Homosexuality,is it a sin ?

Homosexuality , is it a sin ?

We hear a lot today about homosexuality . I do not see that word in the bible . Is it in the Bible, and is it a sin , as so many say ? And are there any homosexual Christians ?

The Bible does not use the word homosexual or gay or lesbian , in defining people who are attracted to the same gender as themselves. The Bible tells us ,” If a man also lie with mankind , as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination ( Lev.20:13) What the bible states is if they do such a thing its an abomination, and under the Law of the Old Testament times they both would have been put to death, as the rest of that scripture states.

In the New Testament, it tells us,” Because that ,when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart were darkened . Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like unto corruptible man, and to birds ,and fourfooted beasts , and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts , to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator , who is blessed for ever , Amen . For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections : for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another ; men with men working that which is unseemly , and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind , to do those things which are not convenient ; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication , wickedness , covetousness ,maliciousness ; full of envy , murder , debate , deceit ,malignity ; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God ,despiteful , proud , boasters, inventors of evil things , disobedient to parents , Without understanding , covenant- breakers, with out natural affection , implacable ,unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God,that they which commit such things are worthy of death,not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. “ ( Romans 1:21-32)

There both in the Old Testament and also in the New Testament it's pretty clear that any man or woman that lays with the same sex, as they do the opposite sex , it is unnatural and unseemly, and it's vile affection, wickedness , and simply put , it is a sin. And those that engage in it, are worthy of death.

But lets examine this a little deeper. There is a word used in scripture that pretty much describes and explains all these vile and wicked acts of sexual sin. The word ,' lasciviousness ' defines all these actions perfectly. From this word we can from it's definition also define other words that fit and make the whole of the actions. Lasciviousness, defined means; inclined to lustfulness, wanton , lewdness, arousing sexual desire, lecherous,salacious . Now your might say that does not fit homosexuality any different then any act of sex, whether homosexual or heterosexually . And your right, but lets continue. From the word ,lascivious or lasciviousness, we get these words and definitions as well. Lecherous , which means ,excessive sexual activity,erotically suggestive,indulgence in sexual activity,arousing sexual desire or interest,lust. Salacious defined ; appealing to or stimulating sexual desire. Lustful,Bawdy ,lewd ,libidinous ,wanton, obscene ,sexual imagination. Lewd defined ; Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire, lustful,obscene, indecent, obsolete wicked , immoral , offensive sexual behavior . Libidinous defined ; exhibiting lustful desires, lascivious, full of sexual lust . Bawdy defined ; Vulgar, lewd , indecent, obscene , lustful , immoral, wicked . Vile defined; Disgusting ,morally depraved, degrading,wicked, loathsome , evil ,Abominable . And everyone knows Affection means, act of affection or acting upon, state of being affected . Put those two together , Vile Affections and you have ; acting upon disgusting and degrading, morally depraved , wicked, evil , Abominable acts.

Now does that describe homosexuality ? Of course it does . But homosexuality is not the only sexual sin mentioned here. Masturbation, oral sex,sodomy , fornication, adultery, sexual imaginations, incest , bestiality , and so on and so forth. Yes, homosexuality is a sin, but so are all these other things .

God does not separate sin from sin. All sin according to the bible results in separation from God. The bible tells us , “ For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” ( Romans 6:23) All sin equals death . It is that simple. And it takes repentance and forsaking sin and receiving Jesus Christ into ones heart and life to be free from sin. We can not battle these problems on our own. Our flesh desires to be satisfied. But that does not give us the freedom to sin, just to satisfy the flesh and it's desires. The bible tells us, “ I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God , that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice , holy , acceptable unto God , which is your reasonable service.” ( Romans 12:1) We have to forsake sin and strive to put it away from us . And by those Mercies of God, we can.

So just by what was given here we see that the word homosexual is not in the bible , however the acts of homosexuality is, and Yes, it is a sin. But are there homosexual Christians ? The answer to that is , No . The bible tells us , “ Know ye not that ye are the temple of God , and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy , which temple ye are.” ( 1 Cor.3:16-17) No person who commits the acts of homosexuality, can be filled with the Spirit of God . Yes, the homosexual can be saved , but he or she would be cleansed from all sin and then they would have to forsake that sin . The Blood of Christ washes away every impurity of sin, and it also cleanses all desire to continue to partake of that sin. Yes, you will be tempted and yes , you will have to battle to over come thoughts and feelings an emotions related to the sin you came out of. Whether that sin is homosexuality, fornication, adultery, lying, stealing, covetousness ,pride ,lusts , envies ,whatever it maybe that is a weakness in you. We as the bible tells us, after we are saved, we are as little children .( Eph. 5:1) We have to learn to grow and learn the things of God. We have to be lead of the Spirit of God to learn how to overcome the weaknesses we have. We have to put on the whole armor of God , to be able to withstand the wiles of the devil , our enemy.(Eph.6:11)

What many do not understand is that the outward or fleshly acts or sin, come from the heart. Many homosexuals claim they were born that way or they have a gene that makes them that way or they can not help who they are, or the worse excuse, God made me this way. No, God made males and females, he did not make homosexuals . He did not make a woman a man, nor a man a woman , and sets laughing cause you are stuck in the wrong body. That is just an excuse to continue in the sin of lust . The Bible tells us this; “ For all that is in the world,the lust of the flesh,and the lust of the eyes , and the pride of life , is not of the Father , but is of the world .” ( 1 John 2:16) And it also states this ; “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Do ye think that the scriptures saith in vain ,The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? But He giveth more grace ,Wherefore He saith,God resisteth the proud , but giveth grace unto the humble . Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you . Cleanse your hands,ye sinners ; and purify your hearts , ye double- minded . Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” ( James 4:4-10) We have to obey God and resist the temptations of committing sin. It's our soul, and its our life . If we fail and or forsake the gift of Salvation, we forsake God and the eternal life He promised . It's up to you. When we purpose in our hearts to repent and do the right thing God hears us, again as the scripture stated, “ He resists the proud and gives grace to the humble.”

What did I mean that sin comes from the heart ? The bible tells us, “ For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit . For every tree , is known by his own fruit . A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks . And why call ye me, Lord , and do not the things which I say ?” ( Luke 6:43-46) So a homosexual who talks the sin of homosexuality and commits that act as you see by scripture how can they call Him Lord and not do what He says ? They are corrupt trees and have evil in their hearts . People have the idea that what you wear or eat or things of that nature defiles you. But it is not true. The bible explains it this way; “ there is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him ; but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man . Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man , it cannot defile him : Because it entereth Not into his heart , but into the belly , and goeth out into the draught , purging all meats ? That which cometh out of the man , that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,adulteries, fornications , murders,thefts,covetousness , wickedness ,deceit , lasciviousness, and evil eye , blasphemy , pride , foolishness : all these things come from within , and defile the man. “ ( Mark7: 15-23) Simply stated, homosexuality as all lusts and sin does, comes from the heart of man and out of his or hers heart defiles them. And that sin separates them from God . So again, No homosexuals are born again Children of God . Yes they can be saved, yes , God loves them and died for them and Yes , they can be changed . But it has to come from their heart to repent and forsake sin .

We do not battle this body. The bible states; “ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world,against spiritual wickedness in high places .” ( Eph. 6:12) Then it goes on to say put on the whole armor of God so you can stand against it. If we would just simply remember it starts from within us .We look, we think, we imagine and then we act . It starts from within us, not from the outside. We can look at many things and not react at all, but certain things cause a thought and a desire and then instead of resisting, we hesitate and allow the thoughts and our minds and heart to wonder, and that friends is where we stumble and fall. Makes no difference what weakness or issue you have, when you set and ponder on it day after day, at some point you will act upon it. Whether it be homosexuality, fornication, adultery, covetousness, lying, stealing , envy, lusts of all sorts. It all goes back to the worldly things, The lust of the flesh , the lust of the eye, and the pride of life . People desire it from within and then it proceeds out from them. From a simple thought to an action.

Jesus made the statement ; “ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” Now , here again we see sin from the heart . You do not have to perform the act to sin, here Jesus tells us to “look and desire or Lust”, after them from your heart is the same as actually doing it . Many homosexuals make the statement I am homosexual but I never act upon it, well quite frankly that's a lie. If it's in your heart to do, you have already done it. Same goes for heterosexuals, just cause you did not act upon your desire, that desire is in your heart to do it, it's the same as doing it. The Bible tells us to flee fornication, that's people that are not married, joining in sex with other people who are not married . That has become a big thing now days. Young people are now degraded if they remain virgins until marriage. The are bullied and mistreated. The world has called evil good , and the good evil , and the bible tells us that would happen as well.( Isaiah 5:20) Many refuse to hear truth and continue to engage in acts in sexual nature but not intercourse and they say it's not real sex, or a bad thing. But as you can see by the definition of lasciviousness, it covers it all . Sin is sin and there is no excuse , nor justification for it . People who commit adultery with some one else wife or husband , is just as much wicked as a homosexual. Many married couples engage in disgusting sexual acts and say it's fine because they are married, that's not true . The bible explains to you it should not be . We are to love our wives as God loves us, and likewise the wife to honor her husband , love and honor is not performing acts that degrade or treat your spouse as an object of wickedness . The term lasciviousness shows you that simply and correctly. Sodomy is vile and evil , no matter who is performing it. Being married , both a man with a woman is no more right then homosexuals engaging in the same act . Sin is sin and wrong is wrong and there is no justification for it.

Yes, people fail and make mistakes. But a mistake is when someone does something unintentional and or gets caught up in the moment . But for most , that is not that case. Many plan it out, and with premeditation, go through with the plan and then make sure they are at a certain place , around certain ones or whatever the situation maybe, but they insure they are in the middle of it and then if and when it's done, then want forgiveness or the excuses to be accepted. An alcoholic , can not be in a bar and then later say I am sorry I drank. The adulterer can not go to his mistresses house and then ,say I did not mean for it to happen . Or fornicators make arrangements to meet other fornicators and them claim it was a mistake. No we have to resist sin and every temptation. But we also have to separate ourselves from the things that will tempt us and cause us to fall. The Bible tells us; “ Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us .” ( Hebrews 12:1) We have to lay them down. Set them aside , and not partake of them. That is up to us to do . God will help us and He Promises us He will ; “ There is no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful , who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape , that ye may be able to bear it.” ( 1 Cor. 10:13)

Also salvation is from the heart .Many attend a church or a group and go about their daily lives , living anyway they wish and because they attend a religious facility that some how equates salvation. Well it does not. Many have been hurt and battered cause they went to these places and among these who claim to be Christ like and have been a partaker of the rituals and services and have been told many things, and they believed they were doing right, only to battle the failures in their life and because they had man made religion and not real salvation from God, they stumbled and fell. And the so called Christians they were among hurt them with words and deceits and blame , and separation. Even those struggling with homosexuality, are told now days it's all fine and God loves you and just come to our church , no one will speak against you and we will tolerate your lifestyle . But what happens when that lifestyle leaves them battered and torn and hurt and diseased and or afflicted and depressed ? They continue getting patted on the back , being told it's O.K. God loves you anyway ? Just come to our church ? The Truth is , it is Not O.K., not at all. Your life is a mess, and God is the Only way to get out of that mess . Jesus Christ died for you. When He hung on the cross and took the sins of mankind upon Himself, He took , fornication, homosexuality, lasciviousness , lechery, salacious , lewdness , lustfulness , adultery , stealing, lying , treachery ,depression, your hurts, your fears, your pain, your place.....He took it all !! He was punished for your sins and my sins . He took our place in Judgment and took our place in hell . Just cause He loved us , and wanted us to be free, and have that ability to come to Him, as we are, and be set free from the bondage, of sin . Yes, even the sin of homosexuality . You can be free of it's hold , all it takes is repentance and belief that what He said He would do, He will indeed do.

There is coming a day when full judgment of this world will take place . And make no mistake, sin will not enter heaven, nor those in whom it dwells. No church, or temple, or synagogue , no man made religious group, no professional doctors, or psychiatrist, no scientist , and no known remedy, will save your soul . Only through and by the blood of Jesus Christ can you be set free and inherit eternal life . Salvation is from the heart, a heart of belief, in what God has said, He will provide. The bible tells us ; “ That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead , thou shalt be saved . For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation . For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed .” ( Romans 10:9-11) Remember it's what comes OUT of man , from His heart, whether it be good treasure or evil ., sin or repentance, life or death, it's the choice we all have to make and it's from within us , to make it, one way or the other, there is no in-between . Your words and your actions speak for themselves and it's those things God judges .

But one other thing. It's through marriage , of a man and a woman that sex is allowed. The joining of that relationship and only that relationship can two become one . The Bible tells us , “ The wife hath not power of her own body , but the husband ; and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body , but the wife .” Also right before that it says, “ To avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife ,and let every woman have her own husband . Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence , and likewise also the wife unto the husband .” ( 1 Cor. 7:2-4) It goes on to tell us , “Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female ; For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife ; and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh . What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” ( Matthew 19:4-6)   I believe that sums it up, very well.

The Bible Man