Stay Away from the Wicked Part Three
Does a person living in a homosexual lifestyle know they are living in sin? Some do and some don’t.
I didn’t realize I was living in sin. Like I said before, the only verse I remembered from the Bible was John 3:16. I assumed I was a good person and would go to Heaven because of it. I hadn’t killed anyone. I helped others. I wore a cross necklace around my neck. I said my prayers at night. I was in.
I didn’t come to know Jesus because I was a homosexual. I came to know Him because I was a broken sinner in need of help.
There are those in the homosexual lifestyle who honestly don’t know better, even if they have read Leviticus 20:13. They don’t know the whole truth. They’re defending themselves against judgmental Christians by using Google search to find Bible verses to prove them right. We Christians are doing the same.
Then there are those who do know better. I know of an openly gay man who has no desire to change. He publicly blasphemes God every opportunity he gets. I see no desire in him to know any else but the life he is involved in. It makes my heart sad for him. And it’s not just his choice to be in a homosexual lifestyle. It’s not even that which breaks my heart. It’s his disdain toward the God that created him. His heart is as hard as Pharaoh’s. Today I know where his eternity stands and it truly saddens me.
I have another friend who is gay. I love him to pieces. He’s one of the coolest, most kindhearted people you’ll ever meet. He’s married to another man and they seem to be happy together. I’ve heard him talk about God and he’s even asked for prayer in certain situations.
He has been burned by the church on numerous occasions, and unfortunately, his view of God is skewed. Those who have burned him will have to answer for their own sin of judgment without grace. He believes he is going to heaven and I have to disagree.
But it has nothing to do with his decision to be gay.
It has everything to do with the fact that he hasn’t accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior. He hasn’t taken to heart that according to John 14:6, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him.
But I am excited because I believe he has a desire to know God more. I believe he has allowed Satan and the world to define him as a gay. He doesn’t know who he is in Christ and I look forward to the day he learns.
He doesn’t truly know he is living in sin, because he doesn’t have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
If a person doesn’t realize homosexuality is a sin, we do need to tell them, but not with a Bible opened to the Old Testament in one hand, a picket sign in the other, and the word abomination on our lips.
What if we as Christians actually took the time to build a relationship with someone in this lifestyle? What if got outside of our safe, Christian bubble and tried to understand their world? What if we pursued a friendship?
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