Should Christians “Disown” Gay Sons and Dghters? : 9Marks

Contents:

• BIBLE VERS ABOUT BEG GAY
• IS IT A S TO BE GAY?
• POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"
• WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BEG BORN GAY?
• SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?

BIBLE VERS ABOUT BEG GAY

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IS IT A S TO BE GAY?

The language is very specific verse ne that men that practice homosexualy are part of this and they will not her the kgdom of God. J associat this practice wh the ho of kgs and the wealthy who he often intified as opposnal to God’s ntu the ia that a proliferatn of homosexual practice a society has to do wh the directn that a natn is takg regard to followg God. While not g direct language, this is evince that J did not view the practice of homosexualy as God Hate Homosexual People?

” While the Bible do scribe homosexual practice as an abomatn, is well unr the umbrella of fivens if the person repents. 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.

POPE FRANCIS SAYS HOMOSEXUALY "IS NOT A CRIME," BUT GAY SEX IS "A S"

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. 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. What the Bible do say clearly is that to perform same sex acts—to engage homosexual practice or behavr—is s. In 1 Corthians 6 and 1 Timothy 1—a vice list of ss—one of the ss mentned is men who practice homosexualy.

If one regards the Bible as God-breathed and thorative, then one mt rpect whatever the Lord says about every we say and thk about the LGBQT+ muny should be rived om Scripture, cludg the ways which we are to treat one Vers about HomosexualyChristians mt always start wh the Bible orr to hear God’s Word on any subject. Neher the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexualy, nor thiev, nor the greedy, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers will her the kgdom of God (1 Corthians 6:9-11) this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passns. For their women exchanged natural relatns for those that are ntrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relatns wh women and were nsumed wh passn for one another, men mtg shamels acts wh men and receivg themselv the due penalty for their error (Romans 1:26) Christians suggt that a progrsive God would overturn his own mands a certa social climate, but God do not progrs his thkg; his thoughts and mandments are always know that God do not change his md, that he is always the same, and this is foundatnal to our hope and our fah his Kgdom was, is, and always will be agast sexual s all of s forms, which clu lt for a person who is not one’s spoe, sexual affairs, and even emotnal mt not sgle out someone who intifi as gay or transgenr as a “sner” but stead look ward.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT BEG BORN GAY?

Ignorg one’s own s by way of flectn do not fool Arguments about EtymologyThere is an argument that Scripture do not nta the word “homosexualy” and that God is not opposed to men or women havg sex wh nsentg members of the same sex.

None of the upl was perfect, but each is an example of heterosexual ' RelatnshipsWhen to how society treats dividuals who engage homosexual relatnships, J’ attu is the benchmark.

SHOULD CHRISTIANS “DISOWN” GAY SONS AND DGHTERS?

A big problem the church right now is the attu that bee someone intifi as gay, lbian, transgenr, etc., that they should not be weled to the church.

Edor's Note: This is the first part a three-part seri that will feature both sis of the bate on the Bible and homosexualy. Followg Matthew V' terview will be rpons om evangelil theologians, and fally, gut ntributns om Christians who have chosen not to engage homosexualy and those who don't believe a gay liftyle nflicts wh the Bible.