When we break faith with our Designer or Creator, we lose our faith and end up going our own way and doing our own thing (cf. Isa. 53:6, ESV, which says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned-- every one--to his own way...")--one definition of sin's essence. The Bible states "woe to him who strives with his Maker "(cf. Isa. 45:9). God didn't make the rules for sexuality to be mean or to spoil our fun, as some kind of a cosmic killjoy, but that's what's best for us and we sin against ourselves when we commit sexual immorality. We are all capable of doing what's unnatural and inappropriate things and inventing new ways to do evil (cf. Romans 1:27-30).
Now, homosexuality is not to be singled out as the worst possible evil or sin committed, for we must see it in God's eye; He loves the sinner, yet hates the sin. It is at variance with Scripture and some Christians don't hold a biblical worldview, thinking it's just progressed to accept gay marriage. The Bible teaches absolute morality, and His perfect, holy, divine standards have not and will not change with time--they're not relative in any way.
People who say that God mentions it as abominable must also realize other sins are in the same boat and worthy of the same condemnation that they don't denounce. Often it's the other guy's sin that offends us, not our own. All sin angers God because it goes against His divine nature. We were originally in God's image and meant to bring glory to Him, and this is contrary to God's intention of the union of a man and a woman in marriage. He did this on purpose so that they can complete each other and fit together as one. Homosexuality is not God's best for man and offends Him, as does all sin. It isn't sin just because God doesn't like it--it is degrading and shameful as well as unnatural, going contrary to His nature which is holy.
We must be careful not to concentrate on any one sin that offends us and miss the forest for the trees, not seeing the big picture. Legalists see sins, not sin and our problem is our old sin nature, which manifests its weakness differently. We must not signal out homosexuality and lose focus or go on some campaign against the sinners. Our mission is to preach the gospel to them and let God do a work of grace in changing their lives.
People who say that God mentions it as abominable must also realize other sins are in the same boat and worthy of the same condemnation that they don't denounce. Often it's the other guy's sin that offends us, not our own. All sin angers God because it goes against His divine nature. We were originally in God's image and meant to bring glory to Him, and this is contrary to God's intention of the union of a man and a woman in marriage. He did this on purpose so that they can complete each other and fit together as one. Homosexuality is not God's best for man and offends Him, as does all sin. It isn't sin just because God doesn't like it--it is degrading and shameful as well as unnatural, going contrary to His nature which is holy.
We must be careful not to concentrate on any one sin that offends us and miss the forest for the trees, not seeing the big picture. Legalists see sins, not sin and our problem is our old sin nature, which manifests its weakness differently. We must not signal out homosexuality and lose focus or go on some campaign against the sinners. Our mission is to preach the gospel to them and let God do a work of grace in changing their lives.
God can heal or cure someone of this sin, just like any sin (cf. 1 Cor. 6:11). Some claim they were born this way and they didn't have any choice--but isn't the sin nature's essence the act of choosing self over God and rebelling against His plan, of declaring one's independence from God? When they ask if it's nature or nurture, it's almost always neither, but a choice. Even if people were born homosexual they still have no excuse to sin, no more than a heterosexual has the excuse to rape or commit fornication.
The point is that we are all in rebellion against God and in need of repentance--forgiveness for what we've done and deliverance from what we are. Repentance is the gift of God that changes our attitude and heart from the inside out. The Bible makes it clear that the church is only to judge those inside and let God judge the outsider (cf. 1 Cor. 5:12-13). The problem with homosexuals is not as much their sin, but their lack of repentance from sin in general and not believing in Christ, who can save them (cf. 1 Cor. 6: 11, ESV, says: "And such were some of you...")--God will change no one who loves his sin and desires no change. God changes us from the inside out, He doesn't just tell us to reform ourselves.
CAVEAT: BEWARE LEST WE JUSTIFY THE SIN, NOT THE SINNER! Soli Deo Gloria!
The point is that we are all in rebellion against God and in need of repentance--forgiveness for what we've done and deliverance from what we are. Repentance is the gift of God that changes our attitude and heart from the inside out. The Bible makes it clear that the church is only to judge those inside and let God judge the outsider (cf. 1 Cor. 5:12-13). The problem with homosexuals is not as much their sin, but their lack of repentance from sin in general and not believing in Christ, who can save them (cf. 1 Cor. 6: 11, ESV, says: "And such were some of you...")--God will change no one who loves his sin and desires no change. God changes us from the inside out, He doesn't just tell us to reform ourselves.
CAVEAT: BEWARE LEST WE JUSTIFY THE SIN, NOT THE SINNER! Soli Deo Gloria!