Where in the bible does it say homosexuality is a sin?

[fromtheriver]

Well I have been so curious and attached to this question for so long.

I have met some nice people that are gay and I feel confused about homosexuality being wrong because its also socially accepted today. I even knew this Christian boy who was homosexual and yet spoke to God and he grew saddened because of his sexuality.
I really want to know where in the bible it says homosexuality is wrong because even right now it I feel unsure to speak to any gay friends of mine.


I was explained that acting on those feelings is a sin, but I still feel unsure about it.


So is there anybody possibly explain to me the whole deal about homosexuality being a sin and not accepted by God? Where in the bible does it state why homosexuality is a sin?

Leviticus 18:22 "Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable."

Romans 1:"26Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion."

I know, this is a difficult issue. I have LGBT friends and I don't think that they're bad people or anything, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're living the way God wants them to.

[cowgirljen]

Romans 1, Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, and 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight." (Isaiah 5:20-21).

Oh, and I want to say (and you're probably agree with me, but many Christians won't) that I don't believe that being gay is a choice. I mean, obviously getting into bed with a member of the same sex is a choice, but I don't think one chooses to be attracted to the same sex instead of the opposite sex. I think there are a lot of gay people who'd really like to be straight but they're not. I read some crazy stat about the number of gay men in the USA who are or have been married to women. They think getting married will "fix them." I have a gay friend who's not a Christian because when he was a teenager he really wanted to be a good Christian, so he prayed and prayed and prayed that God would make him straight, but it never happened.

[Thaddaeus]

Originally Posted by Ancilla

Oh, and I want to say (and you're probably agree with me, but many Christians won't) that I don't believe that being gay is a choice. I mean, obviously getting into bed with a member of the same sex is a choice, but I don't think one chooses to be attracted to the same sex instead of the opposite sex. I think there are a lot of gay people who'd really like to be straight but they're not. I read some crazy stat about the number of gay men in the USA who are or have been married to women. They think getting married will "fix them." I have a gay friend who's not a Christian because when he was a teenager he really wanted to be a good Christian, so he prayed and prayed and prayed that God would make him straight, but it never happened.

I was a grambler I prayed and prayed that God would free me from my addiction, and He did the very minute I turned from my sin and turned to Him. Being gay is a choice you choose the same sex over the opposite sex, but the Bible teaches that unless there is marrige, there should be no sex, so sex with either sex outside of marrige is evil and we have a choice of good or evil also, so gays breaks two with one, no marriage no sex and don't lay with the same sex.

[cowgirljen]

I believe the Bibles every word and I believe homosexuality is moraly wrong . I believe whole heartildly that God can free someone who is truly saved from any addiction they might face. God has freed me from my addiction of drugs and alcohol after I got saved. I believe that someone who is truly saved and followed Jesus and read his word wouldn't be gay. But that's just my two cents....

[cowgirljen]

Rom 1:26,27

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural 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 indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

[cowgirljen]

Rom 1:24,25

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen.

[cowgirljen]

Rom 1:28

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
Rom 1:29-32

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

[cowgirljen]

"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2

[NoahsMom]

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;...this is a little of what the book of Romans says, I beleive it also states its a Abomination .

fromtheriver,

As you may have been informed, it is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life that propels a sinner towards worshipping the creature more than the Creator. As society continues to pander to that effect through the media, it is no wonder children as well as adults are being visually geared towards that sin soi that this seemingly impossibilty of not seeing it in themselves to change is adequate when the media cointinues to sow to the flesh for them. Jesus can deliver them from those sins, but they need to recognize the source of what tempts them to love the creature more than the Creator. It may not seem like it is because they grew up with it all of their life, but until their sights are lifted higher with the help of Jesus, they cannot see the hope that is in Jesus Christ that He came to save sinners from their sins so that they will not have dominion over them as He will help them to live the christian life as He is the Good Shepherd as well as the Saviour. Whe the just shall live by faith, they are getting to know Him and all His promises to us as He helps them to live the christian life.

[eric51]

Originally Posted by fromtheriver

Well I have been so curious and attached to this question for so long.

I have met some nice people that are gay and I feel confused about homosexuality being wrong because its also socially accepted today. I even knew this Christian boy who was homosexual and yet spoke to God and he grew saddened because of his sexuality.
I really want to know where in the bible it says homosexuality is wrong because even right now it I feel unsure to speak to any gay friends of mine.


I was explained that acting on those feelings is a sin, but I still feel unsure about it.


So is there anybody possibly explain to me the whole deal about homosexuality being a sin and not accepted by God? Where in the bible does it state why homosexuality is a sin?

The teaching of the Scriptures is clear, despite efforts on the part of some to gloss over such teaching. The Church finds biblical evidence for its teaching in the Book of Genesis. God fashions humankind in his own likeness, male and female. It is in the complementarity of the sexes that "they are called to reflect the inner unity of the Creator. This vision is reinforced with explicit condemnations of homosexual genital relations. In Genesis 19:1-11. In I Corinthians 6:9-10, he states that those who engage in homosexual behavior, along with others, including adulterers, drunkards, thieves, etc., are excluded from the kingdom of God In the Letter to the Romans 1:18-32, Paul uses the example of homosexual relations as symbolic of the moral blindness that has overcome humanity, when it closed its eyes to God’s will which revealed in the natural order. And, finally, in I Timothy 1:10. Homosexual acts are described, along with murder and lying and other wrongs, as "contrary to sound teaching.

At the heart of the Church’s teaching on homosexuality is the fundamental distinction between the homosexual tendency and homosexual behavior. Moral theologians customarily speak of the homosexual "orientation," by which they mean only the psychosexual attraction toward persons of the same sex.

With the distinction between homosexual tendencies or attraction and homosexual behavior in mind, a working definition of homosexuality is: a predominant, persistent, and exclusive psychosexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. A homosexual person is: one who feels sexual desire for and sexual responsiveness to persons of the same sex and who seeks or would like to seek actual sexual fulfillment of this desire by sexual acts with a person of the same sex

The origins of homosexuality are not clear. There are a variety of schools of thought on the subject: some regard homosexuality as a physiological condition or, at least, a physiological predisposition. Others seem to regard it as an acquired behavior, the result of environmental factors or upbringing. It is beyond the competency of the Church to judge such matters. What is becoming clear, though, is that the homosexual tendency in many cases may very well not be the result of a deliberate choice.

At the same time, the although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. This is best understood when situated in a context. Everyone without exception has disordered inclinations. There are inclinations toward anger, jealousy, greed, cowardice, rash judgment, lust and hypocrisy. We each have some combination of these and others to a greater or lesser extent. Homosexual persons are not the only ones with disordered inclinations. The fact that someone has one or more of these disordered inclinations does not make that person evil. It does not even make that person disordered, only the inclination is said to be disordered. The person, despite his or her disordered inclinations, is a creature of God and, by grace, His child and heir to eternal life.

A person made in the image of God and redeemed by the Blood of Christ, should never be reduced to one of his or her various inclinations. A person is not " a homosexual," as though that sums up the entire person, simply because he or she may have certain homosexual tendencies.

Having said all this, nothing the Church has said about the moral sinlessness of the homosexual tendency or the dignity of homosexual persons or their entitlement to all the basic human rights should be constructed as endorsing a homosexual life style or homosexual acts. To say that the homosexual inclinations is not sinful and to say that homosexual persons should not suffer discrimination because of their sexual attraction does not mean that homosexual conduct should be promoted.

There are growing pressures to recognize the homosexual ife style as legitimate, as one alternative among others which are equally good. There is a movement to foster the notion that homosexual behavior is simply a variant form of normal sexual behavior, entitled to the same protection at law as heterosexual behavior within marriage. Opposition to homosexuality as a form of behavior and opposition to homosexuality as an acceptable life style cannot simply be dismissed as prejudice.

The consistent teaching of the Church regarding sexual activity has been and continues to be that it is only in the marital relationship that sexually relations can be morally good." The Church’s teaching affirms both the unity and the procreative meaning of sexual activity. Any form of sexual activity which excludes either or both of these meanings is judged immoral: whether this is loveless sex between a husband and wife, which would deny the unitive meaning of sexual activity, or the sexual relationship between two homosexual persons, which denies the procreative meaning, however profound their relationship and commitment to each other.

I won't post any more verses.I know it is a daily struggle for alot of people,I am no expert on the subject.I believe God created Eve for alot of reasons,one being as a sexual partner.My daughters best friends are gay,and I love them just I do anyone else.As Christians we are to accept everyone as they are,and to tell them what the Bible says.It is up to the individual to act. God bless

Originally Posted by Thaddaeus

I was a grambler I prayed and prayed that God would free me from my addiction, and He did the very minute I turned from my sin and turned to Him. Being gay is a choice you choose the same sex over the opposite sex, but the Bible teaches that unless there is marrige, there should be no sex, so sex with either sex outside of marrige is evil and we have a choice of good or evil also, so gays breaks two with one, no marriage no sex and don't lay with the same sex.

See, I think again we're failing to make the distinction between the orientation and the behaviour. I believe the latter is a choice but not the former. One doesn't choose what sex they are attracted to, but they do choose who they get in bed with. I consider myself a heterosexual even though I've never had sex. Likewise there are homosexuals who've never have had sex. I don't think that I am any less of a sinner than they are just because I'm attracted to men. I didn't choose to be attracted to men, that's just he way I am. Gay people feel the same way. Unfortunately, many of them (if not most) feel that they whether or not they've ever had sex that Christians won't accept them just because they're gay. I mean, just look at the thread about "what we really think of gay people." If they've never had sex (or pursued an intimate relationship with the same sex) have they sinned in that area? What must drive them really nuts (I know it drives me nuts) is that Chrisitans seem to be more tolerant of people who commit adultery and leave their spouses then of gay people who haven't really hurt anyone. I mean look at all the Christians who voted for McCain who left his wheelchair-bound wife for a younger woman! I'd vote for a gay man over him any day! Like, I know that it's hard for a parent when their child comes out as gay, but other than that, who are they hurting? I think that's why so many people have such a hard time understanding why it's a sin. To that I say that yes, a lot of that which is forbidden in the Bible is about not hurting others. But just because one can't see a victim in their sin doesn't mean it's not a sin! We should lead not on our own understanding. However, I just don't understand how one can tolerate adultery over homosexuality. My mom has seen so many marriages devistated by adultery and her friends left pennyless after their husbands found younger women, she doesn't think there's any sexual sin that involves concenting adults that's worse than adultery. It is, after all, one of the commandments and it invovles breaking a vow made before God and man, and that's really darn serious.

Originally Posted by Thaddaeus

I was a grambler I prayed and prayed that God would free me from my addiction, and He did the very minute I turned from my sin and turned to Him. Being gay is a choice you choose the same sex over the opposite sex, but the Bible teaches that unless there is marrige, there should be no sex, so sex with either sex outside of marrige is evil and we have a choice of good or evil also, so gays breaks two with one, no marriage no sex and don't lay with the same sex.

I hope you know you're as wrong as Hell. It is not a choice.
I'm a gay male. From the day I was born I dreamt of meeting the girl of my dreams, and with devistation I relaized all those dreams were taken from me. Who would choose to be unloved, or ****ed to Hell? Don't be so prideful in your Heterosexuality, you lucky, lucky man.

Yeah guys but still. I know you're right, but before you say the simple answer is to not act upon it, try not acting upon the hole in your heart first. God gave us the need to be loved. Give yourself a MONTH to hold back these feelings, and then imagine that torture for the rest of your life.

[Slepsog4]

Sex and Love are not the same thing. Perversion of God's gift of sexuality is not justified in the name of Love.

Love does no harm to his neighbor. This applies to the spirit, soul, and body. Homosexuality is destructive at several levels.

God's will is to be respected and obeyed. To do otherwise is sin.

[Goofy777]

Originally Posted by mcap

I won't post any more verses.I know it is a daily struggle for alot of people,I am no expert on the subject.I believe God created Eve for alot of reasons,one being as a sexual partner.My daughters best friends are gay,and I love them just I do anyone else.As Christians we are to accept everyone as they are,and to tell them what the Bible says.It is up to the individual to act. God bless

I agree totally, who are we to judge people... We can show them the proof in the bible but thats about it... If they want to change, we can help them by teaching them about God. Like the saying goes... You can make a horse go to the water but you cant make it drink... So lets not tell them how wrong they are but love them for who they are and show them the right way : Gods way

[Goofy777]

Originally Posted by Patchface

Yeah guys but still. I know you're right, but before you say the simple answer is to not act upon it, try not acting upon the hole in your heart first. God gave us the need to be loved. Give yourself a MONTH to hold back these feelings, and then imagine that torture for the rest of your life.

Dude, i dont really understand what it is your looking for... Are you looking for help by asking these questions or are you trying to justify you being gay? To me it sounds as though you are trying to justify the fact that your gay? You just got all the answeres, Quotes from the bible, so i really dont know why your still argueing