Rev 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (NIV)
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I don't know about Hope. What is Hope? Hope of Salvation for Gays?
Hope for the homosexuals (John)
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Really I don't know
I am a practicing homosexual and I am christian. I have a boyfriend and I am very much happy with my life. I do not believe that my gayness was brought by any thing from my childhood. I am doing very well now, academically and I know i have a bright future ahead of me. It's so often thought of that a gay man's life is very messed up. But mine's not. I come from a loving family, i have wonderful friends. I know what is good and what is bad. I love everyone around me and I love God. I have been struggling with being gay and christian all my life. It is hard. I also struggled with admiting my gayness to myself. And that is HARD. Before "coming out", i didn't feel good abt myself. I didn't feel confident, i felt insercure from the other guys who played better soccer than I. I knew i was different. Still, I had girlfriends. But when i was with them, i was still in the sin of masturbation. I'd look at photographs of men. I am different. After the coming out experince, i really felt a whole lot better about myself. People's hurtful remarks didn't matter, I live my life for me. I am who I am. And I am living my life happy. We can go into long debates of what the bible says of homosexuality. And i did try to "change". With my strength and His strength...It was a long hard fight...It was very difficult...but I didn't give up. It just didn't happen. One's sexual orientation doesn't change just like that. And yes, i know that nothing's impossible for God. But i also know that i have stretched my faith a long long way. During my times of trying to "change", I was in the whole period of depression, say it's the work of the devil, I couldn't function as a human being. It was bad. I thought, i will not live my life like that. I don't want to get married, have kids and know deep down inside that i am not happy; that i am gay. It will be totally unfair to my wife and horrible to my kids. I don't want to live my life in perpetual oppression and depression. This is not life. I will not put myself through that. Now, I still attend church, I still spend wonderful time with my family, I still strive to be the best person i can be. And I still acknowledge God working miracles in my life. But what i do know is that for what the church teaches, the only path of salvation & of hope for a gay man is celibacy. And I know i am not ready for that.
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