Topic : Eternal Security, cf. security
Homosexuals
Q. Will or can a practicing homosexual fulfill the promise of 1 John 5:11-12? “ God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son, He who has the Son has life.”
We could ask the same question about a practicing gossip, or a slanderer, or a drunkard.
In my judgment, it’s necessary to distinguish between wickedness and weakness. I have known practicing homosexuals and drunks who hated what they did. Many years ago, a drunk whom I chided for his drunkenness told me sadly that if I could show him how to hate his drinking before he drank as much as he did after he drank, he’d be cured. Was he weak or wicked? I think he was weak, not wicked, and I also think he was a Christian. A wicked man loves evil and hates righteousness.
Resource
- Charles C. Ryrie, So Great Salvation, (USA: Victor Books, a Division of Scripture Press, 1989), pp. 137ff.
Life Noah
Harry Ironside stated that salvation was like Noah inviting a pagan in his day to place his trust in God’s Word and come in to the ark. Some view salvation like Noah offering to put a peg on the outside of the ark. “If you just hang on through the storm, you’ll be saved.” Salvation is not dependent on our holding on to God, but on our being securely held by and in Christ.
