Recently, I ridiculed two construction workers who were in public, holding hands. I should have prayed for them, but I worried that staying silent was tacit approval of their behavior that would seem as if it is acceptable and thus be a wrong behavior model for children.
For a moment, I despised them because their behavior was so
unnatural; not for my sake, but for their open rebellion to God and the way they
were created. According to Paul, those two men were doing “what is shameful”
(Rom 1:27), “leaving the natural use of the woman” (Rom 1:27), and lusted men
for men.
Ironically, the “natural man” is one that is of the world. “Natural
man” is a genetic predisposition toward sin that was inherited from Adam’s “original
sin.” Mankind was not created with original sin but their namesake, Adam, chose
it. Henceforth, “natural man,” when given two choices, chooses wrongly. In the
case of homosexuality, given the choice of man or woman, men choose men and
women choose women.
On the other hand, “natural use” is using what God created
for mankind the way it was designed to be used. The reproductive “tools” of men
and women are complementary in that they are designed for reproduction. The
pleasure provided by those same tools transform tools designed for urinating
into tools designed for reproduction. “Pleasure” causes their transformation,
and hence pleasure is for a purpose and should not be misused.
Natural man, as created, would use their “tools” appropriately.
“Unnatural man” uses them mosly for pleasure. Scripture hints at misuse of the “tools”
as the original sin in that the man and woman covered their “shame” (Gen
3:7,10). Of course, since that time, God has been graceful by allowing man and
woman to pleasure with each other so long as the pleasure does not interfere
with communion with God. “It is better to marry than burn,” (with lust) as Paul
said. (1 Cor 7:9). God knew that sex for pleasure had become very natural
for men and women.
“Become” is the key word. God created mankind natural. “Natural”
was meant to be one man, one woman, and One God; everything done for His purposes.
Eating of forbidden fruit changed things; rather than the joy of having mini-Adams
and Eves, the joy was for Adam and Eve ad God was left out. There was no joy under
the forbidden tree for God because He was alone in the Tree of Life.
“Marriage” is man and woman in unity. “Holy Matrimony” is
man and woman in unity with each other and God. They stand under the Tree of
Life (Jesus). There is nothing “holy” about men and women in unity without God,
nor is there men with men and women with women, because those perversions
isolate God.
“Perversion” is deviation form the natural. Men and women
have emotions that complement each other and used for right purposes complement
God. To be straight forward, the tools of men are designed for the tools of
women, and together they become one in purpose. Men with men and women with
women have unnatural uses for their tools. They defy God by using their natural
tools for unnatural purposes. They were not “born this way” but became that
way. In other words, heterosexuality is natural, Adam and Eve were created
that way, and everyone else was born that way.
“Original sin” was being “reborn” in an unnatural manner. Natural
man has God as their Father, and unnatural man has the Devil: “Ye are of your
father the Devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do” (John 8:44). The
Devil would have you do things unnatural, or unholy, since God created things natural,
or with good intentions (Gen 1:31). Anything less than natural use is evil.
Think now in the context that “natural man” is doing things
the way they are intended, and Satan blurred the distinction; he coaxes men and
women do things unnaturally. Doing the Serpent’s will changes the
natural to the unnatural, and even today, that would be called the “new natural.”
Hence, sinful man is now the “natural man” who does things against God and nature.
Man was neither created that way nor born that way; they became
that way. Just as reaching for the forbidden fruit, eating it, and enjoying
what God had forbidden; homosexuals reach for what is forbidden, partake of it,
and pleasure in the enticement that Satan encourages. As such, homosexuality is
not genetic but behavioral and originally, even psychologists, called it
“abnormal,” meaning “unnatural” in that they were not born that way.
Then Satan and the demons entered the mob. Homosexuals and
their supporters protested the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and they
changed their designation. Homosexuality became the “new normal” and those against
it became “abnormal.” The Serpent twisted truth and the unnatural became the
natural, and the natural, the unnatural. As I write this, the world considers
me the one who is sick. They call my sickness “homophobia” when, truly, homosexuality
is the sickness of sin.
What about the APA? What about those who are not homosexuals
but support them in their sin? In the case of the two men exhibiting unnatural lust
(not love), one woman whose brother is a homosexual wrote, “They deserve
to have someone to love too!”
All sinners, according to scripture, deserve one thing and
that is death. Because their sin is peculiar does not give them a pass on
judgment. They too deserve death for unholy, unnatural behavior. (And I also deserve
death because all have sinned, but I repent of my sins. With repentance, God
has mercy and provides the remedy for sin – His grace.)
Family members condone the sin of homosexuality out
of love. God condemns it the for the same reason! True love is grace for
any sin, but the grace must be accepted to be efficacious. Homosexuals are
those with a particular sin, and that sin is a “stronghold.” Others may have
other strongholds, but God can take care of those strongholds if the “door” is opened
for Him to come in. Sinners must welcome God to change them, not continue doing
what they know is wrong both naturally and spiritually. No sin is beyond God
even though modern psychiatry has changed their view on that.
If my son was a drug addict, if I condone that, what will
eventually happen? The addicted son will likely die before his time. I do not
condone drug usage for three reasons: (1) I want my son alive physically, (2) I
want my son alive spiritually, and (3) I want that my son never should perish.
Those are because I love my son so immensely!
Why would a parent want their son to abandon homosexuality?
(1) They would want their son alive physically, (2) spiritually, and (3)
eternally — the same three reasons. Homosexuality kills. It is a sin against
oneself. Stress and depression can kill, as well as the aids virus. Like it or
not, but aids is God’s warning to change, and those who do not heed that “hint”
may die. God always provides a Way out, but it must be taken!
Adam and Eve died when they ate the forbidden fruit, but it
went unnoticed. Eve died but Adam failed to see it. She was drained of God’s
Spirit within her, and it began to assume the spirit of Satan. Homosexuality
does likewise. An empty soul readily assumes any spirit around. God does not
consort with the unnatural unless those who deviate welcome Him to come in for
change. Homosexuals are dying but it goes unnoticed. Those who condone sin,
condemn their loved ones. (I would reject any of my family’s drug use because I
love them so, and that is the situation for any sin.) Rejecting sin is hard
work but rewarding as some might be saved from perishing!
Now for those who condone sin, and in particular homosexuality:
“Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are
worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do
them” (Rom 1:32). Who is “who?” The reprobate (Rom 1:29). What is “reprobate?”
Paul provided a list of sins that belong to them (Rom 1:29-30), but the “reprobate”
are those who never turn over their sin, whatever it is, to God; to depend on
and trust God to tear down the walls of those strongholds!
Psychiatry gave up on you. Not only will they not attempt to
fix that abnormality, but now laws even prevent preachers from converting homosexuals.
And it is deemed intolerant by society if Christians fail to accept unnatural
behaviors as natural. God will never give up on you unless you give up on yourself.
Psychiatry is the Devil’s cunning way to convince unnatural people that they
can never return to normalcy… the way God intended. If you have given up on
your identity, God can change you into a new person. That is what “born again” means
(John 3:7). New creatures behave and think differently. They
behave and think, according to the way they were created, not the way they
were deviated!
Homosexuals are dying and neither do they nor their loved
ones realize it. There are two main points in Romans 1:32: (1) Those who “commit
such things are worthy of death.” I do not condemn them; by their behaviors,
they condemn themselves. I do not condemn them because I do not tolerate sin in
people that I love, according to the pattern of God. God has the grace to offer
the alternative, and nobody should stand in the Way. There is a second point:
(2) God condemns them who, “have pleasure in them that do them.” Those who
enjoy sin or even tolerate it are in danger of damnation. They are two types of
people: (1) Those who engage in same-sex pornography, weddings, and
associations, or (2) those who tolerate homosexuality.
The woman who tolerates her brother’s homosexuality out of
brotherly love, is condemning him and herself to damnation. It is a sin to engage
in or tolerate homosexuality, and ironically, those who tolerate the
deviation as the normative out of love, condemn those who they say they
love.
Herein, I was hard on homosexuality, but it applies to any
sin because all sin is “unnatural” since it is a deviation from God’s standards
for us. Paul was specifically bold in his condemnation of sexual sins as they
are extremely grievous to God. I, as many theologians, examine scripture and
conclude that just maybe the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge was “carnal
knowledge” or sexual sin — using the “tools” for other than their design
intent.
After all, the two had not “multiplied” while in Paradise,
but they had pleasured. They did not obey the command to multiply until they
were cast out of the Garden. Perhaps they pleasured with sex rather than
reproduced with sexual intercourse. Regardless of that speculation, God
finds sexual sins abominable. The Law lists abominable sins, and they are usually
sexual sins, and specifically homosexuality.
“The wages of sin is death” (Rom 6:23), and homosexuality and
its acceptance leads to the wages that they deserve — eternally perishing.
With that said, our government now tolerates homosexuality
and even same-sex marriage, and for that, America, unless it changes gods; it
too will perish just as the “harlot” Jerusalem and the “harlots” Sodom and
Gomorrah before that.
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