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According to the Bible, God allows sexual activity only between a man and a woman who are married. All other sexual conduct is forbidden.
Sinful sexual activity can be forgiven, to be sure, and the Christian is called to overcome the impulses that lead to sexual sin. This has been the teaching of the Christian church since its inception 2,000 years ago.
With regards to homosexual activity, I encourage you to read the following texts:
In the last two passages, all sexual immorality is cited as sin, not just homosexuality. Read through the Bible and it’s clear that every single one of us is guilty of something that makes us unacceptable to God unless we seek forgiveness of our sin through Jesus Christ.
In the past three decades, LGBTQ activists have demanded the embrace of homosexuality by society and the church. This LGBTQ demand for “equality” has gone viral and their stormtroopers take no prisoners.
They don’t allow Christians to take a “hate the sin, love the sinner” approach. No, they would say that by not affirming homosexuals, we are fostering what they call “hate.” And they desire to outlaw hate and punish those who preach it.
Many Christians don’t know how to stand firm when criticized on this issue. They understand what the Bible teaches on this topic, but the idea of being called a “hater” is mortifying to them and so they try and straddle the proverbial fence. It happens a lot. Here are some examples:
The most recent example is Chick-fil-A. This is a company founded on Christian principles - and it is extremely popular in the Christian community because of that fact. Chick-fil-A got into hot water with LGBTQ groups when CEO Dan Cathy said in 2012 that he believed in God’s definition of marriage between a man and a woman. Cathy was spooked by the blowback and then tried to separate his private beliefs from his company.
It didn’t work, and Chick-fil-A has been targeted by the left ever since and especially since the corporation made donations to groups like the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes which are “hate” groups according to the left. Recently Chick-fil-A ditched the Salvation Army and FCA only to name an LGBTQ affirming organization (Covenant House) one of their new benefactors.
Make no mistake, for those in high-profile positions, the pressure to conform to the world’s standards on this issue is enormous. However, we are talking about mature Christians who should know better than to surrender on one of the great moral issues of our time. And what’s worse, when they cave on this issue – with either actions or silence – they are unwittingly siding with those who ultimately want to criminalize Christianity.
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