Message #46687

[Kilika]

“Accordingly, followers of Christ should be known not by what we oppose but rather by what we propose; a personal relationship with God through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”

Which involves putting off the deeds of the "old man", because a true born-again Christian is a "new creature", not walking after the lusts of the flesh, but in the spirit. And part of that involves recognizing and believing that homosexuality is by definition of the law a sin, thus we are called to stop doing sinful things, though we are no longer under the law but grace.

A person who does not stop their homosexual ways while claiming they are Christian, claiming it is not sinful, is doctrinally mistaken at best, and by claiming that, may well not even be a saved person in the first place. The difference is that a gay person MUST be born-again, THEN they start to change, and put off their former carnal ways once they realize they were living in sin. You don't get to say your Christian and still be gay when the bible clearly says homosexuality is a sin. You can't have it both ways. You either serve the flesh or the Spirit, but only one way will lead to eternal life.