Dobson Says We Must Accept Homosexuals
[The following material is from O Timothy magazine, Volume 10, Issue 10, 1993. David W. Cloud, Editor. All rights reserved. O Timothy is a monthly magazine. Annual subscription is US$20 FOR THE UNITED STATES. Send to Way of Life Literature, Bible Baptist Church, 1219 N. Harns Road, Oak Harbor, Washington 98277. FOR CANADA the subscription is $20 Canadian. Send to Bethel Baptist Church, P.O. Box 9075, London, Ontario N6E 1V0]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In Focus on the Family magazine, July 1993, James Dobson replied to a question from a homosexual who was writing to protest "derogatory and demeaning references to gay people." This unnamed homosexual said, "I am gay, and I am writing on behalf of many thousands of gay people in this country who have grown to hate the church because of the actions of organizations like yours."
This bitter homosexual went on to say that he grew up in a church, the son of a "minister," and had attended a college where he studied "Bible, theology, and the history of the church." After trying "counselors, prayer vigils, reading countless books on the evils of homosexuality, and attending Homosexuals Anonymous," he "decided to come out of the closet."
After this he took a course at college which "concluded that the Bible did not take a definite position on what we know today as committed gay relationships."
Dobson's reply to this sodomite is amazing. In typical psychologically positive fashion, Dobson begins by saying, "More than anything else, I appreciate the respectful, conciliatory and very Christian attitude you conveyed in broaching an extremely emotional and controversial subject with me."
Can an unrepentant homosexual have a "Christian attitude"? No, sir. Homosexuals can certainly be saved, but they will be born again, they will be changed, they will not continue in their sin and rebellion against the Word of God. "And such WERE some of you: BUT ye are washed, BUT ye are sanctified, BUT ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:11).
Dobson does tell the homosexual that he disagrees with his understanding of Scripture and that it "is my firm conviction that sex outside of marriage (whether homosexual or heterosexual) is not permitted by those who call themselves `believers.'" This is as close as he comes to telling the homosexual that he is lost and on his way to Hell and that he needs urgently to repent and be born again. Dobson does not say this anywhere in his reply.
Dobson goes on to say, "Let me simply say that the same Scriptures that condemn homosexuality and premarital heterosexuality also tell us to accept those who are in violation of these ordinances. Jesus was more compassionate toward the woman caught in the very act of intercourse - a capital offense in those days - than He was toward the hypocrites in the church. This is our model and our mandate."
This is amazing. It is true that Christ was compassionate toward the woman caught in adultery, but Dobson fails to clarify that Christ instructed the adulterous woman to "go and sin no more." The adulterer, the homosexual, the thief, the murderer - all can be saved. But God's Word to all sinners is "repent" and "go and sin no more."
Why does Dobson refuse to preach this?
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