Can i be gay and go to heaven

What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?

What Does The Bible State About Homosexuality?

Introduction

For the last two decades, Pew Analyze Center has reported that one of the most enduring ethical issues across Christian traditions is sexual diversity. For many Christians, one of the most frequently first-asked questions on this topic is, “What does the Bible declare about attraction to someone of the same sex?”

Although its unlikely that the biblical authors had any notion of sexual orientation (for example, the phrase homosexual wasn't even coined until the late 19th century) for many people of faith, the Bible is looked to for timeless guidance on what it means to honor God with our lives; and this most certainly includes our sexuality.

Before we can jump into how it is that Christians can maintain the authority of the Bible and also affirm sexual diversity, it might be helpful if we started with a brief but clear overview of some of the assumptions informing many Christian approaches to understanding the Bible.

What is the Bible?

For Christians to whom the Bible is God’s very written word, it is widely understood that God produced its content

Can a Gay or Lesbian person go to Heaven?

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(Letter)

I know the Bible says it’s a sin, but it also says that the only unforgivable sin is not accepting Jesus. If a Gay person accepts Jesus but does not change his lifestyle, can he go to Heaven? I have a cousin who’s Gay.

—Lucy

You’ve asked a very significant question—and a very hard one.

And you are exactly right: there is only one sin that is unforgivable. That is the sin of not believing and not receiving Jesus Christ into your life.

A gay or lgbtq+ person can acceptChrist, just as an alcoholic, a drug addict, or a mass-murderer can consent Christ. Jesus’ offer of salvation is open to everyone.

Your ask is whether someone can acceptChrist, not change his lifestyle, and still go to heaven. The Bible teaches that if someone has truly accepted Christ into his life, nothing can retain him out of Heaven. In John 10:28, Christ says of Christians,

“I give them eternal being, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand.”

So, Lucy the real question, I think, is whether your cousin had a life-changing experience with Christ. Jesus said in Luke,

“Why accomplish you ca
Is being gay a sin?
Answer

In order to answer the ask “Is being queer a sin?” we need to disagree some assumptions upon which the ask is based. Within the past fifty years, the word gay, as applied to homosexuality, has exploded into mainstream culture, and we are told that “being gay” is as much outside one’s control as “being short” or having blonde hair. So the doubt is worded in a loaded way and impossible to adequately answer in that form. We need to smash this question up and deal with each piece separately. Rather than request, “Is being same-sex attracted a sin?” we need to inquire, “Is it sinful to have homosexual attractions?” And, “Is it sinful to engage in lgbtq+ activities because of those attractions?”

Concerning the first question, “Is it sinful to have same-sex attractions?” the answer is complicated. First, we should probably distinguish between (actively) sinning and (passively) organism tempted:

Being temptedis not a sin. Jesus was tempted, but He never sinned (Matthew 4:1; Hebrews 4:15). Eve was tempted in the garden, and the forbidden fruit definitely appealed to her, but it seems that she did not actually sin until she took the fruit and ate it (Genesis 3:6&n
The Bible and same sex relationships: A review article
Tim Keller, 2015
Vines, Matthew, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same Sex Relationships, Convergent Books, 2014
Wilson, Ken,A Letter to My Congregation, David Crum Media, 2014.
The relationship of homosexuality to Christianity is one of the main topics of discussion in our culture today. In the fall of last year I wrote a review of books by Wesley Hill and Sam Allberry that take the historic Christian view, in Hill’s words: “that homosexuality was not God’s original resourceful intention for humanity ... and therefore that queer practice goes against God’s express will for all human beings, especially those who trust in Christ.”
There are a number of other books that take the opposite view, namely that the Bible either allows for or supports same sex relationships. Over the last year or so I (and other pastors at Redeemer) have been regularly asked for responses to their arguments. The two most read volumes taking this position seem to be those by Matthew Vines and Ken Wilson. The review of these two books will be longer than usual because the topic is so contested today and, wh