Encourage him to not focus on his homosexual feelings right now. He needs to focus on Jesus and all Jesus has done for him. Remember, God loves him even though he is a sinner. Encourage him to seek and receive the Holy Ghost. He needs regeneration before he can understand, the carnal unregenerated mind can't receive the things of God. Then encourage that he pray and search the Scriptures himself. Encourage him to allow God to reveal why it isn't in God's divine plan for him personally.
God is love. God only desires that we love others as ourselves. Homosexuality can't truly manifest "love" as God desires, only varying degrees of lust and self serving fraternity. When he realizes the depth to which he has allowed himself to use others and be used by them, only then will he begin to see why it isn't pleasing to a God who is truly "love".
Essentially, isn't this the core of all sexual sin? The gratuitous use and abuse of self and others for selfish gratification? Such is void of true love.
One cannot truly love their neighbor... and continue to use them to fulfill carnal lusts as though they are objects to gratify the flesh and self.
Encourage him to not focus on his homosexual feelings right now. He needs to focus on Jesus and all Jesus has done for him. Remember, God loves him even though he is a sinner. Encourage him to seek and receive the Holy Ghost. He needs regeneration before he can understand, the carnal unregenerated mind can't receive the things of God. Then encourage that he pray and search the Scriptures himself. Encourage him to allow God to reveal why it isn't in God's divine plan for him personally.
God is love. God only desires that we love others as ourselves. Homosexuality can't truly manifest "love" as God desires, only varying degrees of lust and self serving fraternity. When he realizes the depth to which he has allowed himself to use others and be used by them, only then will he begin to see why it isn't pleasing to a God who is truly "love".
Essentially, isn't this the core of all sexual sin? The gratuitous use and abuse of self and others for selfish gratification? Such is void of true love.
One cannot truly love their neighbor... and continue to use them to fulfill carnal lusts as though they are objects to gratify the flesh and self.
Other than "the bible says so," Christians have no valid argument why the behavior is wrong. If someone wants to argue that homosexuality is unnatural, consider the fact that there are over 400 species where homosexuality is common, and only one species is anti-homosexual.
Other than "the bible says so," Christians have no valid argument why the behavior is wrong. If someone wants to argue that homosexuality is unnatural, consider the fact that there are over 400 species where homosexuality is common, and only one species is anti-homosexual.
Not the same as saying homosexuality is a sin without using the Bible, but the National Organization for Marriage has a pamphlet of "77 incontrovertible statements in support of Natural Marriage" without using religion. Incontrovertible! Sadly, it seems that it is no longer available online. I read some of it a while back. It was funny.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Other than "the bible says so," Christians have no valid argument why the behavior is wrong. If someone wants to argue that homosexuality is unnatural, consider the fact that there are over 400 species where homosexuality is common, and only one species is anti-homosexual.
Humans are made in the image of God, Male and Female
they are a divine pair, made for each other.
leave two males in an island and death and desolation will be the only result.
leave a male and a female in an island and a thriving civilization might result.
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**Original Matthew 28:19 Restored**
Humans are made in the image of God, Male and Female
they are a divine pair, made for each other.
leave two males in an island and death and desolation will be the only result.
leave a male and a female in an island and a thriving civilization might result.
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Hebrews 13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty
Other than "the bible says so," Christians have no valid argument why the behavior is wrong. If someone wants to argue that homosexuality is unnatural, consider the fact that there are over 400 species where homosexuality is common, and only one species is anti-homosexual.
__________________ "all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed."
~Declaration of Independence
Other than "the bible says so," Christians have no valid argument why the behavior is wrong. If someone wants to argue that homosexuality is unnatural, consider the fact that there are over 400 species where homosexuality is common, and only one species is anti-homosexual.
"Natural" can have different definitions. It can be argued the female human bodies genetic purpose is reproduction as well as the male, it would be unnatural for men to have sex with men
I remember my physical anthropology professor stating it was the male goal to impregnate as many women as possible and the woman's to be impregnated as many times as possible
It is a function of nature to reproduce
BTW dogs hump legs not because it's natural but because their hormones are raging and they are confused. They are not exhibiting "tibiasexuality". It's natural for them to procreate with other dogs
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Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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