A message from Anonymous


Hello Pastor Paul, I have a question about homosexuality here. So I have a lot of homosexual friends and being a Christian I do not want to condemn them because by doing so I know I will not be a blessing. What I ask is how I can actually introduce to them the Word about the situation without hurting them or something. I care about my friends and I honestly would not want this to end with them regretting me for not doing anything about this now.

I don’t want to come across hard nosed about this but … if your friends stole a candy bar would you tell them it was wrong? Of course. But, what if the law changed and suddenly the law said it was okay to steal a candy bar, would you still tell them it is wrong? According to God’s law it is still wrong but according to society it is not. That is the challenge we have as society accepts sin as “lawful” but God does not.

I just wrote a blog called “The lies of our heart are re-enforced by the lies of our enemy”. Read it to get an idea of how we have to present God’s truth. We can’t just single out one sin in presenting the gospel of Jesus. We have to get people to understand the whole situation so that they can put it all into perspective, then it is easier for them to accept God’s position.

There will be no condemnation from the world for your friends’ behaviour because society is now convinced that evil is good and good is evil. This is why society will condemn you for speaking the truth. However, despite society, if you are a friend then you will want to do everything you can to rescue your friends from “death”. You need to do this with the big picture.

The big lie is that God created them this way. The basic truth is that God gave them life but our sin nature has twisted what God created. He did not create us to be sinners but this is what we are because of the nature we are born with. This is the reason Jesus was sent, to set us free from this nature and to forgive our sin. This is why the only answer is Jesus.