A blog is a place to express your opinions, thoughts and feelings. So, today, I am going to utilize it for such.
I have Facebook and have seen posts all week about equality, equal rights, gay marriage, etc. I have kept my opinions to myself and just overlooked the comments and debates. Yesterday, I saw a picture I liked about how marriage is God ordained between a man and a woman. I shared it and within 3 minutes someone commented on it. Seriously? I have nto shared my opinion in this matter at all and the moment I do (which is against the world views) I am targeted.
You want my opinion? Well here it goes.......
Marriage was created by God for man and woman. In the Garden of Eden, God looked at Adam and said it was "not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18) so he created a suitable helpmate - a woman, Eve. God says that when a man leaves his mother and father, he takes on a wife. (Genesis 2:24)
God instructed Adam to "be fruitful and multiply", meaning to reproduce to fill the earth with people. A man and a woman have the correct "parts" that fit together by God's design to procreate and have children. God created the family unit - a man and a woman in order to have children.
Homosexuality is mentioned on numerous different occasions in the Bible - in Old and New Testament.
- Sodom, Genesis 19 - Lot was in the city of Sodom and God sent two messengers (aka male angels) to Sodom, Lot took them into his home and the men of Sodom beat on his door demanding him let the men out so the could have sex with them. Lot begged the men not to do this "wicked" thing and even offered up his daughters to them because he knew what an abomination it was. In the end, the men were struck blind and Sodom destroyed.
- Leviticus 18: 22 calls having sex with a man as you would a woman "detestable".
- Leviticus 20:13 again, calls it detestable and the two should be put to death.
- In Judges 19:22 it speaks of "wicked" men that demanded to have sex with the men inside the house.
- In Deuteronomy and 1 Kings and 2 Kings it mentions homosexual acts as cult prostitution.
- In 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 is says - "Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
- Romans 1:26-27 speaks of women giving over natural desires for unnatural ones and men committing shameful acts with other men.
- 1 Timothy 1:8-10 states - "We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine."
In the New Testament, Jesus doesn't pin-point homosexuality, per say. He speaks of all sexual immorality as in Mark 7:20-23. There are 44 references to sexual immorality - including adultery, bestiality and homosexuality.
With that being said.....
I strive to be Christ-like even though I have no hopes of being who he is. In doing so, I love the sinner, hate the sin. I am a sinner like the next person. I sin daily on many different levels. However, I do not condone my sin. I have a temper and lash out at times. I know this is an issue (being angry isn't a sin but how you act in that anger can be). I do not say "that's just the way I am". No, I recognize it as a sinful act and strive to overcome it.
I have gay friends. I also have several friends that were gay but found Jesus and now are not. If homosexual acts were not a sin, then once people find Jesus, why do they turn away from it? You do not hear straight people finding God and becoming homosexual.
I love all people just as Jesus would, or I try to. I do not condemn, for it isn't my place to do so. However, I do not condone sinful actions. I have friends that lie - you are my friend by I don't condone your lying nature. I have a brother that is a murderer - he is my brother but I don't condone his act of murder. I have friends that steal - you are my friend by I don't condone you stealing. I have friends that are promiscuous - you are my friend but I don't condone sex before marriage. I have friends that are gay - you are my friend but I don't condone your lifestyle.
It is not my place to cast judgment on you or your actions. I am a sinner just like everyone else on this planet. I had sex before marriage, I have lied, stolen and been disobedient. I have done drugs and been drunk, I had sex outside of marriage - I am a sinner. However, I am a new creation in Christ and while I have done those things in the past, I recognize them as sin and no longer do them. I am not saying I never do anything wrong but I strive to be holy and consecrated.
With that being said, I hope those that read this don't lash out about my thoughts on the subject. I figure you have your freedom to say what you want, I have mine. I try to share my thoughts in a loving way as the Bible states we should.
I look at the world today and realize there is a shift happening that people don't even realize. We are legalizing abortion, we are legalizing sexual immorality, we are creating a world where "let's all get along" is a tag line. Let's all get along as one world - ONE WORLD.
I am a Christian, I do not hide this fact. However, I fear that the line is being drawn and persecution is on the horizon. I will not compromise my relationship with Jesus to make the rest of the world happy.
Romans 12:2 - I will not conform.
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