The Chair: A Lesson on Homosexuality
I found myself in a discussion with some gentlemen who were gay and they asked, "WHY IS GOD AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY?"
Well I put down my Dr. Pepper (Shameless plug,but it is my favorite beverage) and said that's easy and I stood out of my chair and pointed to it and said:
Lets say this chair is sex, and God came to the world and said "This is a chair. You are to sit in it." Now everyone in the world follow the instructions and sat in the chair, but some individuals who identified themselves as homosexual decided to wear the chair on their head and told God, "this is how we want to use the chair so forget you."
Now the to gentlemen I was spinning this tale to happen to be choreographers, so I asked them, "How would you feel if someone took one of the dances you made, and told you 'forget you! this is what I want to do'?"
They both said they woud be very angry. I then said, "Now you know God's feelings on the Homosexual Issue."
I continued...You see alot of people are under the misconception that being a child of God is about "Love" but they're wrong at the bare bone of the issue it's about "Obedience". Whatever the Father wants, we do. Plain and simple.
The two gents thank me for my time and walked alway with that look of "I never thought of it that way" and I returned to my favorite beverage which I recklessly abandoned to shine a lil light in the dark.
Be Blessed!
Well I put down my Dr. Pepper (Shameless plug,but it is my favorite beverage) and said that's easy and I stood out of my chair and pointed to it and said:
Lets say this chair is sex, and God came to the world and said "This is a chair. You are to sit in it." Now everyone in the world follow the instructions and sat in the chair, but some individuals who identified themselves as homosexual decided to wear the chair on their head and told God, "this is how we want to use the chair so forget you."
Now the to gentlemen I was spinning this tale to happen to be choreographers, so I asked them, "How would you feel if someone took one of the dances you made, and told you 'forget you! this is what I want to do'?"
They both said they woud be very angry. I then said, "Now you know God's feelings on the Homosexual Issue."
I continued...You see alot of people are under the misconception that being a child of God is about "Love" but they're wrong at the bare bone of the issue it's about "Obedience". Whatever the Father wants, we do. Plain and simple.
The two gents thank me for my time and walked alway with that look of "I never thought of it that way" and I returned to my favorite beverage which I recklessly abandoned to shine a lil light in the dark.
Be Blessed!
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Comment by carolyn miller on April 17, 2010 at 1:08pm -
. . . such a difficult subject . . . having lived and interacted with people a hugh part of those years, I met and heard of many homosexuals. It is certainly not God's choice, but when it's so close at home, much thought goes into any resonse. As I've mentioned before, I've known quite a number of boys from very, very, small. The signs were there and sure enough, "it" came to be . . . parents choice --- share conviction without lsuperior spiritual attitude and assure love ---- or lose that person from your life --- and either way ---- person either remains in life or vanishes ---- period . . . . either way, pray, pray, pray . . . . years, years, years . . . and remain convicted that someday God will intervene . . . whether one lives to see it or not.
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Comment by carolyn miller on April 17, 2010 at 12:41pm
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I just wrote a very long response that vanish when I accidently hit some key . . I've had this experience here several times. What, if anything can I do to avoid losing typed material ?
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Comment by Shona Marie on April 17, 2010 at 12:07pm
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I just saw that some one posted about the Bible saying not to judge. I think people often hide behind this sheild, and take it out of context. Homosexuality is a sin and it is not of God. We are not to judge the person, ie we are not to hate the sinner but the sin. We can't begin to think of homosexuality as a person becasue it is a sin... The world has truly attempted to make homosexuality a trait... like the color of a persons skin. Some say they were born homosexual, I guess I could agree with this, because I too was born a sinner.
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This is a pretty awesome post and depiction of how God feels about homosexuality... But I don't believe "it is a misconception that being a child of God is about Love"... I do believe that many people have a misconception of what True Love is- John 14:15 "If you love me, you will obey what I command" I think Love and Obediance go hand and hand. The love others speak about is a willy nilly love... God's Love, Agape Love- results in obediance! Thank you for sharing!
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Comment by Jacomi van Heerden on February 17, 2010 at 8:15am
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Thank you Jeremy, it's a wonderfull explanation. My husband and I just learned a few days ago that his broter is gay... We are still strugling with it because we don't reject or judge him for it, but we both KNOW it's wrong. The problem being that, although he was and still is brought up in a "Christian" home, he himself is strugling with it and feels that the way he was born. Obviously a lie by the devil. My question is, how do you explain something to someone from a Spiritual perspective if they are not Spiritually Mature enought to understand? If their spiritual eyes and ears are not open? And without making them feel that you are judging them even more?
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Comment by John G Dunaway on February 2, 2010 at 9:48am -
It is about love... a loving relationship that was started by God Himself. It is a pure unadulterated love that has been ordained for us through connections of the heart. We have been given the priviledge of being loved and to love others. The issue with homosexuality is a cheapening of that pure loving connection that God wants for all of us by making it about sex. Sex is not God's tool for consumating all relationships - it is the crowning glory of God's design for marriage - between a man and a woman.
I do like your lillustration - the absurdity of misusing the gift.
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Comment by jeffrey george tyma on February 2, 2010 at 9:25am -
Great. Has to be one of the simplest explanations anyone has ever given about why god is against it. The key you told them was Obedience.
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Comment by Jerry Morgan Pierce Jr. on January 28, 2010 at 6:56pm -
Let me give you some thought. To be obedient to God you would have to love Him to carry out His word, and in His word it tell us to Love God with all our heart soul and mind. Then to love our neighbor as ourself. So in my opinon mind you, I dont think that being a child of God is a misconception. For God is all about love and if we are being obedient to Him then we should be showing that same love to others
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Comment by Nikki on January 28, 2010 at 12:17am -
you need to write a book or are you already an author. you have something here.
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Comment by carolyn miller on January 27, 2010 at 2:04pm
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Try again, please . . . not at all sure that would fly with someone I know---an intellectual, turned away from "raising", knew "preference" as a child.
I have known several toddler/child boys who I thought the possibility was there at that time---at adulthood, four (4) acknowledged---all born and raised in 2 parent, Christian families. Sometimes, life's conditions/situations may seem simple, but simple often proves very difficult to live. Many of Jesus' teaching are simple, true, understandable, but some are hard to live by on a day to day basis. At one time, long ago, before I had lived many, many, years, I saw life more in black and white terms . . . now, there are many, many gray areas.
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