There is a lot of debate in the church about homosexuality. Can a Christian be gay (homoseks)? Does God approves of homosexuality and same sex couples and should homosexuality be accepted in the church or not? There are churches that oppose homosexuality and don’t allow homosexual people in the church. There are churches that oppose homosexuality on the basis of the Bible, but welcome gay people and transgender people in the church with the intention that they repent. And then there are churches that accept homosexuality and welcome gay people, bisexual people, and transgender people in the church and approve of their gay lifestyle. They allow homosexual people to become members of the church and be a partaker of communion. They bless same-sex couples, perform same-sex marriages and even ordain homosexual people in ministry. But what is the will of God and what does the Bible say about homosexuality? Can a Christian be gay?
Dua rupa urang Kristen
In order to answer the questions whether a Christian can be a homosexual, if a church should allow homosexual people and same-sex couples, and if a homosexual person can be ordained in ministry, we must first look at what it means to be a Christian. Kusabab henteu sadayana, who calls himself or herself a Christian is a true born again Christian; a believer and follower of Jesus Christ.
There are two types of Christians, spiritual Christians and carnal Christians. Let’s start with the carnal Christians.
The carnal Christians
Carnal Christians are led by their flesh (jiwa jeung raga). Their senses, émosi, parasaan, carnal mind, will, nafsu, and desires control their lives. Their spirit is not raised from the dead or their spirit is raised from the dead but is still subject to the flesh. The ‘self’ has not died in Christ yet, but is still alive and their flesh dictates their lives.
They can do ‘good’ (sedekah) dianggo, and be nice, friendly, gentle, mantuan, loving towards others, and go to church but that won’t save them. They can only be saved by faith and regeneration in Jesus Christ and His blood and stay saved by walking after the Spirit in the will of God.
The born-again Christians
Born-again Christians are led by the Spirit. They are baptized in Christ and buried their flesh in the baptism in water jeung ku baptisan jeung Roh Suci, their spirit is raised from the dead. They are born of the Spirit of God and have become sons of God (this applies to both males and females). Since they died to the flesh and have become spiritual, they shall no longer walk after the flesh in sin and iniquity, as sons of the devil, but they shall walk after the Spirit as sons of God in righteousness and love.
This love isn’t the love as the world defines love. Cinta ieu henteu hartosna kompromi sareng ngantepkeun sareng nampi sadayana, including sin. But this love is the holy and righteous love of God.
cinta soleh ieu dimimitian ku a cinta hébat nuju Allah, Yesus, jeung Roh Suci.
It is a love that wants to please God and obey and serve Him and live according to His parentah, which represents His will and His nature and dwells in the hearts of the new creations (born-again Christians).
When you do His will and walk in the commandments of the Word, you walk in love (a.o. John 14:15).
Lamun anjeun maot dina Yesus Kristus, anjeun maot ka anjeun'sorangan’. Ieu ngandung harti yén anjeun iklas turun bakal Anjeun, ngimpi, pikiran, émosi, parasaan, nafsu, kahayang, pamadegan, jsb.
Anjeun teu hirup deui, but Jesus Christ, kecap, hirup di jero anjeun. Anjeun geus jadi wadah-Na. Therefore you shall renew your mind with the Word of God and put off the old man and put on the new man, who is created in the image of Christ.
Roh Suci
The Holy Spirit abides in the new creations and is the Comforter and Teacher and testifies of Jesus, kecap. The moral part of the Law of Moses, which represents the nature and will of God is now written in the hearts of the new creation by the dwelling of the Holy Spirit (a.o. Ezekiel 11:19-21).
The Holy Spirit represents God’s righteousness and guides you into all truth. He shall not only teach and lead you, but He shall also correct and discipline you. Because if the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, He shall confront believers with the works of the old carnal man aka sin. The Holy Spirit can’t lead people into sin. Therefore if people live in sin, they don’t have the Holy Spirit abiding in them and are not led by Him, but are led by their sinful flesh.
Those who have become the new creation, don’t have to go back to the Law of Moses and follow all the precepts and rituals of the levitical priesthood, laws (sacrificial laws, food laws, purification laws, jsb.), and feasts. Because the Law of Moses was meant for the old carnal man, who was born of the seed of Jacob (Israel).
Sanajan kitu, the will of God has not changed. The will of God in the Old Testament is the same as the will of God in the New Testament. God’s Word is the same, kamari, kiwari, sareng salamina. Ku sabab éta Firman-Na dipercaya sareng anjeun tiasa percanten kana Firman.
Dina Firman-Na, Allah ngajadikeun kanyaah-Na ka urang. His Holy Spirit reveals in us His will that is, ku kituna urang bakal leumpang nurutkeun parentah-Na (henteu 11:19-20, 36:26-27).
Hiji-hijina hal anu nangtung dina jalan pikeun ngalaksanakeun wasiat-Na dina kahirupan anjeun, is your carnal mind and the love of the world and the sinful flesh.
Anjeun kedah ngadamel pilihan pikeun Firman atanapi dunya
Lamun anjeun leumpang sanggeus Roh, anjeun bakal leumpang dina kahayang-Na; ngalakonan pangersa-Na. Pangersa Allah bakal salawasna béda ti kahayang dunya. Éta henteu anéh, sabab dunya satru ngalawan Allah. Ku kituna, if you want to serve Jesus, you must make a choice, whether you want to serve Jesus and obey the Word or you want to serve yourself and obey the will, nafsu, and desires of your sinful flesh and the world (John 12:25).
Pikeun sakabéh nu aya di dunya, nafsu daging, jeung birahi panon, jeung kareueus hirup, sanes ti Bapa, tapi ti dunya. (1 John 2:16)
Pikeun jadi carnally pikiran téh maot; tapi mun jadi pikiran spiritual nyaeta hirup jeung katengtreman. Sabab pikiran carnal nyaeta enmity ngalawan Allah: sabab teu tunduk kana hukum Allah, saleresna teu tiasa. Jadi mangka maranéhanana anu aya dina daging teu bisa nyenangkeun Allah (Urang Romawi 8:7-8)
ceuk Yesus, Anu mikanyaah nyawana bakal leungit; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life (John 12:25)
These words do not correspond with the words of modern carnal Christians, who live like the world and approve of sin. They say, But Jesus welcomed the publicans and sinners and ate with them. He was a Friend of sinners.
Sanajan kitu, the people, anu ngagunakeun argumen ieu, hanjakalna, ulah maca deui, as to why Jesus ate with them.
The publicans and sinners wanted to repent of their lifestyle as a sinner.
Aranjeunna geus patepung Kaleresan, nu Caang, jeung Kahirupan: Yesus Kristus, and didn’t want to live the life of a sinner (Baca ogé Was Jesus a Friend of Publicans?).
Roh Suci di Yesus geus disabit nu sinners hirup dosa maranéhanana sarta ku kituna maranéhanana hayang tobat.
Jesus didn’t approve of sin. He never said, Tetep leumpang dina dosa anjeun, it’s ok. No! Jesus could never have said that because sin means rebellion and disobedience to God and obedience to the devil. Dosa misahkeun anjeun ti Allah jeung ngiket anjeun ka Iblis(Baca ogé: Naon dosa?).
Instead of fellowshipping with sinners and approving sin as so many false Christians say and do, Jesus called the sinners to repentance and said, sin no more! (a.o. Mateus 9:13, Tandaan 1:14-15, Lukas 5:29-32, John 5:14, jeung John 8:11).
Can the new creation walk in sin?
When you repented and became born again in Christ you became a new creation and were delivered from the power of darkness (through the death of the flesh) and transferred into the Kingdom of God (by the resurrection of the spirit from the dead).
You shall no longer walk as you did before in darkness, being alienated from God and ruled by your carnal mind and led by the will lusts, and desires of your flesh. Sin shall not have dominion over you, because you died in Christ to sin.
The Holy Spirit dwells in you and you are led by His will, which represents the will of God.
Tiasa hiji jalma dilahirkeun homo?
Can a person be born with homosexual feelings? Every human being is born on this earth in iniquity and is a sinner. Everyone is born in a (spiritual) fallen state and separated from God. Teu aya anu teu kalebet. Every person is carnal and has the evil and sinful nature and character of the devil, who rebels against God and His Word and opposes His will. He is the father of sinners (fallen man).
Therefore every person, anu lahir di bumi ieu, needs to become born again to be saved and live in union with God..
As long as people are carnal and led by the (sinful) flesh, the powers of darkness control people’s lives. Their will, parasaan, and emotions in the flesh are influenced and controlled by demonic powers. Aranjeunna marentah dina kahirupan unggal jelema nu ngalakukeun dosa urang.
This also applies to homosexual feelings that are caused by a spirit of lust and perversion.
When you look at the gay scene; gay pride, gay magazines, bar homo, gay musicals, the entertainment industry, fashion, jsb., érotisme, kelamin, jeung perversion lumaku. It’s full of sexual content and sexual remarks. Everything revolves around sex and eroticism.
Ayeuna, henteu masalah kumaha jeung iraha sumanget ieu asup. Éta sadayana ngeunaan ngabébaskeun jalma. Lamun… the person wants to be set free.
What does the Bible say about homosexuality and what is the will of God regarding same-sex relationships?
Ayeuna, what does the Bible say about homosexuality? And what is the will of God regarding same-sex relationships and couples? Does God approve of homosexuality, according to the Bible?
Putra Ham cicing di Sodoma jeung Gomora
Homoseksualitas teu hal umur ieu. Dina Kitab Suci munggaran, Kajadian, we read about sexual uncleanness, including sexual intercourse with someone of the same gender.
Mimiti, we read in the Bible about homosexuality and males having sexual intercourse with males, aya dina Kajadian bab 19, di kota Sodoma. Ieu salah sahiji alesan, naha Sodoma jeung Gomora jeung kota sabudeureun eta, anu ancur. I write ‘one of the reasons’, because this abomination they did before the Lord God was not the only reason why Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, tapi ieu bakal dibahas engké.
Nu nyicingan Sodom jeung Gomora jeung kota-kota sabudeureun eta lahir tina cikal Ham, putra Nuh. Ham was cursed by Noah because Ham saw his father’s nakedness and told his brothers. His brothers immediately took a garment and went backward into their father’s tent and covered their father without looking at his nakedness. They knew that it was wrong to look at his nakedness, while they didn’t have the Law of Moses yet. (Kajadian 9:21-25).
Kalawan eta dina pikiran, you see that evil and sexual uncleanness were already present in the seed and bloodline of Ham. Instead of not paying attention, Ham looked at his father’s nakedness, who laid in his tent. Therefore the seed of Ham was cursed.
Kajahatan ieu lumangsung ti generasi ka generasi. Because the seed of Ham, anu cicing di Sodoma jeung Gomora, were wicked and sinners before the Lord (Kajadian 13:13).
The sons of Ham lived in pride, fullness of bread and were haughty and committed abominations
Maranéhanana sinners; aranjeunna hirup di reueus, fullness of bread, jeung kelimpahan idleness aya di aranjeunna. They didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. The sons of Ham were haughty and committed abomination before the Lord (Ezekiel 16:48-50).
Éta abominations éta: najis seksual sareng nyembah berhala, kawas bangsa kapir hirup dina najis seksual jeung nyembah brahala. Kusabab nalika anjeun maca Kitab Imamat sareng Deuteronomy sareng ningali naon kajahatan pikeun Gusti., abominations dimaksud:
- Najis séksual (henteu bobo sareng umat manusa sapertos sareng awéwé (homoseksualitas), teu iklas jeung sato galak, teu iklas jeung pamajikan tatangga, teu iklas jeung manusa jeung awewe (tiluan / bi-seksual), jsb.),
- Ngadorong Anjeunna timburu ka dewa-dewa anu aneh,
- Jieun putra jeung putri maranéhanana ngaliwatan seuneu,
- Paké divination, atawa panitén waktu, atawa enchanter, atawa tukang sihir, atawa pawang, atawa konsultan jeung arwah akrab, atawa wizard, atawa necromancer a, jsb.
Ceurik dosa Sodoma jeung Gomora éta badag. dosa maranéhanana éta pisan grievous. Gusti ngadéngé ceurik jeung datang ka kasampak di ceurik, to see if they were that wicked.
Lalaki kungsi hubungan seksual jeung lalaki di Sodoma
Dina Genesis 19, urang maca eta dua lalaki, the two angels of the Lord went with Lot to his house. Méméh maranéhna indit saré, not a few men but all the men of Sodom, boh nu ngora boh nu kolot, ngurilingan imah Lot. They all stood before Lot’s house and called: “Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bawa aranjeunna kaluar ka kami, that we may know them” (Kajadian 19:5)
Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door after him, sarta ngomong: "Kuring ngadoakeun anjeun, baraya, ulah jadi jahat. Tingali ayeuna, Kuring boga dua putri nu teu dipikawanoh lalaki; wios abdi, Abdi ngadoakeun anjeun, bawa aranjeunna kaluar ka anjeun, sareng laksanakeun ka aranjeunna sakumaha anu saé dina panon anjeun: ngan ka ieu lalaki teu ngalakukeun nanaon; sabab ku kituna aranjeunna sumping ka handapeun kalangkang hateup abdi".
But the men of Sodom wouldn’t listen to Lot. They commanded them to stand back and said again, Hiji lalaki ieu datang ka sojourn, sareng anjeunna kedah janten hakim: ayeuna urang bakal nungkulan leuwih goréng jeung anjeun, ti jeung maranehna.
They pressed sore upon the man, malah Lot, sarta datang ngadeukeutan rék megatkeun panto. But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut the door. They smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, boh leutik boh gede, ambéh maranéhanana capé sorangan pikeun manggihan panto.
Isukna, the men, loba, pamajikanana, and his daughters left Sodom. And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire out of heaven. God overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and what grew on the ground (Kajadian 19:5-25)
We can conclude from the Bible, that these wicked people of Sodom were perverse and walked in sexual uncleanness, kaasup homoseksualitas. Men had sexual relationships with men.
There are preachers, who say that it was normal for certain populations to inaugurate ‘strangers’ in the city using sexual intercourse. Tapi lamun éta hal, teras naha Lot nawiskeun putri-Na ka aranjeunna?
Another argument preachers make is that the men of Sodom just wanted to get to know the two men by communication. Tapi deui, lamun éta bakal kasus, teras naha Lot nawiskeun putri-Na ka aranjeunna? Kusabab aranjeunna terang putri-Na. Aranjeunna ukur teu terang putri-Na dina cara seksual. Ku kituna, we can conclude that these men wanted to have sexual intercourse with the two men of God.
The men of Sodom and Gomorrah were selfish, perverse, lalaki sarakah, who lived after the (séksual) lusts and desires of their flesh. They had no restrictions on sexual intercourse, kaasup hubungan seksual jeung lalaki séjén.
The city of Gibeah was a second Sodom
Dina Kitab Suci, we read that Sodom wasn’t the only city where homosexuality was present and men wanted to have sexual intercourse with men. Mangtaun-taun ti harita, hal anu sarua kajadian di tanah Binyamin, dina kota Gibea. that had disastrous consequences for the people of Benjamin.
The men of Gibeah wanted to have sexual intercourse with a certain Levite, anu nginep di Gibea, di imah saurang sepuh.
This Levite traveled with his servant and his concubine. Di sonten, urang Gibea, the sons of Belial, beset the house roundabout and beat at the door. Maranehna marentahkeun ka sepuh teh mawa urang Lewi, ambéh maranéhanana bisa nyaho manéhna (ngalakukeun hubungan seksual sareng anjeunna). Sanajan kitu, the old man offered his daughter and the Levite’s concubine instead.
But the men wouldn’t listen to him and wanted the Levite. Lajeng urang Lewi nyandak selir na dibawa ka aranjeunna. And what did the men of Gibeah do, did they talk with her to get to know her? No, the men of Gibeah abused her sexually all night long. In the morning they let her go and she fell at the door of the old man’s house and died (hakim 19:11-29).
Urang Binyamin jahat, because they left God and His Law and committed these abominations. As a result of their wickedness, almost the whole population of Benjamin was killed by the other tribes of Israel.
The reason why the other tribes of Israel killed the people of Benjamin was because God had commanded His people to remove all wickedness from their midst.
Allah terang naon balukarna lamun maranéhna narima kajahatan éta, tibatan ngaleungitkeun kajahatan.
He knew that all of His people would eventually be affected by evil and that more tribes of Israel would deviate from Him. Éta sababna aranjeunna kedah ngahapus anu jahat (kajahatan) of Benjamin from their midst.
What does the Bible say about the Sodomites?
Di 1 Raja-raja 14:22-24, we read that Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord and provoked Him to jealousy through their sins. We read about the sodomites in the land of Judah, who did according to ALL the abominations of the nations (kaasup homoseksualitas; lalaki ngabogaan sanggama jeung lalaki).
Di 1 Raja-raja 15:11-12, Urang maca yén Raja Asa ngalakukeun naon anu leres di mata Yéhuwa. He took away the sodomites out of the land and removed all the idols, nu dijieun ku bapana.
Homosexuality in the Temple of the Lord
Di 2 Raja-raja 23:7, Urang maca ngeunaan Raja Yosia jeung cara maca parentah Yéhuwa di Bait Yéhuwa, sateuacan sadaya jalma. Together with the people, he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and keep His commandments, katetepan-Na, kasaksian-Na, with all their heart and soul.
Josiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He broke down among other the houses of the sodomites, who were in the House of the Lord (Terjemahan Alkitab Literal Youngs).
Anjeun ningali, harita keneh, there were already sodomites in the House of the Lord. Homosexuality took already place in the House of the Lord.
Is homosexuality something of this age according to the Bible?
Jadi dalilna, Homosexuality is something of this age, sareng urang kedah nampi éta" nyaeta gede bohong setan! Ieu teu hal umur ieu, eta geus salawasna aya.
Homosexuality was accepted until someone arose, in this case King Josiah, who served the Lord with his heart and soul and walked in the will of God, whereby he removed all these abominations, including sexual uncleannes, homoseksualitas, from his people and the House of the Lord.
Dina Kitab Suci, we read that as soon as His people turned away from God and left His words, they began to live like the world; the heathens in wickedness, nyembah berhala, and sexual uncleannes and doing the abominations of the heathens.
As soon as people turned away from God and left His words, the wickedness, sin and iniquity increased in the land. And that’s what we see happeining in the world today.
Jaman selfie
Urang hirup dina jaman, where ‘the self’ of people is seated on the throne of instead of Jesus. There are few people, who really hate sin and iniquity and die to the flesh (maot pikeun 'diri'). Because of that, many Christians stay carnal and keep walking after the flesh according to the will, nafsu, and desires of the sinful flesh.
Seueur anu nganggap aranjeunna nyenangkeun Gusti, but the truth is that they live after the will of the devil and give power to him.
They love the world and the works of the flesh and want to live like the world. Therefore they change the words in the Bible and adjust them to the world and the will, nafsu, and desires of their flesh, so that the words of God fit in their lives.
They believe in the twisted word that is preached, whereby they can live the way they want to live without being accused by the Word about their sinful walk.
And so many live in the lies of the devil, anu mikanyaah twisting Firman Allah. Sumuhun, anjeunna master dina twisting firman Allah! Misalna padang, where the devil ngagoda Yesus kalayan kecap anu dipulas.
What does the Bible say in the Law of Moses about homosexuality?
Gusti nebus umat-Na tina perbudakan Firaun sareng ngaluarkeun aranjeunna ti Mesir sareng ngantunkeun ka gurun keusik.. Anjeunna parantos misahkeun umat-Na ti dunya, and now He went together with His people to the promised land. During their journey, God made His heart and will known to His people through the giving of His Law to Moses. Because the carnal man was not able to comprehend the spiritual realm, because the spirit was still dead (due to Adam’s sin (Baca ogé: The battle in the garden).
Inget yen Allah teh sarua, kamari, kiwari, sareng salamina. Pangersa-Na jeung sifat-Na moal robah.
Before the Law of Moses, Gusti parantos jelas (a.o. through the flood in the days of Noah, sarta ngaliwatan karuksakan Sodoma jeung Gomora) that God did not approve of wickedness, evil, selfishness, jeung lusts jeung kahayang daging (kaasup najis séksual). Gusti henteu ngijinkeun sareng ngijinkeun aranjeunna.
Many gentile nations performed sexual rituals and lived in sexual uncleanness. But the Lord of Lords didn’t want His people to become defiled by these abominations. He wanted a holy and pure people, who restrained themselves from these abominations. Anjeunna hoyong jalma suci, who loved Him and kept His commandments and walked according to His commandments instead of the commandments of the heathen and their gods.
Naon Alkitab nyebutkeun ngeunaan homoseksualitas dina Perjanjian Old?
Dina Leviticus 18, urang maca ngeunaan hukum moral seksual. Allah ngandika ka Musa jeung maréntahkeun manéhna pikeun ngabejaan umat-Na, yen Anjeunna bakal jadi Allah maranéhanana, sarta yén maranéhna bakal hirup sanggeus parentah-Na jeung wasiat-Na, teu sanggeus urang Mesir, atawa pangeusi Kanaan (kapir, dunya).
Maranehna kaluar ti Mesir, sareng ayeuna umat-Na kedah dirobih (renewed) dina pikiran maranéhna, saméméh maranéhna bakal asup ka tanah jangji. Aranjeunna kedah disiapkeun, supados aranjeunna henteu leumpang sapertos kapir, but that they would walk in the will of the Lord, salaku umat-Na anu suci.
Bible verses about homosexuality
Aranjeunna angkat ka Kanaan, dimana cikal Ham cicing, jeung tempat Sodoma jeung Gomora ancur. Sodoma jeung Gomora ancur, but the people in Canaan were still wicked and lived in sin. Sabab disebutkeun, the Lord would not give His people the sexual moral laws.
Yéhuwa nitah umat-Na sababaraha kali, pikeun ngajaga parentah-Na, jeung tetep taat ka Anjeunna, ambéh maranéhanana bakal hirup. Urang maca dina Leviticus 18:6-23 about the sinful practices of the heathens, dimana Anjeunna henteu hoyong umat-Na ngadopsi prakték éta.
In verse 22 we read about sexual intercourse between two people of the same sex:
Thou shalt teu bohong jeung umat manusa, sakumaha kalayan awéwé: éta abomination
Aya tulisanana: urang kapir, anu araya di tanah Kanaan oge geus tarapti. Tapi Yéhuwa henteu hoyong umat-Na, anu éta jalma suci, jadi najis ku kalakuan najis ieu.
Ulah najis anjeun sorangan dina sagala hal ieu: sabab dina sagala hal ieu bangsa-bangsa najis anu ku Kami diusir sateuacan anjeun: Jeung lahan ieu najis: Ku sabab kitu kuring nganjang kana kajahatan éta, jeung tanah sorangan vomiteth kaluar pangeusina. Ku sabab kitu maraneh kudu tetep katetepan jeung katetepan Kami, jeung moal ngalakukeun salah sahiji abominations ieu; lain bangsa sorangan, atawa jalma asing nu sojourneth di antara anjeun: (Pikeun sakabéh abominations ieu geus lalaki tanah dipigawé, nu aya saméméh anjeun, jeung lahan najis;) Éta tanah spue teu anjeun kaluar ogé, nalika anjeun najiskeunana, sakumaha eta spued kaluar bangsa-bangsa anu saméméh anjeun.
Pikeun sakur anu ngalakukeun salah sahiji abominations ieu, malah jiwa-jiwa anu ngalakukeun éta bakal dipotong ti antara bangsana. Ku sabab kitu anjeun bakal tetep ordinance abdi, supaya maraneh ulah migawe salah sahiji adat-istiadat anu hina ieu, nu geus komitmen saméméh anjeun, jeung supaya maraneh ulah najiskeun diri:Kami Gusti Allah anjeun (Leviticus 18:24-30)
Jeung dina Leviticus bab 20:
Lamun lalaki ogé ngabohong jeung umat manusa, sakumaha anjeunna bohong jeung hiji awéwé, duanana geus ngalakonan hiji abomination: maranehna pasti bakal dipaehan; getih maranéhanana bakal kana aranjeunna (Leviticus 20:13)
Dina Deuternomy 23:17 geus ditulis éta:
Moal aya palacuran putri Israil, atawa sodomite putra Israil
God wants a holy people
Unggal jalma, anu dilahirkeun deui, milik umat Allah. Aranjeunna milik Anjeunna, sabab Anjeunna geus jadi Rama maranéhanana ngaliwatan Yesus Kristus. Aranjeunna lahir tina Roh-Na. Anjeunna henteu hoyong putra atanapi putri-Na hirup sapertos dunya. Anjeunna geus sanctified urang, sarta ngajadikeun urang suci tur soleh, ku getih Yesus. Urang dilahirkeun ku Roh-Na, Bibit-Na hirup di jero urang, kituna Anjeunna hayang urang tumuwuh nepi, jeung leumpang jeung hirup salaku putra-Na, kawas Putra-Na Yesus.
Manéhna hayang urang hirup salaku putra Karajaan-Na, jeung teu hirup salaku dunya; putra Karajaan gelap (putra Iblis). Manéhna hayang urang hirup sanggeus bakal-Na, ku kituna urang bakal nyenangkeun Anjeunna.
Ku sabab kitu Anjeunna hoyong urang ngaleungitkeun sadayana tina kahirupan urang, nu rebels ngalawan Anjeunna jeung mana ngalawan kahayang-Na.
Dosa nyaéta henteu patuh ka Allah. Ku sabab éta homoseksual ogé dosa.
God is evident in His Word, Gusti teu tiasa langkung jelas. When God says in the Bible that homosexuality is an abomination to Him, it means that homosexuality is an abomination to God.
Gusti moal pernah nampi homoseksualitas sareng Gusti moal pernah ngajantenkeun homoseksualitas sadayana leres, euweuh urusan naon jalma ngomong.
Jesus would never approve of homosexuality. Since Jesus and the Father are One. Jesus spoke the words of His Father and did His works. The will of the Father ruled in the life of Jesus.
Jesus died for humanity and took all the sins and iniquities of the world, kana Dirina. Jadina, dulur, who believes in Him and repents, would be free from the bondage of sin and the power of darkness and would not have to bear the punishment of sin and death anymore.
You have received all power in Him to resist sin and say ‘No’, instead of giving in to the cry of your flesh. If you live after the Spirit and do not give in to temptation, you shall walk in holiness and righteousness. and please God.
Naon Alkitab nyebutkeun ngeunaan homoseksualitas dina Perjanjian Anyar?
In the New Testament we also read about homosexuality (Urang Romawi, urang Korinta, and Timothy). In the first chapter of the Book of Romans, urang maca ngeunaan lalaki ngabogaan hubungan seksual jeung lalaki, jeung awéwé ngabogaan hubungan seksual jeung awéwé. Jadi dina jaman éta, homosexuality was also among the people according to the Bible.
Paul masihan alesan di handap ieu, naha maranéhna ngalakukeun hal ieu. Cenah kitu:
Sabab nalika maranéhna terang Allah, aranjeunna ngagungkeun Anjeunna sanes salaku Allah, teu aya nu ngahatur nuhun; tapi jadi sia dina imajinasi maranéhanana, jeung haté foolish maranéhanana ieu darkened. Ngaku dirina janten wijaksana, aranjeunna janten fools, Jeung ngarobah kamulyaan Allah incorruptible kana hiji gambar dijieun kawas lalaki corruptible, jeung ka manuk, jeung opat sato suku, jeung hal ngarayap.
Ku sabab eta Allah oge nyerahkeun maranehna nepi ka najis ngaliwatan hawa nafsu sorangan, pikeun dishonor awak sorangan antara sorangan: Anu ngarobah bebeneran Allah kana bohong, sarta nyembah sarta ngalayanan mahluk leuwih ti Maha Nyipta, anu diberkahan salamina. Amin. Ku sabab kitu, Allah masihan aranjeunna kana karep anu hina:pikeun malah awéwé maranéhna teu ngarobah pamakéan alam kana nu ngalawan alam: Jeung kitu ogé lalaki, ninggalkeun pamakéan alam awéwé, kaduruk dina hawa nafsu maranéhanana ka arah séjén; lalaki jeung lalaki gawe nu unseemly, jeung narima dina diri nu recompense tina kasalahan maranéhanana nu geus papanggih.
Jeung sanajan maranehna teu resep nahan Allah dina pangaweruh maranéhanana, Gusti masihan aranjeunna pikiran reprobate, ngalakukeun hal-hal anu teu merenah (Urang Romawi 1:21-28)
Nu teu adil moal meunang warisan Karajaan Allah
Nyaho ye teu yen unrighteous moal inherit Karajaan Allah? Ulah katipu: boh cabul, atawa musyrik, atawa zinah, atawa banci, atawa abusers sorangan kalawan umat manusa, Atawa maling, atawa covetous, atawa mabok, atawa revilers, atawa extortioners, bakal inherit Karajaan Allah (1 urang Korinta 6:9-11)
Born again Christians don’t walk in sin
Born-again Christians died to the flesh and shall no longer do the works of the flesh. They have been made holy and righteous in Christ by His blood. They’ve received God’s nature by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Therefore they shall walk in holiness and righteousness.
Nyaho ieu, yén hukum teu dijieun pikeun lalaki taqwa, tapi pikeun nu durhaka jeung durhaka, pikeun jalma jahat jeung pikeun jalma-jalma dosa, pikeun teu suci jeung profan, pikeun murderers bapa jeung murderers ibu, pikeun mans lapisan Pikeun whoremongers, pikeun maranéhanana anu najiskeun diri jeung umat manusa, pikeun menstealers, pikeun tukang bohong, pikeun jalma sumpah palsu, jeung lamun aya hal séjén anu bertentangan jeung doktrin sora (1 Titus 1:9-10)
This is what the Bible say about homosexuality. Lamun bener hayang nuturkeun Yesus sarta siap iklas turun hirup anjeun sorangan, you accept the sound doctrine of Jesus Christ; kecap, salaku bebeneran. Even when the truth of the Word of God contradict the opinions, papanggihan, and sayings of the world and opposes your carnal feelings, lusts and desires.
Kitab Suci, Firman Allah, should be the highest authority in the lives of a born-again Christians instead of people’s opinions, papanggihan, experiences, and sayings.
Homosexuality is a work of the flesh that needs to be put off.
A new creation walks after the Spirit in righteousness
Every person is born as a sinner in sin and iniquity. Salami anjeun tetep unregenerate, you’ll stay a sinner and walk after the flesh and do the works of the flesh and live in sin and iniquity.
Only when you become born again and become a new creation in Jesus Christ (lahir tina cai jeung Roh), you shall walk after the Spirit in righteousness and please God.
The new man shall put off the old man (lay down the works of the flesh) and put on the new man in the power of the Holy Spirit (Baca ogé: Poé kadalapan, poé ciptaan anyar).
The end of the last days
In the last days of the end times, the people shall live as in the days of Noah, and as Sodom and Gomorrah. We live in that age, where people are so busy with their everyday life and so many abominations take place. The world revolves around money, kakuatan, jeung kelamin.
Look around you and you will see the increase of sexual uncleanness in this world, and it shall only get worse.
There are no more rules, everything is allowed and the churches go along with the world.
Many churches allow and approve of homosexuality, tinimbang ngajar, jeung instructing aranjeunna dina doktrin sora Firman Allah.
The churches don’t confront them with their sinful practices (work of the flesh), so that they can repent and turn from their wicked ways and become born again in Christ and be saved.
They don’t teach them the way of salvation and regeneration and help them to set them free and disciple them.
No, instead they allow homosexuality. And by walkin in a false love and allowing sin in the church, kaasup homoseksualitas, aranjeunna ngirim aranjeunna langsung ka naraka (Baca ogé: Deceived by my feelings)
Barudak leutik, hayu euweuh lalaki nipu anjeun: anu ngalakukeun kabeneran nyaéta anu bener, sanajan Anjeunna bener. Sing saha nu ngalakukeun dosa teh ti Iblis; pikeun Iblis dosa ti mimiti. Pikeun tujuan ieu Putra Allah ieu manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Saha waé anu dilahirkeun ku Allah henteu ngalakukeun dosa; for His seed remains in him: sarta anjeunna teu bisa dosa, sabab anjeunna lahir ti Allah (1 John 3:7-10)
Panggero pikeun tobat
Let us repent of sin and remove all uncleanness from our midst. Let us live according to the will of God and keep His commandments. So that we please Him, jeung nunjukkeun ka Anjeunna yen urang bener-bener nyaah ka Anjeunna. Let us submit to God and walk in His righteous love by laying down our lives and obeying His words and doing His will in our lives.
If you wrestle against homosexual feelings, lajeng aya jalan kaluar! Ngaranna Yesus Kristus sareng Anjeunna tiasa ngabebaskeun anjeun!
Nalika anjeun tobat, jadi lahir deui, and renew your mind with the Word of God, hirup anjeun bakal robah. You shall not be controlled by your sinful flesh (parasaan, émosi, nafsu, kahayang, jsb.) tapi anjeun bakal dikawasa ku Roh.
Homoseksualitas dumasar kana parasaan, nu nipu jeung dikawasa ku roh-roh gelap. Yesus Kristus teh ngan Hiji, Saha anu tiasa ngabebaskeun anjeun tina parasaan nafsu anu teu wajar ieu. Ngan dina nami Yesus, sumanget nafsu jeung perversion ieu bakal ninggalkeun hirup anjeun.
Panggung nuju disetél pikeun anti-Kristus
Iblis hates Allah jeung manéhna hayang ngancurkeun unggal statute jeung covenant Allah kawas nikah, kulawarga, garéja, hubungan antara Allah jeung manusa, jsb., tapi anjeunna oge hates awéwé. If it was up to him he would get rid of every woman from the face of the earth. Naha? Because the seed of the woman reminds the devil of his defeat. The seed of the woman has bruised his head.
Iblis enjoys lamun lalaki ngabogaan hubungan seksual jeung lalaki, jeung bikang ngabogaan hubungan seksual jeung bikang, sabab ku cara eta Iblis nyoba meunang deui ka Allah jeung defiles covenant nikah. He wants to separate men from women. Anjeunna hoyong dunya ngabiasakeun homoseksualitas, ku kituna panggung bakal diatur pikeun anti Kristus.
Iblis wajib mastikeun, nu teu ngan dunya, but also churches (Christians) accept homosexuality and consider it normal, even when the Bible says something else.
Anti-Kristus ieu bakal, just like other sinners, ngalawan Kristus. He shall have the character of the devil and shall hate women. Maybe the anti-Christ will be a homosexual, sarta ku kituna dunya kudu dijieun siap pikeun nampa hiji jalma homoseks salaku pamimpin.
Jeung raja bakal ngalakukeun nurutkeun kahayang-Na; sarta anjeunna bakal exalt dirina, jeung ngagedekeun dirina luhur unggal dewa, jeung bakal nyarita hal endah ngalawan Allah dewa, jeung bakal makmur nepi ka indignation dilakonan: pikeun nu geus ditangtukeun kudu dipigawé. Anjeunna ogé moal nganggap Allah karuhunna, atawa kahayang awéwé, atawa nganggap allah: pikeun anjeunna bakal ngagedekeun dirina luhureun sakabeh (Daniel 11:36-37)
Kedah urang nolak jalma gay jeung homoseksualitas di garéja?
You shouldn’t close the door for gays and lesbians if they come intending to repent of their life(gaya) sarta jadi lahir deui dina Kristus. Because every sinner, anu hoyong tobat téh wilujeng sumping. Tapi anjeun teu bisa narima homoseksualitas dina awak Yesus Kristus.
Anjeun kedah bogoh ka tatangga anjeun sakumaha ka diri sorangan, tapi anjeun teu kudu bogoh ka dosa tatangga anjeun sarta narima dosa. When a gay person or a lesbian hates his or her deeds, jalan hirup, jeung alam dosa, and comes to church for help with the intention repent and follow Jesus, then let him or her in and set the person free in the Name of Jesus, but otherwise…
Sanggeus jalma repents sarta jadi lahir deui, jalma éta kudu dididik, so that the person grows up in the Word of God, renews pikiran, gets to know God’s will, and becomes a doer of the Word.
Anjeun bakal ningali, anu kahiji (s)anjeunna bakal ngarasa sababaraha jenis pembebasan, kadua iraha (s)anjeunna renews pikiran-Na jeung Firman Allah, pamikiran jeung parasaan na bakal robah na (s)anjeunna bakal dikawasa ku Roh Suci, tinimbang keur dikawasa ku (nafsu tina) daging, jeung gelap.
Naon dunya nyebutkeun ngeunaan homoseksualitas?
Naon dunya nyebutkeun ngeunaan homoseksualitas? Dunya nyebutkeun sabalikna ti naon Kecap, Yesus, nyebutkeun. The world (and the ruler of this world, the devil) wants everyone to consider homosexuality normal and approve of homosexuality and don’t discriminate or judge homosexuality.
They want everyone, kaasup Kristen, to accept gays and lesbians and accept homosexuality in the church. They make you accept homosexuality and persuade you that there is nothing wrong with having sexual intercourse with someone of the same sex. But the Bible is very clear about what God thinks of homosexuality.
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Many people, who call themselves Christians but have the spirit and the mind of the world, try to prove, on basis of the Bible, yen Allah narima jeung approves homoseksualitas. But they shall never succeed in proving that God approves of homosexuality. Sabab Firman teu bisa ngahurungkeun ngalawan Dirina. Gusti, Yesus, and the Holy Spirit shall never accept homosexuality and make it approved and bless the practice of homosexuality.
Yesus mikanyaah anjeun, Anjeunna mikanyaah unggal jalma, unggal dosa, anu hoyong tobat. But Jesus doesn’t love the works of the flesh (kaasup homoseksualitas, which according to the Bible is a sin and an abomination to God). Ku kituna, Jesus wants every person to repent of their sinful life as a sinner and become a new creation. He doesn’t want any person to perish.
But people have a free to choose righteousness unto life or sin unto death.
The only way to eternal life is through Jesus Christ and by faith and regeneration in Him.
Every person who refuse to become born again and put off the works of the flesh, kaasup homoseksualitas, is lost.
Gusti moal nampi alesan naon waé! Not even the excuse that a homosexual is born that way and therefore it’s ok to practice homosexuality. Everyone is born in sin and iniquity and everyone needs to become born again and put off the old man jeung put on the new man.
Unggal rarasaan, that opposes the Word of God, teu kaluar ti Allah.
Allah jelas pisan dina Firman-Na. If the Holy Spirit really lives in a born again Christians then their opinions, way of thinking, and findings will be in line with the (pendapat ngeunaan) Firman Allah, anu nyebutkeun:
Thou shalt teu bohong jeung umat manusa, sakumaha kalayan awéwé: éta abomination (Leviticus 18: 22).
. If The Word shall judge unggal jalma. Ku kituna dengekeun Firman, nurut kana Firman, sareng tobat salami anjeun masih tiasa.
