False Teachings.

There are many interpretations of scripture but only one truth.

I must make one thing perfectly clear before I begin. I try my best to not hate the person; I only hate the wrong that they do. Jude 1:23 Rescue others by snatching them from the flames of judgment. Show mercy to still others, but do so with great caution, hating the sins that contaminate their lives.

I DO NOT HATE GAY PEOPLE, I love them just as I love everyone one. They are human like the rest of us and like the rest of us they sin. I am directing this blog to those who claim to be Christian and believe the homosexual lifestyle is acceptable to God. Please listen to me carefully; a Gay Christian is an absolute oxymoron. God punished people for living such a lifestyle. The bible is clear in both Old and New testaments. Some self-proclaimed, Gay-Christian authors such as Elaine would like you to believe different but it is not so.

Again I must stress that I do not have a problem with Gays in the church… if they are coming in search of redemption and rectification of the homosexual lifestyle, not if they are looking for acceptance of a homosexual lifestyle. I have had gays tell me they have been thrown out of churches for being gay; I told them they went to the wrong church. Any God fearing, Holy Spirit filled church will have their doors wide open to gays, strippers, liars, thieves, adulterers and sinners alike, as long as they are all coming to receive the truth and the life, as long as they are willing to step into the light and expose themselves to God so He may restore them, all are welcome. I did not come to God for acceptance; I came to God so he could strip me of my love of the world and show me His truth. I did not come to God trying to impress upon Him what I thought was truth, I came to learn, I came to change, I came to be better person towards others because the Christian lifestyle is not a selfish one;

For we don’t live for ourselves or die for ourselves. (Romans 14:7 NLT)

Now, before I go any further I want to be fair and give you the opportunity to read Elaine’s article for yourself if you chose. She is referring to Romans 1:21-31 but the specific verse she is speaking of in this particular part of the following article is Romans 1:24. Elaine does not state her last name on the site or at least I could not find it but I was not really searching for it. There is another article on the website where she states that Sodom and Gomorrah were not destroyed because of their sexual sins but because their acts were CRUEL. This to me is a very, very weak and deceiving interpretation. Anyway, I am writing in reference to her article on:

We pick up at a piece of the article where the author is contemplating over a marriage proposal she was given by her friend or boyfriend at the time, let’s look at that portion of the article:

“Not a mile down the road, I stopped for gas and to wash my car. My mind so absorbed in this question, I hardly paid attention to what I was doing. In the car wash, ‘out-of-the-blue’ the Holy Spirit brings to mind this passage in Romans. I thought about the story and how these people had rejected God and then had turned away from what was “natural” to them. Women going after women and the men after the other men. "OK," I thought, "God is telling me that being with another woman is not an option. I already knew that!"

But then the Holy Spirit asked me a strange question. “Elaine, what is natural for you? Being with Bill or being with a woman?” Lying to God was futile, so I truthfully answered, “with a woman”. There was simply no comparison between the two!

As I reflected on my answer, half expecting a lightning bolt to strike my car, the Holy Spirit brought up the Romans Scripture again. This time though He emphasized the ORDER in which things occurred in the story. These people weren’t ‘gay’ and then they had turned away from God. No, they had first turned away from God, and then they turned toward that which was unnatural for them.”

Ok, first, this has nothing to do with THEM. The scriptures unmistakably state the act is unnatural and proceed to undoubtedly define what is unnatural. Whether the people were gay before or not has absolutely nothing to do with the scriptures, but the bible says they were this way in their hearts BEFORE they turned away from God. The principle here is that scripture defines what is UNNATURAL. Man does not define what is unnatural, only God does. God created us so ONLY He can define what is unnatural for us. Our nature takes affect in the very beginning of life. There are not two natures, God's nature and human nature. Our correct human nature is that which God created for us and placed in us, He is the standard bearer. I believe this author is clearly trying to conform the scripture to fit her lifestyle. But if you would like to know what was going on in the heart of those the scripture is talking about just take a look at verse 24, God tells you this behavior was already in the heart.

The King Kames Version says:
Romans 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves

The New American Standard Bible says:
Romans 1:24 Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

The New Living Translation says:
Romans 1:24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies.

Again the scripture does not say “and they turned to what was unnatural for them.” God clearly states it is unnatural, period. So the question IS NOT if it was natural or unnatural to any one particular person, we don’t get to chose to whom it may be unnatural to, it's just unnatural and that's final. God tells us what is unnatural, He provides us the standard of behavior.

We as humans have a very difficult time in accepting God’s way BUT THAT IS WHAT BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ABOUT, submitting to God’s ways and that is exactly what these scriptures are talking about. The creation CAN NEVER SUPERSEDE THE CREATOR but that is what some humans try to do.

Romans 1:22 says the people were: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:25 says the people: …changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF OUR GOD SENT NATURE IS SIN, SO EITHER WE TURN TO GOD FOR HELP OR LIVE THE WAY WE PLEASE BUT WE CAN NOT CHANGE GOD’S IDEA OF NATURAL. TO LIVE HOW YOU PLEASE IS TO NOT HAVE GOD’S SPIRIT IN YOU.

We as a society are sick with power and control, to the unbeliever submission is taboo and surrendering is weak. A Disobedient Christian is another oxymoron. You must obey, love is the greatest expression of respect and honor, Jesus says if you love him then you will obey his commandments. Thou shall not be gay is not a commandment but Jesus did only what the Father told and showed him and that is exactly what we must do, be like Jesus, that is exactly what the word Christian means the Greek translation for Christian is “a follower of Christ.”

This entire passage is full with God’s anger for the wickedness and behavior of people. Just read it through, it can not be any more apparent. I warn all fellow believers to shield carefully your hearts and minds against those who try to bring false teachings. Peter warns us on false teachings and the wrath of God against this lifestyle. Read how clear he was in his message, this is from the New Living Translation:

But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them. In this way, they will bring sudden destruction on themselves. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of these teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. (2 Peter 2:1)

He (God) is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. (2 Peter 2:10)

They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception. They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you. (2 Peter2:18-19)

Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. (2 Peter 3:3)

Elaine argues that because there is no commandment that speaks of homosexuality that it is no real issue with God. She even goes on to say that she believes God does not care about our sexual preferences or how we conduct our sexual intercourse but I say the bible speaks louder than words.

I leave you with the expressions of Jude out of the New Testament:

Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people. I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (Jude 1:3-4)

And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment. (Jude 1:7)

But these people scoff at things they do not understand. Like unthinking animals, they do whatever their instincts tell them, and so they bring about their own destruction. (Jude 1:10)

These people are grumblers and complainers, living only to satisfy their desires. (Jude 1:16)

But you, my dear friends, must remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said. They told you that in the last times there would be scoffers whose purpose in life is to satisfy their ungodly desires. These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them. (Jude 1:17-19)

I always speak with the authority of the bible and rarely with emotion from my heart. The Word is alive and true and still has its own voice… just listen.

God Bless You,
Frank Aponte Jr