Unsaved christians who trust in their own works like to think that all their sins were taken care of by Christ on the cross, but the sin of homosexuality for gays wasn’t – like homosexuality is some sort of extra, super sinful sin that Christ couldn’t pay for.
The raw truth is that homosexuality is indeed considered a sin in the Bible and to God, as God made woman for man, and man for woman – not man for man or woman for woman. However, homosexuality is just another sin – that Christ paid for on the cross with His blood! And as long as a homosexual believes that Christ paid for that sin (and any other sins they may have), they are saved. Homosexuality is considered adultery. You know what else Jesus said is adultery? Even lusting over another person is considered adultery. So everyone on earth has committed the sin of adultery — Matthew 5:27-28 — “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” You know what else is considered adultery to God? Divorce. And how many people on this earth have gotten a divorce? Matthew 5:31-32 — “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.” Thank God for Jesus’ sacrifice!
Jesus said on the cross in John 19:28-30 that “it is finished (meaning – all humanity’s sin debt paid in full)” — After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished (all sins paid for), that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst!” Now a vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth. So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished! (humanity’s sin debt paid in full)” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
He didn’t say, “It is finished… well… most of it. I paid for every sin except homosexuality.”
And know that believing that Christ paid for your sin of homosexuality doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll instantly become straight. I know a few homosexual believers who still struggle with homosexual tendencies – years and years later after becoming saved. The important thing is to always, “Get your butt back to the gospel”, meaning, meditate on the gospel found in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 — how Christ died to pay for all your sins (including homosexuality), was buried and rose again the third day for your justification, according to the scriptures.
And rest well knowing that you’re more saved than the religious person next to you who condemns you for being a homosexual, and thinks that they’re holy and righteous and are going to heaven because of it: Luke 18:9-14 — Also He (Jesus) spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee (religious leader) and the other a tax collector (most disgusted by the Jews). The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers (a homosexual?), or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner (possibly a homosexual?)!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Just remember – God loves the person, not the sin. While we’re 100% saved by having all of our sins forgiven by placing our full faith and trust in the gospel of Christ alone, after being saved, we’re called to be holy, just as our Father who just adopted us is holy. He wants His children to grow up to be like Him – like any good father wants for his children. In Revelation 2:6, Jesus speaks about a group of believers called the “Nicolaitans” who used God’s grace and forgiveness of sins as an excuse to keep living in sin – “Hey, it’s 100% true that I’m saved by faith alone and that ‘when sin abounds, grace abounds all the more’, so I’m just going to keep continuing to sin because I’m forgiven!”. In Revelation 2:6, Jesus says He hates the deeds of the Nicolaitans – “But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.” It’s like this: say you adopted a teen who is in a horrible street gang. Well, once he became your son, you wouldn’t say to him, “Now that you’re my son, go, continue in your gang and do sinful things and murder people.” No, you’d patiently work with him with all longsuffering and love to get him out of the gang and get him all cleaned up, and raise him up and instruct him in all the ways of goodness (which are the ways of God) so that he will grow up into a good and perfect man. That’s what our heavenly Father wants to do with us – His adopted children: He saved us, adopted us as His kids, and wants to raise us up to be just like Him in all His ways of conduct and character. Now, again, I know of several homosexuals who have come to the faith and still struggle with those tendencies. However, they choose to suppress the lifestyle and urges, remaining celebate, which is correct. For some encouragement in this: both Jesus and Paul tell us that it is actually better to remain single than get married so that you won’t have the difficulties of marriage and so that you can focus your attention on the things of God rather than pleasing a partner. Separating us as our inner spirit man from our outward fleshly bodies we live in: us as the saved, reborn of God spirit is 100% whole – it’s our unregenerate flesh that burns with passion for other flesh. Even the saved straight people have to suppress their flesh’s passionate desires for the opposite sex, so as to not burn with passion over an adulterous woman or man that comes into their field of vision and lust over them. So don’t be afraid of this – you’re in good company.