Can you be a christian and gay

This prohibition includes same-sex sexual activity. Examine the logic. The disciples were accused of no longer upholding the authority of Scripture. We live in a fallen world. You are not defined as someone who struggles with same-sex attraction but as a lesbian.

Would you, in essence, be faithful to upholding the commandments of Scripture, or choose to save the life of your child?

The Gospel of John tells us that Jesus was faced with a similar situation. We can never understand God’s love if we don’t also embrace His holiness. The apostle Paul alluded to the messiness of his own redemption.

Jesus is asking us to pay attention to whether people are thriving or are being harmed. That’s impossible!” “No, my son, that’s Talmud” (Eretz Israel*).

“For Jews, the Bible is a problem to be solved; for Christians it is a message to be proclaimed.” (Noted Jewish biblical scholar, Jon Levenson.)

What Can We Take From This About Reading the Bible?

Q Christian Fellowship Board Member Rev.

Danny Cortez shares the following guidance:

There are many theologians who have opposing views to each other. Would you cast a stone? Throughout his Christian walk, he lived with a “thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan” that God refused to remove in order to keep Paul dependent upon God’s grace. There were also, though, questions about slavery and biracial marriages.

Another question, please.”

“Two burglars come down a chimney. In an effort to correct that prejudice, the pendulum has swung to giving spiritual license to those who actively pursue an LGBT lifestyle.

A person is not sinful because they have homosexual thoughts or desires. Sex and sexuality is a beautiful gift God has intentionally created us with to reflect Him, but lived out according to His ways.

Speaking of New Testament passages, they claim that Paul and early church leaders didn’t understand sexual orientation.

TL;DR:

The Bible teaches that same-sex attraction and behavior are sinful, and embracing or finding our identity in those desires is contrary to God’s design. Because it’s not so much about what Scripture says, as much as it is about how Jesus applied what Scripture said.

Churches have historically placed a stumbling block before the LGBTQ+ community by their interpretations of Scripture, which have led to exclusion and harm.

Ultimately, God will lead us toward greater holiness and true fulfillment in Him as we surrender ourselves, including our desires, to Him.

from the old testament

• God created humanity on the sixth day of creation and intentionally made them male and female. And my compassion for a gay man or lesbian can lead me to explain away or ignore God’s standard for sexual love.

  God’s love is limitless, but it does have boundaries.

  But now I see it was purposeful. So the leaders began to pass out rocks to stone the adulterer. The same kind of criticism that had been launched towards Peter by the traditionalists regarding the authority of Scripture in excluding the uncircumcised Gentiles living outside the Law is being launched against LGBTQ+ people and their allies who are seeking their inclusion in the church.

  Jesus and the disciples set into motion what the church must continue to practice—a hermeneutic that practices compassion that moves toward inclusion.