Gay Christian Devotion
Proverbs 5:7-14
Proverbs 5:7-14 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly (KJV). Reflection
Proverbs 5:7-14 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: 9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: 10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; 11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly (KJV). Reflection
The respected Bible commentator, Adam Clarke, says these verses are about the character of loose women, and the harmful consequences of attachment to loose women. These verses can be applied to both men and women.
A good reputation and a good name takes years to earn. All the hard work can be undone when a sexual indiscretion becomes widely known. Being gay or bisexual, or having same-gender sexual relations is not an indiscretion any more than being straight, or having a straight relationship. Getting a reputation as a person who is only interested in sex does not help one's professional career, one's private life, or one's service for God.
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