Pastor and wrer Ben Simpson rponds to a teen's qutn, "Why don't God love gays?" "Love don't jt affirm whatever mak a person happy," Simpson wr. "It seeks the well-beg of s objects."
Contents:
- 10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
- DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
- FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
- WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
- DO GOD LOVE GAY PEOPLE?
- DO GOD SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE? EVEN LGBT CHRISTIANS, GATHERG PORTLAND SOON, DISAGREE
10 REASONS GOD LOV GAY CHRISTIANS
When I started wrg my new book, God and the Gay Christian, I was well aware that Christians who oppose same-sex marriage the church have long ed the Bible to fend their pot of view. As a gay Christian om an evangelil church Kansas, that stat quo has had a damagg impact on my life, which is one reason I'm settg out to change the flty perspective. Here are 10 reasons why God accepts gay Christians. * does god love gays *
Pope Francis was recently asked about his views on homosexualy. This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has shown himself to be a progrsive lear when to, among other thgs, gay Catholics.
As a biblil scholar, I would suggt that church lears who e their cultur and theology to exclu homosexuals don’t read Scripture refully. Those who would exclu homosexuals om God’s kgdom choose to ignore J, turng stead to the Old Ttament – most particularly to Genis 19, the stctn of the ci of Sodom and Gomorrah.
DO GOD HATE GAYS / HOMOSEXUALS?
The Bible vers aren't about nmng homosexuals, gays, lbians, or transgenr people. Rather, read God's lovg warng and grace for those who have strayed om His will for sex * does god love gays *
Their terpretatn of the story is that is about homosexualy. Levic 18:22 and 20:13, for example, are not about “homosexualy” as we now unrstand – as the rg, lovg and sexual relatnship between people of the same sex. Christians – no matter which church they belong to – should follow Pl and extend to the heterosexual-homosexual distctn.
Some morn Bible translatns say that “homosexuals” will not her the kgdom of God, but neher the ncept nor the word for people wh exclive same-sex attractn existed before the late 19th century. While the Bible rejects ltful same-sex behavr, that’s very different om a nmnatn of all gay people and relatnships. Requirg that all gay people rema celibate is at odds wh the Bible’s teachgs on celibacy, which are ground Scripture’s re affirmatn that God’s physil creatn is good.
Mastream nomatns like Prbyterians and Epispalians now orda openly gay clergy, and there are seeds of change evangelil church as well.
FIRST-PERSON: Y ED, GOD LOV GAYS
Do God hate gays? Do God hate homosexuals? Do God hate lbians? Do God hate those the LGBTQ+ muny? * does god love gays *
Matthew V is the thor of God and the Gay Christian and is the founr of The Reformatn Project, a Bible-based non-prof anizatn that seeks to reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty.
WHAT DO GOD THK ABOUT GAY PEOPLE?
* does god love gays *
A mon argument for the acceptance of homosexualy and same-sex marriage is that, if God is love, He would not nmn the love of others. The world and maybe even our own sensivi might say that allowg others to live a homosexual relatnship is to see to their well-beg. First Corthians 6:18 says that sexual immoraly, cludg homosexualy, is a s agast one’s own body.
If homosexualy rults a dishonorg, harmful separatn om God’s blsg, then the lovg thg to do is to stay away om .
That beg said, those wh homosexual attractns are sperate need of love.
DO GOD LOVE GAY PEOPLE?
The followg blog is wrten by Greg Col. Greg is part of The Center's llaborative team and is the thor of the book Sgle, Gay, Christian. “Is God anti-gay?” Many people expect the answer to this qutn to be a simple bary, eher y or no. If you’re a nservative ( the totalizg sense of the word), the answer is absolutely y: God mt be anti-gay, bee * does god love gays *
Even if they agree wh the Bible that homosexualy is a s and rolve not to seek fulfillment of their sexual sir, they mt still fd love other relatnships—the self-sacrificg love of agape and the iendly pannship of phileo. The need for love is no different for sgle heterosexuals than is for those wh homosexual attractn. It is virtually impossible the days to watch the news, surf the Net, or get on Facebook and Twter whout hearg somethg about homosexualy.
DO GOD SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE? EVEN LGBT CHRISTIANS, GATHERG PORTLAND SOON, DISAGREE
It is often the se that those who ll themselv Christians say mean-spired, hateful thgs about homosexuals. And is often the se that homosexuals falsely acce all Christians who oppose homosexualy of beg homophob. Now, when we look to the Bible, we n see that homosexualy is a s.
If the ia that homosexualy is a s across as offensive, there is simply nothg a Christian n say or do to change that. In light of the fact that homosexualy is a s, what is God’s attu toward those who practice ?
God lov those who practice homosexualy jt as much as He lov those who misreprent His teachg wh mean-spired, hateful language. In addn, var sexual ss are listed, cludg those who engage sex before marriage, those who have sex wh people who are not their spo, and those who practice homosexualy. In light of the fact that God lov all sners, cludg those who practice homosexualy, is clear that Christians should have the same attu as God.