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Defensive,
Angry,
but
Wrong
I
just finished reading Joanne Siefert’s defense of her homosexual
son and her expressed anger at Jan Colston’s message that
stated sodomy is sin and that Jesus Christ can set one
free from this perversion. I would definitely agree
with Colston and I know that Christ would as well.
I
don’t know what motivated Siefert’s impassioned defense
of sodomy (she said that she was “furious!”), but I do
know that most parents want to feel that they did a good
job in raising their children. If a child goes astray,
many parents will defend him regardless of circumstances,
insisting that he is a “good” person—and this is the case
even if the child became a murderer, a child abuser, or
a sodomite—like Siefert’s son.
She
is correct in saying that we should condemn all sin—and not just homosexuality. Too
often, self-righteous people condemn the homosexual while
they may be guilty of fornication, adultery, even mental-adultery,
as well as the “respectable” sins of pride and greed. Jesus
would say that all of this is wrong and should be exposed
as sin.
Siefert
quoted Jesus’ words to the woman caught in adultery: “He
who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw
a stone at her” (John 8:7). Bible scholars believe
Jesus said this because the Pharisees were hypocritically
guilty of secret sin and should not condemn another because
of their spiritual state and sin. As a matter of
fact, the Law of Moses did condemn adultery and required
the death penalty—providing there were ones who would publicly
testify to this. The important point is that Jesus
went on to declare to this woman, “Go. From now on
sin no more” (verse 11). He didn’t pass over the
sin or say that it doesn’t matter.
This
means that Jesus said the woman should not practice adultery
again. The same would be true of Siefert’s sodomite
son. God is willing to forgive this man, but he must “go
and sin no more”—must not practice the perversion of homosexuality
again. Instead of being a “fine upstanding gentleman,” we
must recognize that a homosexual is a sinner in desperate
need of forgiveness. And we all need to repent of
sin, turn from it, and receive God’s gracious forgiveness. Further,
we must never pull Jesus’ words out of context and make
Him say what He didn’t mean!
Siefert
says that her son “didn’t ask to be gay.” Yet, reliable
and unbiased researchers, and especially Bible scholars,
know that the practice of homosexuality is a choice. Furthermore,
the Bible also says that sodomy is unlike most other sins—for
it is “unnatural” and a perversion of that which is natural
(Romans 1:26-27). In addition, those who practice
this defiling act will not inherit the kingdom of God (1
Corinthians 6:9-11). Beyond this, all of the passages
that show that “sexual immorality” (from the Greek, pornea)
is sinful and will prevent one from entering the kingdom
of God (Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:3-7; Colossians
3:5-7; Revelation 21:8), include not only fornication,
adultery, incest, and pedophilia, but also homosexuality.
I
was deeply saddened to think that some judge in another
state would allow this sodomite to adopt two foster children. This
would be the worst of all environments to raise moral,
spiritual, and Christian children. While agreeing
that these children may have come from a heterosexual family
who were unfit parents, we must not conclude that they
will do well in an arrangement were two “fathers” are in
a sexually immoral and unnatural relationship.
Richard
Hollerman
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