CAN GAY PEOPLE WORSHIP GOD

I met a gay christian in a coffee shop in Shawlands. We got talking because she was reading a book I had read by Ulf Ekman, The foundations of the Christian faith. After speaking for a while she asked if homosexuals should be allowed to worship Christ. At this point I had no idea she was a lesbian but it would not have mattered to me anyway as my answer would have been the same.
I said that we are all sinners and not one of us is worthy of Salvation and it is by God's grace that we are saved and this grace is open to everyone. I added that if we are willingly sinning then we need to stop sinning and come to that cup of grace. It was then that she told me she was in a relationship with another female and they both went to church. I could see this was troubling her and knew I would need to choose my words carefully from now on.

Being a homosexual or a lesbian or an adulterer or a thief or some one that cheats on their taxes are all sins in God's eyes but God does not hate the sinner, only the sin. I know many people believe one is born with gay tendencies but I am not going to go into that.

I shared a little about my own life and how I was saved and also how I still battle against certain things.

But moving back to the question "could she still go to church and worship God?" I said it is better to be amongst other Christians and hearing the word of God. So far she had not told anyone in her church she was a lesbian and I said that was a wise decision because so many would frown on it even though they themselves live with sin everyday.

I said it may be wise to seek advice from a pastor from another church if she does not feel comfortable speaking to her own pastor. There was a lightness to her after our conversation and I hope she does speak to someone. I knew I was not the right person at that point to guide her as I am going through my own battles at the moment.


To me sin is sin. As a catholic we used to have small sins and big sins. The bigs sins would send you to hell the small ones, well they would just attract bigger sins. In a childish way it made sense but sin is sin and we are so quick to judge.

God's grace is open to all