How Can a Christian Reconcile Their Identity as a Christian and as a Homosexual?

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Becket is spot on. He has the wisdom of speaking from experience and then being moved to treasure His Savior more than anything else. This is the way for all sinners, regardless of the nature of their sins. Prayers for all to act lovingly and for gay folks to encounter the Lord and find the kind of church Becket did. No sinner should have to go it alone.

[@lt7378]

Beckett has so much insight and courage. He has his own KZbin channel which is really good.

[@tamething1]

I love listening to Beckett. He puts things so well.

[@nikkix2896]

Beckett needs more notoriety. His message could save so many souls. I have so much respect for him.

[@donquixote8462]

@@lepidoptera9337 🙄

[@shakimu]

His message is false

[@nikkix2896]

@@shakimu No it’s not false.

[@shakimu]

@nikkix2896 homosexuality is not a sin and Genesis says it is NOT good for man to be alone....so🙃

[@xtoc422]

​@shakimu You are right, homosexuality is not a sin. It's the act of committing the deed, as this young man is saying, that is the sinful act and offensive to God.

[@emilyshahryari7250]

This is so important for all local churches to hear. We could do so much better at engaging with this and loving people more truly. God bless. 💛

[@Mari-xy8zt]

Ephesians 4:22-24 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

[@mayanezha1269]

You are so in love with Jesus. Praise God 🙏

[@vatovega]

Right? Like he’s romantically in love with Jesus…. Sounds pretty gay to me…

[@sli9301]

I thank the Lord for you, Becket! I promise i will pray for you in regard to what you have shared here! Your life is truly a sacrifice to God and powerful testimony to others! God bless you and keep you, my dear brother!❤️ and may He give you faith to pray for the otherwise impossible, and that He would do exceeding abundantly above what we could ask or even think.

[@mvilla7668]

What a wise explanation. To God The Glory🙌✝️

[@delainnabatoon]

It makes no sense that we would judge the world when it hasn’t been called to (nor can it) walk in alignment with Gods Word. The world is gonna “be the world” and we as believers need to “be like Christ” who loved the sinner right into the Kingdom. The only people Jesus came down hard on were the religious people. If we’re gonna be “hard” on someone, let it be the church: the ones who claim to know and follow God. (I’m preaching to myself right now)!

[@yourbellelife4612]

Thank you so much for helping others by sharing your testimony ❤️🙏🤗

[@matthewentwistle8284]

I love Beckett's insight of how the growing need for the church to address LGBT issues actually strengthens them. It's something that I have never thought of before and it's helped me to view the issues in a different light without compromising on the Gospel.

[@VNaols]

Absolutely!!! Everyone- gay or straight, male or female- has to deny themselves to follow Christ. It is a requirement to follow Him and we are all faced with the choice. Love Beckett!!! His testimony is amazing and I love hearing it over and over again. God is so good go show us how he is still saving other no matter what our culture is saying.

[@Patti47034]

I have only watched a few of your videos, but I just want to tell you, brother, that I love you in Christ!

[@lolabarrios7985]

Glory to God brother Beckett thanks for standing up .

[@maryt.2067]

i would use the word 'temptation' rather than attraction.

[@crooked-halo]

Wow, great video! I was born again in 1988. In the early 90s I heard the awesome worship music of Dennis Jernigan, which stoked in me a deep desire to know & follow Jesus. Jernigan was set free from homosexuality yet struggled with it as a Christian. Until this video, he's the only voice I've heard saying it's not sin to have homosexual thoughts, the sin is _acting upon_ those thoughts. Jernigan's music & ministry is strong on deliverance through rejecting lies, believing truth, and living in love with Jesus. He's long been happily married, has nine kids & God has used him greatly in ministry to homosexuals. My issue is addiction. I've been clean & sober for a long time, yet still sometimes want to drink or use. Desiring drugs or alcohol is not sin, acting out that desire is, and it will likely destroy me. Thanks for encouraging me to deny myself, take up my cross daily, and follow Jesus. Here's a link to Dennis Jernigan's testimony in case you're interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/foDRhXyhn9yYbNk

[@HiThereHeyThere]

I will disagree with that. "Not a sin to have lgbt thoughts", as Jesus clearly said, lust is adultery. God sees our thoughts. People lust in mind are acting on them in thought, and that makes it a sin.

[@hoppiw5735]

I love 💘 this testimony....God bless you Mr Becet Cook...thank you for having the courage to stand for your faith in Jesus Christ 🙏.

[@mindyuhbusinessnotmines]

This is so helpful to me praise GOD..

[@devinligtelyn404]

I pray the Lord will root out any last vestige of this struggle from your soul, heart and mind. He will keep you from falling and present you faultless before His presence. Blessings my brother, kindly Ms Devin

[@MusicalRaichu]

He's gay. No one as yet has found a way to change who they're attracted to. God could change him in principle, but the fact that he doesn't tells us something, doesn't it.

[@georgewagner7787]

But God has done that for other people. If he hasn't answered this prayer yet, it only means that. Just like God hasn't healed my illness completely but has healed others. It doesn't tell you anything about the condition

[@suzannepeak2327]

As I listen to you relate what God has done (and is doing) in your life, I am praising God for His goodness and power and love. Thank you for boldly speaking the truth.

[@sirstanuel]

Years ago I knew a man who struggled heroically with wanting to please God and same-sex attraction. He would drive 800 miles round trip EVERY WEEK to see a counselor who considered outstanding in this field. He certainly caused me to undergo some self evaluation of my own commitment. Oh and he was in his early 30s and had NEVER acted out.

[@sheilalopez7498]

Bless you, you are such an encouragement and help to me!

[@tamething1]

Everyone has sin. Loving people (who all commit sins) should never lead to endorsing their sins.

[@gracec8935]

Yes!

[@trishbaum6364]

Exactly

[@marhelenejoubert]

I'm a fifty year old heterosexual female on the spectrum and have ended up living the single life . Through choosing to concentrate on my God purpose . Interesting how people treat you as a spinster . I too chose a relationship with Jesus over all else . Was it the right decision to exclude pursuing marriage? I don't know . But as you said being in a relationship with someone who always loves me and cares for me and never leaves me is wonderful.

[@justmeja8217]

Some people are called to singleness. Some people pursue Ministry over being married. I in the ladder. I am someone that desires marriage, but I also enjoy ministry as well in my singleness. I am appreciative of the fact that I can do ministry. As such, I do not care as much that I may never get married. My sister who passed nor my father who also passed, were married. I just want to live my purpose. You did nothing wrong by continuing to pursue God. In fact, you were correct in your pursuit of Christ. Continue on. Also, if you still desire marriage, it is possible for you to get married one day. God bless.

[@patrciagreene4930]

I love you, Becket. God continue to stregthen you and keep you to shine for Him!

[@Tony_Christopher]

Praise God 🙏. Beautiful testimony

[@mattiewilliams1138]

He really need to speak to kids struggling with this!!!! Great message; we all have a sin(s) that we may struggle with.

[@HiThereHeyThere]

There are some we do struggle with, but being saved out of lgbt should immediately remove that sin at salvation. Turn back on it and see it for what it is. And turn to God's design. Other sins would be dealt with at salvation or during sanctification, but what you are saved out of, would be forever dead to it since it was the main thing you came out of. "Were"

[@demirobertson8435]

💗 hi Becket, I love what you say about lavishing the love of God onto the LGBTQ community! The love 💕 of God has irreversibly changed my life 💖💖💖

[@claudiaa.3268]

Let’s be honest in our flesh we will always find sin attractive (whether it’s in the form of pride, selfishness, greed, immorality), that’s why we are called to walk in the Spirit.

[@MAVALO77]

Thank you Lord for your everlasting love for us ❤

[@laurapug5389]

Your amazing..I couldn't have more respect for you I am praying for God to take those feelings away from you!!

[@bradwalton3977]

I am gay myself and I have never regarded being gay as who I am. I have always considered people who view their homosexuality as an identity as rather pathetic. It basically means that they have no identity.

[@prizma45]

Still get married to a woman and be fruitful

[@bradwalton3977]

@@prizma45 Family court and the divorce laws being what they are, I would have to be insane to marry.

[@prizma45]

@@bradwalton3977 Because people are not marrying properly, they go for a "love" marriage. You need to do your due diligence and find out about the girl from her family and friends. Is she dutiful to her parents, prays on time, etc?

[@bradwalton3977]

@@prizma45 You seem as "innocent as a dove" but _not_ "as wise as a serpent." A "good" woman can be tempted to take advantage of bad laws. The odds are against married men. No one is obliged to marry.

[@prizma45]

@@bradwalton3977 I don't agree with US laws on marriage, I am a Muslim lol. Christianity doesn't cover for the end times because it wasn't made for the end times.

[@jamieb7342]

What an awesome testimony and explanation. I think Becket could be delivered from this attraction. Nothing is beyond God's reach.

[@YouSoCouldHaveGotMe]

Solid! Well done brother! ALL of us CANNOT live as Christ, unless we DIE to self.

[@self-publishinghelp8596]

Love this guy!

[@bobbyhousley9877]

Just like God saved you, He can also deliver you from SSA. Being baptized in the Holy Ghost will help. You love the Lord and it shows.

[@Brooklynbaby47]

Beckett is a great example for us who want to follow the Lord and have same-sex attractions. There needs to be way more discussion in the Church in regards to the LGBTQ community. Instead of just the same rhetoric of we are all going to Hell.

[@MariaGarcia-yh1yn]

I really am learning alot from Beckett regarding, his love for Jesus. I mean he teaches how he feels and how to love Christ and not compromising his walk with Jesus. He really loves the Lord with all his heart.

[@ebbypetes]

Love Beck. Hes sold out for Christ and preaching the word and helping people reconcile with Jesus. I love it so much. 💕

[@DS-zo8xs]

"John 7:24 KJVS [24] Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. The Bible says when we judge ourselves and our neighbors our judgment must be in righteousness. Not what I heard from someone else about that person or what I think, but rather moral truth. " Therefore you could righteously judge a pride event by saying it is sinful and against God. Before everyone goes crazy I have considered myself gay since I was teen and recently came to Christ myself, and still struggle with SSA, but what I'm getting at is that what he said here is a misunderstood Bible verse about judging.

[@dostondoc23]

Thank you. Very well put. May God bless you and keep you close to him.

[@samxlovegod]

Well said👍 love and grace 🙏

[@mr.bidgood3501]

My governor! Never been more proud to be a Floridian!!

[@ArtandAnimationofChrisScalf]

1:38 "It’s just like a heterosexual man who is married to a woman attracted to another woman and denies that…” I would go further than that. Jesus says that if a man even looks at a woman lustfully, he commits adultery. Some might be tempted to pass judgement toward homosexuals and believe themselves to be above them because they never outwardly cheated on their wife. However, it seems like even seeing a simply sexy photo in a magazine or on tv (and mentally processing that for even a second in a lustful way) has already crossed that line Jesus has spoken of. The verse about removing the plank from our eye is probably more applicable in ways we do not even think of.

[@clsmithent]

It's not the thought of your sin that makes it a sin, it's the action you do with that thought.

[@AZ-nr1id]

I am so glad he said this. For some reason many Christians don’t get this. The struggle may still be there as someone else may struggle with tendencies to sin as in anxiety, anger, drinking, lust, whatever it is for each person. Jesus is there for us in the temptation and He is worth giving up anything with His strength.

[@HiThereHeyThere]

He will def help us conquer any sin and be deadened to it 😊

[@jg1177]

He is great

[@PhilGeissler]

Awesome!

[@Froogmeister]

Fellow Christians. I am struggling so much right now with homosexuality, and I am trying to give my life to Christ, but it is so hard. I don’t know what to believe anymore. I don’t want to give up being Queer, and I don’t want to abandon homosexuals that I know. I need help right now, please pray for me. I don’t even know what to think anymore. I don’t know what I can and can’t be. Please help me, God bless you. 🙏🛐

[@MusicalRaichu]

I can suggest the videos on this channel kzbin.info/door/vxHn5v4XXNPdugStF3l6BQ

[@jadeansumney7060]

My heart goes out to you. I lost my brother last February after years of watching him struggle with homosexuality. Keep listening to Beckett and find a friend to walk this out...Jesus is coming soon.

[@Froogmeister]

@@jadeansumney7060 thank you so much for your kind words. I’m sorry to hear about your brother. I am praying to be saved and be able to find Christ in all his glory.

[@jadeansumney7060]

Come as you are with all your hurts and He will meet you where you are...

[@MusicalRaichu]

@@jadeansumney7060 Beckett's approach of perpetual struggle against your natural biological needs and wants might work for a few people. it doesn't work for most. and for many it ends in tragedy. that demonstrates how wrong this approach is. condemning people who are doing nothing to hurt anyone and want to love and be loved in the only way God has granted them is hurtful, harmful and sinful. Instead, we should follow Jesus who gave us his new commandment and invites us to a life of love. As the Bible says, "all God's commands are satisfied by 'love your neighbour'". Not "love your neighbour and no gay secs", just "love your neighbour".

[@slares111]

Love this !

[@joyofsalvation100]

He has seen and experienced Jesus so closely. God has redeemed him. He won't give up God.

[@charmainethomas751]

God bless u , such courage and example for all of us !!!

[@stevedupree525]

Sam Allberry is another great speaker on this subject.

[@sonjachastain5619]

Just want to wake up each day and praise the Lord.

[@mary-janechambers3596]

Like carb addiction. You have to deny yourself daily those foods that are not good for you but I will always desire those foods.

[@haroldmcbroom7807]

I see the same thing concerning sexual immorality, and pornography, the devil will tempt you 24/7, and your brain will recall everything you've ever looked at that tempted you in the past, hoping to draw you back in. Whether or not you act upon it, determines whether it remains a temptation or gets promoted to actual sin. God's Word says to pray often for the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. We can't fight these things from our own strength, I've learned that the hard way. You try to fight your temptations on your own, you'll be writing those, "Dear God, I'm sorry..." letters in your head, until it becomes, "Dear God, I'm sorry that I'm sorry again..."

[@lawrencecarlson2425]

All denominations pick and choose which doctrine to follow and which to ignore. Be what you want, do what you want, it's all good! Hell the Mormons even rewrote the Bible and call it the Book of Mormon. And nobody gets struck by lightning. What a wonderful religion!

[@davidjones8330]

The simple bible truths are sufficient to overcome any sin: get born again, grow in grace, deny yourself, walk in the spirit......yes they are.

[@audreymartin2515]

I guess it’s a fine line between being attracted to and lusting after someone in your heart. A thought.

[@Journey_Around]

Yes. From the other things I’ve heard him say, he wouldn’t be a proponent of giving way to those attractions in any way.

[@suzieglancy9754]

Becket, your story is so full of the love of God and your own gratitude and understanding of His word and His willingness to save all who come to Him that I wish I could share your videos in Portuguese as well!!! The church needs to have a correct understanding of its role in helping people to be properly introduced to Jesus. On the other hand, the LGBT community needs the Lord, His love, His grace, unadulterated knowledge of the requirements of God that are not burdensome! If only people understood that what He offers is so much more and much better than whatever the world offers or even our own hearts desire...

[@tiffanymagee2700]

You are definitely someone who knows and loves Jesus! You speak with much wisdom and authority, just like Jesus does!!

[@donquixote8462]

@@lepidoptera9337 Wow. So much scriptural insight. 🤣 You think people are willing to die to spread the word when they don't know Jesus? We do know Him. He is a Divine Being, He's not Napoleon or someone else we just read about. Jesus had 72 disciples. 70 of them were martyred, refusing to deny that Jesus rose from the dead. The two others died in prison for similar reasons. How ignorant are you to say they never met Him? Matthew and John were His disciples. Mark's gospel is Peter's account, who was Jesus' disciple. All of His disciples definitely met Him. 😂 Many wrote works that are not in the Bible. You're like, hecka learned on scriptural languages and we're super impressed but I have news for you, for years and years the disciples went out an orally preached the word. It was the fastest way by far to spread the word, then when they had finished and went as far as they could, they sat and wrote their accounts. They used the Kione Greek of the eastern part of the Roman empire, why would they not? Am I going to publish a book in the USA in Russian? 🤣 Get better arguments.

[@donquixote8462]

@@lepidoptera9337 "All we know about Him is from people who never met Him." Is this taking the ignorant stance that the Bible was written by the Catholics in the 4th century? Is that what you think? Did you watch Zeitgeist and think you're privy to the truth? 🤣 If that was true, how are there literally *thousands* of ancient documents that attest to the Bible? How are there Arabic Bibles? How are there writing from Polycarp and Ignatius from the *first century* that attest to the Gospels? Why would the Catholic church invent a religion then persecute it's followers for 313 years??? 😂 🤡

[@donquixote8462]

@@lepidoptera9337 Oh, and it's entirely possible that Jesus did speak Hebrew, Kione Greek as well as Aramaic. He is recounted talking to multiple officials within the Roman empire, most of whom most likely did not speak the language of the land, so it's entirely possible He spoke Greek. Not that this isn't a terrible argument to begin with but even still, you're wrong.

[@donquixote8462]

@@lepidoptera9337 Oh, oh it just occured to me - the version of the Old Testament Bible passages Jesus quotes from were from the Septuagint, the Greek version. Which again points to the fact that He most likely spoke Greek as well. Sorry to burst your weak little bubble!

[@flamingrobin5957]

A Christian does not have two identities.........he dies to HIS old life and is made new in christ. no christian should consider "gay" as an identity. feelings and temptations define no one unless the accuser wins in deceiving us to rename us. God calls us "sons" having given us a "spirit of sonship" in Christ JESUS "by whom we are dead to the world"

[@tamkol7834]

Amen!

[@55emax]

Great teaching. But what about Mattnew saying if you look Lustfully you have done it in your heart.??? You stay close to the WORD. I fight with the WORD. my dreams are 99% better I ask JESUS TO cone with me in my dreams and fight with me. He teaches my mind to war with THE WORD..HIMSELF.

[@kimschmidt2779]

Praise God incredible❤

[@kennychan6006]

Amen! Exactly what I need to hear.

[@nicaboo36]

Well since you can’t be both, no reconciliation is needed. You’re either a true Believer/Christian (who may/may not struggle with same-sex attraction - though God can/will deliver you from the attraction as well if you want Him to) OR you consider yourself a homosexual (identify as). The Bible says that if you resist the devil, he will flee from you. If you keep resisting those feelings/desires/attractions, they will eventually leave you - you will no longer struggle with them.

[@Sundayschoolnetwork]

Yes, amen. And the Holy Spirit gives his children the power to set aside our lusts of the flesh, the pride of life, and all those sins that separate us from our Father.

[@goose8546]

So inspirational. God bless you

[@alanweber6805]

Thank-you for your f your. Kind words I agree totally

[@MFaith777]

Giving that desire up and dying to the flesh isn’t what saves you though. Just need to make sure people know that. We give up sin because we love Christ and because we WANT to please Him and because the Holy Spirit helps a believer turn from sin. But it’s important to know that we still struggle with put flesh until the day we die...and Jesus paid for ALL the sin of the WHOLE WORLD. Past, present and future. We can’t add to His all sufficient blood by repenting of sin. He paid it ALL. We turn from sin because we are saved, not to be saved.

[@tamb7587]

We all have desires that as humans are unholy, but as Christians we make the choice to NOT do certain things .. I just wish that more churches could see the importance of welcoming homosexuals but of course that’s not saying we condone the sin but we love the sinner and support them and encourage their turning away from the sin. Just like all the other sins people commit.

[@ellenyearick1039]

A Christian man who lives in England has homosexual desires, & pastors a church. Many "gay" men & women have come to Jesus Christ to believe per John chapter 3, & have testified that God took away their "same sex" desires, ~He healed them~ & many of them married & are raising children, & in general serve God. But no one down here can "put God in a box", telling Him how to be God ! HE DECIDES how to deal with his children, & to help them, & to use them for his glory, & to build his kingdom. HE KNOWS WHAT WE NEED & WHAT IS GOOD FOR US. The man i mentioned above must "fight th good fight of faith" & keep himself in Holy Spirit control, and he serves God. God never took away his "same sex desires", so what else can he do ? HE NEVER TOLD US IT WOULD BE EASY OR PAINLESS to be commited to Him.

[@Tweeza57]

I think the church would agree we are to love the LGBTIQ community but can’t get a grip on what that looks like and fear condoning homosexual behaviours or even opening a door to those with a hostile agenda ( though God could deal with them ) But the truth sets us free and Jesus is the truth so a constant pointing to Jesus is needed exclusively to all other approaches

[@debravan-aalst4723]

The big thing about the new birth is that God changes our desires by us seeing His death as our death and His resurrection as ours, which is how we become new creations by faith .That’s what dying to ourselves ‘ means. Our old self is crucified with Christ.The greater our revelation of this fact is ,the greater our experiential freedom from the old sinful nature will be and the greater part of that transformation is in the thought life which is where the seeds of our behaviour germinate. As His word works in us He transforms us at heart level which affects us at thought level which causes a difference in our behaviour .Word>heart>thoughts>behaviour (Romans 7 & 8) The letter kills but the Spirit brings life 🙏

[@johnnyb3245]

But what kind of salvation and freedom is it if you're still dealing with the orientation and attraction to something that is against God? Either Christ sets us free or we don't know him

[@somexp12]

Well, if that's something "salvation" requires, then precisely zero gay people have ever been "saved." Adults experiencing changes in their sexual orientation is just not something that happens. Anyone can change how they live and even exert a great deal of discipline into suppressing unwanted fantasies, but changing what one finds attractive is just not an event that occurs. If it were doable, there would be zero gay people. Anyhow, this is a weird standard to expect just from the gays. Do you expect that "repentant alcoholics" to completely lose any ability to enjoy or want alcohol? Do you expect "repentant adulterers" to lose attraction to everyone but their spouse? Why are only gay people expected to lose even the ability to be tempted?

[@rikib1171]

They can't unless they repent and don't sin anymore.... When you are saved, your mind gets renewed!

[@Kloe748]

Don’t sin anymore ??? 🤣 impossible! Have you looked at the list ? It’s longer than your life

[@benjaminpastrana9662]

the question is: what do you do about having or not having more sex???

[@n.d.6430]

I've been praying for my cousin for years . 🙏 plz pray for Gary to repent and to deny himself and follow Christ

[@berniefynn6623]

Because they try to say the word homosexuality was not a word when the bible was written, what part of man lying with a man as with a woman is hard to understand.To live in a sin on purpose is to not have another forgiveness.

[@MusicalRaichu]

Lying with a male "as one beds a woman" meant a male taking a woman's role in the act. It meant being secsually penetrated. In a patriarchal culture, it was seen as feminizing and therefore degrading, since women were considered inferior to men. It's not just the word that wasn't around, it's the concept of lying with "the same secs", artificially classifying men who like men and women who like women into one category. The Bible never speaks of the latter, only the former, and it's never said to be wrong because it's "the same secs".

[@shakazulu365]

Yeah I get it, just like a hetero must be celibate. But this also applies to "thoughts." You can't lust after man/woman regardless of what you are attracted to

[@DS-zo8xs]

Right. I believe it's said that even the thought of adultery is a sin. The issues comes from the heart. That's why we all fall short regardless of what we do. And that's why we all need to accept Jesus as our Savior.

[@EE-qn4ks]

I like this man. He speaks truth.

[@Warhol-jb9zx]

There is alot to unpack here😅 But to begin with....If you hear or see someone calls a sexual orientation a "lifestyle" ...that's a big red flag..which should tell you to ask the person more about it and what they actual mean....God bless xoxo

[@janetmccree8036]

You explain this perfectly

[@bumblebee7982]

Bravo! This is the truth. 💜

[@alanweber6805]

I agree with you totally thankyou

[@rubyperez6104]

Wow I’m always amazed when ppl turn and twisted Gods words and find many saying O yes praise the Lord, Sounds good, but not knowing what truly the Bible says about it. You say we are to LOVE and NOT JUDGE? But yet on other videos you say we are to tell ppl in love that doing homosexual acts are a sin and in love tell them there’s a better way. Yes this is true but don’t twist things telling anyone to turn from SIN it’s making a JUDGMENT CALL. Why are we all so hung up on making a JUDGMENT call is a bad thing??? It’s more a wise and LOVING THING!

[@jusappia1580]

Great point. 👍🏾👏🏾

[@silence-54]

Nice !

[@rsbrinkman9168]

It's all about reconciliation , which requires repentance . No repentance , how then can it be reconciled . It cannot ! It's very simple . If I were a murderer , hey just orientated that way , I would have to repent , it's different ? No I had a unhealthy lust for women, I had to repent of that . Yes I was orientated that way , society, sexuality is over emphathized . The carnal things , the indulgenceses of the flesh ! The old man . We are made a new creature in Christ, through His blood ! I couldn't overcome these things on my own . Powers , principalities , rulers of the darkness of this world , spiritual wickedness in high places . That's what I tryed taking on myself . Doesn't work ! The devil gets,a foothold, he is a formidable adversary . Even when Michael the ark Angel confronted him , he stated God rebuke you ! He set a goid example for us !

[@MJ-qb5ph]

Doesn’t the Christian church have more important issues to consider?

[@Mateo-et3wl]

Gay men need close straight male friends. That's what the church can do

[@meriumwijetunga7838]

Love you 💜️

[@Test_Card_Tom]

Real sins are behaviours that harm people. An adulterer (someone who cheats on their partner) hurts their partner. Robbery, rape, sexual abuse, murder aren't just sins but are recognised as crimes and involve a perpetrator and a victim(s). But homosexuality has no perpetrator or victim. In fact its just people living no differently to the way heterosexuals live. Falling in love, having sex, working, building lives together. What's shocking is its not just child or serial killers, in fact even mass murderers can enter the Christian heaven after repenting, whilst innocent homosexuals who've never killed anyone or committed any crime are kept out. This is some twisted and perverted rule made by this Christian God.

[@bedtimesd.1247]

Hello sir. Is it not interesting how in many churches that same sex attraction is considered so taboo that it cannot be even thought about, but opposite sex attractions is glossed over. The idea that sexual attraction to opposite sex in the church is ok, but is misguided. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28.

[@gaylecooper8984]

Abstinence 🌻 prayer 💚

[@MusicalRaichu]

God said "it is not good for the human being to be alone". Why are you contradicting God? In case you haven't heard, you can't "pray away the gay". Thousands tried and none changed. Maybe God cares more about how you treat people than their secs orientation.

[@georgewagner7787]

None? Untrue

[@canadachandler7521]

Your analogy of the man with a wife who is attracted to another woman does not apply. He has a a wife. He is not condemned to a life of loneliness like a gay man. I think you have missed the primary concern for gays and your arguments are very weak.

[@cathyhamlin3611]

This is true, most believers have a wife, or girlfriend, but does that mean to suffer loneliness for those of us who have SSAs?

[@ОСк-в9ц]

I think it could be best likened to a man or woman (although they are attracted to the opposite sex) choosing to remain celibate for the sake of living a life free from marriage

[@ayp5177]

I think he's talking about when one is saved. When one has a relationship with God, he seeks that, he seeks Him, more than his attraction.

[@ayp5177]

I think in fact he is implying already the primary concern for the lgbt+. Because it is in the fact that God reaches out to you, that you deny yourself and follow Him. It's no longer condemnation, it's grace. He does it, we become His child, we have a new identity in Him.

[@ayp5177]

Do you get it?

[@mariloutabanera510]

To say that the church treated homosexuality as it did not exist is an understatement. From what I understood, the church had been very hostile on this, to say the least. But to hear this today is interesting to me. My two cents...

[@ayp5177]

I think it's often that they don't really talk about it straightforwardly/in-depth in the congregation. It's often hidden. But there are people from the church who go out and kind of voice their say on it, which I think is very unwise... It needs to be talked more in the church, because it's dealing is too hostile now, needs to be brought more in light :)

[@ayp5177]

^^is what I think he's saying. Especially when a lot of homosexuals want to know more about God. But because they're afraid of judgement, they don't really get to know the other side of the opposition

[@mariloutabanera510]

@@ayp5177 I agree with you. I really need to speak my piece of mind because I do have a son who is gay and a daughter who is a lesbian. I would be appalled IF people who are supposed to be fellow Christians, would judge them and their souls, as if they are Jesus Christ himself...

[@brianbannon6746]

John 6:47; 1 John 5:13