01/07/2026
HOMOSEXUALITY & THE GOSPEL
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Scripture clearly identifies homosexual behavior as sin.
Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 20:13
Romans 1:26-27
It is contrary to God's design for sexuality and marriage.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them." Genesis 1:27
"For this cause shall a man leave father
and mother, and shall cleave to his wife..." Genesis 2:24
This is where Christians must begin.
Not with culture, experience, or personal opinion, but with Scripture.
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Many Christians have treated
homosexuality differently than other sins.
For many people, homosexuality becomes an easy sin to focus on because it is not their particular struggle.
Meanwhile pride, lust, greed, bitterness,
gossip, self-righteousness, and
countless other sins are often ignored.
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
Matthew 7:3
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Because homosexuality is constantly
promoted, we can sometimes become so focused on opposing an ideology that we become desensitized to the people behind it. We can forget there are real people underneath it all.
Many who experience same-sex attraction have histories marked by childhood sexual abuse, rejection, confusion, and other trauma.
Too often Christians focus exclusively on the outward behavior while failing to recognize the deeper pain that may exist underneath.
Jesus did not.
"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Psalm 147:3
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The greatest issue is not homosexuality
in particular. The greatest issue is sin.
Homosexuals.
Adulterers.
Liars.
Drunkards.
Religious hypocrites.
All stand guilty before God.
"For all have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God." Romans 3:23
"as it is written, There is none righteous,
no, not one." Romans 3:10
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Many advocates of homosexuality will say: "Love is love."
But biblical love is not affirming sinful
desires.
"Charity rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth." 1 Corinthians 13:6
Love tells the truth.
Yet it is not loving to tell sinners they must reform themselves before God can save them. That is not the gospel.
It is not loving to point sinners to a false gospel of self-improvement instead of the Savior.
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God's standard is not improvement.
God's standard is perfection.
"Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect." Matthew 5:48
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." James 2:10
One sin is enough to make a person guilty before a holy God. He does not grade on a curve. He demands perfect righteousness.
If salvation depends on our ability to stop sinning, no one can be saved. That is why our hope is not found in our obedience, but in Jesus Christ, who lived a sinless life in our place.
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Scripture teaches that we are justified by Christ's obedience, not our own.
"For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life." Romans 5:10
"Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous."
Romans 5:18-19
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Homosexuality is not acceptable to God.
Neither is any other sin.
But sin itself is not the ultimate issue. Christ paid for sin once and for all.
"but this man, after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God." Hebrews 10:12
The issue is what a person does with Jesus Christ. Scripture says we are already condemned because we are sinners. The determining factor is whether we believe on the Son.
"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. " John 3:18
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Homosexuals are saved the same way anyone else is saved. Not by first becoming heterosexual. Not by cleaning up their lives. Not by reforming their behavior. Not by works. But by faith in Jesus Christ.
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest anyone should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
"But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works." Romans 4:5-6
The free gift of eternal life is available to every sinner who believes on Christ.
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What about a believer who struggles with homosexual desires? The same principle applies to every believer. After salvation, the Christian still possesses the flesh and must contend with its desires.
"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would." Galatians 5:16-17
Whatever the struggle may be, God's will is the same: that believers walk in the Spirit and grow in obedience to Christ. God will chastise His beloved children who walk in disobedience. But our standing before God is not determined by the perfection of our walk. It is determined by the perfection of Christ and His payment for sin. Our confidence is not in ourselves, but in Him.
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"For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified."
Hebrews 10:14
"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures"
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
1 John 5:11-13
Shalom 🙏
