Can you go to hell for being gay

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You’ve asked a very vital question—and a very challenging 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 homosexual person can acceptChrist, just as an alcoholic, a drug addict, or a mass-murderer can accept Christ. Jesus’ offer of salvation is open to everyone.

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

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

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

“Why act you ca

This I Believe: Gay Forever, Hell For Never

You’re going to hell. Yes, you, the young male wearing the loud shirt, scarf, and skinny jeans. Yes, you, the student tutor with a 3.8 GPA, who aspires to have a family, who has goals for your life and a career in consciousness and who was baptized in a Southern Baptist church? none of that matters when the TRUTH is that you aren’t natural and neither are your actions.  

The previous paragraph is what much of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) community hears on a daily basis from “Christians” everywhere. As a young gay bloke, I have learned to hide it in front of “those” people; the ones who I know will condemn me for wearing eyeliner in widespread or holding my boyfriend’s hand. I have quickly learned that in their eyes it doesn’t matter what courteous of home I was raised in, what kind of childhood I had, or how many scriptures I memorized between the ages of five and twelve. None of it matters as long as I want to survive happily ever after with my handsome prince instead of the stereotypical and “normal” princess that society wishes for me to have.

My God and I have talked about the fact that I

This may not be a huge surprise, but we accept A LOT of questions via email, social media, and in person on Tuesdays. What nice of questions? Successfully, anything from, Should I get support together with my boyfriend or girlfriend? to What should I do next with my life? to How should I lovingly occupy those in the LGBTQ community?

In this blog series “Ask The Porch,” we’re answering real-life questions that we’ve received from you. Disclaimer: our highest priority is always to first respond with biblical counsel from God’s Word. The hardest questions to answer are those in the “grey” areas. So we’ll do our foremost to share our biblically-informed opinion, but know that we may have diverse convictions on the non-essentials (vs. the essentials).

Now, let’s dive into the doubt for this week emailed in from an online listener:

Can a Christian be gay?

“Hey David,

I am a Christian and have struggled with same sex attraction since childhood. I would not hope it on anyone. It’s very strenuous being alone and longing for someone to hold hands with. I wish for the chance to love and contain someone love me back. I hope for to live a life for God but I also don’t want to live on this earth alone.

Is being gay a sin?

Answer

In instruction to answer the question “Is being gay a sin?” we need to challenge some assumptions upon which the question is based. Within the past fifty years, the term 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 question is worded in a loaded way and impossible to adequately answer in that establish. We need to break this question up and deal with each piece separately. Rather than ask, “Is being gay a sin?” we need to inquire, “Is it sinful to own same-sex attractions?” And, “Is it sinful to engage in gay 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) entity 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