Is there such a thing as a Homosexual Christian? Or is this an oxymoron? Or perhaps this is the wrong question altogether? As the “Same-Sex Marriage” debate heats up in Boston, politicians, religious leaders and gay-rights activists across the nation are all watching and jockeying for their respected positions. Mans wisdom is on parade. It should prove to be quite a show!
The most radical redefinition of marriage in centuries is going to have deeply disturbing consequences. Listen to the written words expressed by Chief Justice Margaret Marshal in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court opinion finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage; “Certainly our decision today marks a significant change in the definition of marriage as it has been inherited from the common law and understood by many societies for centuries,” and she continues “But it does not disturb the fundamental value of marriage in our society.”
That is either the most dishonest assertion or the most naive. Either way, it is false! Thankfully the tide of public opinion seems to be changing. Even the Gay activists feel the tide is turning against them.
However the real issue at hand here is not “same sex marriages” but rather Homosexuality. This issue can only be solved in the light of God’s wisdom and not man’s wisdom. “The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.” Proverbs 3:19 (KJV)
To find out what God has to say about Homosexuality we must turn to the authority of the Scriptures. For far too long now man has set in judgment of the Word of God. We must remember that it is the Word of God that judges us not we the Word of God. The Word of God says what it means and means what it says. If we find things in the Word of God that we do not agree with or seem unreasonable to us it is we who must change to conform to the Word of God. We can never change the Word of God to conform to our thinking or to our ways of life. “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” Deuteronomy 12:32

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah found in Genesis chapter 19 is enough for most honest hearted people to conclude that God does not and never will sanction the sin of Homosexuality. God loves the Homosexual as He loves the Adulterer and desires both to repent of their sins. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” I Corinthians 6:9-11

However, those that desire to justify their lifestyle exhort to Biblical gymnastics. These acknowledge the Biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah to be true but rather than this account condemning Homosexuality they assert that in fact the condemnation in this story is of Homosexual rape not of Homosexuality and that God Himself endorses all loving, committed relationships regardless of the gender of the union. This is of course not a Biblical view or a correct interpretation. Some will try to make a very humanistic appeal and say that there is a distinction between a brutal act of Homosexuality and respectable Homosexuality. There is no such thing as “respectable” sin! “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23. We all find ourselves locked into a world of sin. Sin finds different ways to express or manifest itself (i.e. drugs, murder, adultery, and homosexuality) but it is all sin. Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” John 3:5 There must be a heart change in a saved individual. The saved person now sees his sin in the light of God’s Word. His disposition to sin has been changed and consequently does not continue in that sin. This is not to say that one might accidentally slip back into sin but that the lifestyle of sin should cease. “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” I John 1:6-10

This Worldly thinking, a deluding of the Word of God has even entered into the so called church. Pastor Cornelius Brantley of Grace United Methodist Church believes and I’m quoting him that “Homosexuality is a gift from God.” While the Scripture tells us that we are made in the image of God (“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27) nowhere in Scripture is it written that “Homosexuality is a gift from God” because indeed it is not. Homosexuality or the act thereof is a sin. Just like adultery or fornication are sins. God loves the sinner but hates the sin. Likewise we are called to love the Homosexual but hate the sin of Homosexuality. Abuse, mistreatment, and persecutions toward Homosexual people should not be found coming from the Church of the Living God.

Scripture is quite clear on the matter. “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” Leviticus 18:22 This Hebrew word for “adomination” is to-ay-baw' and defined as follows: “properly something disgusting (morally), that is, (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol: - abominable (custom, thing), abomination.” Listen to one modern translation of Leviticus 18:22 “Don't have sex with a man as one does with a woman. That is abhorrent.” (MSG)

Another scripture which speaks to the abomination of Homosexuality is again found in the Book of Leviticus. “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” Leviticus 20:13

An abomination is not open for debate with God. An abomination is always an abomination with God. But those that seek not to repent and justify their ways will do what is commonly referred to as “Scripture Twisting”. Let me give you one example of Scripture Twisting. Some will say that an abomination isn’t always an abomination and they’ll quote Isaiah 1:13 which says “Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; [it is] iniquity, even the solemn meeting.” They want you to believe that “an abomination is not always an abomination”! By sighting this scripture they are trying to suggest that poor old God doesn’t always mean what He says and say what He means. After all are not worship services, prayers of the saints, offerings unto the Most High things which God Himself ordained to be done. So how could what God has commanded to be done in fact be an abomination! Because they were mixed or done with iniquity! Even attending Church, praying, giving of alms, healing of the sick, if done “with iniquity” is not acceptable with God.

The New Testament is not silent on the issue of Homosexuality. Let us read what Paul under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost wrote concerning Homosexuality and other sins. I suggest a complete reading of Romans chapter one to get the context in total. But for space sake I’ll only list verses 26 through 32 “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 recompence 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, covenantbreakers, without 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 1:26-32

Is it the “theology of the world” (the study of the mans thoughts) we appeal to or is it the “theology of God” (the study of God’s thoughts). The theology of the world is void of repentance and void of the newness of life that the Bible tells us that born again believers have experienced.

The issue is not equal rights for all. The issue is not same sex marriage. The issue is not discrimination. The issue is not treatment. The issue is sin. Christianity and Homosexuality will continue to collide. It’s unavoidable while there is a true Bible believing Church in the earth.