“I think one can be both gay and christian.”
Incorrect, sir.
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,. . .”
1st Corinthians 6:9
A potential source if confusion here is the equivocation in the word “homosexual”.
True, one cannot be an active, unrepentant homosexual and be a Christian in good faith. No more than one could be an active, unrepentant slanderer, drunkard, glutton, tax cheat, or arrogant son of a....
But EVERY Christian is a sinner, including all of the above sins and then some, in the sense that each one of have inward tendencies we need to be fighting (like pride, anger, lust, envy, gluttony, avarice and sloth) and the minute we’re not fighting them, we’re falling into them.
So. Sinner? Join the club. Get a new heart. Trust in our our holy, beloved Savior. Be free of sin. It’s such a relief. And be happy!
Keep the passage going... see yourself in any of that? Especially given the more stringent criteria that Jesus preached?
In this we have a paradox. We can sin temporarily once saved, but will not sin permanently, any more than a person who is crucified will live indefinitely on that lethal cross. The inexorability of God’s plan is the controlling factor here.