The Lord is revealing a way out of darkness for those discovering themselves trapped within it. He is encouraging men to invest having hope in him, and by so doing he has promise to lead them out by the light of spiritual truth. It takes the power of God for one to climb up to the height of his righteousness.
You can't frown upon gays and lesbians lifestyle when you yourself are following the same pattern of lust, even though you think it's in order simply because it happen to be a woman or a man. He that is led by lust is led by the devil!
You can't have both, the world and God in your heart. If the world is in your heart then the love of God is not in you.
God doesn't want believers to keep believing that they have to die, because death is defeated.