– Note: This blog post was originally written for my Shoutlife blog on 1/11/09. –
The last few days we have been inundated with prominent Christians supporting, or at least leaning toward accepting, homosexuality. I do not hate gay people and I would never do anything hateful or hurtful to anyone for being gay. It’s disgusting that many Christians spew hateful speech toward gays. But this issue has become prominent in society and it is one that easily illustrates a real issue I see in the church today.
There are really just two main points to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One is that because of Adam’s disobedience we are all born into corruption and sin. Because of that, we are all born with tendencies toward sin of one kind or another. The second point of the Gospel is, and this really is the good news, that through the blood of Jesus and His resurrection from the dead, we can receive deliverance from that corruption — not just in name, but in fact. All those sins that we are prone to can be removed from our beings if we are willing to accept it.
What makes me sad about all this is that Christians seem to be rejecting both points. In this debate about homosexuality, those prominent leaders who come out in favor of homosexuality are saying that God made them this way. If God made them this way, it must be good. If it’s good then it is not corrupt. And since they are saying that they are not born in corruption, they are saying that they do not need, or are not looking for, the deliverance that comes from Christ. They want to accept and joy in “the way God made them.” And this we do, not just with homosexuality, but with all the other selfishness, sins and perversions we are not willing to let go.
But my point is not to come down on anyone or their sin. I am here to say that God loves us so much that He sent His Son Jesus into the world to not only save us from the penalty of sin, but also to deliver us in this life from these corruptions and sins we were born with. It would be my desire that we all come to this knowledge so we all can have lives that are full of the righteousness, peace and joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.
