Can a practicing homosexual go to heaven
Is it biblically allowable for a pastor to be gay?
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Some people consider themselves gaybecause they are attracted to members of their own gender, even if they do not perform on those attractions. Their situation is like that of a married person who is attracted to someone besides his or her spouse, but who refuses to act on those adulterous desires. So it may be biblically allowable for a pastor to consider himself gay—that is, he struggles with homosexual attraction—if he is committed to sexual purity, never acts on those desires, and never encourages anyone else to act so (see Romans ). For the purposes of this article, we will define gayas “practicing a homosexual lifestyle.”
This question of whether the Bible warrants a gay pastor was unheard of until the last couple of decades. There was never any question within the churchabout whether a practicing lgbtq+ could or should pastor a church. The sinfulness of homosexuality has never been up for debate until our sexually exploitive culture decided it should be. God’s Word is as clear on the sin of homosex
Can a Gay or Sapphic person go 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 Queer person accepts Jesus but does not change his lifestyle, can he proceed to Heaven? I own a cousin who’s Gay.
—Lucy
You’ve asked a very essential question—and a very difficult 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 gay or homosexual person can acceptChrist, just as an alcoholic, a drug addict, or a mass-murderer can accept Christ. Jesus’ offer of salvation is open to everyone.
Your scrutinize is whether someone can acceptChrist, not change his lifestyle, and still depart to heaven. The Bible teaches that if someone has truly accepted Christ into his life, nothing can keep him out of Heaven. In John , Christ says of Christians,
“I give them permanent life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand.”
So, Lucy the real question, I believe, is whether
How should a Christian act toward a friend who comes out of the closet (as homosexual or trans)?
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As Christians living in today’s culture, it is increasingly likely that we will include some friends appear out of the closet as “gay” or “trans,” and we need to respond appropriately.
We must realize certain proof about God and the human sin nature so that we will hold a proper perspective toward others, including friends who show up out of the closet. As Christians, we recognize that all people depend on love and grace, including friends who come out of the closet. And, as Christians, we are ambassadorsfor Christ (2 Corinthians ). Through Christ, we have a association with the living God. We contain the hope of eternal life, and we can distribute the offer of eternal life with others.
Our response to a friend who comes out of the closet as gay or transsexual differs depending on whether the comrade claims to be a Christian. First, we’ll consider what the Bible would have us perform when an unbelievingfriend comes out:
We should not cut ties with unsaved friends who come out of the closet as gay. Jesus fre
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24Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
26For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with infatuation for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.29They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of vile, dis