What is the mindset of a homosexual? How do they get there? Do people just wake up one day and realize they have different preferences or that they're just now recognizing a preference they've had all along? These are all questions I've had when considering the issue of homosexuality and, as a Christian, I believe there are Biblical answers to these questions.

Bear with me, this is a tough topic. I want to shed light on it from the perspective of a conservative millennial. I have dealt with thinking through the mindset of homosexuality and I want to share what I've gathered.

Firstly, I'd like to state that homosexuality is a sin. It is not a natural state of being. It is clearly stated in the Bible that homosexuality is a sin (Leviticus 18:22, 1 Corinthians 6:9). It's something that happens in the mind and leads to physical action that is perverted or wrong. Those who commit homosexuality aren't unforgivable or condemned. I am simply saying that homosexuality itself is wrong. The people have just fallen prey to the homosexual mindset.

Secondly, I'd like to state that homosexuality is a choice comprised of a bunch of small choices. I've discovered that it doesn't just happen overnight, it takes time, it takes one choice leading to the next and continuously being exposed to pressures and thoughts without recognizing what they are.

In the following paragraphs, I'd like to go into what these pressures and thoughts are and explain the mindset that leads to homosexuality. Hopefully, I can show those who are willing to see how to fight the mindset of homosexuality.

The homosexual mentality typically starts with thoughts towards the same sex. Most of these thoughts are just for comparison, but then your mind may wander and you start to feel guilty, so you try to find out why you're thinking about that and why you feel guilty. Then, the world starts to tell you it's because you're drawn to the same sex and that there is nothing wrong with exploring that thought path further.

The truth is, you're thinking about them like that because that's what we do, we want to assure ourselves in regards to our insecurities. But when we start to believe the lie that it's natural to be interested in the same sex in that way and that that is what those thoughts mean, we open ourselves up to so many other lies.

We then start to hear we're born with that preference that has been developed and that its only natural for us to prefer the same sex. The pressure from the world to embrace this thought process, to "be ourselves" as they call it, pushes us to start recognizing those thoughts as legit feelings.

We then chose to buy further into the lie that is homosexuality and make the decision to start to physically act on these notions.

When we have those moments of doubt, we then chose again to believe the lies the world tells us because we don't want to admit that we've sinned and done wrong. We let pride keep us from coming to God and recognizing our problem.

Sin is tempting. It promises pleasure, security, happiness, and gets you to compromise, then it leads to confusion, strife, and death. Homosexuality promises similar things. Some of us are just really good at ignoring it.

In order to fight the homosexual mindset, we must recognize it and our ineptness at fighting it on our own. If we're not saved, we have to recognize that God is who he says He is and that His son, Jesus, did come to earth to be the perfect sacrifice. That Jesus paid our sin debt and rose again and through his blood, because of God's love, we are forgiven.

As simple as that. We confess to God that we've been tempted and ask Him help us and show us the truth. We ask God to guard our minds and we seek out the truth of the situation. Once he shows us the truth we knock those thoughts down before they can take root.

Homosexuality starts in the heart and spreads to the mind. Like all other sin issues, it's a heart problem that only God can fix, if we'll let Him.