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   > "lifestyle" which revolves around perverted sex; and the results   
   > are obvious?obvious and dangerous to all of society, especially   
   > the young and vulnerable. Most dangerous of all, homosexual acts   
   > are forbidden by God; and any society which condones and   
   > facilitates those acts will be the object of His wrath.   
   > Regardless of what "gay theologian" revisionists claim, the   
   > Bible contains repeated commands for Christians to speak against   
   > evil, and sexual perversion is evil.8   
   >   
   > Q. Considering all the attendant problems,   
   > why would anyone choose to be a homosexual?   
   >   
   > A. Being a drug dealer or a prostitute is not exactly popular,   
   > healthy, or safe; but no one tries to claim because of that,   
   > some individuals must have been born drug dealers or   
   > prostitutes! Here is how the Word of God explains why   
   > individuals engage in sinful, destructive behavior: "But every   
   > man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and   
   > enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:   
   > and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death" (James 1:14-   
   > 15). Rather than make excuses for grievous immorality, we need   
   > to point homosexuals to the gospel of Jesus Christ as the way to   
   > be forgiven, set free of their sin, and saved. "If the Son   
   > therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed" (John   
   > 8:36).   
   >   
   > Q. I am against the "special rights" homosexuals demand, but I   
   > do not believe that homosexuals should be discriminated against.   
   > Isn't that a proper stand on this issue?   
   >   
   > A. No. If citizens are not allowed to discriminate in any way   
   > with regard to out-of-the-closet homosexuals, then there is no   
   > basis for denying those involved in sexual perversion the right   
   > to adopt and teach children, marry one another, be policemen or   
   > medics, serve in the armed forces, be elected officials and   
   > judges, work for you, and rent from you. It is because of the no-   
   > special-rights approach that we now have open homosexuals   
   > involved in many activities from which they should have been   
   > banned, and principled property owners and businessmen are   
   > required by law in many states to rent to and employ persons of   
   > low moral character engaged in immoral conduct which flies in   
   > the face of the deepest beliefs of the landlords and employers.   
   >   
   > Q. If we speak against homosexuality, what if someone then   
   > commits violence against a homosexual?   
   >   
   > A. Those who champion homosexuality are trying to shame into   
   > silence their opponents with the speculation that being against   
   > homosexual acts may cause a crime. Because someone may twist   
   > something right into an excuse to do something wrong must not   
   > restrain us from speaking the truth. Homosexuality is wrong,   
   > sinful behavior. Criminal violence is also wrong, sinful   
   > behavior. We should not encourage the first by caving in to   
   > unfounded threats that somehow we are causing the second.   
   > Adultery is also wrong, and sometimes injured parties take the   
   > law into their own hands and react violently. Does this mean   
   > that we should never say a negative thing about adultery?   
   >   
   > Q. But if we speak out against homosexual acts,couldn't we be   
   > the cause of suicide?   
   >   
   > A. The homosexual activists demagogue the suicide issue to   
   > silence decent people from publicly stating their beliefs. Any   
   > group of people involved in immoral, reckless behavior, such as   
   > drug use or drunkenness, adultery or prostitution, always have a   
   > higher suicide rate than those who live morally. Should we then   
   > stop speaking out against all evil behaviors?   
   >   
   > Certainly young people involved in committing homosexual acts   
   > are at first troubled in their consciences; and when they are   
   > told by the older "gay activist" that they were born to commit   
   > those acts, they may well despair and take their own lives,   
   > thinking that they have no other way out. By contrast, the   
   > Christian who shares the gospel with young people involved in   
   > sexual perversion gives them a way to not only be freed from   
   > that way of life and have a clear conscience but to also be   
   > forgiven and adopted into the family of God. In this, the   
   > Christian offers life and hope while the "gay activist" offers   
   > only death and despair. It is the homosexual advocates,   
   > teachers, and leaders who are causing suicide, not Christians   
   > standing up for the Word of God.   
   >   
   > No matter if you are a homosexual or not, if you have not   
   > repented of your sins and put all your trust in Jesus Christ for   
   > salvation and right standing with God, you are headed for   
   > eternal damnation when you die. Jesus said, "I am the way, the   
   > truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me"   
   > (John 14:6). He commanded, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel"   
   > (Mark 1:15). Because every person has "sinned, and come short of   
   > the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23), every person stands condemned as   
   > a lawbreaker before God. The Bible says, "It is appointed unto   
   > men once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb. 9:27).   
   >   
   > How will you answer to God for your sins on judgment day? You   
   > cannot work them off. "For by grace are ye saved through faith;   
   > and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works,   
   > lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9). You cannot expect the   
   > perfect Holy Judge to simply let you walk away from justice, and   
   > He will not. The Bible warns that all sinners are sentenced to   
   > hell. Hell is a perfect picture of God's perfect hatred of sin.   
   > The Bible says that it is a place of weeping and gnashing of   
   > teeth, a place of outer darkness and unquenchable fire (Matt.   
   > 8:12, Mark 9:46), and those sent there are punished forever. The   
   > Bible also tells us, "For God so loved the world, that he gave   
   > his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should   
   > not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16). Jesus   
   > Christ, God the Son, "was made in the likeness of men" (Phil.   
   > 2:7) while remaining the Son of God.   
   >   
   > He lived a perfect life on earth and offered up that perfect   
   > life as a sin offering once for all on the cross. "But this man,   
   > after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down   
   > on the right hand of God" (Heb. 10:12). Jesus was raised from   
   > the dead by the power of God and, in this, not only defeated sin   
   > but also death. Most importantly, by shedding His perfect blood,   
   > He paid for the sins and cancelled the sentence of all those who   
   > will ask to be forgiven of their sin and put all their faith in   
   > Him for salvation. If you want to be saved and spared eternal   
   > judgment, you must truly repent of your sins, believe the   
   > gospel, and put all your trust for salvation in the Lord Jesus   
   > Christ (Rom. 10:9-10). "For he saith, I have heard thee in a   
   > time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee:   
   > behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of   
   > salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2).   
   >             
      
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