Exodus 34:5 And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
We are also to bear in mind the issue of the genetic factors, and thus, let us be careful not to turn away any soul who may be earnestly seeking for Christ’s salvation and deliverance. The grace of Christ is capable, and also structured to handle any given situation, including genetic factors as well as learned behaviors. David’s problem with women could have been both genetic and a learned behavior, yet, at the end of the day he finally got the victory through Christ.
Zacchaeus was suffering with learned behaviors, but salvation came to his house, and he will most likely be saved in God’s kingdom. In fact, most of us who have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior, come with some type of baggage of learned behaviors, and we too have either cultivated or inherited tendencies to evil. Therefore, if there are gay families and friends who have learned behaviors that aren’t condoned in the Bible, that is not something new.
It is just a different kind of behavior that needs the grace of God, just as the other behaviors, and genetic factors do. Therefore, in dealing with the sensitive issue of how to interact with gay relatives and friends, let mercy and grace go before us, for the Son of Man came to seek and to save, that which was lost. We therefore end with a passage of Scripture which reminds us that God is still in the business of doing salvation, and we as His servants should harbor the same perspective as He does.
Ephesians 4: 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!