Sadly, when people think of a Christian's view of gays they think negative things. Hateful words may even be used.
But GOD and HATE and PEOPLE are never used in the same sentence. God
doesn't hate people. God does just the opposite. He loves us so much
that he sent His only son, Jesus, to die for us while we were still
sinners. When I say sin, I am talking about anything that falls short of
the glory of God, that is a lot of things.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." -Romans 5:8
So even while we were
sinning, God still loved us enough to kill his son. I am a sinner. I
will always be a sinner. Yet God still loves me. What makes me greater
than any person who is gay or lesbian? Nothing. We are all sinners. I'm
not saying the act of having sexual relations with the same sex is not a
sin, but what I am saying is it is just as bad as all my sins. Yet GOD
STILL LOVES ME. Thus, GOD STILL LOVES YOU.
My main goal in this blog
is to make Jesus' love for all so evident. Every single person does not
match up to the glory of God. I want to apologize to any person who has
been hurt by the words of any church. I pray that this blog might
change your mind at least a little bit. =]
That is really well said and thought out. It's one of those things that has always bothered me. How people are so quick to stick up their noses and judge those around them so negatively. Yes it is very hard to talk about religion and sexuality in the same conversation. but it's a very important topic. Jesus loves us all equally and for people to feel they are HATED for their sexual orientation is just wrong. I'm looking forward to reading your posts.... Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment! I'm glad you will be reading my blog. Feel free to continue posting how you feel about it =]
ReplyDeleteI fail to see how someone who is gay or lesbian is supposed to feel accepted when they are being told that their sexual orientation is inherently sinful. If being a homosexual is sinful, wouldn't it be preferable for that person to not be a homosexual? You're still telling people that they are wrong for being themselves.
ReplyDeleteAre you talking about feeling accepted in a church? If a person is a Christ follower they aren't called to feel accepted in this world, they are called to follow Jesus. I truly believe that if someone is in love with Jesus and that Jesus is their savior, they will feel accepted by Jesus. And to answer your other question, yes I believe it is a sin to have homosexual relations, just like it is a sin to do many other things, including not follow God.
ReplyDeletePerhaps people don't feel hate from God but they feel hate from the people who are in the church. I've known many strongly religious people who came out in their church and received horrible responses, many that I would classify as "hate." These people are still religious and still love God and Jesus and everything else. However, they aren't welcome in what was once their church family. I think this is why many LGBT people claim to feel hatred from religion. It's not necessarily from God alone, but from the people who follow God.
ReplyDeleteFrankly I think some of that hatred from other people comes from the information you're spouting here. God loves everyone. Period. I haven't read the bible cover to cover, but I'm pretty sure God just wants everyone to love each other and get along. But when people start to say that the way one man loves another is a sin, but this man is allowed to love a woman in the exact same way without it being a sin, that's messed up. LGBT people aren't hurting anyone, and I don't think God would want them to feel bad for the love they feel. But when you tell them they're a sinner, it makes them feel less than they are, and that's not right. Shaming people and telling them their love is a sin is not right. That is harming someone and to hurt another human being is a sin. I think you should reconsider how you discuss this topic if you don't want to alienate any LGBT Christians you may know.
That is wrong and I wish that wasn't true. The church needs to love the person, no matter what. I agree that people do feel hate from the church, and it is sad. This is for sure something the church needs to work on.
ReplyDeleteBut Christianity does say that everyone is a sinner.
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"- Romans 2:23.
I am a sinner. I will honestly tell you that I am a sinner. Here is another verse about that:
1 John 1:7-9 "But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness."