Do you think God has mercy on people who are gay...?

Do you think God has mercy on people who are gay because of being molested and traumatized as children? Do you think if they believe they love Jesus but ignore that command they will enter into Heaven because of God's mercy?



That is a great question. In order to answer that question we need to first define why the Bible say’s people become gay, or commit any other sin for that matter. I would first like to start out by saying that God does not single out gay people to bring his wrath to. Rather His wrath is death and death is the penalty of sin. In other words sin is any thought or action that breaks Gods Law (1 Corinthians 15:56). Now I know that in the past some Christians have demonized people that are homosexual and that is a shame, so let’s level the playing field if you would. So to level this field we must point out that we don’t all sin in the same way but we all sin and in Gods economy all sin is equal (James 2:10). “What do you mean we all sin,?” You might ask? Well the Bible says in Romans 2:15 that Gods Law is written on our hearts and that our consciences bears witness to this. An example would be that we all know lying is wrong. How do we know this? Well it is because it is written on our hearts by God and it is also written down in His word which is the Bible. This now leads us to ask the question why do we then break God’s Law? We find the answer to this question in Romans Chapter 1. Romans one tells us that God’s attributes or characteristics and power are clearly seen through His creation and this is done so that we would worship Him (Romans 1:20). But instead of worshiping God our foolish hearts were darkened (by our own desires) and we began to worship the creation rather than the creator (Romans 1:25). And as we do this God then gives us over (because we chose it) to the lust of our hearts (Romans 1:24), degrading passions (Romans 1:26), and a depraved mind (Romans 1:28). The result of all these things is ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (Romans 1:29) which includes being gay (Romans 1:27). Now life is difficult at times and we are faced with situations that are harmful to us and sometimes the things that harm us can lead us to even more destructive behavior. Molestation is a traumatizing and horrible act that wrecks many lives and that is a fact. But it is also a fact that those who believe in Jesus have been born again (John 3:3) and we are a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17). We have been made new but it is for a purpose and that purpose is to do good works for Christ Jesus (Ephesians 2:10). Someone who is born again cannot ignore Gods commands because the Bible says that God is working in us to conform us to His will (Hebrews 13:2) and we know His will is not homosexuality or any other sin for that matter. Christians are a new creation in Jesus and our old self is dead and we are to walk in the newness of life. So because we are in Christ and a new creation we do not go on sinning they way we did before we knew Jesus and that is evidence of our salvation. In closing 1 John 3:4-10 say’s this about those who go on sinning and proclaim to be Christians:



“Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.”



If we are truly born again we cannot go on sinning or we do not live in it, although we stumble at times.