HOMOSEX AND THE CHRISTIAN

The Making, and Breaking, of Homosexuality

Miles J. Stanford

CARNAL CHARACTERISTICS

There is good reason for God to so loath and condemn the sinful abomination of homosex. It is unnatural, it is a crime against nature. It is the epitome of the sinful self-life, in which dwelleth no good thing. Nearly all of the works of the flesh listed in the Word of God are an integral part of homosex, whether it be sodomy, lesbianism, or bisexuality.

"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, factions, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and the like" (Galatians 5:19-21).

Think for a moment of the infinite contrast between the death-dealing works of the old nature and the Christ-life characteristics of the new nature: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control" (Galatians 5:22,23).

Further, abject loneliness is the legacy of every lesbian. There is a barrier between her and God, between her and normal women, between her and men, and there is no satisfaction or fulfillment of any kind in any of her homosexual relationships.

Fear is a foremost factor in the life of every lesbian. Being out of fellowship, she fears God's wrath concerning her sin. She fears men, marriage, and motherhood. The Word says "there is no fear in love" (I John 4:18), but there is no real love in all the realm of homosex. Love is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, not a work of the flesh.

It is love that the lesbian constantly craves and covets, and which she will never find in homosex. She is searching for the love that she was deprived of in childhood. If aggressive, she longs for a love object; if passive, she longs to be a love object.

Ironically, lesbians are wont to make reference to their so-called "pure love." Born of idolatrous self-love, such erotic relationships soon die from the fatal wounds of possessiveness and jealousy. What the lesbian claims to be pure love, God condemns as "vile affections" (Romans 1:26).

Their impossible, never-ending quest for an ideal love relationship often forces them to take their "love" wherever they can find it--regardless of its consequences to others, and no matter into what depths of degradation they may descend. In their domination of a weaker partner, their unscrupulous ruthlessness knows no bounds. On the other hand, they can sink into abject slavery under the sway of a stronger personality.

No matter how brilliant and talented some lesbians may be or claim to be, their lives and relationships are crippled by adult infantilism and emotional immaturity. There is more parasitism than professionalism. Ever in fear of rejection, they constantly seek for the assurance that they are loved. Quarrelsome and hard to get along with, there is no real happiness for the lesbian nor can there be under any circumstances.

Due to their sin and galling guilt, lesbians commonly manifest hostility, self-pity, insecurity, fear, and possessiveness. The extent of conflict--jealousy for instance--in all homosex partnerships exceeds anything known even in bad heterosexual marriage relationships.

Because of human unhappiness, discouragement and neurotic anxiety the homosexual tendencies and acts cause; because of the very large number of broken homes, divorces and suicides resulting from homosexuality; and because of the large number of individuals who lose faith in God and men, and finally drift into a life of worthlessness as a result of it, homosexuality far exceeds, in its social implications, all the crimes that are committed by sexual deviates. --Dr. S.W. Hartwell

CHURCH CONQUEST -- During the past several years the secular homosex element, mainly fronted by the Gay Liberation movement, has maintained an all-out assault upon the liberal denominations, not only for full acceptance of homosex as a valid lifestyle, but also for places of leadership within the church, including the pulpit.

Already there have been ordinations of acknowledged sodomites in several of the larger denominations. Even now there are thousands of hidden homosexuals in pulpits and positions of organizational leadership. Women, championed by the lesbian-dominated Women's Liberation movement, are fighting for and gaining possession of church pulpits (apart from the woman-ridden holiness churches); hence admitted lesbians will inevitably be admitted--it is just a matter of time and not much of that.

Some may contend that that applies to the liberal churches of both the National and World Councils; that such a thing could never happen in our sound Gospel churches and independent fellowships. There may be some truth in such an evaluation, while looking in that direction. But if we turn and look in the opposite direction, not to mention looking within, we will discover that there is a bridge already erected between "them and us."

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