In the previous post I wrote about homosexuality and in it I said a few things that I feel I did not qualify clearly enough, so I just want to quickly revisit that.
When I wrote the part about how I define homosexuality as a sin, I was not very clear on a few things. I basically said I regard it as a sin because it misses the mark on the original purpose God had for mankind, which was to bear His image, be fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth.
Some people then asked what about people who are infertile? Or people who are celibate? Do I see that as sin too?
At the time I wrote that I was thinking in absolutes. In other words if every man and woman on earth were homosexual. God has a purpose for the individual, but I was talking about His purpose for us as the entire human race. Our collective purpose. But thinking back I admit my reasoning was not flawless and as such need to find an alternative perspective to this issue in this regard. So here goes:
In the first post I said a Christian’s identity is Christ, and that Christ is not a homosexual. I still believe that. As such, when a Christian engages in homosexual behaviour, they are merely walking after the flesh, and not walking in the Spirit. If they were walking in the Spirit, they would be expressing Christ, who is not gay. Walking in the Spirit is walking in faith. Therefore walking in the flesh is not of faith. Everything that is not of faith is sin. Therefore homosexuality still misses the mark.
I think that is much simpler. But I am sure some will disagree…
I have received emails from both sides of the debate, but I was overjoyed to receive emails from people who were homosexuals, and who got delivered out of it by the love of Christ. One lady got set free after decades of living as a homosexual, and she said how I explained it is how it happened to her. She came to know her true identity in Christ and got set free. I have asked her to write her story and I will put it in an upcoming post.
Grace and Peace!
Cornel
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I’m glad you addressed the subject. I makes us seek God and get an answer. In my first post to your first article, I said, “best explanation of the topic I have ever read”. You didn’t agree, and I retract that line, because now that I have had time to think about it and meditate and pray. I don’t think it was either.
Your re-visit is better. I’m looking forward tot the lady’s testimony of how she was set free.
I personally believe there is some demonic deception going on… not just in a homosexuality, but other unlawful sexual sin.
Cornel, I think your first post about homosexuality made sense. I think it’s people looking for excuses that say that you didn’t make sense, or trying to be smart, they look for “loopholes” to make it sound as if you didn’t explain clearly, but reading becomes tiresome of it gets drawn out, and you explained as much as you could in the shortest way possible.
The problem with legalists is that they tag certain sin as worst than others, such as making a big issue about homosexuals, but overlooking fornication. Sin is sin. I don’t let homosexuality stop me from sharing the good news with homosexuals, but preach Christ and the righteousness He has given us in exchange for our sins. The rest is the Lord’s work and walking in the Spirit changes us ‘naturally’ without much effort on our part.
Cornel, I really agree with your understanding on this topic. Great insight and truth. I would go further and add that even unbelievers(those without the ‘new man’) are still living a lie if they choose to acknowledge that they are homosexuals. Even the sin nature is alive within them, the sin nature is only a set of desires that interpret deeper (god-given) desires in an untruthful manner. I believe Jesus would even look at unbelievers and say “that is not who you really are made to be”. Therefore thinking of anyone as ‘homosexual’ is really not in line with the truth of who they really are (believer or unbeliever). Thanks for this post!