So I'm sitting here at my college and I heard a conversation between some students. They were talking about someone's sexual preferances. I got to thinking, "what would be an effective way to witness to them?" I don't plan on going up and just talking about Jesus right off the bat but just how would we witness to the LGBT community?
So first, we all know being gay, transgender, ect. is a sin. That's not the debate here. If you disagree with that statement you are free to start a new thread.
Second, the LGBT community has a lot of questions that are very legit. How would we go about answering them in a loving way?
Here are some questions I have heard:
"Well if I'm gay am I going to hell?"
"I was born this way and I can't change. Why would God condemn me?"
"What if I'm a good person? Would God still send me to hell for being gay?"
These are all legit questions and unless we know how to answer them effectivly with equal parts truth and love we will never reach a very hurt community.
So what are your thoughts? Because we can't just throw the cold hard truth in their faces. That would send them running to the hills. But we can't sacrifice truth for love either. We need to love them while being truthful. How do we do that?
So first, we all know being gay, transgender, ect. is a sin. That's not the debate here. If you disagree with that statement you are free to start a new thread.
Second, the LGBT community has a lot of questions that are very legit. How would we go about answering them in a loving way?
Here are some questions I have heard:
"Well if I'm gay am I going to hell?"
"I was born this way and I can't change. Why would God condemn me?"
"What if I'm a good person? Would God still send me to hell for being gay?"
These are all legit questions and unless we know how to answer them effectivly with equal parts truth and love we will never reach a very hurt community.
So what are your thoughts? Because we can't just throw the cold hard truth in their faces. That would send them running to the hills. But we can't sacrifice truth for love either. We need to love them while being truthful. How do we do that?