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1 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | Marquita Blakemore | 41199 | ||
I am a lesbian and I am concerned if my soul is bound for hell? I am a firm beliver and I have excepted christ as my savior. | ||||||
2 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | Robert Nicholson | 41200 | ||
Marquita: I will try to answer your important question from the Bible. First, you have indicated that you have excepted Christ as your savior. For this we praise his precious name. Paul wrote "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." (1 Tim. 1:15) What kind of sinners did Jesus come to save? Jesus said "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." (Luke 19:10) In other words if we are lost sinners we are the ones whom he seeks by his Holy Spirit. When he shows us our sinfulness and need of forgiveness, it is at this point that we find our need and forgiveness are resultant from the work of Christ on the cross. This results in eternal life. In Romans 3 Paul in great detail shows that there is no difference between humans, that there is none righteous, there is none that are good; in fact "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23) However, the scripture makes it clear that if we profess to be forgiven, to be saved and continue to live a sinful lifestyle, that we do not have eternal life. This truth is given in 1 Cor.6: 9-11 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 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, and by the Spirit of our God." The important thing to notice in this passage is that Paul emphasizes "such were some of you, but you are washed,etc" It is people whom God loves and it is people he wants to cleanse and make new creators in him. A person cannot help who there are by genetics, but they do make choices to their lifestyle. I will try to explain: A hetersexual person before they were saved may have committed immorality in the sight of God by sleeping around. When they get saved, it is God's desire that that sinful lifestyle would stop. Nevertheless, they are still hetersexual with all the feelings and drives which they had before they were saved. The difference is that by the Spirit of God they are shown that their former sex practices are sin and by the grace of God they practise self-control in their life. The same is true for a person who is gay/lesbian, before we are saved we have certain desires which may have resulted in an immoral lifestyle in the sight of God. After we are saved, the Holy Spirit through God's word will make it clear that God does not condone same-sex relationships. However, if they are in Christ, the Holy Spirit can and will give strength to practise self control in avoiding sinful practices. I think based on the verses above that a person whether hetersexual or Gay cannot get saved if they wish to continue on in a sinful lifestyle. With this type of attitude there is no repentance which is totally necessary before we accept Christ. It is a creational truth, that God wishes man and women to come together in loving marriage and become one in Christ. This is the only type of relationship which the Bible allows. May God bless you in your life for him. If I can be of further help please ask. Your brother by his grace Robert Nicholson |
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3 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | Marquita Blakemore | 41206 | ||
So If I continue to live the lifesyle of a lesbian I wil not inherit the kingdom of god. Even if for example me and my partner cintinue to study the word of god, spread the word of god, and live rightously together, because of our relationship we will not inherit the kingdom of god. I am very dissappointed because I first love christ and understand and acccept that he died for the remission of our sins, and I acknowledge him in all my ways but I still have a posssible chance of going to hell for living this lifestyle. | ||||||
4 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | prayon | 41233 | ||
Greetings Marquita, Homosexuality is considered and acceptable practice by many in our worlk today - even by some churches. But society does not set the standard for God's law. Many homosexuals believe that their desires are normal and they have a right to express them but I refer you to the verses below: 1Cor 6:9,10: Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders not thieves not the greedy not drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Lev 18:22: Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Lev 20:13: If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. Rom 1:26-28: For this God gave them up to degrading passions, Their woman exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women were consumed with passion for one another....And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done. God's plan for natural sexual relationshops is His ideal for His creation. Unfortunately, sin distorts the natural use of God's gifts. Sin means not only denying God, but also denying the way we are made. Homosexuality is strictly forbidden in scripture (see above scriptures). However, the good news is that God is willing to receive anyone who comes to Him in faith. God can and will forgive sexual sins just as He forgives any other sin. But when we come to Him we must put away our former ways and walk in His ways. I know I am being blunt and may sound uncaring or condescending but I do not mean to. You are a sister in Christ and with that comes my love in Christ. But I feel that a issue is either black or white. There is no gray area. Suppose that a murderer or a thief or a liar, or a swindler or a slanderer believed in God and studied His word religiously and went to church each week but still continued to murder or swindle, or steal, or lie, or slander: do you believe that he should or will inherit the kingdom of God? Luke 13:24-27 tell us that the door to heaven is narrow. It also tells us that Many will cry "Lord, open the door" and you will say 'But we ate and drank with you' and He will reply, 'I tell you, I do not know you. Go away, all you who do evil.' In your question you stated that you were concerned. I believe this to be the Holy Spirit at work in you convicting you of your lifestyle. Please let your prayers be that God show you the truth Himself and that He lead you to the place that He wants you to be at. You will be in my prayers. prayon |
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5 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | Marquita Blakemore | 41266 | ||
Hello Mr. Nicohlson I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with me on this issue. Yes I do belive also that the holy spirit is working on my conviction because although I feel like I'm happy in this relationship I'm not I'm scared because I know that in gods eyes I'm wrong I just thought maybe ther was some way of justifying it, that was satan working on me. Please I beg you and the brothers and sisters to keep me in prayer because I'm weak to this lifestyle it's an addiction that is very hard for me to kick. I need strength from god to save me and my friend from the hands of satan. I love you | ||||||
6 | Are gays/lesbians bound for hell? | Rom 5:8 | prayon | 41269 | ||
Greetings again Marquita, You are being very wise in recognizing Satan for what he is - a liar. He indeed will use any scheme or trickery in the book to try and get you to rationalize that you are not sinning. You said that you feel as though you are happy where you are at, and I applaud you for realizing that this is Satan making you think this. God will give you the strength that you need to get away from this lifestyle. Pray hard for that strength Marquita. You can and must resist acting upon the desires to remain in this lifestyle. Consciously avoid places or activities you know will kindle your temptations. This includes breaking the relationship you are in now and putting and keeping a good distance from this person. Never ever under estimate the power of Satan. Get involved in a church that is bible based and knows homosexuality is a sin. Find a professional Christian counselor or pastorial counselor that you can receive help from. What you are in is a type of addiction and you need counseling to break free of this addiction. Continuse to remain scared of Satan. It can be a driving force. I don't know if it will help you or not but I read a book once and whenever I start to sin by telling a little lie or getting back more that I should by a cashier it comes to mind and I easily have the strength to say no to Satan. For me it was a "scared straight" book. The book is called "A Divine Revelation of Hell". If you are interested in it I am sure you can get it from any Christian bookstore. Again my prayers are with you in your battle. You can also e me at my email address that is listed in my profile if you would like. prayon |
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