"A Word On Sexuality"

Upon careful reading of Romans 1:18-32, we have God proclaiming that the Gentile world is under God's just condemnation for sins. God does not take to anyone undermining His faithfulness and truth with their ungodliness and unrighteousness (Rom. 1:18). Whether anyone likes it or not, agrees or disagrees, one of the underlying teachings that God is opposed to is homosexuality. Too many are working too hard to get around Romans 1 when they insist that homosexuality is just as pleasing to God as heterosexuality. When we reduce human sexuality to a mere animal passion we have taken leave of God's holy word and His holy character.

The man entered my office asking some time with me. He had two gold crosses around his neck and well dressed. He sat down and said he had come in the name of the Lord to ask me a few questions. His first question was what do I believe about homosexuality in regard to God? Secondly he asked if I would be accepting of homosexuals in the congregation here. I replied, "Of course as long as they have repented and been washed in the blood of the Lamb!" It lead him to his conclusion to inform me that he was the "pastor" of the local homosexual church and that preachers like myself were destroying unity in our city. As his anger flared, I asked him to explain Rom. 1:24-27 to me to which he abruptly replied he owed me no explanations and left, telling me I would hear from him again.

God's trying to save people from their sins. Homosexuality is not the only sin mentioned in Romans 1 and God's wrath is poured out against all unrighteousness of man. Homosexuality is just one sinful behavior that man has embraced. However, God having it recorded helps us to understand how far from God man strays. Homosexuality is the result of man's degrading passions moving further away from God's creation and purpose (Rom. 1:26-27). God's judgment falls upon such and until each one comes to understanding the nature of God and His power to save, man will be led further down the road to being deceived about their sexuality.

Just as many homosexual people are moved by lusts to degrading passions and desires, the heterosexuals must realize they too need to abstain from the driving force of lusts in their heart that takes them into pornography and other sexual acts conceived in private. God speaks to those who have been cleansed by the blood of Christ to abstain from all sexual immorality and know how to possess their bodies in holiness and honor (I Thes. 4:3-5).

I realize that what I have written infuriates those who stand by the homosexual lifestyle. They resent being told they are acting on degrading passions because God gave them over to that. They guard that they were born this way and it's not a matter of choice. They believe it is normal just as the variation of ethnic groups. But our Creator and Sustainer of our lives, our God and Father says NO! God is trying to get mankind to turn to Him for strength, healing and cleansing. The only question left is do we trust and believe Him?