Homosexuality Part II

[00:00:18] Greetings and welcome to the latest episode of Become A Competent Biblical Counselor.

[00:00:23] I'm Dr. Dave Jones and today's Part II episode is Homosexuality.

[00:00:30] Now, those of you who are tuning in for the first time, let me in on what we've been doing.

[00:00:36] We've been talking since our last broadcast on the subject of homosexuality.

[00:00:42] We've tried to make it clear in that first broadcast that there was hope for the homosexual.

[00:00:48] That if a homosexual were to realize the fact that the propaganda that is spread abroad,

[00:00:54] saying that homosexuality is according to one's genes or what some mother has done to a child in infancy

[00:01:01] or that he stuck with it for the rest of his life,

[00:01:04] if he were to realize that there were entirely false,

[00:01:09] we're to realize instead that the Bible calls homosexuality an error,

[00:01:14] a wrong way of life, a sin, an abomination, unrighteousness, and so on,

[00:01:21] then there would be hope.

[00:01:23] You see, hope comes not from doing what a lot of people think,

[00:01:27] namely using euphemistic language about sin or toning it down,

[00:01:32] or calling it sickness or calling it abnormal,

[00:01:35] or calling it some kind of genetic problem.

[00:01:38] People who talk that way may be kind when they think that they're trying to ease the burden

[00:01:43] and relieve this sharp and pointed word, sin.

[00:01:47] Relieve the person from having to face that word.

[00:01:51] But actually, the word sin, whenever it truly applies to a person and a situation,

[00:01:57] is the kindest word that a person can use.

[00:02:00] Whenever you call a sin, sickness, or call it genetic, or something else,

[00:02:06] all you're doing in the final analysis, whether your intentions were good or bad,

[00:02:10] all you're doing is taking away hope.

[00:02:13] Everybody knows that if homosexuality is a sin,

[00:02:17] that there's no pill that you can take to change it.

[00:02:20] If it's a sickness, that is, or if it's a generic,

[00:02:24] you can't go and change your genes.

[00:02:27] But if it's sin, which is what the Bible calls it,

[00:02:31] clear and plain and unmistakably sin,

[00:02:34] then there is all the hope that there is in Christ Jesus for changing

[00:02:38] because Christ came to die for your sin.

[00:02:41] And of course, the first step for a homosexual to change

[00:02:45] is to recognize that his behavior is sin

[00:02:47] and that he is a sinner to begin with.

[00:02:50] If he's not a Christian, he has to recognize he's a sinner

[00:02:54] and that he's offended a holy God by his life,

[00:02:58] not just by his homosexual activity,

[00:03:01] but by his whole life like all the rest of us,

[00:03:04] and that nobody else is any better than he is,

[00:03:07] that all of us are sinners before God, just as he is.

[00:03:11] He happens to sin that way.

[00:03:13] Others sin in other ways.

[00:03:16] In fact, homosexuality is the passage we looked at last time

[00:03:20] is listed in Romans with all kinds of other sins,

[00:03:24] including slander and gossip and envy and deceit and malice.

[00:03:28] It's not that we're calling homosexuality a worse sin

[00:03:33] than all the rest of these.

[00:03:35] It is simply a sin along with all of the rest of them,

[00:03:38] and it's something we have to recognize.

[00:03:42] But like every other sin,

[00:03:44] like the sin of gossip,

[00:03:45] like the sin of slander,

[00:03:47] like the sin of envy and the sin of jealousy,

[00:03:50] like all of these other sins,

[00:03:52] homosexuality, because it is a sin,

[00:03:54] can be forgiven.

[00:03:56] And that's the key point to keep in mind.

[00:03:59] It's terrible to sin against God,

[00:04:01] but a man, when he recognizes that he's a sinner,

[00:04:05] is in a place of hope,

[00:04:06] because then he can come to the foot of the cross

[00:04:09] and trust in Jesus Christ

[00:04:10] as the one who shed his blood on the cross

[00:04:13] in the place of guilty sinners,

[00:04:15] and that through faith in him,

[00:04:17] he can have that sin forgiven.

[00:04:20] He can be justified in the sight of God,

[00:04:22] made just as if he had never sinned,

[00:04:24] and he can be cleansed from that sin

[00:04:26] in the days to come.

[00:04:28] He can also find freedom from it.

[00:04:30] Now, in 1 Corinthians 6, 9-11,

[00:04:34] we noted last time

[00:04:35] that there were people who were homosexuals

[00:04:38] at current,

[00:04:40] but that God said that some of them

[00:04:42] who had been involved in this homosexuality,

[00:04:44] just like those who had been involved

[00:04:46] in idolatry and fornication and adultery,

[00:04:49] were also listed in that passage in verse 9,

[00:04:52] were forgiven and washed and sanctified.

[00:04:56] We know, therefore,

[00:04:58] that it is possible to put away homosexuality.

[00:05:01] How does a person go about

[00:05:03] putting away homosexuality?

[00:05:04] That's the question we're faced with today.

[00:05:08] Well, the answer is,

[00:05:10] first of all, of course,

[00:05:11] to know Jesus Christ as your Savior.

[00:05:13] The power and the program

[00:05:15] that the Scripture lays out

[00:05:16] for dealing with such problems as this

[00:05:19] is only for those who have

[00:05:20] first come to God.

[00:05:22] It's surprising to know

[00:05:24] how many people expect things from God

[00:05:26] when they have no right

[00:05:28] to expect anything from God.

[00:05:29] You see,

[00:05:31] the point of this is very simple.

[00:05:34] If I were to walk into your house,

[00:05:36] and here you are,

[00:05:37] it's your house,

[00:05:38] and you've never seen me before,

[00:05:39] and I suddenly come up to the door,

[00:05:42] and the door is unlocked,

[00:05:43] and I open the door,

[00:05:44] and I walk in,

[00:05:45] and I go into your refrigerator

[00:05:46] and begin to take out things

[00:05:48] out of the refrigerator,

[00:05:49] and lay them out on the table,

[00:05:51] and make myself a bacon, lettuce,

[00:05:53] and tomato sandwich,

[00:05:54] and using your microwave oven

[00:05:56] to fry my bacon,

[00:05:57] along with some Kleenexes

[00:05:59] and all of the rest of this,

[00:06:00] or whatever you do,

[00:06:02] those towels, and so on,

[00:06:04] and then I make myself

[00:06:06] a good bacon, lettuce,

[00:06:07] and tomato sandwich,

[00:06:08] and then I go over,

[00:06:10] and I watch your TV

[00:06:11] for a little while,

[00:06:12] and then when I get tired,

[00:06:13] I take off my shoes,

[00:06:14] and I put my pajamas on,

[00:06:16] and I go to bed

[00:06:16] in one of your beds.

[00:06:18] You might kind of

[00:06:20] not like to get me that far,

[00:06:21] would you?

[00:06:22] You'd think this is rather gross,

[00:06:24] rather crass

[00:06:25] for a person,

[00:06:27] a total stranger,

[00:06:28] to walk in

[00:06:28] and act as if he were at home.

[00:06:30] Well, you see,

[00:06:32] God says that those

[00:06:33] who are in his family

[00:06:34] are those who are entitled

[00:06:35] to the privileges

[00:06:37] of that family.

[00:06:39] If I were a member

[00:06:40] of your family,

[00:06:41] and I came in

[00:06:42] and made a bacon,

[00:06:43] lettuce, and tomato sandwich,

[00:06:44] and I watched your television,

[00:06:46] and I went to bed,

[00:06:47] you wouldn't think

[00:06:48] a thing about it,

[00:06:49] because I was

[00:06:50] a part of the family.

[00:06:52] But God has provided

[00:06:54] many things for his children,

[00:06:56] those who have become

[00:06:57] part of his family,

[00:06:58] and those who are not

[00:06:59] a part of the family,

[00:07:00] who come to God,

[00:07:02] and who try to get

[00:07:03] something from God

[00:07:04] without first becoming

[00:07:05] part of the family,

[00:07:06] or like somebody

[00:07:07] walking into a stranger's house

[00:07:08] and opening the refrigerator door

[00:07:10] and taking out

[00:07:10] the bacon,

[00:07:11] lettuce, and tomato.

[00:07:12] You just don't do that.

[00:07:14] You've got to become

[00:07:15] part of that family of God

[00:07:16] before you can have

[00:07:18] the privileges,

[00:07:18] and the rights,

[00:07:20] and the blessings,

[00:07:20] and the benefits

[00:07:21] of that family.

[00:07:22] And the benefits

[00:07:24] of a changed life,

[00:07:25] a true life transformed,

[00:07:28] a life that can be

[00:07:30] different in the future,

[00:07:31] a life in which

[00:07:32] you can overcome sin,

[00:07:33] and overcome this particular

[00:07:35] sin of homosexuality,

[00:07:36] which we are discussing now

[00:07:38] is for those

[00:07:39] who have first come

[00:07:40] into the family of God.

[00:07:42] Let me make this

[00:07:43] abundantly clear today

[00:07:45] by emphasizing once again

[00:07:47] very strongly

[00:07:48] that you must be

[00:07:49] a part of the family

[00:07:51] in order to exercise

[00:07:52] the rights and privileges

[00:07:54] of that family.

[00:07:56] So,

[00:07:57] how does a person

[00:07:58] become a part

[00:07:59] of God's family?

[00:08:00] Aren't we all born

[00:08:01] children of God?

[00:08:03] No.

[00:08:04] The Bible says,

[00:08:05] to those who receive Him,

[00:08:07] that is,

[00:08:07] Jesus Christ,

[00:08:09] to those gave He

[00:08:10] the right or the privilege

[00:08:12] to become the part

[00:08:13] of the family

[00:08:14] of God

[00:08:15] that we are talking about.

[00:08:16] You become a son of God

[00:08:18] when you trust

[00:08:19] or receive Jesus Christ,

[00:08:21] not when you say

[00:08:22] that He was a great teacher.

[00:08:23] He was that.

[00:08:25] Not when you look at Him

[00:08:26] as a great healer.

[00:08:27] He was that as well.

[00:08:29] Not when you look on Him

[00:08:31] as the world's greatest man.

[00:08:32] He was that.

[00:08:33] But when you see Him

[00:08:35] as the Savior,

[00:08:36] when you see Him

[00:08:37] as the one

[00:08:38] who came into this world

[00:08:39] first and foremost

[00:08:40] for one purpose,

[00:08:41] to go to a cross

[00:08:43] and die bearing the guilt

[00:08:45] and the penalty

[00:08:46] and the wrath of God

[00:08:47] that you deserve

[00:08:48] for your sins

[00:08:49] that I deserve for mine,

[00:08:51] if you believe

[00:08:52] that He did that for you,

[00:08:53] if you trust Him

[00:08:54] as the one

[00:08:54] who shed His blood

[00:08:55] as your substitute

[00:08:56] on that cross,

[00:08:57] bearing the guilt

[00:08:59] for all of your sins,

[00:09:00] including the sin

[00:09:02] of homosexuality,

[00:09:03] the moment you put

[00:09:04] your trust in Him

[00:09:05] that way,

[00:09:06] your sins

[00:09:07] will be forgiven.

[00:09:09] The second,

[00:09:10] that very instant

[00:09:11] when you say to Him,

[00:09:13] Lord,

[00:09:13] I am no longer

[00:09:14] going to try

[00:09:15] to solve the problem

[00:09:16] on my own.

[00:09:17] I recognize

[00:09:18] that I'm a sinner.

[00:09:19] I recognize

[00:09:20] that I can't do

[00:09:21] anything about it

[00:09:22] on my own strength.

[00:09:24] I recognize

[00:09:25] that I've offended

[00:09:26] against You,

[00:09:27] a holy God,

[00:09:28] but I know

[00:09:29] that You sent Your Son

[00:09:30] to die for me.

[00:09:32] The minute you

[00:09:33] trust Him that way,

[00:09:34] that's the moment

[00:09:35] your sins

[00:09:35] will be forgiven

[00:09:36] and not a moment before.

[00:09:38] And from that moment on,

[00:09:40] you will have the rights

[00:09:41] and privileges

[00:09:42] of claiming a new life,

[00:09:44] the life that God promised

[00:09:45] is to you in His Word,

[00:09:48] which He guides you

[00:09:49] into by the Scriptures

[00:09:50] and which He gives you

[00:09:52] the power to live

[00:09:53] by the Holy Spirit.

[00:09:55] Lord,

[00:09:56] bless some today

[00:09:57] who are involved

[00:09:58] in homosexuality

[00:09:59] and who want to get out of it.

[00:10:01] Help them come,

[00:10:03] first of all,

[00:10:03] to know Jesus Christ

[00:10:04] as their Savior.

[00:10:05] For His name's sake,

[00:10:07] Amen.

[00:10:09] So that's

[00:10:09] two episodes

[00:10:11] of homosexuality.

[00:10:14] You might have

[00:10:15] somebody in your family,

[00:10:16] you might know somebody

[00:10:17] who's involved

[00:10:18] in homosexuality,

[00:10:19] and if you ever get

[00:10:20] the chance to talk

[00:10:21] to them,

[00:10:21] and if they ever get

[00:10:23] to the point of admitting

[00:10:23] to you that they

[00:10:24] would like to change,

[00:10:26] they would like to have

[00:10:27] another lifestyle,

[00:10:29] consider these broadcasts.

[00:10:32] Prayerfully,

[00:10:32] consider these broadcasts

[00:10:34] to help them

[00:10:35] to change the way

[00:10:37] that they have chosen

[00:10:38] to live.

[00:10:39] I hope this helps.

[00:10:40] Make it a blessed day.

[00:10:42] a little bit

[00:10:42] with a

[00:10:42] baby.

[00:10:42] see these broadcasts

[00:10:42] to live.

[00:10:42] But

[00:10:42] she has