A couple of letters concerning homosexuality

Thanks so much, Carol, for sharing this victory with me.

Let me add to this by sharing my letter to a sister whose niece is a lesbian, and she was questioning me concerning it:

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Dear Mary,

Even though this is after your niece’s visit, I will share a few thoughts concerning the situation. She says that she believes God made her gay and it is all right with Him. First, God does not make anyone gay, as it is commonly believed, which I am sure you also know. I personally believe that homosexuality is due to one of two things, or both. One is from a lack of love and attention from one of their parents as a child, or not having one or the other in the child’s life, and they attempt to fill that void by loving and receiving love from someone of their own gender. With a girl it will be the lack of love from her mother, with a boy it will be the lack of love from his father, or not having him the home. The second reason is mere lust of the flesh. To those, it matters not whether it is a man or woman. Either of the two will suffice as long as their lust is excited and appeased.

This is hard for most people to deal with, because we tend to grade sin according to our ideas of their perversity. Although there may be some truth to this, in the final analysis, all sin is sin: the sin of gossip or drinking too much are just as destructive and sinful as the sin of adultery or homosexuality. When the woman taken in adultery was brought to Jesus He said, "Let him that is without sin, first cast a stone." Any sin would prevent them from casting a stone! All were equally guilty, regardless of the nature of their sin. So, right up front, sin is sin, regardless of the form it takes, all sin must be dealt with, and we must all be saved from all of our sin!

With your niece, it is necessary above all else to find no condemnation in your heart toward her, don’t tree to persuader her of her wrong, have the peace of God about it, to rest in Him, and commit her and this whole situation into His hands, once and for all. We will be lifting you up before the Father's throne of grace that He shall accomplish this mightily within you, knowing He is faithful.

The Holy Spirit has taught us three things relative to the life of sonship. These three principles are expressed in Jesus Christ. First, Jesus never condoned sin, and the reason we know this is because that when the woman taken into adultery was left before Him, He said to her, "Go, and sin no more." Jesus was often forgiving sin and then admonishing, "Go and sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you." He understood the law of sowing and reaping, the law of sin and death, with it's inherent process of judgment.

Second, Jesus never condemned the sinner. "For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." Though Jesus never condoned sin, He never condemned the sinner. He knew what was in man, He understood that people within their own human strength and nature, could not help what they were! They need mercy and deliverance, not condemnation. Never -- in all His years of ministry -- did He condemn even one sinner! I can see that you have followed this same course! You can never condone your niece's state of being or her practice of it, she should know that, as well as you, but you cannot condemn her and shut her out of your life, as I can see that you have not. For to do so would be to shut her up from the flow of God's mercy and His life.

Third, Jesus loved unconditionally and infinitely. All sons must so love. And it is just at that point that the work of the Father must be fulfilled in your life, bringing the rest, peace, joy and confidence to wait for God's deliverance to be worked out.

Once you truly enter into rest, trusting explicitly God's faithfulness and power, you will be given grace to commit all into His loving hands, waiting for His times and seasons, and have peace in the process. This doesn't mean that you cease to be concerned, that you stop praying and interceding. It simply means that your reaction to the situation is altered from one of unknowing to that of unwavering hope and faith and thanksgiving for the final outcome.

In closing, I will say that from what you said, you handled everything well and by the Spirit of our Lord's grace. And hopefully, I've added some thoughts that can be applied in the future.

In Him,

Elwin

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A portion of another letter:

There is an interesting metabolic change that takes place in the blood of people with multiple personalities, or demonic possession. One case I know of is of a woman who has five or six personalities. With one, the woman's eyesight diminishes and she needs fairly strong glasses to read; but she is healthy otherwise. With another personality she becomes diabetic and requires insulin. With yet another, she has high cholesterol, while none of the other personalities have a problem with it. One more that stirs my interest is the one which is lesbian, with the others desiring men and are repulsed at the thought having sex with another woman.

This has led me to believe that the whichever power is ruling in the heavens of a person, be it God or demons (unregenerated spirits of those who have died, men and women), that is the power which will affect the earth, the body of the person as well as the mind.

I believe a child can take on a demon early in life depending on the early trauma with which he or she is faced; such as incest, physical and mental abuse. This would, no doubt, be in self-defense against the abuse. It becomes a companion in which the child can find some sort of refuge from the torment received from the parent(s). With this, I can see why some kids have been attracted to the same gender, even before puberty. They have taken into themselves the spirit of the opposite sex. If a boy has taken in the spirit of a lustful woman and is joined to it, becoming one spirit with her, when that spirit takes possession, the boy will have desires toward men, and may even have increased estrogen levels. If he was born that way, he won't be attracted sexually to either gender until puberty; but if there is a spiritual influence of demonic possession, then there will be attraction while yet a child, as well as having metabolic abnormalities.

What I am seeing in this may not be totally clear; but I am persuaded that it is touching upon something to which medical science has no viable answers.

Hope this has been of some help.

Be blessed today and always in the joy of life,

Elwin R. Roach

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