Reply: It is key to realize that your deepest and
most abiding identity is not around your sexuality but rather around your
relationship with God. That is what is deepest and most abiding and most important
about you. So, what is most important is that you're a beloved child of God.
It's only out of that more fundamental identity that you'll
come to understand something like your sexuality. [We need to resist] the
tendency to say that anyone's sexual identity is what's most basic about them. That is not true. It's that we're a beloved child of God that is what's most basic.
That's what the church is fundamentally addressing all the time - how to be a mature child of God.
Here’s another insight:
People who experience same-sex attraction should know that,
according to the Bible, they are not condemned for that attraction, any more
than a heterosexual person is condemned for experiencing wrong sexual desires.
Both need their sexuality redeemed and all their sins
forgiven. Both desperately need Christ and are called to live according to his
kingdom.
A final thought:
Whatever personal (human) rights we have are not absolute.
In every circumstance of our life we are limited in a variety of ways, whether
we are dealing with free speech, or the gamut of
conditions under “the right to life, liberty and security of person”.
Our rights are God-given, meaning they arise from the status of each human being as one endowed with qualities – transphysical characteristics – that point to a divine intervention in the history of the development of humans. Therefore, we recognize the fact that “God is God; I’m not”. God has made us in a certain way – in his image – and we are at most peace with ourselves when our behaviour is guided by the attributes of God. Also, the knowledge that God loves us balances any grief we feel because of restrictions on our wayward desires.
If anyone has a response to this post, write a comment. Complex matters demand thorough discussion.
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