what about homosexuality
homosexuality, fornication, adultery and all other sexual immorality has the same core issue, if we engage in it, we miss the mark with our bodies
we were not created by God to engage in sexual sin (to miss the mark) or any other sin like stealing, killing, lying, cheating etc.
'“Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God. Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God” 1Cor 6:9-11 NLT
we need redemption and saving from our sinful human condition, so that we don’t hurt ourselves or violate others with what we are doing
we all have some kind of immoral and sinful thing that we struggle with
“If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts” 1John 1:8-10 NLT
if we want to live a Godly moral life, we need to face our internal iniquities that drives us to do wrong
if we say that homosexuality is OK than the rest of ‘missing the mark’ can become OK as well; like adultery, rape, incest, murder, lying, stealing etc.
God did not create male and female to have sexual intercourse with the same gender, our bodies and biology is not compatible for same sex intercourse
“This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one” Gen 2:24 NLT
God expect from a murderer, cheat, liar, adulterer, fornicator etc. to turn away from and repent from what they are doing and start ruling over this inherent sinful nature of every human being
“You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master” Gen 4:7 NLT
why would homosexuality be treated differently in our culture today as if it is separate from our sinful nature
homosexuality or same sex attraction can have different origins
we are born with a sinful nature
and we need to recognize, take responsibility for it and get redemption. If it is same sex attraction, the risk of engaging in it might be a lifelong opportunity to sin but we need to watch out and rule over that enticement
a heterosexual male struggling with fornication or adultery has the same sexual lustful issue to deal with for the rest of their lives. all of us need to know where our sinful risks are so that we can be aware of its power to enslave us
“You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies” 1Cor 6:12-13
we live in a Fatherless
generation and culture. Developing boys need comfort and non-sexual love and touch from their dads. If a dad is not available, a developing boy might be longing for a Father’s love and get it from another dad in the community witch would be OK and normal, except if that dad, uncle or male friend has an sexual agenda and sexually violate or abuse a boy
because of our sexual response and feelings that encompass sexual experiences, a boy might become more interested having sexual relations with men and believe that it is normal male bonding or accepted sexual behavior
if a boy masturbate while having a longing for a dad to comfort him, he might experience sexual attraction toward other males because of the bonding and branding abilities in his brain to make sexualized core memories of his longing for non-sexual male comfort… but now it’s compromised into a sexual experience
during puberty
boys are interested in their own and other boys sexual development out of curiosity. This can lead to sexual experiences with each other. If a boy focus on his own genitals while masturbating, the same core memories with masturbation will form in his brain and he might be sexually aroused every time he sees other boys or men’s genitalia
we are developed and engineered by God to make this very strong bond and branding in our brains when we get married and have that first sexual experience with our wife
this will ensure a lifelong core memory of the best ever sexual experience in any male’s life… but we compromise that ability with sexual immorality before we get married
early exposure to pornography
and sexual media can develop from heterosexual to homosexual content
when a boy or man focus on and masturbate with these images and video content it trigger sexual arousal and lustfulness and it leads to experiences with real people about what they have seen
sexual violation, exposure, molestation or rape
through other males can leave deep hurts, rejection and lies in a young boy’s mind
this can be confusing to a boy and he might think that his value is dependent on what he can sexually give to other men