LaTeefa the Lesbian

Freedom:  Power to Do What's Right.

How do you share the Gospel with a homosexual?  As LaTeefa waited for the bus, I asked if she had heard the Gospel.  "Yes," she said.  I then asked if she knew where she would spend eternity.  "Yes," but it won't be a good place:  "I'm in a lesbian relationship," she confided.  You see, when you approach someone warmly and with compassion, they can sense your genuine spirit of concern.  You share the Gospel with a homosexual just as you do with anyone else:  Like Jesus did--with a heart full of love and compassion.

I asked LaTeefa if she would like to know how she could know for sure that her destiny will be heaven, even though not one of us deserves it.  She said she did, so I had the joy of explaining to LaTeefa the great news that Jesus can free her from the power of a sinful life.  Jesus ministered to people without regard for the type of sin that bound them like slaves.  He shared the gospel with theives on the Cross, corrupt political appointees, like Matthew, and cheating businessmen like Zaccheus.  And he also ministered to women demonized by sexual sins, like Mary Magdalene, and "many others."

Jesus "went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news .... And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out ... and many others ..." (Luke 8:1-3).

When Jesus proclaimed the life-changing Gospel, Mary and others believed and began to follow Jesus after He delivered them from the power of their besetting sins.  Salvation is revealed in a changed life that has new direction.

I explained that LaTeefa can be forgiven of her sins--past, present, and future--and freed from the power of sin if she will (1) repent and (2) believe the gospel, which is the message Jesus preached wherever he went (Mk. 1:15).  LaTeefa confirmed that she believed Jesus is God's Son who died to pay the penalty for her sins and rose again on the third day (1 Cor. 15:1-4).  Interestingly, she also confirmed that her lesbian lifestyle had been a choice, not the way she had been made.  I explained to her that repentance is not only crying out to God for forgiveness of all of her sins (Hosea 7:14; Rom. 10:13), but also turning from them to Jesus (1 Thes. 1:9; Acts 26:20).  I urged her to turn from going her own lesbian way to Jesus, cling to him by the faith for forgiveness and new life, and follow Him and His way (John 14:6). 

LaTeefa thanked me and the friend who was with me for taking time to share the gospel with her.  I pray she chose to repent and turn to Christ for deliverance and salvation and the power the live a new life for the Lord.