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1 | How does any Homosexual believe they are | Rom 1:19 | Megiddo | 91693 | ||
Listen George....I don't desire to twist the word of God and I don't believe I have. Now you judge me? Have I attacked you or my Lord? I have desire for knowledge, decernment, but above all mercy...something that is difficult to have...especially towards a lifestyle like homosexuality that is hard for us to understand. If you understand it simply as sin...that's fine...but there are people behind the sin and the method of screaming "SINNER!!!" at them is not the approach I believe Jesus advocated. If you want to think of me as Satan that's fine...but I think you might rethink the way you have recieved my words. My posts to date are concerned with the way Christians approach sinners, not whether or not the bible defines homosexuality as a sin. Lastly...who are you to attack my acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior? I have...and it's not always easy...but I try to live a life of repentence..and I plan on raising our children that way...but also with mercy in thier hearts towards those they disagree with. Please think about this George. God Bless. |
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2 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Radioman2 | 91752 | ||
Unless and until you give your definition of "being a homosexual", further discussion of the subject is meaningless. ____________________ What does "being a homosexual" mean? Megiddo: You write: "I'm saying that it is possible for a homosexual to be a Christian, to praise her/her creator, and to carry out God's will while being a homosexual." I think what is at issue here is: what do you mean when you say "being a homosexual?" If being a homosexual means merely to have homosexual desires without acting on those desires, that is one thing. But if being a homosexual means performing homosexual acts, then the answer is: No, it is not possible for a homosexual to carry out God's will. It is not my intent here to bash or attack. I merely wish to understand what you mean when you say "being a homosexual." Unless and until you give your definition of "being a homosexual", further discussion of the subject is meaningless. Radioman2 |
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3 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Megiddo | 91768 | ||
Do you define being a heterosexual by what you do in the sack? I for one don't. I define a heterosexual as a person who desired union with thier other half, that of the opposite sex- emotional, spiritual, and physical union. That is why I got married, for that union. Let's not get lost here, I apoligize...I am answering your question...now heterosexual acts would be interacting with the opposite sex in an explicitley sexual nature. Being a homosexual means that you seek unity with someone of the same gender. You wish for companionship, unity of the three kinds that I have with my wife- spiritual, emotional, and physical. Homosexual acts are actions of a sexual nature towards someone of the same sex. I believe that for the homosexual person that having "homosexual desires" is equivalent to wanting to be completed...the only differnce is that it is with someone of the same sex. The problem is that some people are convinced that homosexuality is just the acts and that homosexuals don not experience love within thier relationships....that it is just some kind of mutual-masterbation experience...or worse that the feelings they feel are not feelings at all...but just lust. Anytime...let's say that again, ANYTIME that lust is the prevailing experience..it is just wrong and the work of the evil one. So if you're convinced that the bible defines homosexuals as the embodiment of lust and that is why God loathes them (someone used the word hate earlier) then that's your interpretation. I'm not sure that we'll ever grasp on what grounds God defines it as a sin...but no mistake God does define it as a sin in the bible. The bible asks for repentence.......from ALL OF US. |
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4 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Radioman2 | 91774 | ||
ho·mo·sex·u·al 1 : of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct SEXUAL DESIRE toward another of the same sex 2 : of, relating to, or involving SEXUAL INTERCOURSE between persons of the same sex (Emphasis added.) (http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary) |
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5 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Megiddo | 91808 | ||
Alright then....that's helpful..let's look at it in the context of the bible. God attacks what in the Hebrew Bible- cities with bad behavior. On Thursday nights in any big ten college town...heterosexuals- of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the opposite sex, grope each other...have pre-marital sex...and dehumanize one another. Now because they are heterosexual, is it better for them in the sense that they go to church on Sunday and consider themselves Christians...but continue to sin. I believe not....but they are not approached with condemnation from most Christians. Honestly...most ADULTS would say...it's just a phase...or they are just being college students. Does anything that I have just written take away from homosexuality being a sin in the bible? No. But once again..I'll try and make it clear...no one gets into heaven on good behavior- now...yes we can get into hell on bad behavior...and being a Christian required repentence...but this can be a life-long struggle. It's the attitude towards homosexuals that I cannot handle. We live in a country where TV show like Married by America, Temptation Island, and Bachelor predominate prime-time television- and we're worried about the homosexuals and the threat they bring to out institution of marriage? What is wrong with us!!!!?? Do you see what I'm getting at? Why are we so concerned or we suppossedly should distance ourselves from them (Pastor Hank), or hate them...because they are unrepentent....how do we know that? How do we know that a homosexual doesn't wake up and question his/her sexuality and the lifestyle they are living? I have woke up a heterosexual and wondered if I was doing everything I should as a Christian. I know at times I do not. How do we know that a homosexual one morning or afternoon finds a bible and begins to read it and wonders if they are sinning...wants to know more...wants to see how Christians live...so they round the corner...go to a church or fellowship...and you meet him/her? What are you going to do? Do you want to give them the opprotunity to meet you, or do you just want to quote the bible safely on this web page and call them sinners and pronounce arrogantly thier punishment. IT IS UP TO GOD. While we are here on this Earth we are all brothers and all sisters- No one is without sin. |
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6 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Asis | 91811 | ||
Well said Megiddo We are told to judge the sin not the sinner. I can abhor the idea of practising homosexuality yet have compassion on those who think they trapped in that behavior. We must be careful when we judge because we set the parameters of our own judgement by how and why we judge. We are told that no man knows the things of a man (1 Cor 2:11), which tells us we do not know the heart of another except by the Spirit of God. Those of us who struggle with beleiving God, that we are dead to a particular sin and desire to put it away, yet have not reached that point of breaking relations with it, repent each time we find ouselves inexplicably back in the sin (i.e. pornography, alcoholism, drug addiction perscription and ilicit, gossip, lust, etc.). Our heart is to give it all up yet we seem to not be able to control ourselves. . . Are we as disciples of Jesus to condemn those who struggle. Were we condemned when we first believed and sinned or did we find that when we first believed we sinned no more. Are not those who profess Jesus and have a heart towards God God's business? not ours. Can we afford to judge them? I think not. We are to be in Christ. It is Christ who lives in us not us. We are to love as He loved, Have compassion as He had compassion, Heal those who He would heal? Are those homosexuals around us seeing the love of Christ in our lives, especially in how we relate to them? The bigger question is, "Are we taking in what the Bible says about our behavior and our relationship with God (the spirit of the word) or are we merely making a list of behaviors we must follow (the letter of the word) to be in right standing with God?" Just look at David. Are any of us any different? Enough. . . I step off the soap box. NEXXXT GENTLEMAN or GENTLEWOMAN. Asis |
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7 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | Pastor Glenn | 91824 | ||
Asis, I just noticed you screen name "Asis" can be seen as "As-is" or "Just as I am". God want us to come to Him "just as I am", without one plea. It is as the song says: "Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidst me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come!" The bigger question is, "Are we taking in what the Bible says about our behavior and our relationship with God (the spirit of the word) or are we merely making a list of behaviors we must follow (the letter of the word) to be in right standing with God?" Just look at David. Are any of us any different? " No, we are not any different. That is why we need David's kind of repentance: Psalm 51 A Prayer of Repentance To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin. 3For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 4Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight-- That You may be found just when You speak,[1] And blameless when You judge. 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. 6Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8Make me hear joy and gladness, That the bones You have broken may rejoice. 9Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. 12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. 13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You. 14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. 15O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. 16For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart-- These, O God, You will not despise. |
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8 | What does "being a homosexual" mean? | Rom 1:19 | GeorJoy | 91887 | ||
Pastor, you have more than earned my respect. I haven't read all the posts on this topic, just the ones in response to my notes. I would like to note that it is not the sinner that is condemned by those who should debate this topic, it is the sin according to the word. David's acknowledgement and "repentance" is noted in this Psalm, not his, or anyone's request that his sin be accepted by society, forced on anyone or tolerated and taught as an "alternate lifestyle." And most assuredly, not the acceptance or turning of the Church's (and scripturally learned individuals) head to to such. Just one of the many members In Christ George |
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