What the gays fail to understand is that homosexuality is simply sin. What most Christians fail to realize is that homosexuality is simply sin, no different in God’s eyes than gossip or greed or envy.
We’re all sinners - that much is agreed. The real question is, how do we react to our sin? Does it break our hearts, as it does God’s, or do we cling to it and hold it close?
(Disclaimer: this is my own thoughts and not reflective of any system of beliefs that I ascribe to.)
In the Garden of Eden, there were three stages of sin that Adam went through.
The first stage was that of giving in to temptation. This is something that all men do, but it easy to be repentant over and forgiveness is easy to find and accept. Adam ate the fruit when offered to him breaking God’s law and finding himself in sin.
The second stage was to avoid facing the sin. This is something that happens to most, if not all, people at some point in their lives. They push back their sin hoping that if they don’t face it, it will just go away. Adam hid from God and didn’t want to talk about it, thus seperating himself from God due to shame as well as sin.
The third stage was to refuse to take responsibility for sin. This is the action that removes us from Grace as a Christian and is based in pride. Adam challenged God by refusing to repent. He blamed others “this woman that you gave to me”, she blamed others “the serpant decieved me”, and though it isn’t in the written words, I can hear Adam blaming God himself “You put that tree there to begin with”. It was because Adam refused to take responsibility for his sin that he stepped beyond Grace and God seperated himself from Adam.
So the first stage of sin is falling to temptation and allowing sin to come between us and God.
The second stage of sin is falling to shame and hiding from God, letting sin and our own shame seperate us from God.
The third stage of sin is falling to pride and refusing to take responsibility for our sin, letting sin, shame and pride lead God to remove us from Grace.
The person who feels a draw to homosexual behavior must resist lest he fall to temptation. At this point, I have no problem with someone who struggles with homosexuality.
But so many people who struggle with this sin have clearly moved onto the avoidance of it, by claiming that it isn’t something they have to deal with it.
And the vast majority of homosexuals have moved into the third stage. They not only avoid talking about their behavior as sin, they are thumbing their nose at God saying that there is no sin there and if there is then the Church needs to change the rules for them.