Posted by
Ralph Reagan on Friday, December 26, 2008 12:36:15 PM
God and homosexuality…
Only recently has it occurred to me to even blog about this. Knowing the root Greek words that the Bible uses concerning homosexuality, I have always been thankful the English translators being properly scandalized by them never put the literal words in the KJV or any other Bible, which allows the Bible to be read in mixed company. (This may be a new concept to some younger folks.)
Recently the news media has been promoting a new angle concerning homosexuality and Christianity saying that perhaps Christianity should alter its beliefs…
Well there’s a problem with that if we do then all of Christendom is over because homosexuality is the opposite of Christianity.
First off let’s go over some reasons why homosexuality is wrong:
It’s “yucky”. This reason is unlikely to change any minds but it’s foremost in my mind. Women smell good and are “curvy”.
2. The Bible directly forbids it. Old or New Testament it doesn’t matter God’s intentions are clearly stated. God never changes.
3. The only righteous way to fulfill sexual desires is in marriage. “the marriage bed is undefiled” says the Bible. This precludes homosexuality because same sex marriages are never recognized by God righteously whether the state does or not.
4. Marriage was created by God to be a picture of Jesus’ relationship with the Church.
There are many, many more reasons but these are the ones I wish to address today.
First let’s address the Bible. It is the Holy Word of God, a manual on how to live life.
Jesus said “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every Word of God.”
In no way does a repulsion of sinfulness mean you have some kind of “phobia”.
A repulsion of stealing doesn’t mean a phobia towards thieves.
A repulsion of lying doesn’t mean a phobia of liars.
A repulsion of pedophilia doesn’t mean you have a phobia of pedophiles.
And neither does a revulsion of homosexuality mean a “phobia” of homosexuals. It merely means that you feel like God does!
In creation God made Adam and Eve. That alone says enough. But God in His mercy followed that up with further written admonitions. In Revelation 21:8 onward a whole laundry list of folks are going to end up in the lake of fire namely: the cowardly, the unbelieving, the abominable, the murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and liars.
In the Greek, homosexuals should pay particular attention to “the unbelieving”, “the abominable”, “the sexually immoral” and perhaps sorcerer because it can also be translated “drug user”.
Rather than end at this point, I’d like to offer some hope to anyone who sins in any fashion.
God, being very merciful, does offer salvation to those who ask for it. Those whose names are written in or not blotted out in the Lamb’s book of life are going to make it past “the lake of fire diving trials”.
God made the lake of fire for the devil and his imps/fallen angels a human only gets there by following the devil.
The Bible in shorthand is be in Jesus get to Heaven, be in the devil and swim in the lake of fire.
How do you stop being a thief? Stop stealing.
How do you stop being a liar? Stop lying.
How do you stop being a homosexual? Stop being one.
God can help anyone who wants to stop a particular sin. It may take effort on your part but calling on God is the first step.
After those whose destination is the lake of fire, are cast into the lake of fire. The Bride of Jesus and Jesus will be married. The bride “having made herself ready”—part of which is cleansing from sin.
Marriage is a mystery that we will never understand until then, but in the mean time we can enjoy marriage properly and say God created “Adam and Eve” not Adam and Steve”.