and woman relationship. The homosexuals have deprived themselves of experiencing this joy of having children - as they will never be there to witness the birth of a son or daughter; they will never experience the wonder of holding their own newborn in their hands and to know they have given life to someone who came out of their own body. Perhaps in their later years, some of these homosexuals may have regretted not having a child of their own; they may have regretted having lived such a fruitless or barren life. Homosexuals have their Pride month in which they glorify the homosexual way of life, but honestly, where is the pride in a life that is so barren, fruitless, and contrary to the law of God - who ordains that marriage is to be between a man and woman only?
In truth, the homosexual relationship is a corruption of the marriage which God intended to be between man and woman; and this is why you will find NO place in the Bible where God has blessed the union of same sex marriage; it is just nowhere to be found in the Bible; and if it not in the Bible, it should certainly raise a red flag to people who claim homosexuality is approved by God.
Homosexuality Spoken of in the New Testament
1 Corinthians 6:9: “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind.”
The word effeminate comes from Greek word which refers to a catamite; a catamite in ancient Greece and Rome was a boy around the age of puberty who was in an intimate relation with an older male – meaning a homosexual relationship. The apostle Paul also spoke of these as “abusers of themselves with mankind.” The word abuser is referring to those who engages in sexual activities that is the opposite of the way it is done between a man and a woman. If you read this passage of the Bible from the New American Standard Bible, it plainly uses the word “homosexual;” It says, “… neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals.”
God will Forgive the Homosexual upon Genuine Repentance.
All have sinned and God is willing to forgive those who have sinned - as God is "merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin" (Exodus 34:6-7). The humiliated woman taken in the very act of adultery - a sinful heterosexual act - was forgiven by Jesus. He told her never to do it again (John 8:3-11).
Some of the people Paul was writing to in the Corinthian Church, had once been homosexuals themselves; Paul said: “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus ….” 1 Cor. 6:11). Those people repented; they changed – forsaking their formers selves to live a holy and new way of life. Thus, it is only by repenting and forsaking the homosexual way of life can a person be a true Christian – as a person CANNOT be a Christian and a homosexual at the same time. Jesus said we cannot serve two masters because if we try to do so, we will hate one and love the other (Matt. 6:24); and I have no doubt that those who wish to try and find justification for their homosexual way of life, are likely resent what has been written here and will try to argue against it, but it is really God’s truth they will be arguing against – because God truth is known to be “sharper than any two edged sword, … and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” (Hebrews 4:12); God’s truth does make people uncomfortable – especially when they are opposed to it; they do not like to hear it and this is why the Bible says the human “carnal mind is enmity against God …” (Romans 8:7).
To be a true Christians means we have to forsake our own ways - meaning our own way of thinking. God says, “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts …” Isaiah 55:7). I have long come to realize it is so much harder for people to admit they are wrong than to see the truth and embrace it - as it is in human nature to be resistant to the truth – wanting to fighting against it – being unwilling to yield to what God says – all because they do not want to forsake their ways or their belief in doing the things God said is wrong. It was the same way with Mother Eve in the garden of Eden: she lusted after the forbidden fruit – wanting to go her own way – despite the fact God warned her of the end result of disobedience, but she did not believe God and instead, allowed lust and personal self- desire to take of that which was forbidden to cloud her mind and judgement; and this is what lusting after the wrong things can do; it can blind us to the truth. In speaking of lust, Romans 1:27 uses the word lust to describe the attraction involved in the homosexual relationship – saying: “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly …” So, here again God speak out against homosexual union as that which is unseemly – meaning a behavior that is not proper or appropriate. Could it be any clearer that homosexuality is not condoned by God and that a person CANNOT be a homosexual and a Christian at the same time?
Homosexuals Should not be Hated
Because the matter of homosexuality can be sensitive matter, it is possible that someone reading this article may choose to falsely accuse me of stirring up hatred toward homosexuals, but such reasoning is not in line with the truth, because God does NOT condone hatred towards other people; He does NOT hate homosexual people and neither do I; What God hates is the wrong and sinful ways of people and not the people themselves – for God loves humanity and sent his Son to die for all people – because all have sinned; the scripture says, “For God so loved the world …” (John 3:16). This love of God includes the homosexuals, and so, I wish to emphasize that this is not written to condemn homosexuals but simply to point out what the Bible says on the subject, and it shows that a person cannot be a true Christian while engaging in homosexual activities. Of course, the problem is that people do not want to obey God and so, they will try to reason around the truth in order to try and find some form of justification for believing homosexuality is acceptable to God, but God has warned about leaning upon our own human understanding or belief, and that we have to be willing to forsake our own stubborn ways – because as previously stated, God says, … my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways …” (Isaiah 55:8).
God punished people for living the wrong way, and this nation – the United States - having been blessed by God to become the single greatest nation to have ever existed on the earth, is going to be punished for its many sins – of which homosexuality is one of them, and our time of reckoning is at hand – because the United States is spoken of in prophecy as a nation that is going to fall, and we are living in that time where the fulfillment of those prophecies are going to rise up and confront our people like some gargantuan monster in a horror movie that strikes terror and fear; the only thing is that this is reality and not some horror movie.
Anyone desiring to know and understand where America is spoken of in prophecy and what is to befall our people, you can read the book titled – America in Prophecy; the information or link to the book is listed below. I do try to always mention this book not because I am expressing any kind of greed for money because no man can place a price on God’s truth, but the book does give the reader a deep understanding of Bible prophecy and of who or what nation God is talking about and what is to literally befall the United States in our time – for without the understanding of where the United States, Germany, Britain, China, and Russia is in spoken of or identified in the Bible, you are not going to be able to understand the prophecies that are to come to pass and how each nation is going to be impacted and the effect it is going to have on your life and those of your family.
I also want to add that the book is placed on Amazon – where the publisher determines the price of the book – as I have no control over that – and it is also the means by which I am able to make the book available to anyone who may be interested in reading it. And as I have said before, if I had the means to just make the book freely available to people I would do so, because I write these things with the understanding that God expects us to love and care for people; to be concerned for their welfare and happiness without seeking to get anything in return, but to simply pass on the truth of God’s word to them; and what better way than to use and appreciate the opportunity that this medium - Article Biz, in part, gives to make that possible; Jesus said, “… freely ye have received, freely give” (Matt. 10:8). But HE also said, “… the workman is worthy of his meat” (Verse 10). I also write with the understanding that knowledge not put to use is of no value – meaning God does not expect a person to hide his truth but to freely express it so those who may be willing to see it and possibly benefit from it; and so, the significance of the book is that it identifies the United States in prophecy and tells what is to befall this nation – as countless millions of lives are going to be severely impacted; mega death and destruction is coming, and those willing to believe what God says is coming should be made aware of it – as we are living in a time when things are just going to suddenly change for the worst and grow to unbearable level of distress and troubles – the likes of which this world has never seen.
If interested, feel free to go https://www.amazon.com/America-Prophecy-Israel-people-consider-ebook/dp/B0C4M8R77J
I am an old man who has, long ago, came to the realization that this professing Christian world – with all its Mega Churches and various denominations do not proclaim the true teaching of the Bible - as they fail to correctly teach many vitally important doctrinal truths of the Bible.
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