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Even before the first day of June, rainbow flags have fluttered over streets and in store windows. There is an air of confusion in the world we live in. A world where genders and pronouns are constantly changing. A world where definitions are fluid. A world where you and I are told we can discover our own truth.

What should Christians believe in a culture like this? Do LGBT rights merely promote equality? Is there anything wrong with the rainbow flag? Love is subjective, meaning that it changes based on the individual. One may love someone of the opposite sex, while another may love someone of the same sex.

“Love is Love”: LGBT Pride Month and The Christian’s Response

There are no absolute standards to guide how we feel. Love differs from person to person. But biblically, love is an action that we are 1 peter and gays to do. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. Although He pleaded with God the Father while in the garden of Gethsemane to allow Him to not partake of such suffering LukeHe bore the torture of the cross despite His feelings.

The nature of love has been twisted and distorted in our society. Mass media daily lies to us on what love really is. Love is not a feeling that cannot be controlled or guided. Rather, it is an action of the will. Biblical love is a choice, which means we have the ability to choose whom and how we love.

We can control our desires. In the Bible, love is a command. But I believe the battle runs deeper than this. Deep within each one of us is the desire to put self at the center. It is a desire to be our own gods and do whatever we want to do. In the Old Testament, there are several laws against homosexual acts and relationships Leviticus While God commands against homosexual relationships, we are challenging His sovereign rule.

The purpose of marriage and romantic relationships lies far deeper than mere attraction. As stated earlier, love is an action that we can control, not something we are a victim of. When God first created mankind, he created them male and female, to be together in the context of marriage Genesis God created Eve as a helper for Adam so that he would not be alone Genesis