Hi, Doves,
 
I hope you all have a happy new year. Although I don't post often, I read your posts everyday.
 
I just wanted to bring up this question that I think will help realize the fallacy in the doctrine, 'salvation by faith or grace only'.
 
 
Here's the question; do you think gay Christians will go to heaven?
 
If someone genuinely believes Jesus as the Christ and the son of God and that he was sent to die for our sins, and confesses Jesus as Lord and savior, but still can't get free of his sin of homosexuality, is he saved? Although, he tries very hard to shake off his sin but keep falling back to the sin or he's not willing to break his gay marriage, is he still saved by his faith in Jesus?
 
 
I often see alarm raised for apostacy in church citing 'this church ordained a gay man' or 'that church endorsed gay marriage', but if you say one is saved by faith and grace only, then aren't these gay Christians saved, too?
 
If you teach the Christians who couldn't turn away from sins such as pornography or slandering, that they are still saved because of their faith in Jesus regardless of their works, then why not accept the married gay couple Christians who confess Jesus as savior and lord and welcome them into the church?
 
 
 
On the other hand, if you say, gay Christians are not saved, then it's the same thing again. Then, what about the Christians with seemingly trivial sins, such as swearing or slandering? Is homosexuality a sin enough to forfeit salvation but not slandering?
 
If we accept Christians who practice sins (i.e, have not turned away from practicing them, in other word, repent), such as tax fraud, sexual immorality, lying, swearing or who has bad temper, and teach them 'you are saved regardless of your sins because you have accepted Jesus as savior',
 
then why not accept married gay couples and teach them 'you are saved not because of your works or sins but by your faith in Jesus alone. Your sin of homosexuality is washed away whether or not you turn away from them'?
 
 
Eddie Sohn
 
esohn@rogers.com