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<p>If you love me, you will obey what I command. (John 14:15)</p>
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Various verses are sighted (out of context) and the verses that people use to show that homosexuality is wrong are explained away.
<p>The only persons who will survive the dark days that are ahead are those who are abiding in Christ. In order to abide in Christ and Christ in us we have to keep His commandments.</p>
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<p>Perhaps many Christians would agree with the fact that we must abide in Christ and we must keep His commandments. However, the spirit of Antichrist, the spirit of the Lawless One, has perverted Christian doctrine until numerous Christians no longer believe it is necessary we keep Christ's commandments. &quot;We are saved by grace,&quot; we proclaim, and while we ought to try to keep Christ's commandments we are saved by grace operating through our faith. We are fundamentally inconsistent.</p>
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The world wants to change God's words and meanings into something more suitable to its sinful desires. Nevertheless, the truth stands.
<p>Either we have to keep Christ's commandments in order to abide in Him or else we do not have to keep Christ's commandments in order to abide in Him. One position is correct and the other is incorrect.</p>
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<p>The Christians are expecting to be &quot;raptured&quot; before Antichrist appears. The truth is, Antichrist, the Lawless One, has been with us from the first century. He already has brought his lawlessness into the Christian churches. We have become lawless because of false doctrine.</p>
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The Bible condemns homosexuality as a sin. Let's look at what it says. Lev. 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."
<p>It is God's will that all of His creatures, angels and humans alike, keep His commandments accurately, completely, joyously.</p>
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<p>Modern Christian teaching insists we do not have to keep God's commandments because we are saved by &quot;grace.&quot; We think this teaching has destroyed the moral stature of the believers in Christ!</p>
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Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood-guiltiness is upon them"
<p>Secular governments, who without realizing it look to the churches for moral guidance, have no light to guide them, no good works to cause them to glorify God, when Christians do not keep God's commandments.</p>
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<p>We have been deceived because we are looking for an easy, comfortable way to serve God. We have been deceived because we are not taking up our cross and following the Lord Jesus. We do not understand the grace of God, supposing it to be an alternative to godly behavior. The grace of God in Christ is an alternative to the Law of Moses, not to godly behavior.</p>
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1 Cor. 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revellers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
<p>It is God's will that we abide in Christ, and He abide in us, for eternity. In order to abide in Christ, and He in us, we absolutely must keep His commandments&mdash;all of them.</p>
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<p>Sometimes it is said, &quot;It is impossible for us to keep the commandments of Christ and His Apostles and this is why God gave us Divine grace.&quot;</p>
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Rom. 1:26-28, "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,
<p>We are correct if we mean by this we are unable to keep God's commandments in our strength and need His wisdom and strength. We are incorrect when we mean that God has given us a continuing grace of forgiveness such that it is not necessary for us to keep His commandments and do His will.</p>
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<p>It is not only possible for us, through God's grace, to keep the commandments found in the New Testament but absolutely essential if we are to abide in Christ. If we do not keep His commandments we do not love Him.</p>
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27. and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.
<p>It is not the purpose of Divine grace to serve as an alternative to keeping God's commandments. The purpose of Divine grace is to enable us to keep all of God's commandments, and in the meantime to keep us without condemnation while we are pressing along in the light of God's will.</p>
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28. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper."
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'''Homosexuality is clearly condemned by the Bible.'''
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It goes against the created order of God. He created Adam and then made a woman. This is what God has ordained and it is what is right. Unlike other sins, homosexuality has a severe judgement administered by God Himself. This judgement is simple: They are given over to their passions. That means that their hearts are allowed to be hardened by their sins (Romans 1:18ff). As a result, they can no longer see the error of what they are doing. Without an awareness of their sinfulness, there will be no repentance and trusting in Jesus. Without Jesus, they will have no forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there is no salvation.
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'''What should be the Christian's Response to the Homosexual?'''
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Just because someone is a homosexual does not mean that we cannot love him (or her) or pray for him (her). '''Homosexuality is a sin and like any other sin,''' it needs to be dealt with in the only way possible'''. It needs to be laid at the cross, repented of, and never done again.
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As a Christian, you should pray for the salvation of the homosexual the same you would any other person in sin. The homosexual is still made in the image of God -- even though he is in grave sin. Therefore, you should show him same dignity as anyone else you come in contact with.
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However, this does not mean that you are to approve of their sin. Don't compromise your witness for a socially acceptable opinion that is void of godliness. note: All Bible quotes are from the NASB Bible.
 
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Revision as of 19:32, 30 June 2019

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There are those who like to say that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality.

Various verses are sighted (out of context) and the verses that people use to show that homosexuality is wrong are explained away.

The world wants to change God's words and meanings into something more suitable to its sinful desires. Nevertheless, the truth stands.

The Bible condemns homosexuality as a sin. Let's look at what it says. Lev. 18:22, "You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination."

Lev. 20:13, "If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their blood-guiltiness is upon them"

1 Cor. 6:9-10, "Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revellers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

Rom. 1:26-28, "For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural,

27. and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.

28. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper."

Homosexuality is clearly condemned by the Bible.

It goes against the created order of God. He created Adam and then made a woman. This is what God has ordained and it is what is right. Unlike other sins, homosexuality has a severe judgement administered by God Himself. This judgement is simple: They are given over to their passions. That means that their hearts are allowed to be hardened by their sins (Romans 1:18ff). As a result, they can no longer see the error of what they are doing. Without an awareness of their sinfulness, there will be no repentance and trusting in Jesus. Without Jesus, they will have no forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there is no salvation.

What should be the Christian's Response to the Homosexual?

Just because someone is a homosexual does not mean that we cannot love him (or her) or pray for him (her). Homosexuality is a sin and like any other sin, it needs to be dealt with in the only way possible. It needs to be laid at the cross, repented of, and never done again.

As a Christian, you should pray for the salvation of the homosexual the same you would any other person in sin. The homosexual is still made in the image of God -- even though he is in grave sin. Therefore, you should show him same dignity as anyone else you come in contact with.

However, this does not mean that you are to approve of their sin. Don't compromise your witness for a socially acceptable opinion that is void of godliness. note: All Bible quotes are from the NASB Bible.


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