(Romans 1:26-32 NLT) That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved. Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, He abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God's justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
To say you were born to be gay and have lustful desires for the same sex is to call God a liar. Paul clearly points out these desires come from a heart that has set itself against God, denying the Creator the worship that belongs to Him alone in spite of the evidence God has placed before them that He alone is God. Society today is struggling even to know right from wrong and America is paying the price. It’s not just a matter of live and let live but as Congress continues to bend so all groups might have equal rights those who fear God are paying taxes to a government that uses those funds to support sin. I’ve seen gay “pastors” leading gay churches with the idea that God loves all equally therefore because they are born this way and it’s no longer a choice of sin but something the Creator bestowed upon them they have no choice but to “serve” God as they are, no even rejoice in their perversion. God does not call men or women to service He calls us to repentance, only those who are His children are called to serve Him. Paul said, “Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.” Does this not sound like sickness and disease? All because of a reprobate mind that would not acknowledge God or His plan for their lives. Sin is sin therefore telling a “little white lie” or lusting after someone of the same sex both separate us from God. Romans 3:23 “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” (NLT). We are all in need of a Savior because we cannot save ourselves and God planned it this way and that is good but we must acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior and when we do we must turn from our bad decisions admitting that He knows better than us how we might live. They only difference between what we would label a little sin and a big sin is the condition of our hearts. While we start out sinning “little” God’s voice can still be heard, the more we sin the harder our hearts become which means the less we are able to hear Him calling us from the darkness. Once it is clear we can no longer hear Him that is when He allows us to do as we wish but even then all is not lost because once we hit bottom we have one last chance to take His hand. So gays and lesbians continue to fight for equal rights for there will be those who stand for what is right and true but know this the further you press the harder it is to turn to God, not because God has changed His mind about you but because you have seared your own hearts with the hot iron of willful sin. I do not condemn you, you condemn yourselves so again I remind you, we all sin and no sin is too big for God, the Bible tells us His grace is sufficient for all and even Paul referred to himself as the chief sinner (1 Timothy 1:15) which I can relate. Maybe even worse than lusting after the same sex is self-righteousness, how ugly that must be in God’s eyes. It is not which sin that separates us from God but the fact we are separate from God. Hear this, we have but one choice for salvation and to accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior means we must abandon our ways for His for by no other way may we come to the Father.
