The
Homosexualization of America!
"So what's wrong with being gay, anyway? It's my
sexual preference. What difference does it make? Didn't God make us the way we
are?"
So many have struggled with homosexual desires that today there's a growing
confusion as to whether or not its wrong, and whether a person can really be
free from it all.
Where do we
look for answers?
There are a lot of "experts" who seem to come up
with a new "answer" every day, but in order to get the unchanging truth, we
need to look into the Manufacturer's Manual - the Bible.
God has made each one of us in a special way, "custom designed" really. In
fact, He holds the only patent on the human race. So if anyone knows how we're
supposed to work the best ... He does! And to show us the right way to live,
He has given us the Bible - the most printed and read book in the world.
To keep us from destroying ourselves and each other, God set up certain laws.
It's because He really cares about us that He did this. God isn't some kind of
kill-joy trying to prevent anyone from having any fun, rather, His laws are to
enable us to get the maximum out of life. His rules aren't a bunch of
arbitrary "does and don'ts" either. They all make total sense. God wants us to
be filled with real happiness, and through the Bible He shows us the way to
life, and the way to death.
Just about everyone recognizes the fact that murder is wrong. We don't think
it's wrong because there's a law against it, rather, we made laws because it
was wrong. If you said, "Hey, I don't like this law of gravity. It's too
confining. I want to be free..." and proceeded to step out of a 10th. floor
window-you'd end up destroying yourself (and maybe someone else too!). The law
of gravity only recognizes reality. In the same way, the laws of principles
that God has given us in the Bible only show us the way things really are.
America as a whole is decidedly ignorant of even the most basic truths of the
Scriptures. Tom Hanks' comments at the 1994 Academy Awards are a perfect
example. On the verge of tears, he paid tribute to those homosexuals who have
died of AIDS, declaring them to be now "angels in heaven," affirming their
position of security in the arms of a loving and beneficent God. When active,
practicing homosexuals die, do they indeed go into the hands of a loving God
who will transform them into angels? I'm afraid Mr. Hanks is getting his
theology more from the TV series Highway To Heaven, rather than from the
inspired Scriptures.
Did God make some people homosexual?
God makes it clear that He never intended men and women to be homosexual, and He also makes it clear that those who practice these things cannot be at peace with Him or even at peace with themselves. Homosexuality is not an alternative lifestyle, rather it is sin. He told us a long time ago...
"Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." —1st Corinthians 6:9,10
And again He warns us...
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." —Leviticus 20:13
Because of God's great love towards us, He has given
us these warnings for our own good and they must be obeyed even as we must
obey the laws of the land or be punished.
God has clearly spoken against the sin of homosexuality because it is contrary
to His design for human reproduction and to protect people from disease. Man
refuses God's Word because it's not what he wants to hear and as a result
tragically reaps the consequences.
I find it amazing how children understand God better than most intellectuals
and scholars do. One child recently asked "If men are married to men, how can
they make babies?" It seems as though homosexuals forget that they are here
alive as a result of sex between a man and a woman!
Jesus said that He came to bring us life. Remember, He's the One who designed
you. He promises us that if we walk with Him, following His good directions
and commands, we'll have real happiness and there will be peace in our hearts.
But He also promises that if we think we know better, and push away from Him
to follow our selfishness, the exact opposite will happen to us. The
tremendous spread of disease among homosexuals and immoral straights would not
exist if we listened to the instructions of God, which are for our own
protection, good and happiness.
Re-imaging God in our own image
The view is being advanced that God should concur with whatever we decide
makes us feel good. The Gay religious leaders imply this, without exception,
in their articles, interviews and pleadings. This is their concept of God;
that He is really our servant, and He should condone and concur with whatever
way of life we decide makes us feel good. God, in their view, functions as a
YES-MAN. Instead of telling us what is best and right, we figure that out to
suit our own desires, then He is expected to accept us.
The same Scriptures that condemn homosexuality and premarital heterosexuality
also tell us to accept those who are in violation of these ordinances. Jesus
was more compassionate toward the woman caught in the very act of intercourse
- a capital offense in those days - than He was the hypocrites in the church.
This is our model and our mandate. Even though we may never attempt to hurt or
ridicule the individual homosexual, we should be in sharp disagreement with
the more radical elements of the movement. The effort to redefine the family,
quality for adoption, promote the homosexual lifestyle in the schools, etc.,
are objectives with which we disagree. And we should oppose them when the
issues are raised. That does not make us hate-mongers.
