Ministering Salvation to Gays

                               

                                                               Volume 2 Issue 4

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Hi everyone. 

The following article is an excerpt from my book, A Believer’s Guide to Deliverance For 
Children, and it posted on my web site, so you may have already read it. Shockingly it 
is one of the most often clicked on pages on my web site; (I had originally posted it with 
fear and trembling).

I have to tell you though, that I am really feeling lead to send it out to all of you at this at 
this time. I can’t tell you how many hurting parents that I have run into that just don’t know how to react to the news of their child’s homosexuality. Some cut the person off as 
though they are dead to them and other’s accept them, their partner and any children that become part of the relationship.

While the subject might not apply to you at this time, you may run into a friend down the 
line that can use the information so I encourage you to read it through. Also, my web site contains many links to organizations that work with people who have sexuality issues. 

Lastly, The Call www.thecallrevolution.com  will be having a 12 hour prayer and fasting convocation in San Francisco on April 5^, 2003. So lets pray that God bring healing and holiness to that city, and to hurting homosexuals everywhere.

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How to Minister Salvation to Gays
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By Nedalee Thomas
Victory in Jesus web site can be found at:
www.giftsforhim.speedyweb.com/Victory

Modern science doesn’t have all the answers either, especially when they point away 
from the word of God. An example of this would be that "homosexuals are born that way." Scientists have found the gene, or so they say. Yet, I don't believe that a loving God makes 
a person "that way" and then tells them they are going to hell for being "that way." End of argument.

Yes, homosexuality is wrong. The Bible declares it is sin over and over.

And men, instead of having a normal sex relationship with women, burned with lust for 
each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid 
within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.--Romans 2:27.

But the only way that we are going to win them to Christ is by loving them into the 
kingdom. The following verse could be paraphrased: hate sin, love the sinner.

...Hate every trace of sin being merciful to them as sinners.--Jude 1:23.

Church shouldn't be a place sinners come to get beat up. The church has so wounded 
the homosexual community because of their sin, and yet we hardly raise an eyebrow at 
the fornication of our children or the adultery of our pastors and deacons. Judge sin, but don't be a hypocrite!

"And why quibble about the speck in someone else’s eye-- his little fault when a board is 
in your own? How can you think of saying, 'Brother, let me help you get rid of that speck 
in your eye,' when you can't see past the board in yours? Hypocrite!"--Luke 6:41-42.

As a matter of fact, the only rights that we seem to be given to judge are within the church. Here are three scriptures that explain further:

It isn't our job to judge outsiders. But it certainly is our job to judge and deal strongly with those who are members of the church, and who are sinning in these ways. When I wrote 
to you before I said not to mix with evil people. But when I said that I wasn't talking about unbelievers who live in sexual sin, or are greedy cheats and thieves and idol worshippers. For you can't live in this world without being with people like that. What I meant was that 
you are not to keep company with anyone who claims to be a brother Christian but 
indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or is a swindler, or worships idols, or is a drunkard, or abusive. Don't even eat lunch with such a person. --I Corinthians 6:12-13 and I Corinthians 6:9-11.

You will be judged on whether or not you are doing what Christ wants you to do. So watch what you do and what you think for there will be no mercy to those who have shown no mercy. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over judgment against you.--James 2:12-12.

Well, off my soapbox and back to my point. With few exceptions, most people in the gay lifestyle were targeted by Satan when they were children. Hence the "born that way" thinking. Unfortunately, even Catholic Cardinal Mahony, in a speech given Sunday September 7, 1997, to a group of Gay and Lesbian Catholics, urged the church to accept gays based on the "fact" that they were born that way. I'm urging you to accept them 
based on God's love for them and his ability to bring them into correction. Paul said, 
"When with the heathen I agree with them as much as I can, except of course that I must always do what is right as a Christian. And so, by agreeing, I can win their confidence and help them too... Yes, whatever a person is like, I try to find some common ground 
with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him."
--I Corinthians 9:21-22.

Most homosexuals were physically or sexually abused at a young age. Long before 
puberty, when a child first becomes aware of their sexuality, they were verbally abused 
and called gay or fag, sometimes even as young as age three. This gives Satan a huge 
target to come in and whisper, "See, everybody says you are, so it must be true, you’re 
gay and your were born that way, you have no choice." These children have never had 
the chance to think about a person of the same sex before other people are making that declaration for them. Believe me, deep inside every gay sinner is a hurting, lonely child 
just looking for the true love of a father. You are only adding pain to their pain when you condemn them.

The Word says, He will punish the heathen when they sin, even though they never had God's laws, for down in their hearts they know right from wrong. God's laws are written within them; their own conscience accuses them.--Romans 2:12-14.

Just love them, that's not the same as condoning their sin. These people have been 
rejected all their lives. Most of them are open wounds, trying to mask pain with gaiety and flamboyant behavior. They are trying to fill that God-sized hole within themselves with other-shaped things just as some do with drugs or alcohol. Show them the love of Jesus, don't be like the Pharisees who judged. Jesus hung out with the sinners. By all means, 
don't believe the lie that they can't change, for many have been set free from that bondage. One who found deliverance is now a gifted worship leader and the happily married father 
of nine children.

To minister the understanding that homosexuality is wrong and therefore God would not have made them that way, read Leviticus chapter 18 with the person. They will say, yes I 
see it's wrong, but won't really get it the first time they read. Have them read the entire chapter again slowly. God is very specific about ALL forms of sexual sin. Ask them if they see and understand that God forbids a man to have sex with his children or grandchildren. As the person that you are ministering to comes to see that God forbids sex with an aunt 
or mother or animal, they will quickly see why those sexual relationships are forbidden 
and slowly begin to grasp that God must have also had a purpose in forbidding 
homosexual relationships. After this person has firmly accepted Jesus Christ, deliverance from demons may be necessary, as many soul-ties can be picked up from promiscuous activity. Some of the spirits which may need to be addressed are: Rejection, anger, 
lust, fantasy, masturbation, self-hatred, shame, addiction, deception, pride, suicide, 
despair.

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Father, show me how to love the sinner but not the sin. Show me how to reach the 
hurting. Give me your words, by the power of the Holy Spirit to minister life to those you bring into my path. Lord, I repent for the times when I have rejected, criticized, judged and condemned hurting people outside of your body. Help me to walk according to your law 
of love in everything I do. And Father, please reach the hearts of the homosexual 
community, because it is your desire that none should perish.

Amen.

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