LGBTQ

LGBTQs are wrongly condemned with sole relation to sex and sexuality. Scripture teaches that homosexual acts are sinful, yet many Bible verses aren't about condemning homosexuals, gays, lesbians, or transgender people. We all live in a fallen world with a fallen nature, but in Christ, we can be new creations. Yet all men lose sight of God's loving warning and offer of grace for those who have strayed from His will for sex.

God loves LGBTQ people

Nothing can separate us from the love of God. (Rom 8:38)  This message is for all people, including LGBTQ individuals.

God did not make a mistake in creating LGBTQ people. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:113-14)  Sexual identity and gender identity are components of a person’s personality, and as such are part of who God made each of us to be.

All people are justified through Christ, including LGBTQ people.  “God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them” (2 Corinthians 3:19), therefore, “we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.” (Romans 5:1, 2). This is not to say that being LGBTQ is a sin, but if it were, it would certainly be forgiven.

John 13:34-35

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.””

It all starts with love. Without love, we have nothing. This scripture states that others should know that you are His disciple by the way you love others. This is a simple yet difficult passage to follow because the world around us continues to try to divide us. There is no love in when there is division, there is no love in fear, but perfect love casts out all fear. This is the love that we need to strive to emulate, a love so great, a love that can only come from a perfect God.

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