Christians: Is This Wrong?

Question

I have a friend who is gay. He is such an amazing person, and I just love him so much. I want him to be happy... and the fact that he's gay just doesn't even mean anything to me because I love him for who he is. If he likes someone, would it be sinning for me as a Christian to hook them up?

Answer 1

Please review Romans Chapter 8

8:11 A man may so parade his knowledge of what is legitimate for a Christian as to cause a brother in Christ to stumble. The word perish does not mean that he would lose his eternal salvation. It means not the loss of being but the loss of well-being. This weak brother's testimony would be hurt and his life would be adversely affected as far as usefulness for God is concerned. The tremendous seriousness of so offending a weak brother in Christ is indicated by the words for whom Christ died. Paul's argument is that if the Lord Jesus Christ loved this man so much that He was willing to die for him, we should not dare to hinder his spiritual progress by doing anything that would stumble him.

8:12 It is not just a matter of sinning against a brother in Christ, or of wounding his weak conscience. It constitutes sin against Christ Himself. Whatever we do to the least of His brethren we do to Him. What hurts one of the members of the Body hurts the Head as well. In dealing with each subject, the apostle leads his readers to view it in the light of the atoning death of Chris. It is an appeal drawn from the deep and tender love, the sufferings, and the dying groans of the Son of God. Sin against Christ is the highest of crimes. Realizing this, we should be very careful to examine all our actions in the light of their effect on others, and to refrain from doing anything that would cause a brother to be offended.

God's purpose for creating man and women was to be fruitful and populate the earth. They were created as perfect fits for one another in their bodies and minds. Again, with the fall of mankind, these purposes were conflated with seeking self gratification and excess.

Morality is defined by an ultimate moral authority, God. If you are a non-believer, then you have no objective moral truths.

Since God, speaking through the inspired prophets authoring the books of the bible, declared homosexuality a sin, then it is a sin.

Thus, homosexuality is just one of a litany of the degradation of the perfect moral state found in original creation. Homosexuality is just one of a plethora of sins now existing in the world. Like all sins, we hate the sin, but we love the sinner.

On the scale of the depravity of sin, homosexuality is no greater than other sins, just that it is practiced openly ("in your face"), so the reaction by some is over the top. Yet when we do some personal inventories of our own sinful natures, I am sure we are found wanting.

Here are some sources related to homosexuality for you to review.

Myths:
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/homomyth.html

Theology:
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/homotheo.html

Happiness to Christians is more than the needs of the flesh. Continue to pray for strength to resist your urges and strive to be obedient to the scriptures.

Answer 2

It is very good that you love you gay friend. You should love everybody because that is what God commands. No matter what culture or background they have. However to help promote an immoral lifestyle (if it gets to that) is obviously prohibited by Biblical Standards. Since you are asking this question it seems to me you might want to discuss this with your pastor or a church elder about this proposed hook up. For many years I have had any number of gay and lesbian friends and aquaintences living here in LA that I both work with and socialize on pretty much all levels, but I don't think I would ever promote hook-ups, not even with straight people. It can cause difficulties down the line.
I Cr 13;8a

Answer 3

I think cupid is not supposed to be involved.

If we personally start looking at people, for people, it may be that we have an attraction for that other person. Especially when we try to find someone like ourselves for another, it may be part of ourself that we want for them.

So my question to you is; What if you did hook up that person to your friend and they became lovers? But little did you know that the other person had AIDS and your friend got it and died. Would you feel Guilty? I think I would.

Sometimes people are Gay but are happy without an intimate relationship. So let you friend choose where they want to be. (It sound like friends with you)

It is the same for a hetrosexual person too! People have soul mates out there. If you offer someone a platter of food they will eat it and if they don't have to shop they may eat it off your platter forever. He may do it to please you too! So let him go out and shop.

So my answer to your question is; let your friend choose his action and lifestyle without your help! Like you said you love him for who he is. Be his best friend and he may go on living.

Buy the way sometimes the 3rd wheel is just that. So his new relationship may alienate you from the friendship you have at this junction in time.

Answer 4

Would it be wrong to show a bank robber a easy bank to rob? You may and should love someone for who they are despite their sexual preferences, however God has said he would give no one temptations they could not handle, That doesn't to mean they can just turn away from sexual tendencies like you would turn away from things like getting into a unnecessary fight. They may need more help than they have alone and should see someone with greater knowledge of their afflictions. That is one affliction that I am very glad was not gave to me as I know I would not have the strength to over come and I think the people who have it must be some of the strongest people or spirits.

Answer 5

i might desire to respond to this on distinctive ranges. at first - incorrect attitude. faith gets you deluded, in basic terms like those church homes that believed in geocentrism or a flat earth. with out searching for/utilising testable evidence, there is not any thank you to make certain your ideals are actual or fake. in basic terms asserting "i think! i comprehend it is actual! I do! I Do! I do" does not in itself make it so. So confident, it is incorrect to bounce to conclusions with out evidence. faith is a foul concept. It additionally encourages rejection of evidence that conflicts with the prevalent dogma. Secondly - incorrect information. mutually as a god could be demanding to disprove, concepts like an earth or universe being 6000 years old are, nicely, nonsense. in basic terms one occasion - there are a number of. i comprehend this does not propose all Christians right here, even in spite of the shown fact that it is various. it extremely is the effect of no longer getting the attitude precise - you leap to conclusions and get solutions that thoroughly conflict with strongly shown information. Thirdly - incorrect message. There are codes of behaviour and expectancies that followers are inspired to purchase into. Now morality is needed and can choose peer stress, yet Christianity's are nevertheless many times in keeping with a bronze-age society's, mutually as secular societies are plenty extra effectual at achieving consensus and organic balances. Many codes are undemanding and easy everywhere, which comprise do no longer homicide, yet others are actually not, which comprise allowing/banning gay marriage. there is obviously some thing incorrect whilst Christians make up a proportionately intense area of detention center populations, yet i do no longer think of it quite is quite understood or been studied. Fourthly - incorrect wish/administration stability. a lot of people in impoverished societies could be stored that way by the effectual elites utilising the promise of a extra effectual afterlife. this suggests people can stay cowed, afraid of a hell in the event that they insurrection or in basic terms rock the boat, and arranged to positioned up with a foul existence because of the fact a extra effectual one will persist with. in the event that they have been to have self assurance that it extremely is the only existence, they could be much less keen to waste it and the injustices could be tackled with plenty extra power and commonplace help. distinctive believers could have distinctive interpretations, however the above describe the main undemanding problems.

Answer 6

I am a gay Christian. All you can do is introduce them. There is nothing wrong with that. God hooks them up, just like he does straight people. He made man, and he did not make man to live alone, he wanted us to have companions and that is why he made a companion for Adam.

Answer 7

Why are you hooking your friend up? Why can't he hook himself up? you know this is wrong right? Oh and here is the verse to prove it:

1Co 6:9 Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual
1Co 6:10 will share in God's kingdom. Neither will any thief or greedy person or drunkard or anyone who curses and cheats others

Answer 8

Personally, I don't believe homosexuality is wrong. I believe that all the stuff in the Bible about it being an "abomination" was written be man, not God. So if you want to hook them up, I say go for it. He's your friend and you love him. God knows your intentions.

Answer 9

Of course its ok. It wouldn't be Christian-like if you turn your back on him. I have 2 gay friends and they are gr8. Jesus hates sin but loves the sinner. We are not to judge.

Answer 10

You cannot have sin without guilt .Also to sin you would have to break one of the The Commandments.