Because I Must

I have to say something.

Someone might be thinking, "Do you really have to?  Can't you just sit down and be quiet for a change?"

The answer is no.

And here's why.

I am a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.  He has called me to preach the truth to His people, to preach the good news of salvation to those who are impoverished without it, and to preach righteousness in a world that doesn't understand the meaning of the word.  He has empowered me through the Holy Spirit to preach it boldly, without reservation, without hesitation, without equivocation.  And He has given me His Holy Word from which to preach.

So I don't have a choice.  I have the responsibility to say something.

Homosexuality is wrong.  It's not just wrong, it is a sin.  It's not just a sin, it is an abomination to God.  It is not just an abomination to God, it is the result of godless thinking, dimmed understanding, wanton abandon, and total depravity of the human heart.

Homosexuality is a curse upon a culture.  It is an awful debasement of the image of God reflected in humanity.  It is a twisted perversion of the union God ordained between one man and one woman as an illustration of the Spiritual oneness He desires to have with us.

Homosexuality is unnatural and unholy, destructive, debauched, and despicable.  It is an act that cannot be blessed by God under any circumstances.  It is not an inclination one is born with; it is a lifestyle that one cultivates to satisfy their own ungodly desires.  It is not nature; it is nurture.  It is a choice.

Homosexuality is condemned in Scripture, in both Testaments, in the Law, the Prophets, the Gospels, and the Epistles.  And with it are condemned all the other things that God hates.

Yes, I said hates.  God hates sin.  God hates homosexuality.  And I have to say that.

But I also have to tell you that God loved the homosexual enough to send Jesus Christ to die for them.  God loved the homosexual enough to provide a way through the cross to eternal life in His presence.  God loved the homosexual enough to inflict upon Christ all the wrath and punishment deserved by the such a sinner.  God loved the homosexual enough to provide salvation to them.

But salvation, true salvation, is transformation.  It is the transformation of body, mind, soul, strength, and spirit.  It is the transformation of sinner to saint, of darkness to light.  It is the transformation of the homosexual from a lost and depraved soul enslaved to sin into a born-again, blood-bought, Spirit-sealed, set-free Child of the Living God.

And to receive that salvation, the homosexual has to be willing to acknowledge their sin and their need for a savior.  They have to be willing to turn from their homosexuality and turn to the way that God truly designed for them.  They have to be willing to forsake an old life and lifestyle in favor of a newly created and eternal life in union with the Savior.  And once saved, they will not continue in sin.

Homosexuality is wrong.  It's a sin.  It's an abomination.  And no court, no legislature, no president can change that.  They can declare homosexual marriage a civil right; but they will never be able to make it right.