“Trending: Same-Sex Attraction”
Dave Stone
June 29/30, 2013
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Introduction
Same-sex attraction is a controversial subject. But long before this was a political issue, it
was a Biblical issue. This is also a controversial subject because most of us in this room
have a co-worker or a relative who has or will experiment with or explore a same-sex
relationship. And in this room right now, for many, this topic is a painful one. There are a
lot of people who have been hurt by a church or have been turned off by the venom of a
Christian. So this sermon will require some preaching from the Bible, some teaching
from the head, and some sharing from the heart.
From the Bible
• Early on in the first book of the Bible, in Genesis 19 we read about the city of
Sodom and the homosexuality which was prevalent there.
• In Leviticus 18:22 it says, “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does
with a woman; that is detestable.”
• Romans 1:25-27 says, “They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and
worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator... Because of this,
God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural
sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned
natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men
committed shameful acts with other men…”
• Later we see in 1 Corinthians 6:9b-10, “Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually
immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves
nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the
kingdom of God.”
• Jesus always spoke about the ideal and standard. When Jesus is asked a question
about divorce, Jesus beats a path to the created intent from the beginning of time
(Matthew 19:3-6).
• The Bible teaches that sexual behavior outside the boundaries of a monogamous
marriage is immoral—whether it’s two unmarried college students hooking up, or
an adulterous affair of someone who’s married or it’s a homosexual relationship
or a heterosexual couple who are living together before marriage.
From the Culture
• We hear a lot of information and indoctrination from society on this topic. It’s en
vogue to be a lesbian or gay. That’s certainly the message the media has conveyed
in recent years.
• There are certainly some common threads that can point people or steer them in
the direction of same-sex relationships. But regardless of how we approach this
with ourselves or with our children, we need to make sure that our view comes
from God’s Word and not from popular opinion.
From the Heart
• Most of the Christian community doesn’t realize the pain and the ridicule that
many in the LGBT community have experienced in their lives. Some of that pain
came from experiences that actually led or pushed them—out of anger, out of
fear, out of coercion—so they headed the opposite direction of what God
intended.
• I’d love to see the Christian community coming alongside people in our culture
who have experienced pain in ways that we could never dream and share the love
of Christ with them.
Conclusion
The early church had people who had formerly participated in a variety of sexual
immorality and behavior, but they repented and changed. If you struggle in this area, you
can change too—through the power of the Holy Spirit. If you are struggling in this arena,
or maybe you’ve fallen some time ago, you need to know that God loves you. And there
is a blood-stained cross where Jesus died to pay for the sins of homosexuals and
heterosexuals. In this room, you are surrounded by a colossal collection of moral failures.
This room is filled with people who, in the past, lost battles with pride, greed, lying,
adultery, or pre-marital sex, but you need to know something about us: We are committed
to confessing our sins to a loving and holy God, repenting, and striving to resist
temptation through the power of the Holy Spirit. And your confession can set off a party
in heaven.