Man Leaves Homosexual Life to Glorify Jesus

YouTube ^ | 7/28/08 | Revski

[Revski]

I am placing this great story of this man to let all who are into a homosexual lifestyle, there is hope.

[LukeL]

People need to learn that homosexuality is a mental illness and not a lifestyle choice. When you compare the rates of suicide, AIDS, drug use, other mental health issues etc. The gay community has much higher rates, which cannot be explained by mere public shunning and outcast “syndrome”

[jwparkerjr]

I happen to like young ladies, even though I'm well into my 60’s and have been married to the same lady for 46 years. I consider my penchant a mental illness and as such I refuse to engage in activities that will encourage it. Despite my best efforts I usually manage to slip up and entertain impure thoughts, even during the worship service at church, triggered by certain things. It would be just as easy for me, and to me a whole lot more fun, to entertain one of these young ladies as it is for a homosexual to entertain another man.

If I could, by the power of my very will, stop these thoughts and temptations I would. But that's not my nature. If it were I would not need a a Saviour, but God knows I was born into sin and because of that was on the outs with Him from the day of my birth.

I feel the same is true for anyone who is attracted to something as a result of their sinful nature. Paul made it very clear that he did things he shouldn't do, and didn't do things he should do. But also made it clear that it's our Saviour that rescues us from falling prey to our nature.

We are so prone to sin that even some things that aren't in and of themselves sin become so when we do them thinking they are wrong.

There will be no sinners in Heaven. Everyone there will have been sinners for all their lives, but their sins will have been left behind, with their mortal and corruptible bodies.

Nope, if I, or a homosexual, or murderer, the list goes on and on, could resist temptation Christ would have died in vain. I can't, He didn't and the rest is glorious faith!

[Secret Agent Man]

People also need to know it was extremist homosexual activists within and from the outside of the APA (psychiatrist assoc) in 1973 that browbeat and intimidated them to start declassifying homosexuality as a mental disease. They have been twisting the arm of that organization ever since, trying to turn people who are against homosexuality into ‘those with a mental illness’.

If the depression, suicide and physical diseases that come along with all kinds of homosexuality (and they keep doing it despite the known dangers - insanity) aren’t enough to prove they are in a destructive lifestyle and mentally ill.

[Dutchboy88]

Your remarks are very powerful and true. That is the Gospel. I commend your frankness and honesty.

Two difficulties persist. One: That we cannot “change our stripes” until Christ changes them for us, does not make it appropriate for us to say, “Therefore homosexuality is good.” And I know you are not saying that. But, the homosexual community wants us to do this and are slowly re-crafting laws to compel it. If they were acknowledging that they are wracked with temptation, but are fighting the urges it would be an entirely different matter.

Two: The behavior we should encourage inside the Body of Christ is obviously different from the behavior we should encourage in society in general. One is done with the understanding I am containing the flesh, the other to keep some semblance of order. But, how does one play this out without becoming a “Tony Compalo” social gospel kook, and yet without inflicting unwelcome biblical perspectives upon an unbelieving society? And that, I would add, even though almost all of our laws are actually extensions of some biblical perspective (unbeknownst to most citizens). How do we encourage right behavior without sounding like it “pleases God” (in the legalistic sense), and without just allowing this stuff to erode into hedonism?

[Secret Agent Man]

Your views are a lot like my own. Not everyone has the same temptations, but we all have some. There is a ton of heterosexual temptations abounding all over too.

But it becomes extremely difficult to get people to see it when the scientific establishments starts making excuses for people’s temptations/sins, and calls them good. Further when it calls those trying to change those people bad and ill themselves.

I think the one big thing is that people who understand sin and temptations is that if you are fighting against your own, you know it’s wrong, you don’t try to make excuses for it or rationalize it, or get others to tell you it’s okay, when deep down you know it’s wrong.

Someone telling you something is good when you know deep down it is wrong, will not give you any comfort. That is why the homosexuals never get any peace. They know deep down it’s wrong, no matter how many shrinks, friends, whoever - tell them they are just fine and good.

[LetMarch]

Yes & Amen !!!!!Romans 8:6 says “For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
And the Lord Jesus said; “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63)
My favorite verse is “For He (God) hath made Him (Jesus Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.” HE (JESUS) WAS OUR SUBSTITUTE ON THE CROSS PAYING FOR MY AND YOUR SINS!!!!!!

[grumpa]

We summarize the debate on our website:
http://www.faithfacts.org/christ-and-the-culture/gay-rights

[RoadGumby]

Thank you for your post

[Revski]

Yes but when the spirit of the homosexual is gone then a different story of the mental state of the person is new. Thanks for comment.