HOMOSEXUALS -

CAN THEY BE SAVED?

A YouTube video sent by my son who attends UW-Stout

prompted me to write what's been on my heart for a
long time. Members of a Baptist Church came on
campus to proclaim God's "wrath" as responsible for the
recent deaths in a fire of three UW-Stout students who
were reportedly involved in a homosexual lifestyle.
Ignorance of the character of this age in which we
currently live in God's dealings with mankind is what
prompts this kind of injurious insult to the cause of
Christ!

The Apostle Paul, who was made the administrator of

this Dispensation of the Grace of God (Eph. 3), had the
privilege of making known the wonderful news that,
"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself,
not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
committed unto us the word of reconciliation." (2
Corinthians 5:19). Those "church-goers" should have
been declaring the truth of God's grace and mercy to the
world at this time. No one's sins - not even unbelievers'
- are being held against us by God - and that includes
the sin of homosexual fornication! The Lord Jesus
Christ shed his blood for the sin of homosexual
behavior just as he paid for the sins of adultery,
heterosexual fornication, stealing, lying, and murder!
The ONLY response God is looking for today is that we
accept the fact that Christ died for our sins in our place!
Does a homosexual need to "turn from his sinful
lifestyle" to be saved? Doesn't he need to at least
promise to turn from it? According to the word of God,
ABSOLUTELY NOT! "But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is
counted for righteousness." (Romans 4:5). Trying to
turn from sin, or promising to turn from sin, before
putting faith in Christ, is a fleshly work, which God
abhors. (Isaiah 64:6). We are to add NOTHING to what
Christ has accomplished on our behalf by his death,
burial and resurrection. (1 Cor. 15:1-4). If we require of
seekers what God does not, we run the risk of driving
people away from accepting Christ as their Saviour if
they don't feel ready to forsake a besetting sin.

Those involved in a homosexual lifestyle, as well as

adulterers, thieves, murderers, and liars, can and will be
saved in the midst of their sin - as we were if we're
honest about it! - and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, whose
job it then becomes to help them "clean up their act."
Once a person has placed his trust in Christ for his
salvation, failure to completely forsake a besetting sin
will NOT cause him to lose his salvation! We are
"sealed with that Holy Spirit of promise" (Eph. 1:13)
"until the day of redemption." (Eph. 4:30). "Grieving
the Holy Spirit" will result in loss of reward, but not of
salvation!

While we were "without strength, in due time Christ

died for the ungodly" (Romans 5:6); well, we're still
"without strength" when we simply accept that he died
for us!

Believe and be saved - and receive the victory.