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Originally Posted by Orthodoxy
What do you guys think about this blog post?
The common myths listed are:
Myth #1: Gay people, including Christians, always choose their same sex desires.
Myth #2: Same-sex attracted Christians can always experience a complete reversal of their desires, and, in essence, become straight.
Myth #3: Any Christian who continues to experience same-sex desires is in sin.
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I read the blog, and I would say the author has succumbed to a myth which itself needs to be "debunked": the myth that there is such a thing as a "gay-oriented" Christian.
The second myth the author perpetuates is that the Bible differentiates between thought and action. "As long as I only think homosexual thoughts and don't engage in homosexual practice, I'm okay."
I'll address the second myth first. According to Mt 5:28, Scripture does not differentiate between thoughts and actions. If we allow sinful thoughts to develop into lusts, even if we don't act on them, the Bible says it's the same as if we had acted on them. That's why Paul said we are commanded to bring every thought "into captivity to the obedience of Christ" (
2Cor 10:5).
Now, the second myth: there is such a thing as a "gay-oriented" Christian. Paul said:
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such
were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God" (
1Cor 6:9-11 NASU).
According to Paul, regardless of our prior unrighteous "orientation", after becoming born again, we are no longer associated with those titles/labels/sinful states. We become "new creatures" in Christ:
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;” (2 Cor 5:17-18 KJV)
As regards to our sexuality, there are only two "orientations" in Christ as a new creature: those who are disposed to heterosexual marriage, and those who are celibate (Mt 19,
1Cor 7,
Heb 13:4, etc.). Again, all sexual thoughts which occur outside the context of heterosexual marriage- regardless of the subject matter- are to be "brought into captivity to the obedience of Christ" (
2Cor 10:5).
So we see from Scripture that there is no such thing as a "gay-oriented" Christian. If a Christian- a "new creature" in Christ Jesus- experiences a particular temptation, they are to bring those thoughts into captivity to Christ, and we are promised that no temptation we encounter would be so strong as to bring us into bondage, but that God will give us the victory over it (
1Cor 10:13).
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