The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Messiah

The Sacrifice of Jesus Christ the Messiah

When we think of the sacrifice Jesus gave for mankind we are usually thinking of him giving his life on the cross. It is only natural that we think of this, for it is because of that great sacrifice that we are able to become children of God, with an inheritance from God.

In reality, his sacrifices for us began long before he went to the cross. His sacrifices were many and beyond our full comprehension.

In order to get a better understanding of what he did for us, there are some things that need to be kept in mind at all times.

Keep in mind that before coming to earth, He was immortal. He had always been in existence. Christ was with God and was the God (John 1:1-2) who created the earth and all that was on it. He was the creator of the humans he came to save. He was completely pure and sinless. He had all power. He had glory and dominion over everything that existed.

To even come to earth for the salvation of mankind, Jesus had to give up his throne. He had to give up His immortality. He had to leave His position of dominion as God, and enter a human womb!

We cannot begin to fathom this since we have never been immortal. We cannot imagine what it is like to exist throughout time, to have all power, honor, dominion and glory. Nor can we comprehend what it would be like to leave that behind for even one day. This would be a tremendous sacrifice indeed, but to give it up for thirty years? To exchange freedom from all discomfort and all limitation to become dust? It is unimaginable!

To leave the freedom of the vast universes and beyond and to confine oneself inside a human womb and be joined with a human ovum was a sacrifice we will never understand!.While inside Mary's womb, Jesus existed outside of his 'God' form, for He had taken upon himself the form of a human - the form of a servant and was made in the likeness of men!

You show me one man who would trade immortality for mortality, to become a dying human being, after being a god! And who would be willing to do so by way of becoming a seed inside a human womb and becoming completely subject to and dependent on, a human mother who you yourself had created?

This was the Word, of whom it was said -

John 1:1 - In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the WORD WAS GOD.

2. The same was in the beginning with God.

3. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made.

Heb.1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands.

He and God the Father had always been one. - John 10:30 I and my Father are one.

And yet -

Philippians 2:6- Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God

7 But MADE HIMSELF (notice he did this to himself) of no reputation, and TOOK UPON HIM the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.

In Genesis we read how that man was created in the image of God, but now we see God taking on the form and image of man!

The Most High God who had not dwelt in temples made by man, but had Heaven as his throne and earth as his footstool (Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: ....) laid aside his immortality, took the form of a human - dust - entered a human womb and became submissive, not only to the Father God, but to a human mother. He lived nine months in her womb and endured childbirth. He allowed himself to become totally human, while being God, even to the point of being completely dependent on a human mother for his sustenance.

It is beyond my understanding how that he could become so human, that as a child he was at the mercy of God the Father and his parents to even learn right from wrong.

Surely as time went on he grew in knowledge and remembrance of who he was and from whence he came, yet as a child, these amazing things are said of him.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

16 For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

Luke 2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

Almighty God lowered himself to the point of being in subjection to Mary and Joseph, allowing them to be his authority, to teach and train him and even correct him. He was so submissive to Father God that he would only do what the Father shewed him, even though he had the power in himself even to raise the dead!

John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

Was this not a tremendous sacrifice?

Indeed it was!

For thirty years he lived in this lowered state of humanity. He walked in the dirt! He lived, ate, and slept with men who were not noblemen, not kings and princes, but laborers - fishermen, a doctor etc..

Once Heaven was his throne, now he on earth!

Matthew 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

He allowed himself to be tempted as was every man he came to die for.

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Can you imagine this? The eternal God who could wipe man off of the face of the earth with one word, allows himself to feel the infirmities of his creation and to be tempted by one who he had created himself, but who had rebelled against him!

Ahh - but he could have cast him into outer darkness, could have crushed him under his feet - but he made a sacrifice, and allowed himself to suffer such an indignity - for OUR sakes!

Every day Jesus walked on the earth until his crucifixion was a day of sacrificing for us!

The King of Kings and Lord of Lords was ridiculed, slandered, scoffed at and lied about. There was an assignment out against him by the ruler of evil, to take his life.

He endured the discomforts of the human body. Knew separation from loved ones. He dealt with the weather and travel without the vehicles we have today. He knew what it was to become hungry and tired. And he knew what it was like to be rejected, by those he loved; the very ones he was going to die for.

My friend all of this and more were sacrifices made by - GOD - who never had to be limited by human limitation; who could call ten thousand angels to do his bidding; could take back his throne and glory - yes - who never had to give anything up, but sacrificed it all for you and for me!

Dear reader keep this ever in your mind - that - every suffering Jesus endured was a sacrifice for you, and I that he did not have to go through! He chose it out of his great love for us!

Christ suffered greatly when in the garden of Gethsemane. His sorrow was exceeding, even unto death. The idea has been spread that when Jesus prayed to the Father to let 'this' cup pass from him - if it were possible, that he was referring to the crucifixion he was about to endure. But could he not have been referring to what he was going through right there in the garden, where his sorrow was so great he may have come close to death? Had he died there he would not have made it to the cross, which was his purpose in coming to earth, as a man, in the first place.

At that moment he needed strength beyond his own human strength, to make it through all he was dealing with. He needed supernatural help, for his human body was evidently not strong enough to endure it. Notice that after he prayed concerning 'this cup' an angel appeared and strengthened him. After receiving strength from the angel he was able to go through the agony that was so severe he sweat as it were great drops of blood that fell to the ground. Yes, this was not just dampness on his skin, but sweat so great that it literally fell from him to the earth!!

Matthew 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Luke 22:39-44 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.

40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.

41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,

42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

This agony that he was suffering is the word agonia in the Greek. It means - a struggle (prop. the state), that is, (fig.) anguish;- agony.

We are not told what was going on in our Lord's mind and heart in those moments. Was it a spiritual battle in which Satan tried to take his life before he could get to the cross? Was it grieving of what those he loved were going to do to him, both those who would put him on the cross and those he loved, but who would leave him? Was it anguish over the great physical torture he knew he was about to go through? Was it a struggle between the desire to carry out this purpose of death that the world might be saved, and the desire to live and not die that is so typical of a human being, such as he had been for thirty years. Was it a struggle for the God of the Universe to submit himself into the hands of human men, who he had created, to do as they willed to do with him, with the exception of taking his Life? The one thing they could not do was to take his life, for he would give that up on his own, of his own free will? Was it any or all of the above and more? We are not told the answers to these questions but we are told his agony was very great!

He bore the agony, with the strength God gave him and did not refuse the suffering to come.

Yes dear reader the sacrifices of our God, Jesus Christ were many!

Philippians 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

What I think was happening in the garden that was so hard for the Savior to bear was that the sin of the world was being transferred to his sinless body! If so that would explain the agony he felt! This must have been one of the most amazing, most horrible things Jesus ever suffered. He had never experienced sin. He was love and in him was the light of the world, but he was about to take on all that was evil and dark in mankind.

Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

1Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

The Bible tells us he literally was made sin!

There is not a human being on the face of the earth who can comprehend what it might feel like to have every vile, perverted, filthy sin, ever committed, stuffed in his body all at once. To feel the guilt and shame of horrendous evil, when you had been nothing but good, pure and sinless throughout all of time, is not something any one of us can fathom! Can you imagine our sinless Lord having the sin of rape - or child abuse - or torture, put on him, only to name a few? How could our pure Savior bear even one of these things, let alone, ALL the sins of the world?

I believe this transfer of sin probably took place in the garden because as soon as he left the garden, He was taken to where He would have that body tortured for the sins we had committed.

People think of Jesus as pure and holy. AND HE WAS!

They think of his precious blood being pure and holy. AND IT WAS! HOWEVER - When He took our sin in his body, when he became sin, that blood that flowed from his body on the cross, was blood contaminated with OUR sin! The body of sin was dying and our sins were being washed away in the flow of his blood on that day!

This is why the born again child of God can speak of being washed in the blood of the lamb. His sin was washed away, in the blood that flowed from Christ on Calvary!

Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Leviticus 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

12 Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood.

Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

He bore our sins in his own body. That body was beaten and tortured. He suffered for the sins that we did, that were put on him! That body of death (physical death and separation from God) was pierced with a sword so that the blood flowed out and the body of sin died, so that we might live!

Look at how the psalmist described it -

Psalms 22:11- 24 Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

12 Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

13 They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

16 For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.

18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns

22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.

24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.

So then, Jesus sacrificed a healthy body for a beaten and tortured one. He sacrificed a healthy body for one of excruciating pain. Jesus sacrificed a pure sinless body for one of sin. He sacrificed the peace of his innocent life for the shame of all manner of sin.

I believe that as he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, the cup that He was finding hard to bear, the burden that he needed strengthened to bear, was the sin of the world being put on Him, His being made sin. He prayed and received strength to bear it and make it to the cross, where it could be put to death. I do not believe He was asking God if He might allow Him to bypass the cross, or at least, not that alone.

But now I want to speak of the pain that was probably greater than all other, that our precious Savior suffered. One thing Jesus had always been able to count on was the presence of his heavenly Father, who he had been one with throughout all of eternity. The Father had been with him every moment of his earth life. He had guided him, showed him what to do, strengthened him and encouraged him. Even though he had become man, yet up until now it was said of him -

Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

He and His Father were one and the Holy Spirit dwelled in him. He was human, but a sinless human, so there was nothing to prevent perfect fellowship between himself and the Father.

BUT NOW he had been MADE SIN!

The wages of sin were to be paid to him. What is the wage that a person receives for sinning? DEATH! This death was more than the dying of his physical body but included separation from God.

As long as Jesus carried within his body, the sins of the world, the fellowship with the Father that he had always known was cut off!

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die....

1John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

Isaiah spoke to Judah long ago and said -

Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Now, this was true of Jesus, The sins of the world had separated him from the Father!

Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: …

I doubt that any of his sufferings, up until the sins of the world were put on him, were so excruciating as this! What horror to be left alone in this way, and in such a condition! And see how he expressed his anguish! -

Matthew 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God,why hast thou forsaken me?

Psalms 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

It is one thing to be physically apart from God, but to have the relationship ended is quite another! The death He suffered in having his Father separate himself from him was the worst kind of death, and it was a horribly painful death!

1Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

GOD- IMMORTAL, ETERNAL, SELF-EXISTENT, GOD; - The ANCIENT OF DAYS - took on himself our sins - became sin, became a curse, suffered torture and was separated from the Father -

FOR WHAT? - FOR YOU AND ME!

So that we would not have to! He paid our dept, ransomed us from the enemy by redeeming us and reconciling us to the Father so that we would not have to live separated from him - as He was, until He gave up the ghost - for our sake!

But let us not forget one more important thing that He did. He did not leave the cross and immediately go to Heaven. He spent three days in the heart of the earth.

Jesus went to Hell!

Not four days, for He could not remain in the tomb long enough for his body to begin to decompose. It had been said -

Acts 2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Acts 13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

He spent three days in HELL!

Matt. 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the So of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Eph. 4:8 - 10 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

9 Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)

1 Peter 3:18 - 20 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;

20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.

It has been understood that Jesus went into Hell and allowed those, who had died before He came, to know that indeed He had come and became their Savior. Also that He then led those who believed and received Him, out of hell and up to the Father. He did not have to suffer hell fire, for once He died, destroying the body of sin and death, the price for sin was completely paid. But He did go and lead captivity captive.

Ephesians 4:8-10 Wherefore he saith, when he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
(Now he that ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above the heavens, that he might fill all things).

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

May we never again think of the sacrifice of Jesus as singular, but remember that He sacrificed in many ways over a span of about thirty years, plus the time in Mary's womb. He went from conception to Hell!

WHEN HE ROSE - HE ROSE IN VICTORY!

Rom. 14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

1Cor. 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

Luke 24:6 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

He defeated Satan - Sin and Death by His sacrifice for us!

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Eph. 2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain thee enmity thereby:

Gal. 6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

1Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

The sacrifices of Jesus, for us, were many! His victory over sin, death, hell and the grave was mighty and everlasting!

TO GOD BE GLORY AND HONOR FOREVER and EVER! 

A Little Leaven Leavens the Whole Lump

Are there any specific instructions for the spouse of a homosexual in scripture?

Does the Church have any specific responsibilities pertaining to one who calls himself a brother but is either a fornicator and/or a homosexual?

Does the Bible give specific instructions in such cases?

The subject of homosexuality is a touchy one in our day and age. The topic of marriage, what God requires and expects of us can also be a sensitive subject. But God has not left us without instructions and any time there are scriptures that would seem to contradict, we can be sure that God does not contradict himself. It is time to -

2 Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

There are dividing lines in the Word of God and far 

 

too often these are not considered, so that people 

 

are left with wrong conceptions.Like the idea that all

 

sin is equal, that is, sin is sin and one is not worse 

 

than another. The Bible says differently. There is


a sin that is unto death and sin that is not unto death.

 

There will be different degrees of punishment, which

 

suggest a difference in trespasses and there are sins 

 

that are 'outside' the body and sins that are against

 

the body, etc. And there are those who have been

 

given over to a reprobate mind and those who have 

 

not.

1John 5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.

Luke 12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

1 Cor. 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Scriptures must be rightly divided to be understood.

The Word of God speaks very specifically about both homosexuality and all fornication, showing God's view of them. While people like to refer to God's love and tell us how we should view the homosexual and how we should behave toward him, we do not need people to guide our behavior - outside of God's Word, when it is so very specific. It is common today to be told all sin is equal and that unless we either have no sin in our lives or have never sinned, we have no right to speak out against these or to condemn those who commit specific sins. This is a trick of God's adversary to keep the truth from being made known; that truth that is able to set men truly free. A common scripture reference that is used is -

Mat.7:4+5 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

However taken for what it actually says, these scriptures instruct that first a person should remove the thing that is impairing his own vision, and then he will be able to see clearly to cast out the thing that is in his brother's eye, or impairing his vision. So often this is thought of as sin, and while I do not say that is incorrect still it seems rather to be speaking of 'sight' or perception; should we say 'understanding'. In any case it suggest that you may be able to clear up the other persons 'sight' once you have cleared up your own. It does not say we are never to do so.

What is God's view of homosexuality?

Lev.20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

2 Peter 2:4 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.

5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah ...

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should live ungodly; [NOTE : God means for them to be an example for today!]

7 - And delivered just Lot ...

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment TO BE PUNISHED: ( Note that God removed Lot from Sodom and Gomorrah) 10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness ...

These scriptures have referred to Sodom and Gomorrah, said they were to be an example - even for today - and now uses the word 'chiefly' in speaking of them that walk in the lust of uncleanness, which definitely includes homosxuality.

This type of sin is being pointed out as one of particular importance - chiefly (Grk.) malista; most (in the greatest degree) or particularly: - chiefly, most of all, (e-) specially.

The enemy may tell us there are no differences, but the Word is indicating something else. Going on we can see something about those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness

12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of things they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;

While these may seem like harsh words, God has a reason for giving them to us.

13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots are they and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast among you; 14 Having eyes full of adultry, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls; a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children.

1 These are spots and blemish - Jesus is coming for a church that is - Eph.5:27 ... a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

2 Their eyes are full of adultry

3 They cannot cease from sin - The only way they could cease from sin is through repentance, regeneration and deliverance - WHY? (Speaking of those practicing homosexuality)-

Rom. 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

Now you might think - but - I know homosexuals who do want to have God in their lives and serve him! I know kind, considerate homosexuals who do good things for others! But the truth is that while people want to have God in their lives, and to believe they are accepted by him, the God they actually believe in is one of their own design, who accepts them in their sin and who is not the God whose will and way are so plainly written in His Word. (read all of Rom. chapter one for more info. and clarity)

1 Cor. 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

For a fuller understanding and teaching concerning the truth about homosexuality see - God’s Design and Purpose for the Marital Union – Heterosexuality versus Homosexuality - http://rebeccarbrown.com/

So God's view of homosexuality is that it is an abomination. He showed his view of it in what he did to Sodom and Gomorrah and intended His actions to be a continuing example to those who would live ungodly. He compares them to brute beasts made to be destroyed. He says they are spots and blemishes who sport themselves with their own deceivings (Grk. = apate; delusion: - deceit (-ful, - fulness), deceivableness (-ving).) while they feast among the church; the people of God. They are people He has turned over to a reprobate mind who refuse to acknowledge God and honor God for who and what He really is - and as such - they are UNABLE - to cease from sinning.

So what is the spouse of a homosexual, or any fornicator to do, and what is the church to do?

First there is a specific dividing line that must be acknowledged to obey scriptural instructions correctly. God makes a distinction between the believer and unbeliever and one who is called a brother, or that is 'professes' to be a brother [or perhaps who the church has known to be a brother or to profess to be a brother.].

There is the 'unbeliever' who has not yet received the Savior.

There is the believer who has been born again.

There is the person who has been born again and who has turned back to his sin.

And there is the man who has come into the church claiming to be a brother but who has never truly given Jesus lordship of his life.

Of the man who has been escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of Jesus Christ but who entangles himself in those things again, we are told -

2 Pet.2:20 - 22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, [notice carefully - entangled again in the pullutions of the world] and are overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Keeping these distinctions in mind let us look at the instructions of the Word of God.

1Cor. 6:13-20 ... Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14 And God hath both raised up the Lord (his body) and will also raise up us by his own power. 15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then make them members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
Fornication - (4202) pornia; harlotry (including adultry and incest): fig. idolatry: - fornication
Harlot - porne; a strumpet; fig. idolater; - harlot, whore.
So the scriptures are saying that the body is not for adultry or incest but it is for the Lord and the Lord is for the body. This is literally talking about our physical bodies. I used to just think this was talking about someone going out and committing fornication himself. But if a husband or a wife is living as a fornicator, having unlawful sex outside his marriage, and then their spouse has intercourse with him/her, he/she is attaching herself to a fornicator, which is being one flesh, as it says in the scripture above. And the question is asked above "Shall I then make the members of Christ members of an harlot?" The answer is "God forbid."
A harlot is a female prostitute. So a man having sex with a prostitute is being one flesh with her. For some reason people have often only applied this outside of marriage, when in fact the Bible did not say it is only talking about unmarried people. If I join myself to a fornicator, whether he is my husband or not, I am joining myself to a fornicator and making the members of Christ members of a fornicator. What is being shown is that the body is for the Lord and since it is a member of Christ's body should not be made the members of something unclean.
Homosexuality is - unquestionably - an unclean thing and is demonic. A man who is participating in homosexuality has made himself unclean and opened himself to demonic spirits. He is given over to a reprobate mind, no matter how kind or nice he may seem on the surface or how much we love him and want to help him. Remember that in - Peter 2 we are told that such people cannot cease from sin.
If a man is married to a woman but claims to be homosexual; that is his identity, then he is saying 'I desire men. I do not desire women.' He is confessing to having unnatural affections. Rom. 1, speaking of those men who
(verse 27) ...men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly ....
Who God had -
(verse 28) ...God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
It goes on to say in verses 31+32 -
31 ... without natural affection, implacable, ...
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in then that do them.
Thus the man confessing to being homosexual is confessing to being without natural affection and is one who is worthy of death. In the Old Testament, according to the Law of Moses they were to be put to death physically. While in the New Testament there is hope for regeneration, this sin is yet 'worthy of death' though some may still have a chance for redemption by the grace of God. God's view and estimation of the sin has not changed. Death is separation. They are separated from God and as such are living in darkness where God has no fellowship. In their condition and mindset these are unable to cease from sinning. God turns them over to a reprobate mind. They think as men desiring men. This is their thought process. In identifying themselves as gay, and not seeking deliverance, but settling on this being who and what they are, they submit themselves to this mindset.
Rom.6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
John 8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
They then become the servants of death; the servants of the spirits of uncleanness, they are servants of homosexuality. If a man married to a woman says he 'is' homosexual but will not have sex with men, he is saying that he will resist his perverted inclinations, even though he is their servant, even though he is the servant of sin and is ruled by the god of this world. Peter was right, they cannot cease from sin. And even if he were able to not commit homosexual acts physically, - if this is who he is - it will be on his mind. It will be his desire. There will be an abundance of pornography to feed the lust of his heart.
Matt.5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
As a man looking on a woman for the intention of lusting after her commits the sin in his heart, so a man looking on a man to lust after him is committing that sin in his heart.
There is a difference in admitting to having homosexual tendencies or being homosexual, but also agreeing with the Word of God, that this is sin, and coming to God in a broken and contrite spirit and seeking the face of God for forgiveness and deliverance, and accepting such a state as acceptable, without remorse or repentance.
There is also a difference in being an unbeliever and claiming Christianity and still holding to homosexuality at the same time.
Now consider these further instructions given to us in the Word of God.
2 Cor. 6:14 But be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18 And I will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Almighty.
7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
filthiness - molusmos; a stain, that is, (fig.) immorality:- filthiness.
When it says 'touch not' this word 'touch' actually has this meaning - haptomai; to attach oneself to, i.e. touch (in many implied relations ...
So we are not to attach ourselves to the unclean thing. It is saying that God will be a Father to us - if - we do not attach ourselves to the unclean thing. Unclean here is akathartos; ; impure (cer., mor. [lewd] or spec. [daemonic]); fowl, unclean.
1Cor. 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without (external - outside) the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
committeth fornication here is porneuo, to act the harlot, that is, (literally) indulge unlawful lusts (of either sex), or (figuratively) practice idolatry: - commit fornication
There is a difference in sins. Some are outside the body, but committing fornication is a sin against a man's own body -
Eph. 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. he that loveth his wife loveth himself.
When a man commits fornication he is sinning against his wife and defiling her who is part of the body of Christ. Since she is the body of Christ, he defiles the body of Christ, when he then has intercourse with her, because she is joining to an unclean person.
A person might want to say that surely this cannot apply to people who are married because they are supposed to be one flesh. But committing fornication is breaking the marital vow and attaching to another. Fornication is a definite dividing line in scripture. We know it is a grounds for divorce - though it can be forgiven without divorce and a marriage restored - it must come with true repentance. In the case of homosexuality, deliverance is necessary for the fornicator to be able to abandon his sinning. The instructions given in the scriptures above do not say that you can be attached to a fornicator and yield your body to a fornicator - if you are married - and it will not defile the temple of God. It says quite the contrary - it DOES defile the temple of God!
It would seem then, that if a wife were to go along with sexual relations with her husband (or vice versa) who is a fornicator, she would be helping him to defile the temple of the Lord.
1 Cor. 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
All other sins are outside the body - BUT - fornication is a sin against the body, the temple of the Holy Spirit.
In this sense, it appears to be wrong for a woman to continue to have sex with a husband (or vice versa) who is involved in adulterous, unclean sex and who has not repented and in the case of perversion such as homosexuality, it seems they will be unable to cease from their sin without being made new through regeneration in Jesus Christ.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Notice 'wife' is included in the verse above. This word 'hate' has to do with preference. Any man who will put his wife above Christ is not worthy to be His disciple. For a godly man, providing for his wife is a part of his obedience to Christ. But he cannot sin for her, refuse to do God's will for her, and it also seems to be saying that he cannot attach himself to a wife who is a harlot and defile the temple of God for her. Nor a wife for her husband.

Notice I have not once said that divorce is required, but the Bible is instructing physical separation from sexual activity and as we will see -

We are to flee fornication. This is so serious that the Bible says - Cor 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
keep company = (Grk)sunanamignumi; to mix up together, that is, associate with: - (have, keep) company (with).
The interesting thing is that it does not say "Except if you are married to the fornicator." In fact it says not to keep company with them or even eat with them.
This goes beyond even the marriage but to the church as well. I know it may not sound loving or kind, but God has laid things out the way He knew was best. I know that God may not always choose divorce when there has been fornication. He may rather choose forgiving and reuniting. But again, this would indicate that this would only be after repentance - true repentance - turning from the sin. If they are washed in the blood of the lamb, He will give them the ability to do what is right. Otherwise how could a wife possibly not associate with a fornicator, if he were her husband - was living in her house and especially sleeping in her bed? Yet the Word is very clear here and I do not see a way to get around this.
In 1 Cor. chapter 5 Paul talks about a man who had slept with his father's wife. It is unclear whether or not she were his mother or step mother. While the instructions he gives about this, that immediately follow his mentioning this specific sin, would - at first glance - seem to only apply to that one sin, in reading that first verse carefully you can see differently.
1Cor 5:1- It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you - (pause here and see that this word fornication is the same one already mentioned above - Fornication - (4202) pornia; harlotry (including adultery and incest): fig. idolatry: - fornication) - and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
Here again is the instruction not to associate with one who is part of the church but is committing fornication. But they had not mourned over what he had done and put him away from them as they should have.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed.
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast. not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators.
Notice that this sin is referred to as leaven, which yeast is. When a little is put into a large batter the whole thing is affected. It does not say that you don't need to worry about it because God will protect you. It says that unless you get rid of the leaven it is going to leaven the whole lump. It is going to make the rest of the body unclean to some degree. Maybe not every one who hangs around a fornicator, which definitely includes homosexuality is going to become one, but as we have seen in our society today, many have not only became desensitized but now accept the lifestyle and come down hard on those who speak out against it. If a fornicator is allowed to remain in fellowship with the body of Christ, the whole body will be affected in a way that Paul is warning about and saying NOT TO DO IT?
This is not saying not to witness to unbelievers who are in this sin. But Paul makes a difference when it is one who is called a brother.
11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator ...
Here again it is not just someone who has his father's wife but any fornicator who is called a brother. I think it is appropriate that he uses the words "called a brother" because clearly such a person is not living unto the Lord but for his flesh. But this is someone who has known the way, heard the Word and claimed to be a Christian
1 Cor. 4:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Notice that it in the case of the unclean thing (which homosexuality is) it does not instruct a wife (or vice versa) to stay in the house with her husband, stay united with him in every way possible, submitting to his leadership and praying for his salvation. It says that staying in fellowship or company with him is keeping the leaven that WILL leaven the whole lump. She can be an intercessor for his salvation and deliverance, and still purge out the unclean thing. She can look forward to his deliverance and salvation while being in obedience to God.
A woman whose husband does not desire her, but only men, may be tempted by Satan to deny herself her own God given desires and needs in order to be able to survive. While she may not desire women she may consider it 'dying to self' to close off her own natural affections to survive without fulfillment and to keep her focus on the salvation of her spouse. Thus the leaven of the homosexual is leavening the lump. For God has never called us to rid ourselves of the natural affections He gave us nor to die for the sins of another. Jesus died for the sins of all mankind, once and for all. The fornicator may suffer the chastisement of the Lord without her interference, that his soul may be saved in the end.
The dividing line is fornication, because other sins are - outside the body - and one who is called a brother, or that is, has been attached to the body of Christ. A child of God is part of the body of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit. As such he cannot join his members with a fornicator and defile the temple of God. I do not see the scriptures separating married and unmarried in the matter.
While God hates divorce, he sees homosexuality as an abomination. (Hebrew 8441= something disgusting (mor.), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrance ... abominable ... And His view on the temple of God is very serious. 1 Cor. 3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. He is holy and will not have his body, which is US to be defiled with that which is unclean. Self denial that another might see Christ in us and be saved is a good thing. But it is wrong to put any man, even a husband before God who is holy and has said "come out from among them and do not attach yourself to the unclean thing. Any woman or man who is a child of God has been separated unto the Lord and so have their children.

Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate (3404 ... by extension to love less) not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

This is not saying you should not love your husband/wife and seek the face of God for him/her. But it is saying you should and must love God more and foremost and must obey what He tells you in putting away the fornicator and turning him over to God and to the way he chooses to go. As hard as it is to receive, in some cases the fornicator is to be turned over to Satan so that after he suffers at his hand that he may come to his senses and be truly delivered. This sounds hard and unloving, but I cannot take part of the Bible out because it is hard to submit to. Remember though -

Heb. 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

Isn't that the desired goal? That peaceable fruits of righteousness to come forth; salvation and deliverance?

Even with all of this you might be thinking "But it says - 1 Cor. 7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?

But remember that scripturally there is a difference in sins. There are those outside the body and the sin which is against the body. There is a difference in scripture between a man who has not been saved and one who is called a brother. The exception to what is said about the unbelieving spouse is fornication. That has always been the exception, the dividing line, in the Word of God. It can be forgiven, but that comes with repentance. When a man is purified and 'born again'; when all things have been made new, then to join to him will not defile the temple of God which you are.

God judges the sinner but he tells us to - 1Cor. 5:13 But them that are without (outside of the body of Christ) God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

God will deal with and judge those that are outside the body of Christ but we are to put away from among us that one who is wicked. It may seem harsh and unjust to call someone we love and who we see so much potential in - wicked. But when one who has claimed to be a Christian, perhaps been involved in ministry, read the Word, heard the Word preached and claimed salvation, but chooses to live in fornication, I am afraid this is what he are classed.

Even in Eph. chapter five and what is taught there concerning husbands and wives is about believers. Just read it carefully and it is evident. It's not a private interpretation. Read each verse carefully and put them together and you can see he is talking about believers and what the marriage is to be 'in' the Lord.

There is an old testament story of Hosea and Gomer. God had Hosea to take a wife who had been a whore. But if the story is read carefully you can see that the purpose was to be a prophetic picture of God taking back Israel again and again after they left him for other gods. Gomer became Hosea's wife and bare him children. Then she left Hosea and went back to her sin. Hosea went and bought her back and said "Thou shalt abide with me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I be for thee, ... and so on. So the sins she committed with other men, were after she left Hosea and when he brought her back she was not to be going to other men. It does not suggest that she stayed at home with Hosea but sneaked out at night, had affairs and slipped back into the house. She left him and sinned after she was gone. God has been longsuffering with Israel. But he did not attach himself to her while she was whoring with other gods. He took her back when she repented. God never fellowships with what is unclean, nor are we to do so.
To obey the Word in these matters requires such trust that you will not be afraid that anyone or anything, no matter what others say or do, will prevent God from working in the way He choses to work in your life and on the behalf of your spouse. Never expect to receive any specific guidance from the Lord that is not according to His Word, nor if you hold onto any portion of your own will in regards to the thing you are seeking about. Give every portion of yourself, including your will over to Him. Having all surrendered to His will, accepting whatever His Word has to say, whether it is easy, appealing, agreeable or disagreeable, you free the hands of God to work in His own and perfect way.

1Cor. 7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

The Greek word for 'depart' is choreo, to be in (give) space ... It does not say specifically that this means leaving the house or that it could not include making a space between you relationally. The interesting thing is that is says - if he does it - let him do it. Or you might say - if he has done it- let him (do not prevent him) from doing it. It is to be his choice. This certainly goes along with the fact that God gives every man a free will.

Now a man takes homosexuality as his identity and ceases to have sexual relations with his wife by his own choice or states that he is going to live celibate, he is making a definitive statement. Webster's dictionary 1913 gave this meaning for the word - Celibate Cel"i*bate, n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.] 1. Celibate state; celibacy.

2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says - Celibacy refers to a state of being unmarried and, therefore, sexually abstinent, usually in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, the term is applied only to those for whom the unmarried state is the result of a sacred vow, act of renunciation, or religious conviction. Celibacy has existed in one form or another throughout history and in virtually all the major religions of the world.

So when a married man, even if not homosexual, states that he is going to live 'celibate' he is saying he is going to live as a single man, which is sexually abstinent. If there were no fornication in the marriage then coming together as man and wife should be a natural and important part of the marriage. For a man to refuse sexual relations with his wife is against the Word of God and is putting a definite space between himself and his wife. He is putting her away while still living in the same house. The Bible says -

1Cor. 7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

DEFRAUD (Grk) is apostereo; (to deprive); to despoil:- defraud, destitute, keep back by fraud.

Fraud according to Webster's is 1. Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an

unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick. [1913 Webster] - 2. (Law) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose

of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another. [1913 Webster] - 3. A trap or snare. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

Notice it says 'unlawful' It certainly is unlawful to separate yourself physically (sexually) from your wife.

So withholding sexual intercourse was considered defrauding your spouse. To defraud your spouse includes the meaning of keeping back by fraud. Obviously this is looked at as being a very serious thing in scripture. It is considered depriving your mate and even to be injurious stratagem (stratagem = An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. [1913 Webster])
Living as single in this way, is breaking the marital contract. It is injurious and evil!
A married man cannot live celibate without putting a space between himself and his wife. He cannot do so without defrauding her, depriving her, in an injurious manner. I notice that the words deceptive device are also given in the meaning of 'stratagem' and in the meaning of the word 'fraud' is deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage ... deceit; trick.
In God's eyes, to be married is to live as husband and wife, coming together in physical intercourse and being one. When sexual connection is cut off and a spouse says he is going to live celibate, this involves putting a space between himself and his wife.
Gen. 2:24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Cleave (Grk) `dabaq; prop. to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere, ... cleave (fast together)
Mt. 19:6 -Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Mrk 10:9 - What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
LET NO MAN and that includes a spouse!
When God joined them together they were to be one 'flesh' It is a deception to think that there is a real marriage, with no separation from a spouse who has separated himself physically from his wife. He is refusing to be 'one flesh' with her. He has departed, or, that is, put a space between himself and you. To think otherwise is deception.
If a man says he has chosen celibacy, this does not say he will never repent and come back. It does not say he will not change. It does not say it is wrong to desire and pray for a restoration of your marriage and to see it become what God intended marriage to be. It is only saying that at the present - in this moment - he has put a space between himself and his spouse. He has broken his marital vow. He has chosen celibacy, a life of singleness rather than marriage and in the case of homosexuality, he will not cease from sin, he will join himself to another male. He will not live his life denying all his desires forever without the deliverance and help of the Savior.
The Word says if the unbelieving departs (puts a space between) let him depart - let him do so.
If he is an unbeliever and he decides to divorce his wife, who is a child of God, but she refuses to give him the divorce, then it is as if she is holding a trump card, holding a bit of power over him. If he were to divorce and go his own way, does that mean that God could no longer save him, or do whatever he chooses with him? Does that mean he could never come back? It is important that the spouse of a fornicator, and/or one who says he is going to live celibate be willing to abide by the scriptures in every way, if he/she is ever to see God's desired end of the matter. You must give up your control so that God may have it all. It is a mistake to insist on holding on your own way or in your own strength or you may be hindering the work God is to do.
If he is considered a believer or 'called' a brother and commits fornication, then he is to be put away from you. Only when you are willing to let go can God do what He wants to do. If you are the wife of a man claiming to be homosexual and does not want to live as, performing the normal duties of, joining to his wife, then he has separated himself already. He is in sin and needs deliverance. Isn't deliverance and salvation the goal?
Do not sin because your husband/wife is, by remaining joined to him who is a fornicator through sexual intercourse, attachment, or close association. of any sort, but especially a homosexual who is perverting the very image of God,
The wife of a homosexual must not yield her members, which are the members of Christ, to that which is unclean.
Please do not fear nor imagine that God's will has to come to pass in the way you imagine it, but let God work all things according to His will, His way and His Word.
When the Bible speaks of staying with an unbeliever - 1Cor. 7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
This cannot nullify or do away with all the other scriptures so clearly written about being joined to a fornicator.
2 Cor. 13:1This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Thus the instructions of 1Cor. 7:13 are with the exception of fornication. It pertains to a mate who is pleased to dwell with you, not one who has put a space between you as a husband, in breaking the marital vow, defiling the marital bed, and to whom if you are joined you make the members of Christ members of a fornicator. Here is the dividing line.
Eph. 5:1 Be ye followers of God as dear children.:
2 And walk in love, as Christ hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savor.
3 BUT fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness (aischrotes; shamefulness, i.e. obscenity ...), nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
DOES GOD GET MAD?
7 Be ye not partakers (summetochos; a co-participant:-partaker) with them. ...
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with -
(sugkoinoneo; to share company with ... - communicate (have fellowship with ...)
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove (elegeho; to confute, admonish: - convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove) them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
13 BUT ALL THINGS THAT ARE REPROVED ARE MADE MANIFEST BY THE LIGHT: FOR WHATSOEVER DOTH MAKE MANIFEST IS LIGHT.

Dt. 23:14 For the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of the camp to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee and turn away . and -1Peter 1:1- Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.