by Lynne Boyd, Christian Life Assembly
The other day Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. released a statement saying, “Crossroads is not anti-gay”. They went on to explain that they love people unconditionally, as God does.
Jesus told us to love people, (all people) as he loved them. No matter the race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation, the qualification is to be human. There is a beautiful piece of scripture in Romans 5:6-8; which plainly says that Christ died for the ungodly, and then states, “God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”. There is no greater love demonstrated than that one person gives his/her life for another. Every person has sinned, therefore we are all sinners. This scripture includes every human being. Jesus loves every person period. Now Jesus has told us to love people as He has loved them.
A while ago a dear friend of mine and I were having a discussion about something that we clearly did not agree on. The next day she came up to me and asked if we were still friends. I was a little astonished that she had to ask, for of course we are still friends and I love her very much. I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone who agreed with you on everything. Love should not be based on what you believe.
What I am trying to say is that I do not agree with several things: the beliefs of other religions, abortions, the gay/lesbian lifestyle, etc., but I have friends in all these categories. I do not love them any less because of the choices they have made, and they do not love me any less for being a Bible believing straight person. We have some pretty interesting discussions sometimes, but I find these discussions just cause me to grow and learn. So please do not label me as a phobic, for I have no fear of other lifestyles … I just may not agree with them.