By the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors
What we see is a huge issue as the church thinks through the issue of homosexuality. Faithful churches of Jesus Christ have continued to affirm the sinfulness of homosexual behavior. The church has struggled a bit more, however, with the issue of same-sex attraction.
Nick Roen has a very stimulating piece up at the Spiritual Friendship blog where he describes the experience of same sex attraction. He does this in the very personal terms of looking at another man.
It got me thinking about what we see when we look at something. This is a significant issue because the Bible teaches that we have two sets of eyes. We have eyes in our head and eyes in our heart (Matt 13:13-16).
One of the most important things about you is what you see when you look at something. It is crucial for us to look at things rightly and see them as they are, but this is impossible because of our sin. Sin gives us faulty vision. Our eyes are broken because our hearts are messed up. We do not see as we should because we do not worship as we should.
Jesus came to live, die, and rise for sinners to correct the vision in our hearts. God gave us the Bible to instruct us in how we should view life according to his focus.
One meaningful way to summarize the contents of the Bible is that it describes to us what we should see when we look at things. The Bible teaches us that when we look at a meal we are not allowed to see mere food, but the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31). When we look at our relationships we are not allowed to see only our interests, but the interests of other as well (Phil 2:4). When someone comes to us for help God would have us look beyond a mere needy person and see Christ (Matt 25:34-40).