I'm a trans girl who is a born again Christian and it saddens me that so many Christians are hateful towards me. So many guys won't date me to even though I follow Christ and have been baptised and go to church often. They can't look past the fact I wasn't born a girl. Churches need to start teaching people not to be hateful towards trans people.
So, before I say anything else, I want to tell yoy plainly that I do not hate you. I have no ill will towards you at all. Exactly the opposite, in fact. I love you with the love of Christ; I genuinely want the highest good for you, which is true fellowship with God and salvation through Jesus Christ.
The Bible is the true Word of the Living God. What the Bible teaches us is absolutely right; it reveals to us who God is, what He likes and doesn’t like, what He expects from us, and how we ought to go about seeking Him. Any ideas, teachings, perspectives, opinions, or philosophies that contradict what the Bible says must be rejected as false. We must understand that humans are fallen, and in our fallenness, we are naturally inclined towards sin without always realizing it. Furthermore, we have an Enemy who hates us and wants to destroy us, and the primary means he employs to accomplish that goal is deception. The Enemy uses our fallen proclivity towards sin to snare us and lead us into darkness, away from God and His salvation.
I have no doubt that you really do feel what you feel. I have no doubt that it feels good and natural to you to present yourself as the opposite sex. I wouldn’t try to minimize or oversimplify your condition; no doubt, it’s very complex. And of course the Lord is very merciful towards you. He knows all about your struggles and challenges. But none of that makes sin ok. The Lord is understanding, gracious, and forgiving, and will give us all the power we need to overcome whatever sins with tangle with, but He won’t overlook sin or permit us to dwell in it.
In contradiction to the currently popular ideas among the unsaved world at large about gender identity, the Bible teaches that God made us male and female (Genesis 1:27, 2:21-24, 5:1-2; Matthew 19:4; Mark 10:6); there are no other options, and no means for one to become the other. The Scripture is clear that a male trying to seem female (and vice versa) is sin (Deuteronomy 22:5).
Furthermore, homosexual relationships are not blessed by God, and homosexual acts are explicitly called sin (Leviticus 18:22, 20:13; Romans 1:16-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 Timothy 1:8-11). Regardless of how we may identify, we are what we were born as; this means any relationship between you and another male would be sin.
The Scripture is quite clear that we who come to Christ must surrender to Him as King and live in obedience to His commands (2 Timothy 2:19, etc). The Scripture is also very clear that if we think we’re right with God while rejecting His commands, we’re lying to ourselves and others (1 John 1:6; 2:3-6). No one who is genuinely born again will be able to live a lifestyle of deliberate sin, because the Holy Spirit will not allow it (1 John 3:4-10).
It isn’t the intellectual acceptance of Jesus Christ that saves a person. Neither is it Bible study, or going to church. A person is saved when they respond in true faith to the Lord Jesus (Romans 10:8-10), and that faith is proved true by repentance, which is turning away from sins and seeking to obey the Lord (James 2:17-20).
There’s no call or justification for anyone claiming to be a Christian to show you hatred, or to behave any way towards you except graciously, kindly, and mercifully. But part of that grace, kindness, and mercy is gently warning you that, as you presently are, you aren’t right with God. This isn’t hatred; this is the purest from of love. Please, I beg you, deeply consider what I’ve said. Study the Scriptures, seek the Lord in prayer. Turn from the path you’re on now, while you still can. I hope and pray you come to know the Lord and His salvation sincerely.
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