So many lives have been adversely
affected by rampant homophobia. It has been fueled unfortunately by a very vocal
misguided few, who seem intent on representing the Gospel of Grace with
condemnation. Parents have been separated from their children, brothers from their
brothers, wives from husbands.... and yet despite the tragedy of these broken
relationships, broken hearts and sometimes the loss of life altogether, self-righteous
hatred and disgust toward homosexuals continues. Surely the healing of all this
brokenness lies not in hatred, but in love. "For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have
eternal life." Jesus did not stop there, but went on to say, "For God did
not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned..."
A myth has grown up around the issue of
homosexuality that for centuries has kept God's people in bondage to condemning and being
condemned. But the message of grace is clearly "There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, for the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death." Those who believe
in Jesus have been released from the continuous cycle of sin and its consequence,
death. Now, we are free to love one another with the love of Christ, no strings
attached. As Paul stated it, now we must "keep standing firm and do not be
subject again to a yoke of slavery......" We have been set free to "through
love serve one another." Those who have understood this, regardless of which side
of the issue they stand on, have taken an important step toward embracing the true meaning
of "GRACE", (God's unmerited favor to all); freely receiving it
themselves and sharing it with every person along the way. Because of this, God
causes the to "reign in life" through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:17).
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The Myth
