RSS SubscribeThis is a question sent in by Ronni on the “Ask Aaron Anything” link:
Can people be born homosexual? Meaning they are born with a predisposition towards it because of a family curse or stronghold?
My Answer:
In order to answer this question we need to forget the Idea of being born homosexual. Homosexuallity is sin. If we establish that Scripture says that homosexuality is sin, then we can establish that we are born sinners. I know that there is doctrine that teaches people are born good and that we become sinners at the first act of rebellion. I am boldly reformed in my doctrine, and I believe that Scripture teaches that through Adam, sin entered the world (Romans 5:12–”Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.”) R.C. Sproul very clearly explains one of the very important truths that original sin teaches us: “We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners.” People do not come into this world good and then get a sinful nature upon their first willful sin that they commit. Rather, we come into the world with a sin nature, and all of our sins are a result of having that sin nature. We act according to our natures. So because of our sin nature, we do sinful actions. A cow does not become a cow by mooing, but moos because he is a cow. Likewise we do not become sinners because we sin, but we sin because we are sinners.
Because of that core belief, I believe that in a sense, it could be considered that people are born homosexual. But not only that–they are born sinners. Ephesians 2:3 says that we are “by nature children of wrath.” Homosexuality is not the only sin people are born with, but yeah, they are born homosexual because they are born sinners. The good news is that as through one man sin entered the world, the same is true on the positive side! The man Jesus Christ died, and through one man grace and salvation entered the world and righteousness is imputed upon those who are “born again.” The issue is not “Are we born homosexual?” It is “Are you born again?” If we are born again, we are not going to live according to what our flesh was born to do. We are going to return to what we were created to do. We were not created homosexual, just as we were not created sinners. Homosexuality is not something people were created for in God’s original plan.
A lot of time when people are saying, ”I was born this way,” they are speaking truth, but they are meaning that they were ‘created’ this way, which is a lie. Just because you were born a homosexual does not mean that God created you that way origanally. Now through Christ, He is returning us to not our born state, but our created state.
Have fun commenting and try and be nice to each other.
July 29th, 2008 at 3:19 am
This response reminds me of that old school “this is your brain on drugs” public service commercial when it says at the end, “Any Questions?” Because this response just about sums it all up folks. Comprehensive, biblical truth in your grill. Any questions?
Great response Aaron.
July 29th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Wow. I have never thought of it that way. That’s a whole lot of wisdom right there. I love the cow analogy, by the way.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Powerful yet informative/get my point. Wasn’t that another mid 90’s infomercial catch phrase? “Get my point?” I will have to research that one.
July 29th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Nice, that is one amazing piece of truth right there.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Thanks! This helps me combat the argument from a whole other place. It is not about are you born this way but it is about what you were created to be and through Christ you can be restored to that. This information is exciting and hope giving. To know that through Christ someone can be free from the way they “thought” they were to who they “truly” are intended to be. I like this way of saying much better and it helps defuse the “we were born this way” argument and makes it more of a life giving discussion!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Oh’ dang Aaron, this keeps getting scarier and scarier, how do two guys, who didn’t hang out at CFNI that much, not only grab ahold of two very similar ideas of church, but both come out of a place like CFNI and become reformed in our doctrine - what’s this world coming too–HA!
July 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
wow. a mouthful and well said I might add. I have family members and friends I will be sharing this with. Solely out of love. Which stretches me to the greatest of these. LOVE. Not banishing one or the other because of sinful nature but lovingly spoken out of a loving heart. Thanks Pastor
July 30th, 2008 at 2:30 am
Hey all thanks for the positive remarks. Kyle… LOL. Matthew… Real scary. Thanks everyone for the comments I hope this stuff helps. Hey all I love the feed back!! LOL.
July 30th, 2008 at 3:05 am
I LOVE IT!!!! I seriously love that the Lord has so many amazing details planned out in how He created us… It’s so true! We’re born and raised in so much crap that boggs and ties us down like weeds choaking out a precious plant… but our Father comes in, the greatest gardener and says gently, “this is not what I have planned for you” and gets rid of the nasty weeds. Heck yes.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Aaron you blow my mind with how you answer this stuff.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Couldn’t agree more to what you said Pastor. Couldn’t agree more =)
August 1st, 2008 at 6:40 am
People are not born homosexual, they are born sinners, and that sin nature can produce homosexuality. Men are not born murderers, they are born sinners, and through that sin nature they act on it and become a murderer. The same with homosexuality, they are not born homosexual, they are born straight, then there sin nature that they are also born with can produce homosexuality or homosexual cravings.