How do you deal with a fellow Christian who is gay?
The Bible is clear that this is sin. And I have a feeling that the conversation of "if this is sinful, why did God make me gay?" is going to come up soon. And I want to handle it rightly.
Has anyone else been through this before? Any tips? Speaking in love and directly from the Bible are in my arsenal now. I just want to make really sure that if/when the conversation comes up, I handle it with love and the right spirit.
I'm not sure I have the answer to your question, but will just share my thoughts on the subject.
One might feel a desire to watch porn, or have extramarital affairs, or be single and have sequential partners, but because of what the bible teaches about sex and marriage, we will have a better life if we don't act on those feelings. We don't always understand why people have the feelings they have, but the goal is to pattern our lives after the bible instead of our feelings.
I believe that the Bible is blueprint for having a good life now, along with a good eternity.
It's not your burden to bear. Don't even try. Homosexual orientation is wrapped tightly with the persons identity. You may tell the person that you don't agree with the sin, etc.
What he or she will hear is "I reject you!"
I worked on a job with several gay males and a lesbian. My wifes old boss was a lesbian. We found it was best to treat them like you would any other person living in sin. Show the love of Christ, be friendly, dont lecture, just because you don't loudly proclaim your disgust for their life style and sin doesnt mean you agree with it.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. - Benjamin Franklin
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I worked on a job with several gay males and a lesbian. My wifes old boss was a lesbian. We found it was best to treat them like you would any other person living in sin. Show the love of Christ, be friendly, dont lecture, just because you don't loudly proclaim your disgust for their life style and sin doesnt mean you agree with it.
I agree and practice this.
__________________ "It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity." Dave Barry 2005
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Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
I worked on a job with several gay males and a lesbian. My wifes old boss was a lesbian. We found it was best to treat them like you would any other person living in sin. Show the love of Christ, be friendly, dont lecture, just because you don't loudly proclaim your disgust for their life style and sin doesnt mean you agree with it.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Everyone else - I do not and have no intention of treating this person differently. We are ALL sinners. I just want to do my best to handle the conversation that I see on the horizon.
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