Daily Devotional for Thursday June 20, 2002

Is Homosexuality Really a Sin?

(1 Thessalonians 4:3)

I am appalled at the SPECIAL on the Nickelodeon cable television channel Tuesday night geared towards children, with the very clear message that there is ?nothing wrong with engaging in homosexual behavior?. Let me say very clearly, there are two LIES that you will always get from the pro-homosexual community. 1) 10% or more are gay. WRONG! Every study ever done that was NOT funded by the pro homosexual community says that 1% or less of the population will EVER engage in a homosexual act. 2) People are ?born gay.? WRONG! There is absolutely ZERO scientific evidence of this, despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent by the pro-homosexual community to try and prove that this is true.

IT IS A CHOICE OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE!!!

It is incumbent on parents to sit down with your children and explain to them, that those who choose to commit acts of homosexuality are doing so in rebellion to God and that it is a sin, just like stealing is a sin, lying is a sin, and murder is a sin. Just because someone says it is OK, DOES NOT MAKE IT OK! With all of the attempts by the pro-homosexual community to indoctrinate YOUR CHILDREN that is an acceptable choice, parents must be proactive to help their children understand that this is SINFUL CHOICE and is 100% against God?s plan.

In God?s eye, sin is sin. Those who engage in acts of homosexuality are no more or no less a sinner than those who choose to commit adultery. The difference however, is there is NO pro-adultery lobby that is doing all it can to make society accept their sinful choice as ?normal behavior.? There is no pro-adultery lobby doing specials on Nickelodeon telling your kids that it is okay to be an adulterer!!!

Is homosexuality really a sin? If you accept the Bible as the inspired, inerrant Word of God, this is a resounding YES. Not out of some homophobic fear, or out of ignorance and intolerance, but because God clearly defines this activity as sin. There is a vast amount of scripture referring directly to a man/man or woman/woman relationship being sinful. Rather than using those passages, I chose today to use a passage from Paul?s letter to the church at Thessalonica. It is here that the Bible simply states fornication is a sin. Just in case you thought today?s Devotional was going to be a tirade against homosexuality, you are wrong. You see, homosexuality is clearly a sin. But as per the definition of fornication, sexual relations between two people who are not bound by marriage, anyone who engages in sex outside of a Biblical marriage (one man, one woman) is committing sin. There is absolutely no gray; it is very black and white.

While we are quick to point to homosexual behavior as sinful, and we acknowledge adultery as sinful, we also must understand that any type of sexual activity between two people who are not married is just as sinful. Having sex with a schoolmate, someone you work with, or whoever the other person may be is a sinful act. I am working hard to drive this point home because many in the church, many good people who know Christ and are saved, are also living a sinful lifestyle when it come to their sexual activity. Like every other aspect of our life, we must come under the Word of God and abide by God?s plan for our sex life, just as we must do that in our finances, our health, and every other area of our life. If you haven?t gotten the message yet, living together without being married is just as much of a sin in God?s eyes as those living in a homosexual lifestyle.

What this ultimately means is choosing what you want for your life . . . God?s blessings, or the heartache and pain of living in rebellion to what God has ordained for our life. I do not have to even ask those who have been involved in illicit affairs and sexual activity outside of the bounds of marriage the consequences of those choices. I read the thousands of emails daily . . . abortions, broken homes, children without a traditional family unit, pain and heartache when things ?don?t work out?, and on and on and on it goes. As I have pointed out so many times. God has given us free will to make our own choices. He has given us the instruction manual on how to live life His way. When we choose His way, there are blessings, peace, and contentment. When we choose our way, there is pain and heartache and destruction. Again, it is your choice, but God loves you and has tried to show you His way in very plain and simple terms via His Word.

I really do love you and care about you. I am so glad God gives me the opportunity to share each day a word that will challenge you and encourage you to be all that He has raised you up to be. The Christian life is one of balance and one of obedience. We can do so well in some areas, yet fall short in others. My goal is to get you to do an entire inventory of every aspect of your life. Note those areas where you are doing well in following God?s will, and those areas you need to work on. God will help you, strengthen you, and guide you when you are open and willing to do it His way. I pray today, that you will open your heart and find the strength only He can provide you, to rise above the desires of this world and make your heart-felt goal each day to die to self and live for Him!