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Today's question is, what does the Bible say about homosexuality? Is homosexuality a sin?

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In this video, I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective, and afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

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In some people's minds, being homosexual is as much outside one's control as the color of your skin, or your height.

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On the other hand, the Bible clearly and consistently declares that homosexual activity is a sin. This disconnect leads to much controversy, debate, and even hostility.

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When examining what the Bible says about homosexuality, it is important to distinguish between homosexual behavior and homosexual inclinations, or attractions.

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It is the difference between act of sin and the passive condition of being tempted. Homosexual behavior is sinful, but the

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Bible never says it is a sin to be tempted. Simply stated, a struggle with temptation may lead to sin, but the struggle itself is not a sin.

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Romans 1, verses 26 -27 teaches that homosexuality is a result of denying and disobeying

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God. When people continue in sin and unbelief, God gives them over to even more wicked and deprived sin to show them the futility and hopelessness of a life apart from God.

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One of the fruits of rebellion against God is homosexuality. 1

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Corinthians 6, verse 9 proclaims that those who practice homosexuality and therefore transgress

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God's created order are not saved. A person may be born with a greater susceptibility to homosexuality, just as some people are born with a tendency to violence and other sins.

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That does not excuse a person's choosing to sin by giving in to sinful desires. Just because a person is born with a greater susceptibility to fits of rage, that doesn't make it right for him to give in to those desires at every provocation.

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The same is true with susceptibility to homosexuality. No matter our proclivities or attractions, we cannot continue to define ourselves by the very sins that crucified

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Jesus, and at the same time assume we are right with God. Paul lists many of the sins that the

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Corinthians once practiced. Homosexuality is on the list. But in 1 Corinthians 6, verse 11, he reminds them,

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That is what some of you were, but you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the

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Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God. In other words, some of the Corinthians before they were saved lived homosexual lifestyles, but no sin is too great for the cleansing power of Jesus.

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Once cleansed, we are no longer defined by our sins. The problem with homosexual attraction is that it's an attraction to something

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God has forbidden, and any desire for something sinful ultimately has its roots in sin.

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The pervasive nature of sin causes us to see the world and our own actions through a warped perspective.

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Our thoughts, desires, and dispositions are all affected. So homosexual attraction does not always result in active, willful sin.

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There may not be a conscious choice to sin, but it springs from the sinful nature. Same -sex attraction is always, on some basic level, an expression of the fallen nature.

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As sinful human beings living in a sinful world, we are beset with weaknesses, temptations, and inducements to sin.

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Our world is filled with lures and entrapments, including the enticement to practice homosexuality.

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The temptation to engage in homosexual behavior is very real to many. Those who struggle with homosexual attraction often report suffering through years of wishing things were different.

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People may not always be able to control how or what they feel, but they can control what they do with those feelings.

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We all have the responsibility to resist temptation. We all must be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

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We all must walk by the Spirit so as not to grab by the desires of the flesh. Finally, the

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Bible does not describe homosexuality as a greater sin than any other. All sin is offensive to God.

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Without Christ, we are lost, whatever type of sin has entangled us. According to the

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Bible, God's forgiveness is available to the homosexual, just as it is to the adulterer, idol worshiper, murderer, and thief.

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God promises the strength for victory over sin, including homosexuality, to all those who believe in Jesus Christ for their salvation.

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