Thread for Courageous/same sex attracted males

[Kevin42]

I just can’t accept anymore that all active homosexuals will go to hell. This may not jive with Church and Biblical teaching but when you consider that the majority of those who do go into it come from abusive fathers or broken families I don’t believe they cn be held responsible for their actions. I can hear Jesus today saying gays and lesbians are entering the kingdom before you.

No one on Earth knows how vast the mercy of our Lord is, so I think it would be foolish of anyone to suggest that they think that ALL gays, or ALL of any particular group for that matter, will go to hell. That is a judgement only God can make, and for us to try is overly presumptuous. Certainly some can be held responsible for their actions, but I am certain that there are some who are truly ignorant and will receive mercy if they ask. However, I think it is also incredibly foolish for anyone to suggest that they know what Jesus “would be saying today”. That seems to me to be just as judgemental and presumptuous as saying ALL homosexuals will go to hell. I think we should be content to know what Jesus *actually said * to a repentant sinner: “…neither do I condemn thee: Go and sin no more.”

 

[urban-hermit]

I agree with Kevin42 - we ultimately don’t know exactly who will be saved and who will not.

I think the bottom line is that God does not SEND unrepentant, sexually active gays and lesbians (or anybody else) to hell, as much as they (and we all) can ourselves CHOOSE to go to hell. We can choose to go to hell by rejecting the good and preferring what is bad. Illicit sex might look good on the surface, but when we trust God that this is just not so, we begin to see the truth, and we can receive the power from the Holy Spirit to choose what is really good. It’s not easy, but it is important that we make that choice before we die.