Should a Christian have gay iends? |

Contents:

• IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?
• SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?
• WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
• HOW SHOULD CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND IF ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN OUT AS GAY?
• WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• SHOULD A CHRISTIAN HAVE GAY IENDS?

IS POSSIBLE TO BE A GAY CHRISTIAN?

Do not be ceived; neher fornitors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effemate, nor homosexuals, nor thiev, nor the veto, nor dnkards, nor revilers, nor swdlers, will her the kgdom of God” (1 Corthians 6:9-10). There is a tenncy to clare homosexualy as the worst of all ss.

While is unniable, biblilly speakg, that homosexualy is immoral and unnatural (Romans 1:26-27), no sense do the Bible scribe homosexualy as an unfivable s.

SHOULD A CHRISTIAN ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY UPLE?

Nor do the Bible teach that homosexualy is a s Christians will never stggle agast. Perhaps that is the key phrase the qutn of whether is possible to be a gay Christian: “stggle agast. ” It is possible for a Christian to stggle wh homosexual temptatns.

Many homosexuals who bee Christians have ongog stggl wh homosexual feelgs and sir.

WHAT DO THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

Some strongly heterosexual men and women have experienced a “spark” of homosexual tert at some pot their liv. Often, homosexualy is sgled out om this list.

If a person stggl wh homosexual temptatns, that person is prumed to be unsaved.

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIAN PARENTS RPOND IF ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN OUT AS GAY?

If a person actually engag homosexual acts, that person is fely thought to be unsaved. It is nsistent, for example, to clare those guilty of pre-maral sex as “disobedient Christians, ” while clarg homosexuals fively non-Christians. Is possible to be a gay Christian?

If the phrase “gay Christian” refers to a person who stggl agast homosexual sir and temptatns – y, a “gay Christian” is possible.

WHY ‘GOD AND THE GAY CHRISTIAN’ IS WRONG ABOUT THE BIBLE AND SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS

However, the scriptn “gay Christian” is not accurate for such a person, sce he/she do not sire to be gay, and is stgglg agast the temptatns. Such a person is not a “gay Christian, ” but rather is simply a stgglg Christian, jt as there are Christians who stggle wh fornitn, lyg, and stealg.

If the phrase “gay Christian” refers to a person who actively, perpetually, and unrepentantly liv a homosexual liftyle – no, is not possible for such a person to tly be a Christian. In some people’s mds, beg homosexual is as much outsi one’s ntrol as the lor of your sk and your height. On the other hand, the Bible clearly and nsistently clar that homosexual activy is a s (Genis 19:1–13; Levic 18:22; 20:13; Romans 1:26–27; 1 Corthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10).

When examg what the Bible says about homosexualy, is important to distguish between homosexual behavr and homosexual clatns or attractns. Homosexual behavr is sful, but the Bible never says is a s to be tempted.

JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT

Romans 1:26–27 teach that homosexualy is a rult of nyg and disobeyg God. One of the us of rebelln agast God is homosexualy.

First Corthians 6:9 proclaims that those who practice homosexualy, and therefore transgrs God’s created orr, are not saved. A person may be born wh a greater sceptibily to homosexualy, jt as some people are born wh a tenncy to vlence and other ss.

The same is te wh a sceptibily to homosexualy.

SHOULD A CHRISTIAN HAVE GAY IENDS?

Pl lists many of the ss that the Corthians once practiced (homosexualy is on the list).

In other words, some of the Corthians, before they were saved, lived homosexual liftyl; but no s is too great for the cleansg power of J. The problem wh homosexual attractn is that is an attractn that God has emed sful, and any sire for somethg sful ultimately has s roots s. So, homosexual attractn do not always rult active, willful s—there may not be a nsc choice to s—but sprgs om the sful nature.