Will you go to hell if your gay
How Do I Help My Gay Friend?
by D’Ann Davis
“How do I help my gay friend?” This is a question we catch constantly in the Living Hope office, when out speaking at events, or from friends and church members from around the world. Twenty years ago few Christians asked this question, for few knew any same gender attracted people, or if they did know them, they were ignorant to their friend’s struggles. Today almost everyone knows of someone who identifies as lgbtq+ or deals with a measure of same gender attractions. Even if a Christian finds himself in a season of being where he does not personally know of a same gender attracted (SGA) person in his sphere of influence, this interrogate is of utmost importance in light of the change of our customs and the growing willingness of Christians dealing with SGA to openly chat about their issues. So how does one facilitate a gay-identified friend or SGA friend?
The first response I typically give to this question is actually another question. “Does your friend know Jesus?” This is a vital first question any believer must tackle before attempting to help a friend deal with her sexual attractions. This is because there are two different ro
Is being gay a sin?
Answer
In order to answer the ask “Is being homosexual a sin?” we need to disagree some assumptions upon which the interrogate is based. Within the past fifty years, the legal title gay, as applied to homosexuality, has exploded into mainstream culture, and we are told that “being gay” is as much outside one’s control as “being short” or having blonde hair. So the ask is worded in a loaded way and impossible to adequately answer in that form. We need to pause this question up and deal with each piece separately. Rather than seek , “Is being queer a sin?” we need to demand, “Is it sinful to have gay attractions?” And, “Is it sinful to engage in lesbian activities because of those attractions?”
Concerning the first question, “Is it sinful to have same-sex attractions?” the answer is complicated. First, we should probably distinguish between (actively) sinning and (passively) organism tempted:
Being temptedis not a sin. Jesus was tempted, but He never sinned (Matthew 4:1; Hebrews 4:15). Eve was tempted in the garden, and the forbidden fruit definitely appealed to her, but it seems that she did not actually sin until she took the fruit and ate it (Genesis 3:6&n
Can a Gay or Lesbian person move to Heaven?
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I know the Bible says it’s a sin, but it also says that the only unforgivable sin is not accepting Jesus. If a Same-sex attracted person accepts Jesus but does not change his lifestyle, can he depart to Heaven? I have a cousin who’s Gay.
—Lucy
You’ve asked a very crucial question—and a very hard one.
And you are exactly right: there is only one sin that is unforgivable. That is the sin of not believing and not receiving Jesus Christ into your life.
A lgbtq+ or homosexual person can acceptChrist, just as an alcoholic, a drug addict, or a mass-murderer can accept Christ. Jesus’ offer of salvation is unseal to everyone.
Your interrogate is whether someone can acceptChrist, not change his lifestyle, and still travel to heaven. The Bible teaches that if someone has truly accepted Christ into his being, nothing can hold him out of Heaven. In John 10:28, Christ says of Christians,
“I donate them eternal experience, and they shall never perish; no one can steal them out of My hand.”
So, Lucy the real interrogate, I believe, is whether your cousin had a life-changing experience with Christ. Jesus said in Luke,
“Why do you ca
This I Believe: Gay Forever, Hell For Never
You’re going to hell. Yes, you, the young male wearing the clamorous shirt, scarf, and skinny jeans. Yes, you, the student tutor with a 3.8 GPA, who aspires to have a family, who has goals for your life and a career in mind and who was baptized in a Southern Baptist church? none of that matters when the Correctness is that you aren’t organic and neither are your actions.
The previous paragraph is what much of the LGBT (Lesbian, Lgbtq+, Bisexual, & Transgender) community hears on a daily basis from “Christians” everywhere. As a juvenile gay man, I have learned to hide it in front of “those” people; the ones who I know will condemn me for wearing eyeliner in public or holding my boyfriend’s hand. I have quickly learned that in their eyes it doesn’t matter what kind of home I was raised in, what kind of childhood I had, or how many scriptures I memorized between the ages of five and twelve. None of it matters as extended as I want to dwell happily ever after with my handsome prince instead of the stereotypical and “normal” princess that society wishes for me to have.
My God and I contain talked about the fact that I