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How to Love Homosexuals
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Chai Young
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2022-05-08 17:25:31, hit : 973 |
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2020년 5월 7일 ·
동성애자 대응법(How to Love Homosexuals)-영어/한글
I think the homosexuality will be the next issue of contention between the Korean government and churches in near future. As the government is moving towards identifying homosexuals as an oppressed minority, the church, which states homosexuality as a sin, will likely be condemned as oppressors.
Christians should have a clear understanding of homosexuality in order to deal with the situation. The book “Holy Sexuality and the Gospel” by Christopher Yuan helped me to truly understand homosexuality. Professor Yuan, who used to be a practicing homosexual himself, became a Christian and now teaches at Moody Bible Institute as a faculty member. In this book he provides many insights about homosexuality based on his experiences and Scripture.
He believes that the number of people who are sexually attracted to the same sex is higher than commonly believed. But, contrary to the claim that homosexual tendency is innate and can’t be changed, he says the strength of the attraction varies individually and comes and goes through various stages of life. In fact, many homosexuals are also attracted to the opposite sex, get married, and live a happy life.
Same-sex attraction is not a sin in and of itself; acting on the attraction is. He criticizes those who teach that homosexual lifestyle is not sin. He explains this belief is based on faulty hermeneutics, and this teaching actually deprives homosexuals of the opportunity to be freed from a sinful lifestyle.
I found the following two concepts to be the most significant in regards to this issue:
Many Christians consider homosexuality an unforgivable sin, but it’s not. Homosexual sins are neither better nor worse than heterosexual sins. Christians should accept and love homosexuals and help them abandon their sinful lifestyle, just as we would with heterosexual sinners, instead of rejecting and condemning them.
Trying to suppress homosexual desires inevitably leads to failure. Instead, homosexuals should focus on Jesus Christ. The pleasure of sexual intercourse, either heterosexual or homosexual, is only the shadow of pleasure Christians will experience when the Bride (the Church) meets the Bridegroom (Christ) upon His Second Coming. Only this hope and anticipation can enable heterosexual and homosexual Christians to overcome any sinful sexual desires and keep themselves pure.
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Introduction
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