Posted on 05/08/2016 6:09:21 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
It is only a sin if you act on it - in thought or deed.
(A little out of context, but describes my opinion)
The attraction itself? Maybe not.*Acting* on the attraction? YOU BETCHA!
I believe it was Milton who said, “We each have thoughts to shame the face of Hell.”
Read the article. It is worth the time to digest the totality of this man’s experience.
I think God loves you and your commitment to obey Him is pleasing to Him.
I once read....Satan knows your name but calls you by your sin
God knows your sin but calls you by your name.
We all struggle with the sin problem and sin is what can separate us from God if unconfessed. There doesn’t seem to be one sin worse to God than another but I believe some sins can hurt humans deeper and longer than others, ruin lives, break hearts etc. Stay close to God and He will direct your path.
I think same sex attraction is a sin whether one acts on it or not. When Jesus said that if a man looks at a woman lustfully (i.e. Opposite sex attraction) that he commits adultery in his heart. If opposite attraction is a sin, same sex attraction must be as well. I think Jesus’ point is that we sin all the time and are incapable of righteousness on our own.
That's a good one!
It might be a sin if you don’t attempt to control such thoughts. It is definitely a sin if you act on them.
These apply to all people, not just those who are attracted to same sex.
That attraction proceeds from a fallen depraved heart. Of course it’s sinful.
Either in though, word, or deed, you’ve blown it. It’s why we need Yeshua in our lives.
As long as you don’t start dating Lindsay Graham I think God will forgive you.
Good article.
We are all sinners. We all struggle. We will never stop struggling.
My only beef might be that some folks think Same Sex Attraction is “special”. It isn’t. It’s just a boring old sin like all the others.
Temptation is not sin.
Acting on temptation is.
His one mistake in his analysis is to disregard the fact that choosing to "lustfully enjoy it" is an action. While it falls short of acting on the lusts with another human being, it is a sin of commission due to the commitment of the sin in the mind.
Those that say, as I did in a previous post, that the inclination is not sinful, but acting on it is sinful, need to be careful to recognize that acting on it in one's imagination is still an act.
Looking lustfully is an act. That is why it is sinful.
Christ was tempted by the devil, but never sinned.
The author, IMO, does a pretty good job differentiating the two, but fails to recognize that the lustful leer is itself an action taken voluntarily by the leerer.
this is an excellent, excellent article and deals with some larger topics than the point of entry.
this concept, in fact, is sort of the whole of the Christian life:
“I immediately took that thought captive and crushed it by the power of the Spirit. I don’t think I sinned. Rather, I think I glorified God by triumphing in a moment of temptation.”
The author’s distinguishing between natural, fallen desires/thoughts/sins and unnatural, fallen desires/thoughts/sins is also a very good study on the fall of man, and creation itself.
this is a very good article and I encourage all to read it carefully. it’s about much more than the title.
One of the best articles I have read on the subject.
No, temptation is not sin. Just because one is tempted, does not mean they have sinned.
Only when they give into it have they sinned.
My heart goes out to those who struggle with that particular sin. I cannot imagine the guilt and condemnation associated with it.
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