my last question made me think quite a lot. and some questions are really making me believe in God and jesus and everything.
but i am gay. does that mean, no matter how good i try to be or how sinless... i'm can never be a christian because i like someone of the same gender?
2007-02-20 15:23:15 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
wait. what if you're asexual as well? because most of the answers say that gay sex is sin, but what about just love?
2007-02-20 15:36:48 · update #1
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jegay.htm
2007-02-20 15:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The ONLY way to heaven is through the blood of Jesus Christ. It doesn't matter how good a person thinks they are. When I was living in my sin I had no idea of the sin I was living in. Until I received my salvation and looked at the mess my life was in. And through God my life has turned around. I swear, I didn't change a thing, but I have been obedient to God when he tells me I need to give up certain things or not give in to temptations. I would be lying if I told you that it was easy. Some of the things I had to give up I missed for a moment. But the things I had lost all control of God took from me right off the bat. Like the drugs and alcohol, I haven't struggled with any of that. The only thing you can do is give you life to God, listen to hear his voice in your heart and be obedient to what he tells you. God loves you and he only wants what is best for you.
2007-02-20 23:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by t2ensie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dear, same sex physical relationships are clearly listed in the Bible as sin. ALL unrepented sin goes to hell. Being gay is not something you are "born" with (a defective gene or whatever) - it is and always has been a deception of satan to implant a lie in the mind and the mind chooses to believe that lie. Know it for what it is (sin)- repent of it - get it under the blood of Jesus (forgiveness), then live the gender you were originally born with, keeping sexual relationships with those of the opposite sex in the confines of marriage. God is faithful and just to forgive all those who ask Him. It is not a matter of "being good" or "trying to be sinless" - it is a matter of living in right relationship to God, by God's rules not our own. His rules say - Salvation by the blood of Jesus only, & living in obedience to what is revealed in the Written Word of God. Don't "worry" about hell - just come fully to Christ with an open heart.
2007-02-20 23:36:26 · answer #3 · answered by wd 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hell is real and homosexuality is a sin. Those who practice lawlessness will be punished.
Unforntunatley mankind has tried to minimize the seriousness of fornication, which includes same sex. The eternal results - sinners who will be cast into outer darkness!
No person will enter into heaven because of good behavior. Only the righteous will enter into heaven!
In addition, Jesus DID CONDEMN HOMOSEXUALITY!
Jesus condemned fornication. Same sex is fornication. Therefore, fornication is condemned by Jesus!! (Matt 19:9)
Jesus also gave His apostles the authority to go into all the world teaching in His name (Matt 28:18-20). Gal 5:19-21; 1 Cor 6:9-11; Eph 5:3 condemns fornication.
Notice Heb 13:4 "Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers (fornicators) and adulterers God will judge."
Jesus and His apostles condemned homosexuality!
2007-02-20 23:33:59 · answer #4 · answered by TenJac 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you repent of your sins and accept Jesus into your heart and become born again God can and will deliver you from the sin you have mentioned.
the book of romans in the 1st chapter proves this is a curse and Jesus became a curse for us when he hung on the tree.
However I believe with all my heart that this kind of sin comes out by nothing but by prayer and FASTING, that is why so many ppl think that you can not be delivered from this cause they have tried prayer only. You must fast and pray and God will lead you out.
I hope this helps
God loves you
2007-02-20 23:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by wisdom 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does say, in plain english.....no man shall lay with another nor with a beast. Flat up meaning no gay or animal sex.
We all have a weakness...and that weakness is our test by God. Some are weak to food, others to drugs, some to porn, others might be for the opposite sex, others for animals, etc. Each of us has one.....and we are tested for it.
My dad and step bro are both porn addicts, just can't get enough. That is their weakness. Yours happens to be the same sex.
So to accept Jesus and his works and words...he will help you with this weakness.
You are born "gay" as we call it cause society has labeled your weakness. A sin is a sin is a sin to God. Whether you sleep with the same sex or tell a lie...man is who put rankings on such items. A lie and murder are the same to God.
But the important thing is to have Jesus, for he will save you if you ask. Sure you might slip again, and sin from time to time, for that is human. But from finding him, he will help turn you from this weakness so its not so tempting. But to ask for him then blatantly go back to being "gay", he won't accept that, for he knows you didn't try.
Like any hurdle we have for work....we work towards a goal to achieve it. The work of God and Jesus is a hurdle we are fighting for life, a short life.....for the next life is forever.
2007-02-20 23:33:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you repent of your sins, and accept Jesus then no, other wise yes. I understand that you may think becoming a Christian is not worth giving up being gay, but being gay is the same as someone frequently viewing pornography, it's a temptation of the flesh, and if you resist it, in the end the eternal life that follows will be worth it.
2007-02-20 23:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have yet to find anywhere in the Bible where Jesus, himself, condemns homosexuals. I believe that God, our Father, is an ever-loving God. As Jesus said, to know Him is to know the Father. You are a Christian if you believe that Jesus was the Son of God and died for your sins. A true Christian tries to emulate Jesus. So love God above all things...and love your neighbor as yourself. And for all those who condemn you because they call you a sinner remember..."He without sin cast the first stone."
2007-02-20 23:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by fvalenti50 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First thing first. To get into heaven you must trust and believe in the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. He came to save sinners which we ALL are. I do consider homosexuality a sin as the scriptures say. But it also condemns heterosexual sex outside of marriage of which I and many others are guilty of also. The Bible clearly teaches that there are none righteous but God. So please do not say "Because of my sin I cannot become a Christian." Instead say "Because of my sin I MUST become a Christian."
2007-02-20 23:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by Gary M 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, that doesn't preclude you from being Christian.
We are ALL sinners, and no one sin is greater than the other. Without Jesus, we can't become clean of our sins.
People who don't believe in Jesus don't get eternal life. He accepted the man being cruxificed next to him, even though he was a murderer.
Getting to heaven (or going the other way) is not measured by how good or bad someone is. Everything is about Jesus. Accept him into your life and you will notice and understand.
2007-02-20 23:27:56 · answer #10 · answered by Molly 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one, no matter what their sins are,will get a free pass.Lying,murder,adultery,hating the poor,disrespecting parents,false witness,covetousness,etc.All (even one) and any others will send you to hell.Just because the PC crowd wants to make a sin protected doesn't &will not change God's view of any sin.
Romans 10
2007-02-20 23:33:34 · answer #11 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋