I am confused about if being gay is a sin?

Question

I've heard people say it is a sin and I've heard others say it is not a sin. How could you really love someone your whole life and it be a sin? Can you not control who you fall in love with? I understand sleeping with a people of the same sex just for the fun of it is wrong just as if you were straight. But if a couple loves each other enough to get married be wrong. Is it still considered sin if you live a gay life style and repent?

Answer 1

god created adam and eve not adam and steve or eve and laura

Answer 2

Dude repentance is turning from sin not continuing in it or ever committing it again, that is not true repentance what you are doing.

Read the examples given in the scriptures concerning Sodom and Gomorrah, why do you think Yahweh gave you those examples? He was showing you the just rewards for living that type of lifestyle.

Yahshua paid the death penalty written in the Law that we all deserve for living a sinful life style, but after you come to the knowledge of the truth, you repent, confess, get baptized and convert to learning to Keep the Laws of Yahweh and not practicing sin as the whole world is doing right now. You are not forgiven for continuing to willfully sin. Sin is the trangression of the Laws, and the soul that sins it will surely die!
Gen 3:4.


Leviticus 20:13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Psa 111:7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

10 The REVERENCE OF YAHWEH is the beginning of wisdom: a great understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures for ever7 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.

Answer 3

Everyone is born with tendencies towards certain sin. Some are more pronounced (cleptomania, alchoholism, etc.) Homosexual tendencies are similar. Just because someone may be born with a tendency doesn't make it right to act on them.

The tendency isn't the sin, just the act (which is a choice). And you're right, you can control who you love, because love is a choice. We should love everyone as brothers (fillial love), but erotic love (eros) is meant to be between a man and a woman in marriage (see Bible).

As to your last question, true repentance would include a change in lifestyle, away from the sin you've repented. I pray that God's grace will continue to fill you, to turn you towards Him, as it did when you asked this question.

Answer 4

In order to understand as to whether or not that is a sin or not you have to go back to the beginning of time. When God created Adam and Eve, He intended it to be one man and one woman in marriage and also for attraction. Now does that mean that people of the same sex are not attracted to each other? No! What I am trying to say that it is a sin not because you're attracted to the same sex, but because that is part of your fallen nature. Sin entered the human race when Adam sinned and therefore sin crept into our hearts and minds and emotions. Homosexuality became a part of life. It is because of the fall. It is a sin nature issue and a heart issue. Its sin because of the fact that is part of your sinful nature. God hates homosexuality because it is sin and it is sin because it came into light when the fall happened. You're not sinning if ur attracted to the same sex, what you do about it determines whether or not ur sinning. If u say, God this is not the way that it is supposed to be and i know that this does not please you and I want to change even though this is how i am currently. Or you can say that kind of lifestyle is fine and you go against the Word of God and what it says and then you're sinning because you willingly choose to disobey God's commands. That is what I say about it. Its a heart issue. Its between you and God. You know what God's Word says, apply it.

Answer 5

The bible is very clear about homosexuality. According to the bible it says that people that are gay will not make it to heaven. You said in your question that you can't control who you fall in love with. I would bring this problem to god and ask him to forgive you. Only god can help you with that problem. I would ask god to help guide you in the right direction. I know many people that were gay, after they brought the problem to god, they were no longer attracted to other guys. It may take days, months, and even years of preying, to change your attraction to woman and not gays. Its not going to happen over night. As for you last question you can't live a gay life style and repent. Repent means that you are really sorry and you will not do it ever again. If you want to be with god, you have to be with him 100%. You can't decide that you will repent, then kiss another guy 5-10 years later. It doesn't work like that. If you do this, then god would consider you a hypicrite. It says in the bible that hypicrites will burn in the hottests places of hell, meaning its going to be worse with people that are hypicrites and that fool around with religion. The bible says that the spirit will not be with man forever. This means that if you keep living this lifestyle and trying to repent, god may turn on you and give up on you. If this happens that means you can never repent. God doesn't like premeditation sin. If you plan on doing alot of bad things, and then repenting later in life, god may not even let you repent. You can't fool or trick the lord. People that have sex also do not make it to heaven. Yes, it is possible to repent, but this means your with god for life, and you will follow his lead to the very best of your ability.

Answer 6

Why shouldn't you be confused, when even the Christian church is divided on this?

There is the Lesbian and Gay Christian movement,
"praying for an inclusive church" ( URL 1)

Which contrasts with Christian movements proclaiming that Gays can and should be "cured".
An example would be "Desert Stream ministries" who aim to provide "a healing/support group in the church for those seeking to come out of homosexuality" (URL 2)

But the divide is not simply a religious one. Homosexual persecution and acceptance has varied markedly in secular countries, as well as religious ones. See the history of Russia for an example. (URL 3)

So is it a sin or a crime? It depends on the viewpoint of the culture, state or nation you find yourself in, and also on personal conviction.

Answer 7

Being a homosexual is not a sin. But any kind of sex outside of marriage is a sin. Even heterosexual sex is a sin out side of marriage and all sin is the same.

Answer 8

No being gay is not a sin, being gay is a normal human variation like height or IQ, nobody straight or gay can choose their sexual orientation, the scientific and medical communities now fully recognise this, gay relationships between consenting adults is not criminal, it's not abusive, it does nobody any harm but rather a lot of good and it is not a sin .
Christianity was wrong about the Sun orbiting the Earth, it was wrong about slavery being okay and it is wrong about homosexuality being a sin and it is wrong about many other things.

Answer 9

God created man and woman to be companions in life. They compliment each other in more ways than just sex. Nevertheless, they necessarily must team up to procreate and populate the earth. That was intended to be done in the confines of families founded by a father and a mother. God is perfectly clear in the Bible that a homosexual lifestyle is wrong. It is contrary to nature, constitutes unnatural affection, lovers of themselves, etc. It is better to live a chaste, celibate life than to be subject to sexual sin. Therefore, you may go through life having close friendships with the same sex and even have brotherly and sisterly love for one another. This is as it should be. What is wrong is to confuse that sibling love, what the Greeks called philos if I'm not mistaken, as opposed to eros (sexual) or agape (Godly), with one of the other types of love. We cannot extend our physical loving to those that belong in the sibling category. We can feel love for persons of the same sex but to be in love with them to the point of getting physical gratification out of it.
You mention repenting. Yes, you can repent and remove it from your life. Isaiah taught us that even though our sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Meaning that God will forgive us if we repent. We must recognize our weaknesses and bear the burden of overcoming the same. With faith and prayer, it is possible.
When I was a missionary, I recognized an attraction to some of the young ladies we were teaching. I had to guard myself against letting feelings develop for them. I knew that I could easily fall in love with them instead of just loving them for being the wonderful daughters of God that they were. So I checked myself in that to never be alone with them and to not allow myself to dwell on their physical merits. People with homosexual tendencies should do the same. Constantly check themselves against those feelings so that they don't get out of control according to the boundaries set by God.

Answer 10

In answer, read for yourself what the apostle Paul said at 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10: “What! Do you not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes [“male prostitutes,” New International Version; “effeminate,” King James Version], nor men who lie with men [“sodomites,” Jerusalem Bible; “homosexual perverts,” Today’s English Version], nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God’s kingdom.” Note that Paul specifically mentioned those who evidently take on a passive sexual role and those who assume a more active “male” role in their immoral relations. Thus he made it plain that God disapproves of all homosexual acts.

This is also evident from Paul’s words at Romans 1:18-27: “God’s wrath is being revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who are suppressing the truth in an unrighteous way . . . God, in keeping with the desires of their hearts, gave them up to uncleanness, that their bodies might be dishonored among them . . . That is why God gave them up to disgraceful sexual appetites, for both their females changed the natural use of themselves into one contrary to nature; and likewise even the males left the natural use of the female and became violently inflamed in their lust toward one another, males with males, working what is obscene.” Here Paul specifically condemned both male and female homosexuality. He condemned homosexual practices as unnatural and “obscene.”

think about it, who knows our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual makeup better than our Creator? God made man and woman, and he put within them the great attraction they have for each other. (Genesis 1:27, 28) He did not make them to have a sexual attraction for someone of the same sex. Furthermore, God has determined that sexual relations between a man and a woman should take place only within the marriage arrangement.—Hebrews 13:4.

This does not work a hardship on us. At Isaiah 48:17, Jehovah God says that he is “the One teaching you to benefit yourself.” Yes, he knows what helps us and what harms us. Although to some the Bible’s teachings may seem hard to follow, they are always ‘healthful teachings,’ that is, beneficial to the mind and the body. (Titus 2:1) Homosexuality, on the other hand, can only be detrimental to one’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
The AIDS crisis is an example of how unhealthy the homosexual life-style is. In North America, homosexual men are by far the most likely to contract the illness. But AIDS is just one of an array of ailments—hepatitis, liver infections, gonorrhea, syphilis, and gastrointestinal parasites—that commonly afflict homosexuals. What fuels this spread of disease? Explains Dr. Joseph Nicolosi: “The compulsive, addictive elements of the gay life-style have been documented by many writers.” One extensive study revealed that “28 percent of homosexual males [have] had sexual encounters with one thousand or more partners. . . . Almost half of the white homosexual males . . . said that they had had at least 500 different sexual partners.”

The book Homosexual Behavior explains that among many homosexuals “there are fears of interpersonal commitment, intimacy, or responsibility . . . The drive for impersonal sex sometimes has an enormously compulsive quality. Some of these individuals may be involved in a dozen or more sexual transactions in the course of a single day or evening.” Could such out-of-control behavior possibly be healthy? Is it not, rather, sick and degrading? Those who indulge in such raging promiscuity clearly are “slaves of corruption.”—2 Peter 2:19.
Besides, much homosexual sex is gruesome, violent, and downright sadistic. The apostle Paul said: “The things that take place in secret by them it is shameful even to relate.” (Ephesians 5:12) Such violence betrays the anger and the pain that lurk beneath the surface of the supposedly “gay” life-style. True, some homosexuals claim that they are not promiscuous. But “monogamous” homosexuals are in the minority—and their relationships are generally short-lived. Even when same-sex unions last, they could hardly be a result of the love described in the Bible. Such love “does not behave indecently.”—1 Corinthians 13:4, 5.

Answer 11

The problem is, even if a same sex couple "loves each other enough to get married", they still cannot get married, and that will never change in the eyes of God or His Church. The state can change its definition of marriage of course, and make such unions "legal", but that won't make them real marriages.

What do you mean "live a gay life style and repent"? If you repent of something, you stop doing it. That's what repentence is.

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