Homosexuality - depravity or disposition?

Some have said Homosexuality is genetic and in spite of lack of scientific evidence this falacy conitnues to gain roots in many peoples minds.

I want to point out some things from a biblical perspective...

1. When God made poeple he did this in a way that we ARE genetically inclined to be attracted to the opposite sex, and it is ONLY through a relationship with the opposite sex that the reproductive system works naturally.

LIFE comes through heterosexual relationships ALONE! This is a living testamony of what is natural, blessed, and bears fruit and what is unnatural, cursed, and cannot be fruitbearing/life-giving.

2. They have never found a gay gene in any baby, child, or pre-homosexual person, and they never will! Nor is there any consistant genetic finding in practicing homosexuals. The reason for both of these is because sin is a choice and homosexuality is declared in the Bible as a sin. The Bible does make it clear that there is a physical effect of sin on the human body and in Romans 1 it specifically talks about them receiving the due penelty for their perversion IN THEMSELVES. There is a physical depravity that is the result of sin. There is scerosis of the liver and other genetic changes from alcohol in the body. The same is true in the effects of other sins.

Also, it says in Romans 1 there is a mental depravity that is experienced as well. A brokenness, twistedness, bentness, a decay.

So, depending on the degree of which an individual is steeped in a sin will determine the degree of the physical and mental break down that is found in that person. The longer they engage in the sin and the greater the quantity of experience the greater the negative effect.

3. God condemns sin, which is a choice, and no where in scripture does he condemn someone for physical or mental defect, but if Homosexuality were not a choice, but a genetic disposition then God would be condemning unjustly homosexuals in 1Corinthians 6 and several other places in scripture.

4. Even if someone felt they could justify and argue a genetic disposition, this still would not obsolve the "Homosexually Inclined" of the responsibility to live a morally pure life by obstaining from that which God says is wrong, impure, sin, ungodly, and an abomination.

The fact is, being heterosexual and functioning as mankind is truely designed to function means that there will be an attraction and desire for the opposite sex, but this natural disposition, even as God intended, is not an excuse or justification to cast of all moral restraint and go have sex with just anyone or pursue intimate relationships with multiple partners. This too is sin, called adultery/sexual immorality, and is condemned by God.

Whether hetero or homo sexual, we are all called to excersize self-control and abstain from immoral behaviors.

5. Homosexual temptation and Heterosexual temptation are not sin, it's whether you engage in the temptation.

So, the heterosexual and the homosexual will both be judged, not by whether they were tempted in a particular way, nor by whether or not they could scientifically justify their sexual orientation, but by their choice to abstain or engage in a behavior that God specifically declares to be wrong, sin, and a behavior that can open the door for eternal damnation.

6. As true followers of Jesus Christ, it is not our job to condemn anyone! God alone is the judge. We are to view the homosexual, the adulterer, the drunk, the addict, the "you fill in the blank" as a redeemable, valuable, loved, and special person that Jesus loved so much that he died for them. We can't condemn because as long as they are alive there is the possibility that they could repent, turn to God, turn away from their sin, and ask forgiveness, thus becoming a born-again child of God.

As a Christian, we view all people as equally fallen, equally in need of salvation, grace, and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ alone, and all as equally redeemable/forgivable.