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Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Author: benitosuave Ordered by Date |
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1 | Is homosexuality actually forbidden? | Romans | benitosuave | 171168 | ||
Homosexuality is not "the bad sin." All sin is evil and discusting. It is possible for any practicing sinner to be a Christian because if we were capable of being perfect there would be no need for Christ. Before a person can stop sinning, they need God's help. It is impossible to break the bonds of sin alone. Therefore it is futile to pressure a nonChristian homosexual to stop his evil practices. Instead we should worry about planting seeds and praying for the Holy Spirit to come on their hearts. Suppose they do. Are they barred from faith because of their sin? Of course not, it is by grace we are saved through faith. So since there is at least a period of time in which a homosexual can be a Christian, when we encounter Christian homosexuals, we should: 1. Be sure they know the scripture 2. Encourage them with kindness to repent and reject their temptations 3. Help them grow in their faith 4. Pray for them, and your own wisdom. |
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2 | Is homosexuality actually forbidden? | Romans | benitosuave | 171082 | ||
Please read follow up to Doc for why I still do not approve of judging. Yes I do know of the lack of differentiated love in the English language. I understand that sexual love is only true between a husband and wife under spiritual marriage. I would say that it is essential that we love every single person on this earth (and those in space) as intensely as we can, for in doing so, we are imitating God. While there are special bonds between parents and children, family, etc. we should never consfuse those bonds with spiritual heavenly love. If you don't decided to love everyone with Godly love, you won't reguardless of if they are your wife, son, grandmother or whatever. |
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3 | Is homosexuality actually forbidden? | Romans | benitosuave | 171081 | ||
Romans 2:1 Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. Every man who judges, not just the Jew who judges. He uses the Jewish law as a means for demonstration (talking about circumcision being not physical). To make myself clear, I will repeat that homosexuality is a sin. I never put that up to question. What I mentioned was that we have no right to judge homosexuals. Judgement is to be left to God. What should be done instead, is to first find out whether or not the person is Christian. If they are not, then it profits them little to attempt to convince them to stop, if they will continue to live apart from Christ. Our efforts should be instead to love them like Christ does and show them Jesus with all his glory. If the person is a Christian then we should make sure they know the bible's standpoint, and then actively and lovingly encourage them to stop sinning. Overall, I am not here to argue. I have no interest in convincing someone else to believe what I do, because I would rather the person decide between them and God what they believe. My purpose in writing is to perhaps show a fresh perspective to meditate on. Take the things that I write at face value. I am not construing that you are advocating a lack of passion, nor am I constructing that we are doing people favors by undermining the serious nature and blackness of sin. (pardon lack of proof reading. It is too late at night for it to be effective or practical) |
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4 | Is homosexuality actually forbidden? | Romans | benitosuave | 170990 | ||
We should never be afraid to discern what is the truth, nor should we be afraid to decide what is the right thing to do. But I believe that Romans 2 basically is saying (in my own words) "Do not condemn other people because in condemning other people you are condemning yourself since the both of you have sinned." I think it is important that we keep a compassionate, Godly love for unrightous people as people with the potential of repenting to Godliness. Not that we should ever approve of or participate with sin, but that we should remember Mark 2:17. "17 When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." |
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5 | Is homosexuality actually forbidden? | Romans | benitosuave | 170984 | ||
This is an extremely important topic to keep in context. As Dean said, homosexuality is a sin, but that is not a good stopping point. Looking at the context, homosexuality is one among a number of shameful sins. Notice that the homosexual desires were (verse 24) "lusts of their hearts." This suggests that all people have shameful lusts in their hearts, but the people here were given over to those lusts because of their hate of God and truth. Now look at Romans 2. The first passage is clear that we are not here to judge others, because in doing so we are condeming ourselves for our own sins. Now we should also keep in mind that God has called us to love everyone, just as he does. That doesn't mean only the opposite sex. We should love everyone, but we should only express love sexually with the one we marry, and marriage according to God is the union of a man and a woman. So never use homosexuality as an excuse for why you should not love people of your same sex. |
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