Like why did He decide to do that too me? Like whats the point? Why me? And why do some Christians say I'm bad? How would they like it if God gave them over to shameful lusts?
Romans 1:26
"Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
2007-01-06 04:04:12 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oooo....that should be a bumper sticker...!
2007-01-06 04:08:11 · answer #1 · answered by heart o' gold 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
You should try reading the rest of the chapter, rather than just this one verse. Probably He hasn't turned you over to your shameful lusts. But if He has, it is because you would have it no other way, and resisted His love and mercy to pursue your own ugly self-degradations. God is all knowing. He would only turn someone over like this if He knows for certain that you will never repent - even if you were given a lifetime of opportunities.
2007-01-06 12:49:32 · answer #2 · answered by firebyknight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, any scripture is subject to interpretation. Much of the Bible as we know it was never meant to be taken literally in the first place. There are deeper, esoteric meanings that are overlooked or kept from the masses. You can decide for yourself to whether or not lusts ore shameful. Intimacy/Sensuality/Eroticism is a part of nature and shouldn't be labelled as bad. If you have a balance within yourself, you won't be given over to anything completely. Read up on some Kama Sutra, Tantra, or Taism. People are so stuck on be unreal about themselves that they forget to be honest, balanced, and fair to themselves and others....
2007-01-06 13:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by Justcool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well gee, if you were just with other christians, how would that fulfil God's will?
Jesus spent most of his time hanging out with tax collectors and sinners. The pharasees questioned him about that, saying "If he is the son of God, why is he hanging out with these 'sinners'?". Jesus responded saying that it is not the well who need a doctor but the sick.
So why would God put you with 'shameful lusts'? It's to show his love. You should be honored! He chose you, wow. Who cares what other christians think about you. They're not the ones judging in the end.
"While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and 'sinners' came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?'
On hearing this, Jesus said "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice' For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners." - Matthew 9:10-13
2007-01-06 12:11:59 · answer #4 · answered by Lord_French_Fry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ezekiel condemned Sodom and Gomorah for wealth, ease, arrogance, and ignoring the poor, but never mentioned SEX.
That verse in Romans declares the same thing; Pride, ease, and false worship was punished by God throwing them into a homosexual culture. Homosexuality is present at all times, but when a civilization reaches its peak: Greece, Rome, Imperial France (Marquis De Sade)....and perhaps another country I can't just place my finger on it, now...a homosexual culture appears under the guise of compassionate laws, promoting it.
It's the result not the cause, a sign that a culture is about to collapse.
Good Luck
2007-01-06 12:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just be careful that your urges do not result in harm or suffering for you or anybody around you. If you feel that this is the case, well, seek help. I don't know if this will help you too, but I have found that it is physically impossible to simultaneously feel aroused and do complicated math problems in your head. Works every time.
As for why God would do this to you, the Christians will write long sermons about how you are still guilty for the sin of an ancestor several thousand years ago, or that the Omniscient One is testing you, or that you are evil beyond reckoning for unclean thoughts and you must follow their god or face an eternity in an underground torture chamber (you wouldn't happen to be a masochist...?) The atheists will smile, try to give good advice and walk away.
2007-01-06 12:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. NoneofYourbusiness 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God did not do anything to you, you did it to your self, because you have no morals. Blame yourself. You say bad things, try as hard as you can to be disrespectful to others on here, your own ugliness is why you are bad, not because of what others say. Take a good look in the mirror, that is the cause of all of your problems, not God, the Christians, Muslims, Americans, or whatever excuse you came up with today. Get a job, maybe that will fill your day out better, and you will has less time to dram up imaginary conspiracies.
2007-01-06 12:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, if you want it that bad...here you go, so to speak.
If you want to be in that lifestyle so bad and want to be with someone of the same sex, then here you go. God will not give his seal of approval to that lifestyle, so if you want to be in it.............
It doesnot mean however, that a person cannot get out of that kind of life and come back to God.
"All manner of sins will be forgiven men..." Matthew 12.31
If we will reoent and turn away from these things, The love of God will fill our hearts and things will be made right.
John 14.6 "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father except by me."
Romans 10.9-11 "9 If you use your mouth to say, "Jesus is Lord," and if you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you will be saved. 10 We believe with our hearts, and so we are made right with God. And we use our mouths to say that we believe, and so we are saved. 11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be disappointed."
But also read Hebrews Chap 6
it mentions what happens when we persisit in sins we know we should give up. There is no forgiveness available to us then.
Hope that helps.
Jesus Loves You
2007-01-06 12:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by revshankumc 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read the answer for yourself: Romans 1:25. Apparently, you have changed the Truth of God into a lie, and worshipped the creation rather than the Creator. At least that is what the verse you have chosen says. If that doesn't fit you, why claim it?
2007-01-06 12:25:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When God gives someone over to shameful lusts its usually because that particular person has continually pursued and rebelled against God divine plan for their life. In other words, if you really want to live in your sins, then God will let that happen. He will let you go down a road of perdition that will result in more shameful sin and ultimately death. This kind of life is degrading and a betrayal of oneself. But God made a way for us to escape that through repentance and faith in his son Jesus Christ.
2007-01-06 12:21:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is because you changed the Glory of God into defiled mankind or animals (Idolatry). The iniquities are passed onto the 3rd & 4th generation of those who hate God (Exodus 20). An addiction is an iniquity bondage. Hating God is as simple as rejecting who He Is and / or loving other gods (idols, sports, sorcery, spiritism, creation, etc. Or disobeying Him. When one loves idols more than God, then God turns them over to the lust of their flesh.
We have all sinned and gone our own way, but God sent His Son that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but will have everlasting life. Just confess Jesus Christ Lord of your life, and give all your shameful lusts to Him. His blood washes every sin away. But you have to give it to Him.
2007-01-06 13:53:12 · answer #11 · answered by t a m i l 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋