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Please note - this message isn’t as short as some of my others…

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I had a conversation today with someone that is a DL (down low) brother that sparked this note. Over the past few years, I have just been growing and realizing certain things about my life, my state of mind and this world…

Would I have had a conversation with a DL brother at all a few years ago? No, I was so homophobic that man, my state of mind was, if I talk to someone gay, someone might think I am gay. I AM SO NOT GAY! ROAR!!! I am a Man!!It says in the bible not to be gay, now when I said that, I definitely never read it, lol just quoting… Well we had a very interesting conversation about religion and God. In my opinion, and this is just the opinion of one, me. I believe that the only one that cares about religion is the religious.

Our churches have done an injustice to the homosexual community. We have beaten them over the heads with our bibles and turned them away from the church because we didn’t feel comfortable with their lifestyle. This is exactly against what Jesus himself commanded us todo. (See Scripture 1 Below) True Christians are to not stay in their fancy churches but to go out into the world and show the love of God to all people. Then GOD will show up in their lives, and they will see the POWER OF GOD in the lives of His followers, and their hearts will be changed. But, we are to go to where they are not beat them up when they come to us.

However, when they do come does that mean we put them up in leadership positions? No, the Word of God is still true and still right and it applies to all sins. Would you put a man that beats his wife up in a leadership position? How about someone that commits adultery? Or a young man that has no desire to stop having sex with his girlfriend? No! (See Scripture Reference 2) But it isn’t the actual individual sin that is the problem but all sin. The church at large has put homosexuality higher than other sins, why? Man doesn’t like it and Man can see it. They think, if we can see it then we can fight against it!, When what the church should be doing is showing the love of God even more so to those individuals because we know that God’s love conquers all.

Can someone that is cheating on his wife have a relationship with God? Yes

Can a thief have a relationship with God? Yes

Can a liar have a relationship with God? Yes

Can a homosexual person have a relationship with God? Yes

Now, does God approve of the individual acts that the person does? No! Not if it is against His Word and commandments. Is God content with the level of their relationship with Him? No, but I believe He is never content with any of our relationships with Him. We all have some area to come up or grow up in. But, does God still love us and want them to repent and turn to him? YES!!!

So, please of this revelation, I am able to converse with someone that may be on the DL or not about God and their state in life. I have friends that are not married and are having sex with their girlfriends but do I treat them differently? No. So, why would I treat someone differently because they like the same sex? They all have the same needs. They all just need one good word from God to change their lives and lifestyles forever.

Now, I know some people may say, Calvin is gay! I knew it! I knew it! I knew he was on the DL. That is why he wrote that note!

Well, no I am not gay nor have I ever been gay. I am only now complete and self confident as a man to be able to have an adult mature conversation on the topic. Let’s stop putting homosexuality on top of other sins. Christ can redeem and release us from all of our sins and return us to the way He desires us to be, whether that be a lying spirit, a whoredom spirit, or a homosexuality spirit… let’s just do our job and show everyone the love of Christ.

Final Point:

I read the Amplified Bible most of the time…

In my bible, the word “gay” is not used in my bible.

In my bible, the word “homosexuality” is used 1 verse.

In my bible, the word “love” is used in 566 verses.

It seems to me that God has more to say on Love than gay and homosexuality combined.

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Scripture References

1. Mark 2:16-17 - ¹⁶And the scribes [belonging to the party] of the Pharisees, when they saw that He was eating with [those ^[k]definitely known to be especially wicked] sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and [notorious] sinners?

¹⁷And when Jesus heard it, He said to them, Those who are strong and well have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick; I came not to call the righteous ones to repentance, but sinners (the ^[l]erring ones and ^[m]all those not free from sin).

2. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - ⁹Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality,

¹⁰Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.