Gay or Straight, We All Need Jesus
“YES!!! I need Jesus as much as anyone!”
“Oh, OK. Well, that’s cool then.”
Did they repent then and there on the spot, become Christians and seek to walk out what Scripture says? No. And that was a few years ago.
However, my gay friends know that they have a friend whom Jesus befriended, and in me, they have a friend who doesn’t judge them, is happy to be in their lives, and is ready to help in extending the grace of God at any moment. For me, that’s a win.
I’ve certainly been called “judgmental” and a “bigot” and all that for where I stand, but not for how I communicated the message of Scripture that teaches repeatedly that all sex outside of heterosexual marriage is considered “sin” in Scripture.
Christians have been playing catch-up instead of leading the way culturally.
Mocking others’ worldview and lifestyle or simply putting one’s head in the sand in “Jesus’ name” must stop, be repented of, and thoughtfully and lovingly engaged. After all, telling the truth has nothing to do with being a jerk. It is about Jesus.
At the end of the day, we will be more concerned over the fact that in the name of being “on mission” and “doctrinally sound” we win arguments and lose people, which in the end, is a loss.
