Does God Want Gay People to Become Straight?
God saves gays but do you think He wants them to stay gay? (by Jeremy, California)
Rick Brentlinger answers:
God delights in saving gays and everyone else who repents of sin and trusts Jesus Christ alone for salvation.
Nothing in the Bible indicates that God is in the business of changing people's sexual orientation.
So the answer to your question is, Yes, God wants gays to stay gay because that's the way He made them.
That
doesn't mean God wants people to live sinful lives or promiscuous lives
or selfish lives. Gays and lesbians who get saved are changed into the
image of Christ, from glory to glory, as they walk with the Lord and
obey Him day by day.
Jesus indicates that one's sexual orientation is fixed at birth and is not a matter of personal choice, Matthew 19:3-12.
Romans
1:26-27 deals with a particular historical situation in first century
Rome. Cybele, the Protectress of Rome and the reigning fertility
goddess of first century Rome, was worshiped by throngs of people in
five worship sites across the Imperial city.
Paul specifically
pointed out the sinfulness of women and men who rejected the true God
to worship false gods like Cybele. Paul in no way intended his words to
be misinterpreted to apply to lesbian couples or gay couples.
In my book, Gay Christian 101, I list 15 interpretations of these verses.
I provide scripturally and historically accurate insight into Romans 1 at these Links.
http://www.gaychristian101.com/Romans-1.html
http://www.gaychristian101.com/Romans-And-Shrine-Prostitution.html
http://www.gaychristian101.com/Against-Nature.html
http://www.gaychristian101.com/Romans-1-And-Homosexuality.html
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God does not want gays to stay gay.he doesn't even want gays..he loves the person but not the sin. he states in the bible that feminine men will not go to heaven. and that gays wont go to heaven.
God made me gay . Why would He want to change what He has created. God loves His gay children whom He created. End of story.
It's not for others to decide what God wants for me. Sorry.
It's not for one person to decide what God wants for another. To do that, is to play God.
Changing our lives, no matter what that decision might be, is ours. I beleive that Gd calls us back to him no matter how far away we are, even homosexuality , and the Bible says that He calls back those whom he loves by virtue of chastisment and correction. So I suppose you someone where living the lifestyle of homosexuality if they felt it was wrong and felt Gd showing them it was wrong they should, in my opinion praise the Gd of heaven,because that means He loves them and is calling them back.
You might not agree with this but I do, completely and wholeheartedly. My story at www.hope7.highpowersites.com
Its soo good to be back! Gd bless you!
I read your "story." It is full of lies and hatred. That's definitely NOT what Jesus would do.
God bless you, too. I hope that God is able to bring the truth and love to your mind and heart. It is very difficult to see past the hatred and fear with which misguided teachers infuse young minds, but I trust that God will reveal the truth to you in the end. God loves all God's creations, including God's gay children .
that you can prove is a LIE!! You made the challenge now DO IT!
My story is at www.hope7.highpowersites.com and I challenge ANYONE OUT THERE TO PROVE IM WRONG! Because I know you cant and I know you wont. Go for it!
The fact that you blame gay teachers in California for acts of rape and murder committed by criminals.
I think that you are troubled in some way, and my heart goes out to you for whatever has brought you to this state of mind, but you may not simply spread libel with impugnity. Blaming gay people for the acts of murderers, rapists, promiscuous IV drug users... That's no more acceptable that it would be for me to blame YOU for those things. You didn't do it. I didn't do it. Put the blame where it belongs and pray to God to heal and forgive the people who actually RESPONSIBLE for bad things, rather than trying to pin blame on innocent people.
You dont even profess to know Gd let alone His only son Jesus. Jesus would save someone from killing themselves and homosexuality is killing people in droves, not just physically, but spiritually as well, and even more importantly is their spiritual death because that effects not just this life but eternity too.
You can choose to serve yourself or Gd but its your choice. I choose to serve Gd! I beleive I have made the right choice.
What makes you say that I don't "profess to know God?" Why would you assume that I am not a Christian?
I, too, believe I have made the right choice by choosing to serve God. And I would ask you to prove your assertion that committed, loving, monogamous relationships between two people of the same gender are "killing people in droves."
You say Jesus would not approve of disapproving of homosexuality but the OT spelled out what sexual perversion was and he told sexually immoral people to SIN NO MORE.
You ignore the evidence against same-sex unions and adoptions and choose to place children and our society, as a whole, in danger.
My estimatation would be that you have made your choice, and that ok, its just not the right one,in my opinion.