Is Being Gay A Sin?

Hello Guys and Gals!

I'm going to comment on another difficult topic today. The question is, Is Being Gay A Sin? Let's see what the bible does say about this first.

'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.' Leviticus 18:22.

Here we see that God has it in the Law that it is a sin for a man to lie with a man or a woman to lie with a woman.

'For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.' Romans 1:26-27.

Here Paul talks about how God gives those who do exchange the natural for the unnatural over to their passions and lets their sin rule their lives and as such they receive their 'due penalty of their error'.

'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.' 1 Corinthians 6:9-10. (Note: effeminate in this instance refers specifically to effeminate by perversion.)

'For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.' Ephesians 5:5.

Paul speaks here about how those who are unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God. More to the point, those who are in these sins will not go to Heaven.

Okay, so now that we know what the bible says about this, let us discuss this in more detail. I'd like to point out that every person, be they man or woman, are born along a scale of effeminate to masculine. Everyone falls onto this scale some where. Men can be either effeminate or masculine or anywhere in between. The same can be said for women.

But does this make you gay? I say no. But that is not the question we are talking about. The question is, Is Being Gay A Sin? But what do we then mean by 'being gay'? I believe that people define this as a man who is effeminate or a woman who is masculine who prefer the company of their own sex instead of the opposite sex. I may be wrong about this definition, but that is how I will define it for the purposes of this discussion.

I think that God loves all of us. Yes, even gay people! But what is it that he hates? As we can see above, He hates the ACT of a man lying with a man and a woman lying with a woman. In other words, He hates the sexual immorality aspect of the thing. Let me be clear, He hates the act, not the person!

But does being effeminate as a man or masculine as a woman make you gay? Well, in today's society it does imply the stigma that is associated with that word. But I still think it falls to the choice of the person. See, the sin is not being on the wrong end of the effeminate to masculine scale; it is not even enjoying the company of the same sex as opposed to the opposite sex; it is more the CHOICE that each person makes to be immoral, or actually commit the ACT, and do that which is unnatural that is the actual sin and that is what God actually hates.

Now I do not have anything against any 'gay' person. I believe that if you're 'gay', then you are facing issues of sin just like a straight person faces issues of sin in their lives as well. We all face these issues. It's just that the issues are different for each person. But it is how we approach these issues and how we deal with fixing these issues that makes us having these issues in our lives sin or not sin. God knows your heart. God knows your actions. Do your actions match up with what is in your heart? Only you and God knows this.

So the question again, Is Being Gay A Sin? I say no it is not! I believe it is the ACT which is a conscious CHOICE of the individual that is actually the sin in God's eyes! So choose not to commit any immoral act and choose by doing so, not to sin!

God bless you all this day!