God’s Word does not adapt to culture, it transcends it.

Pro-gay theologians, pro-gay apologists and revisionists of Scripture continue their march, their relentless campaign attempting to gain support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning individuals by largely, but not entirely, due to bigotry, malice, ignorance and mean-spirited jokes often perpetuated against the LGBTQ community.

I get that having once sat on the receiving end of being clobbered with Scripture (Genesis 19, Leviticus 18 and 20, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 6 and 1 Timothy 1) by well-meaning but horribly misguided Christians.

That said, to simply quote a Scripture is not the same as to clobber.

I still find it more than intriguing when conservatives quote Bible verses against same sex practice it’s called clobbering, yet when the gay community quotes Scripture while arguing against conservatives, it’s just well, quoting Scripture.

Biblical fact and truth dictate that not one Scripture in the entire Bible promotes same sex practice in any form or to any degree.

Any attempt at validating, promoting or accepting same sex practice as Ok with God requires rejecting all of the above-mentioned Scripture passages as well as ignoring over 31,000 verses in the Bible in which Jesus, Abraham, Moses, Paul, all the prophets, apostles, and disciples universally endorse heterosexuality.

God-given love is not primarily a feeling, but an action toward a person. I believe we often have a twisted picture of love, thinking that what makes a person feel love is how we should show love.

Therefore, to confront him or her with some unpleasant thing would not be loving. To this day, I, not unlike many other men and women, remain grateful our families did not lower the bar or dismiss the clarity of Scripture with regard to same sex practice.

Thankfully and gratefully, my family, and many others continue to love their children while not putting a stamp of approval on a behavior that clearly runs contrary to the teachings of Scripture. Sexual behavior outside of heterosexual marriage, whether homosexual or heterosexual, is sin, and is forbidden by the Word of God.

Today, there are those wanting Christianity, but not without sexual expression. In short, they want it all, a common malady of our time.

Today, even knowing the Scriptural condemnations of same sex practice in both the Old and New Testaments as being clear and final, there are those on a continued quest to find some way to get around them.

Personally, I have friends, acquaintances, and neighbors who are homosexual. All of these relationships can be described as gracious and respectful. Even though our stances may be dramatically different on the topic of same sex practice, we enjoy a mutual respect.

It is possible to be right in one’s beliefs but wrong in attitude or approach. It is appropriate and good to say the right thing, but it must be said in the right way. To dismiss this part of telling the truth, is to make truth a weapon more than a tool, and even the best tool, when misused, can be destructive.

I would submit that many gay people have misconceptions about Christians, just as a lot of Christians have misconceptions about gays. The criticism is often raised that Jesus preached an ethic of love and would never utter harsh words of condemnation. To speak the truth in love is not to condemn the one to whom it is spoken. Heaven knows, it may feel that way.

It does not matter, in the end, whether we can explain why God has spoken in the way He has; the essential issue is what He has spoken. In the end, the Bible speaks the truth in love and pure, true, undefiled love seeks nothing more or higher than the welfare of people – all people.

We absolutely can love men and women with same-sex attraction and even walk with them through the myriads of trials and temptations. But we cannot promote a behavior that God calls sin.

If the Bible doesn’t promote same sex practice, how can Christ-followers promote it?

When God speaks a word on any subject, He speaks the final word.

What would Jesus really say to a homosexual?

True love cannot be about sexual preference. It must be about biblical obedience.

Pastor Phillip Lee
Executive Director
His Way Out Ministries

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