[Marilyn]

Let's let the scriptures speak:

Leviticus 18:22 "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination."

Romans 1:26-27 "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. "

You may want to read Romans 1:16 - the end of the chapter to get the full meaning. In vs 26, he states "exchanged the natural use for what is against nature." If God intended for people to be homosexuals, created them that way, why does He say this is "against nature"?

I believe that there are a lot of environmental factors that contribute to people practicing homosexuality & I don't pretend or be so arrogant to propose that I have all the answers, but where the Bible speaks so plainly, there cannot be much effectual debate about God's stand on the subject.

John 3:16 does state, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." This is, however, not a blank statement that as long as we believe, we are saved. God expects more of us than that.

James 2:14 & 17, "14. What does it profit, my bretheren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him?....17. Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead."

Check out Matthew 7:21-23, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"

We may also believe and not be willing to submit, Hebrews 10:26 & 27, "For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries."

God loves us and gives us the opportunity to repent and be restored to Him. Someone who strays can be brought back James 5:19-20, "Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins."

We all do sin and fall short of the glory of God. No one sin is really worse than another, as far as our salvation is concerned. We just need to make sure we are doing our very best to do God's Will and trust in His grace to cover the rest. I could go on, with other scriptures, God's Word is my favorite subject, but I've written so much here, I don't know if anyone will actually read it all as it is & they may not get the full meaning of what I'm trying to say.