ArchivedMinistering to Gays and LesbiansThat last paragraph was not a sweeping generalization. Do the numbers for yourself. The population of the United States is 280 Million, even using the gay activist figure of 10% that would make their numbers 28 million. However, gay activists have acknowledged their percentage is false and was claimed for propaganda purposes only. The real percentage is closer to 3%, which makes the number of gays lesss than 10 million. You can check the 2000 US Census for yourself and extrapolate a percentage based on their data. I did that and found that .21% of our population is gay and lesbian couples living in the same household. Increase that number about 10 times and you will get a percentage of 2.1%. Do you honestly believe that less than10 million gays, not all activists can push the agenda you see at this time? Of course not! And just how are you a man going to convince any person who is really dealing with homosexuality on a personal level going to convince them the Bible calls their lifestyle sin? You won't! The Holy Spirit will! We sow the truth of the gospel, we water what we sow with love and encouragement, however God brings the increase. Attacking the lifestyle is attacking the person in the mind of gay men and lesbian women. Introduce sinners to the Sin Bearer and let the Holy Spirit do His job which is to convict and convert. Eph 2:8-9 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, that no one should boast. NAS John 16:6-11 7 "But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper shall not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 <b>"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment;</b> 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you no longer behold Me; 11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. NAS 1 Cor 1:21-25 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 22 For indeed Jews ask for signs, and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 <b>but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.</b> 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. NAS I started out of gay life in 1981 at the age of 38; burned all bridges to my gay past in 1983 on my 40th birthday. My experiences with the institutional church pushed me away from organized religion into my only real source of information - The Bible. My journey took me almost 10 years, mostly in enforced isolation. I made some major mistakes and will live with the consequences of those mistakes for the rest of my life. What consequences? I have AIDS. However, Praise be to God I did overcome in the power of the Holy Spirit, not through fear of fire and brimstone. The truth is institutional Christians are a stumbling block to gay men and lesbian women since the parrot bigotry and prejudice, not Biblical truth. If you really have a heart to reach the gay community with the truth, preach the gospel, know ahead of time it is going to be a long, hard ministry, spend a lot of time in prayer, and depend on the leading of the Spirit not institutional religious doctrine. |
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