im homosexual but im also christian...my sin doesnt make me any less devout as someone else. sin is sin.
my collegue at work has 'witnessed' to me about my sin and im more than willing to discuss it with him and discuss ways to be closer to Christ
and my advice to you is dont force it upon people or make them feel guilty. the guilt that people feel has led them to terrible things such as losing their faith, taking their own life etc.
be compassionate.
we all want people to be saved but we dont go around pin-pointing people's bad points and ploughing into them until they repent, so dont forget that there is a person beyond the sexuality. whether they are ready to change or not is between them and God and all you and i can do is lead them towards following Jesus. Christianity is absolutely wonderful and we want people to know that is it ALL about Jesus...not about being in a hetrosexual relationship
That's the thing. None of us are allowed to judge. After all, it is written that if you call on the name of the Lord Jesus you will be saved. Signed, sealed and delivered. People don't realise that being a Christian is about being under His constant influence. Whatever changes we need to go through to make it into His kingdom will be done in time. After all, with Jesus as the author and perfector of our faith, He is not going to leave anything unfinished in any of us. It's only by grace that anyone can be saved, not by works. I as a heterosexual Christian, am at least as dependant, if not more on the Lord's grace than you are. In Christ, all of us will be shaped, molded according to the Lord's will. None of us are able to make it without His grace, His influence and His teaching.
To all those desperate to "witness to homosexuals";
Matthew 7:3-5 (New International Version)
3"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
im homosexual but im also christian...my sin doesnt make me any less devout as someone else. sin is sin.
my collegue at work has 'witnessed' to me about my sin and im more than willing to discuss it with him and discuss ways to be closer to Christ
and my advice to you is dont force it upon people or make them feel guilty. the guilt that people feel has led them to terrible things such as losing their faith, taking their own life etc.
be compassionate.
we all want people to be saved but we dont go around pin-pointing people's bad points and ploughing into them until they repent, so dont forget that there is a person beyond the sexuality. whether they are ready to change or not is between them and God and all you and i can do is lead them towards following Jesus. Christianity is absolutely wonderful and we want people to know that is it ALL about Jesus...not about being in a hetrosexual relationship
Hi raz! I agree with many things you shared here. That it is all about Christ and only Christ. You also shared that sin is sin and that my sin doesn't make me any less devout as someone else. I totally agree that sin is sin and a Holy God sees all sin as sin regardless of how we may see or feel about individual sins including our own. However, I'm curious as to how a sin can make me more or less devout to Christ. Isn't repenting all about surrendering to Christ and turning from our sins against Him? the conscience that God put in me would tell me that I'm not devoted to Him if I continue to rebel against Him and sin against Him. I may have misunderstood you here. Please clarify as I'd like to learn more.
To all those desperate to "witness to homosexuals";
Hi there. I don't know if those who are desperate to witness to homosexuals are really judging in the sense that Jesus was speaking about. I think some may, but perhaps not all. I think people are people and we are all pretty messed up, so I always thought it should be pretty easy for us all to see that we are desperately in need of a Savior. Of course I was wrong, so I could very well be wrong about people's intentions here to witness to homosexuals
However, Christ's command to make disciples and to preach the Gospel is pretty clear and straight forward. Now, that is to all people as all are sinners. Romans 3:10, 3:23
So I'm hoping that people are desperate to witness to everyone....that includes liars, thieves, blasphemers, adulterers, murderers, fornicators, idolaters,........and the list continues.....of which I'm all of these. Now, if no one had been desperate to witness to me and tell me about the wonderful and mighty Savior who I can surrender to, I would still be traveling 200 miles per hour straight into hell knowing that I'm a sinner and condemned already but not knowing any way out.
Witness to homosexuals the same way you would witness to anyone else. Homosexuals are people just like you and I. They are not some kind of worse sinner than you and I. They are sinners just like you and I but they are not worse than you and I due to their sexuality. God accepts them for who they are. That said, when witnessing to a homosexual, try to be non-judgmental.
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