These are the days of Adam and Steve, the days of drag queens and drag kings coming to the forefront of society. Days of fluidity of gender and the third gender. LGBTQs, once an oppressed community are becoming the ‘in’ folks, in society today.
Sin is the transgression of the Law, the law God gave humankind. The Lord God was the brilliant designer and creator of the entire universe. The Genesis Creation Week account clearly states that God created them male and female. God realised, we find in Genesis Chapter 2, that man was lonely, and fashioned a custom-made made creature, a woman, to suit his needs.
The pivotal verse on human marriage in Genesis 2:24, states that man and woman will leave their parents and cleave to each other and become one. The act of sexual consummation is that between a woman and a man.
Satan wanted to pervert this beautiful God-given gift of sexuality. One perversion he made was homosexuality :men to have unnatural sex with other men. And the women also did likewise. These perversions are not something new. They were seen in ancient Near East. Homosexuality was predominant in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah during the times of Abraham and Lot. God warned these cities, judged them and burned them because of their evil ways, including their homosexuality.
Jude has this to say, "Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire."
There are no two ways about it. It is in black and white in the Law. In Leviticus 18:22, Moses proscribes homosexual conduct. He says, "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination." An abomination is something which the Lord our God abhors. And we as His children also have to abhor it. We cannot practice these unnatural practices if we are His children.
Paul condemns homosexuality in no uncertain words. He says, "For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And 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. They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice."(Romans 1:27-28)
"But we are made that way. We have this predilection, this nature. Times have changed now. We are not in the times of Sodom and Gomorrah. In these modern days, we can do what we want to do, and you have to let us have our freedom," they say.
As human beings, as friends and colleagues of ours, we continue to love and care for these people. But our faith is that the Word of God, the Bible is inerrant. As it challenges the same-sex relationships point blank, we cannot condone such relationships.
We do love and forgive these brothers. We offer the pardon of the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour to them. Only they must be quick to turn away from that sin, repent and seek forgiveness from the Lord. The Lord will surely forgive them and help them to stay straight and in Him.
The Divine designer made us in order to have sexual relations, a man with a woman and not, a man with man or a woman with a woman. These are perversions of the sacred gift of pure sexuality which the Lord had given us.
These types of sinful practices are abominable to God. God abhors such practices.
In this permissive world today, the LGBTQ community is being uplifted. It is not politically correct to say what we are saying. Laws are being changed and same sex marriages are legalised in many countries. In these circumstances, we, as believers in the Bible need to take a stand.
If we indulge in them how can we have peace with God? No brothers, this cannot be possible. We have to reject and put away from us these practices. If we had indulged in such things, we can ask God and He will heal, He will forgive us and He will receive us. We can be sure of this.
It is very strange to find that the evil one has so blinded people that they believe in same-sex marriages and same-sex churches. Homosexual men and women are being ordained as Pastors and Bishops. How far have we gone from what the Lord wants from us? May God help us. Let us love these brothers and sisters while firmly rejecting the sin they commit!
By Dr. M. Anthony David M. D.
Creative Communicator for Christ