Homosexuality...what does God have to say?

Romans 1:18-19,24, 26-28  ⁽¹⁸⁾ The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, ⁽¹⁹⁾ since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. ⁽²⁴⁾ Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. ⁽²⁶⁾ Because of this, God gave the over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. ⁽²⁷⁾  In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. ⁽²⁸⁾  Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done.

 

            The “Homosexual Agenda” is being pushed forward more and more throughout the world. It has become the “thing” to celebrate, praise, and admire for many. It is becoming increasingly more popular to be homosexual than to be heterosexual. For the ones who stand up for what the Bible says, with regards to this act of detestation against God, are considered as homophobic, haters, and even not lovers for mankind. If you quote from what the Bible says in regards to this “sin” because this is exactly what it is, you are called a Bible thumper, bigot, and a disgrace to the human race. The world is turning against the beliefs of God and therefore, the Saints of God. Anyone who dares to stand up for what God says will become persecuted, mocked, and in some cases prosecuted in the court of Law.

            Yes, it has sadly come to this. July 2012, the owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Colorado refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple who was wanting to celebrate their recent wedding that had taken place in Massachusetts. The couple filed a complaint, which was later joined by the Attorney General. The end result—the judge ruled in favor of the gay couple. More about this can be found at http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/12/06/3035121/colorado-bakery-broke-law/#. The owners of the shop were not able to claim that it was against their religious beliefs to do so. They were judged as if an open act of discrimination had taken place. This is not the only business that has been taken to court for enforcing what they believe is their religious belief to serve gay couples. Other businesses such as florist, photographers, and others in the wedding field have faced lawsuits for standing up for their religious beliefs. This leaves me to ask the question, is gay “marriage” actually marriage in the eyes of God?

Ephesians 5:22, 25 ⁽²²⁾ Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. ⁽²⁵⁾ Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and give himself up for her. (NIV) In the text, God is telling the wife (woman) and husband (man) what roles they are to play with their “marriage.” Nowhere does it say for man to submit to his husband and for a woman to submit to her wife. Furthermore, who is the head when you have two of the same sex married to each other? It seems as if they would nullify each other. Let’s take this a little further if we want to define what God considered as marriage.

            Genesis 2:18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper “suitable” for him.” (NIV)  Would God have considered another man as a suitable companion for Adam? Here was the chance that He could have done exactly that. However, the mate that was intended for Adam and ALL men are women. Genesis 2:21-24 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is not bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Take notice that God did not create another MAN to be Adam’s partner. He created a FEMALE and Adam had enough sense to notice that she was not the same as he, but was part of him. This is why he gave her the name WOMAN. So what is it that the gay community, even within the church do not understand about this? I am baffled that many would consider themselves to be followers of God, while blatantly going against His natural laws of nature.

            Have you ever seen gay animals? Have you ever heard of gay insects? Have you ever heard of gay birds? God’s animals even obey the laws of nature that He put into place, so why is it that man has a hard time doing so? Could it be that we have such wickedness within us that we want to do our own thing and constantly go against the laws of God? Could you really imagine Jesus being gay? Yes, he did not touch a woman down on earth, but that was not because he was gay. God had a purpose for Christ being here. That purpose was to save us from our sins so that we wouldn’t be condemned to eternal damnation.

So if there is nothing wrong with homosexuality, why was God so displeased with Sodom and Gomorrah that He was willing to destroy them with fire? Genesis 19:4-7 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing.” (NIV) Lot understood and knew that such an act was sinful before the Lord. He even offered up his daughters to them, but they did not want the women, they were so filled with lustful passions for their own kind that they refused to accept his daughters as a peace offering. Instead, the men insisted that the angels be brought out to them. Now the Bible doesn’t go into all the wickedness that these two cities had done, but this particular act was included in the Bible. This makes me think that because God ensured that we knew details about what had taken place here; it was to be another sign that the act of homosexuality was and still is indeed wrong. It disgusted God so much that He would rather destroy them than to let it continue.

Therefore, we must tackle question, “Is homosexual marriage acknowledged in the eyes of God?” Well, the people who are for this would say that because God is love, He wouldn’t discriminate against them. They believe that they are free to love whomever they wish and that it is acceptable before God. However, I beg to differ. Numbers 23:19 God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? (NIV) God will not declare something as detestable to Him one minute, but then say that it is acceptable the next. James 1:8  A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. (KJV) God clearly doesn’t change His mind when it comes to the things of mankind. How would we be sure of what to follow if God was confused Himself? Malachi 2:13-16 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings of accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant. Has not the one God make you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and to not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

The above text is very deep in how it describes God’s unhappiness when it comes to unfaithfulness in the union of marriage. Marriage is said to be a “covenant” where He is the witness. God took this so seriously that blessings and favor where being withheld when there was infidelity taking place within the union. Again, if you noticed, he refers to the “wife” in the union as a female. There is no mention of there being a same-sex couple. It also goes on further to say that He desired “Godly offspring.” It is impossible to produce offspring other than mating sperm and egg together even if it is in a pastry dish. There will always be a need of opposite sexes to reproduce to create another human being. Therefore, if you cannot procreate with the same sex, then you shouldn’t be sleeping with the same sex, which brings me to my next question. Should we allow minsters who are homosexual to lead the people of God?

Titus 1:6-9  An elder must be blameless, faithful to his wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient. Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. (NIV)  If you follow just what is outlined in the previous text, can a homosexual minister actually claim to follow this? When it plainly states that he must be faithful to his “wife,” wouldn’t there be a problem if he is so-called “married” to a man? Can he be considered blameless when he is going against the laws of God? Can he be considered having self-control when he is allowing the flesh to dictate who he sleeps with? This not only goes for the homosexual male, but women as well. Can he/she be trustworthy to teach the unadulterated message of God when the obvious sin of homosexuality is being committed in their own homes? Should the church allow such leadership to take place when the word of God goes against it? I think not.

God repeatedly calls the church his bride. He doesn’t claim the church as his husband. Jeremiah 3:14 “Return, faithless people,” declares the Lord, “for I am your husband. I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion. Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding. God said that He would give us shepherds after HIS own heart. That means that he will never give us a pastor who is not aligning with His will. Should this take place, we are to leave from under that covering immediately. John 10:4-5  “When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will not follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” (NIV)

Regardless of what the government says, we are to follow the laws of God. Regardless of what the gay community wants, God’s law is forever abiding and therefore, we do not to submit to the hype. We must stand on the word of God always even when it is no longer the popular thing to do. Sin is not able to be in the presence of God and because we are followers of Him, it should not sit well with us either. Regardless of whatever sin it is, God wants us to confess it and repent. Today’s blog only dealt with homosexuality, but there are many sins that we must confess. We all have sinned and therefore, are in need of our Savior. We must love our fallen brothers and sisters even in their wrong because God loves the sinner, but hates the sin. Let us be an example and prayerfully, can lead the way to a true repentant heart. Take care and be blessed. I will see you again on Monday!