Christianity on Homosexuality

First, please read this all the way to the end. If you read everything to the end, you will realize this is NOT intended as an attack. Please don't stop when you see something you don't like.

When you were a child, did your parents teach you right from wrong? Did they punish you when you did wrong and praise you when you did right? They did it because they know what is best for you. Before you were born, they lived and learned things. They passed those experiences on through parenting.

As a teenager, I know I rebelled! I was SURE that I knew better than my parents. I made several mistakes. I learned that my parents actually knew what they were talking about when they told me that there were things I should NOT do.

Those of us who are Christians that believe homosexuality is a sin (definition: seperation from God), are not saying when we call it a sin, "Homosexuals are horrible people, they should go to HELL". I don't think homosexuals should go to Hell, that isn't my decision. You seem like a nice person. If the decision were up to me, I would say, "Every nice person should go to Heaven." This is not saying that “I” think you are going to Hell; I have no idea if you are going to Hell or if you are going to Heaven. ALL I am saying, is that homosexuality is a sin. We ALL struggle with sin. I struggle with pride, laziness, and gluttony. Am I judged for these things by people? Yes, I am. Do I RECOGNIZE them as sins? Yes, I do. Am I ashamed of myself when I commit them? Yes. Do I make a stronger effort not to do them? To be completely honest...sometimes I do, sometimes I do not. Sometimes, I would prefer to wallow in my sin (e.g. playing on the computer when I should be getting dinner ready or doing laundry). These might seem like big sins to you, compared with your life. Those aren’t the sins you have to struggle with though. We, as people of flesh and pride, tend to want to minimize our own sin while maximizing the sins of others.

I hope you don't go to Hell. But if the general homosexual person goes to Hell, it hurts me as much as anyone else (no matter what their sexual orientation) not knowing the Truth hurts. Meaning, it is none of my business as to whether you go to Heaven or go to Hell. Not saying I won't be sad if you end up in Hell, I will be sad for everyone who ends up in Hell, but it is Jesus' place to decide who goes there, not mine. I hope I see you there as a brother or sister in Christ.

God gave us instructions, as our FATHER. He told us, "This is all right, this is not." He was very specific. None of us are saved through our own actions. The Bible does say that we will be known by those actions whether we are 'in Christ' or not. ALL of us fall short of that glory.

It doesn't matter if you are almost perfect, there are certain things that the Bible says it is NOT ok to do. It doesn't matter if you are born that way, or started to do it because of some tragedy in your life. Sin is anything we do that separates us from God. He determined what it was and laid it out in the Bible, I did not.

I want you to understand that I wrote this because the most important part of this post is that: it is not what "I" think. "I" don't care what you do with your life outside of the fact that I would like you to live in Christ as a fellow Christian. You would be welcome at my church, welcome to accept communion as well. You could sit right next to me in the pew, with myself, my husband and my family. I wrote this so you could understand that our perspective isn't the attack it seems like, it is more of an explanation of our belief of what God wants.

God still loves ALL of us. He doesn't like what we choose to do when we aren't doing what HE wants us to. We ALL stumble and fall. But, when we fall, we can’t blame God, because it was OUR choice to fall, not His.

I find it very unfortunate that your sin is made public and judged by your fellow man here on earth. We aren't supposed to do that. However, I am not going to tell you, "Hey, it's alright. Go ahead!" when it is not. Just like I don't expect you to tell me that my sins are alright when they are not. The Bible says it is wrong, just like the Bible tells me that my pride, gluttony, and laziness are wrong. God loves you as much as he loves me and his arms are as open to you as they are to me.

It might help perspective if people said, "Anyone who has sex outside of marriage is sexually immoral." That would explain it is both homosexuals and straight people who have sex outside of marriage, and really it is the same thing...as long as you continue committing the sin, you are not right with God.

I am not going to lie to you, though. I don't think homosexual marriage would make it right either. Marriage was defined in Genesis as a man and a woman, together made complete. I don't say that to hurt you, but because I really believe that is what the Bible says and how God intended it to be. Still, Jesus is the one who makes the final decision, not me. Since I don't make the final decision, all I can do is love you where you are at. I am ok with that.

And I believe God loves you very much, no matter how much you have sinned. He misses you when you are away from Him. He wants to be everything to you that you have missed out on in life. He adores you more than anyone you have ever known has adored you. He WILL fill the places that are empty within you, if you go to Him and ask. He heals the broken, makes well the sick, feeds the hungry.

If you want to respond, that is fine. If not, that is ok, too. This truly was not intended to offend, but to explain. If you still think I am a bigot, I am very sorry, but I cannot lie to you and tell you I think the Bible says that there is no sin there.

God bless.