The Gay Deception

The Gay Deception

The saying use to be Love the sinner but hate the sin! It seems today that has been changed to Love the sinner and tolerate the sin! Many Christians have been deluded into thinking toleration and acceptance is noble and holy, yet this is far from what Jesus did or the early disciples. Jesus confronted headlong hypocrisy and sin. Yes, he exhibited compassion and mercy to the sinner but urged them to repent and “go sin no more”.

It is bad enough for one to justify their sins but worse is when they try to use the Word of God to justify their sins! The bible says a person is cursed if he adds to the word or takes away from the word! (Revelation 22:18,19, Deuteronomy 4:2). This includes adding to the meaning or taking away the meaning of what God is saying in His word!

One of the new arguments for the justification of Homosexuality is that the Greek word for homosexuality does not mean homosexuality! So called gay Christians are trying to justify their lifestyle by proposing that the Greek word used in the bible is a mistranslation. The argument is that the Greek word does not mean homosexual but should properly mean “A man of many beds” meaning promiscuity. They also argue that Paul could have used twelve other Greek words for homosexuality, but he didn’t thus the whole anti-gay position by Christians are based upon a mistranslation! Let’s look a little further into this!

 It is a dangerous thing to isolate a sentence much less a single word to postulate a doctrine. Proper exegesis (interpretation) of scripture require 3 simple things. Look clearly at the original word (many Greek words have multiple meanings), Secondly look at the context. You do not mere look at part of a sentence or even a whole sentence but the paragraph and context of what is said before and after. And thirdly you look at the totality of the use of the word or phrase! The broadest scope of a word’s usage gives the clearest understanding. The bible says in order to understand what it is saying you must gather other scriptures and piece them together allowing one to confirm and broaden its meaning. We are to lay “…precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isa.28:8.

But lets first look at the word Homosexual used in the New testament:

“Or do you not know that the unrighteous  will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:  neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. “ 1 Corinthians 6:9–10

The Greek word here is “arsenokoitai”. It is a compound word: arseno is the word for “a male,” and koitai is the word for “mat” or “bed.” “a male bed”—that is, a person who makes use of a “male-only bed” or a “bed for males.” It is not just talking about a physical bed. The Greek word her “koital” is where we get the English word “coitus” meaning  sexual intercourse. It is referring to men in bed with other men. In the King James Version, it doesn’t even use the word homosexuality it uses plain English “nor men who have sex with men”. This is proper interpretation of the word and that passage!

We further see the interpretation when we look at the contexts. The argument that this is simply “promiscuity” falls apart when we see that if a man is promiscuous the bible would simply call it adultery or fornication. But the scripture here in Corinthian already makes use of these words in three distinctions: “Sexually immoral, adulterers and homosexuality! Paul here us referring to three different acts, sexuality immoral which is fornication (promiscuity), adultery which is sexual relations between one or two partners who are married and homosexuality which is between a man and a man (inclusive of lesbianism).

The New Testament translators (not paraphrase versions) were all Greek scholars. I don’t think they all mistranslated this word. This is evident by the list of usages of this word by these Bible translations:

• “Homosexual, Homosexuality” (AMP, CEV, HCSB, ISV, NASV, WEB)
• “men who practice homosexuality” (ESV)
• “Men who have sex with men” (KJV, NCV))
• “males who have sex with males (CSB)
• “sodomites” (NSRV)
• sexual perverts (RSV)
• “both participants in same-sex intercourse” (CEB)
• “effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men” (ASV)
• “effeminate, nor sodomites” (YLT- Greek translation)

Again, Paul properly uses the word in this passage:

“Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,  the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound  doctrine,.”
1 Timothy 1:8-10 (ESV)

In this passage the words “men who practice homosexuality” is translated in the King James and other versions as “them that defile themselves with mankind”.  The Greek word is again “Arsenokoitai”.  How can this possibly mean just a promiscuous man” or bed for males. Both Strong’s Concordance and Thayer’s Greek Lexicon say this word means “one who lies with a male as with a female, a sodomite”

A sodomite is a reference to the inhabitance of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah whom God destroyed for their wickedness.

“Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.” Jude 1:7

God sent angels in to remove Lot before the destruction and the men of the city banged on Lots door so they could have sex with the angels! The angels blinded them in order to get Lot’s family to safety.

“But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”” Genesis 19:4-5

The word know in Hebrew is “Yadah” means to know carnally. Interestingly, the Bible says Sodom and Gomorrah were also overthrown for their pride. The Gay community is known for flaunting its lifestyle with Gay Pride parades across the country!

Some say Paul could have used 12 other Greek words for homosexual. There are actually 17 Greek slang words for homosexuality or lesbianism. I can easily name 17 English slang words for gays and many are just plain demeaning but have been used (dyke, fag, queer, butch, Bugger, faggot, fairy, flamer, pansy, queen, Sod (for sodomy), sissy, Poof, Mary, Twink, Shemale and Tranny,) just to name a few. But the common use is homosexual. Paul used the correct common word and dozens of Greek scholars over hundreds of years consistently translated it the same! So, this argument is moot.

If we look further at other scriptures, we get a broader picture and greater understanding of where the scripture stands on homosexuality. The old testament (no Greek here) clear defines homosexuality as a sin:

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”  Leviticus 18:22 (ESV)

“If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.” (NIV) Leviticus 20:13

This is pretty clear that it is talking about homosexuality even though it does not use the word. Notice that God calls it an abomination. This is the Hebrew word “toebah” and describes how God feels about this practice (not the person). It literally means “Loathsome and detestable” and is used in the old testament with things like idolatry, witchcraft, and wickedness. How can people then say this lifestyle is now acceptable with God? Paul in his writings seems to agree with the old testament and the writings of Moses. He clearly says it is wrong and not acceptable.

 It is interesting that in the first passage that we mentioned concerning homosexuality in Corinthians 6 that he starts off by saying concerning sexual immorality and homosexuality: “Do not be deceived”

There are three great deceptions in the lifestyle of the LGBTQ communities! The first is that gays are born that way! Yet the science has proven that there are only two sets of genes between man and woman and they are entirely different from another. Either you have male chromosome or female chromosome. No operation can change a man’s genetic nature. We are all born sinners, but you are not born gay! We all must repent of sins and turn away from them or die in our sins and then be judged for them afterwards.

 The second deception is that there are many genders. This is purely a modern concept and the Bible in Genesis clearly shows that God only made two genders man and woman! Jesus himself confirmed this when he said:

“Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female,  and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?  So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” Matthew 19:4-6

This eliminates the issue of transgender, pansexual, agender, bigender and other made up identities.

The third deception is the excuse by many so-called Christian gays that God is Love and if I have love and affection for the same sex and physical love is apart of it, then it must be okay. Well it is true that gays can have affection in this manner to each other, however the bible calls this kind of affection “unnatural affection”

“Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.” Romans 1:24-32

Here we see not normal affection between a man and a woman but rather “vile affection” and “Unnatural affection”. This scripture clearly defines homosexuality and lesbianism as defiling and dishonoring their bodies. It says they are leaving their natural use into that which is against nature and they burn in lust to one another and sadly no longer fear the judgement of God! This is the most dangerous deception, thinking that this is okay with God!

Times may have changed but not God’s word. What is legal is not necessarily moral. Homosexuality was commonplace in early Greek culture and Paul certainly would have addressed it in a way that was not confusing but plain to the hearers. As the emissary of God, he was compelled to warned them:

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” 2 Cor. 5:10

We started off with the scripture of Paul in I Cor 6 concerning homosexuality, but he went on tosay in the very next verse:

“And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.” I Cor. 6:11

Some in the church of Corinth were former homosexuals but they repented, got saved, washed in the blood of the lamb, sanctified by the spirit and justified before God. We do not need to judge sinners for they will be judged by their own sins. But we must show that through true repentance God is able to change their hearts, their nature, their proclivities and lifestyle when they are willing to give up deception for the truth! All we can do is pray!