A Gospel Question...

I was asked how to approach a homosexual with the gospel…

The first thing that you must remember is why you are talking to them in the first place. Are you approaching them because “they especially need the gospel”? Or are you telling them because you genuinely love them and want them to live their lives so that God is pleased with them? You must share the gospel because the love of God has been poured out in your heart through the Holy Spirit, and also (though not less important) the simple fact that we are commanded to bear witness of the gospel in all the earth.

If your motive for sharing the gospel is not pure, then you have other problems that are far more pressing than sharing the gospel with someone else (Matt. 7:3-5).

In general, you should not approach them any differently than any other sinner. My advice is to remember two things: first, to “let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” (Col. 4:6) Second, “in meekness [instruct] those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth.” (II Tim. 2:25) Meekness and graciousness are paramount, you must not treat them as less than human, or as more sinful than anyone else (Jas. 2:10-11) – they are just as human as everyone else, and certainly have not broken God’s law any worse than anyone else has.

Having said that -- you just take the same kind of approach that you would for anyone else: telling them of their rebellion toward God, of God's requirements, of the punishment that they deserve (that we all deserve), and of the salvation from sin that Christ has provided. Tell him that it is open to him specifically, and that Christ does not save us merely from the punishment of sin, but also from the power of sin in our lives so we can live rightly before Him. Then tell him what God requires of us for salvation -- that it is by faith that we receive it -- we don't go change ourselves and then come....we first turn to God, and He changes us, "for he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life," and “repent ye, and believe the gospel.”


(Thanks to Daniel for prompting me to think about the topic.)