What Does The Bible Says About Homosexuality?-Marriage

[Pastor. Dr. Debra Tate D.D.]

Marriage

Last week I talk about how Roman chapter one is the strongest section in the New Testament that is against same sex relationships. The Bible speaks or often refers to an individual or unbeliever who goes beyond his or hers sexual appetites and sexual pleasures as a person, to perform sexual acts, which are not ordained or approve by God, is a person who is practicing idolatry. Paul explains to the reader in Romans chapter one that the person who abandons the natural use of their sexuality, for that which God has not ordain for them to perform, to indulge in a new and different sexual pleasure shows that they do not love God and does not know God. Therefore, the person who abandons their sexuality, not only abandons their sexuality, but also has abandoned their God.

We left off talking about the word “image,” how marriage was a reflection of the relationship that Jesus Christ has with the Church.

The word “image” means to draw a likeness, to describe or to reflect, the word image also means, to picture in the mind. Homosexuality is not the thinking of God; same sex marriage is not the picture that God had in mind for the church in the beginning. God wants us to be holy because He is “Holy”. He wants us to think like Him. An image is something that strongly resembles another not only in appearances but also in how we think. Same sex marriage does not resemble or image the relationship God has with the church.

Paul explains to us in Roman 1:26-17, that a same sex relationship does not resemble the marriage of Jesus Christ and the church. In addition and person who practice such sexuality has abandon God. A marriage cannot be a wife with a wife or a husband with a husband, it must be a union with a man and a woman until death do they part.

Shocking

Paul was in Greece observing homosexuality, which was extremely shocking. Paul felt that homosexuality widespread was a sign of alienation from God. Paul was thinking of Old Testament when he wrote Romans chapter one, because homosexuality was connected with idolatry in the Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 23:17-18 King James Version

17. There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abominations unto the LORD thy God.



This week we will talk about “What is a Marriage?”
From a Biblical viewpoint a marriage is a monogamous relationship between a man and a woman. The Bible say nothing about same sex relationship. The two, the man and the woman, are suppose to share a lifetime of commitment to each other. The commitment is to be unconditional love as express in I Corinthians 13 chapter. A lot of minister when performing weddings will us or quote I Corinthians 13.
I Corinthians 13

1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
11. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Mark 10:5-9 tells us, what a marriage should be like. The Bible states, that Jesus had left Capernaum, and had gone southward to the Judean borders, into the eastern area of the Jordan River and the crowds were there. The Bible will often share with us how people were always prone to follow Jesus. Some came to see the miracles he performs. An impressive amount of people would follow Jesus to hear the wisdom, knowledge, and revelation Jesus would speak. However, there would also be some who came to the crusades, just to make a name for themselves by trying to destroy the reputation of Jesus. When these religious men saw the people following Jesus and marveling over the words of Jesus, these men began to try to trap Jesus in his own words by asking unreasonable questions. In this portion of scriptures the Pharisees are asking Jesus why Moses permitted divorce.


Mark 10:5-9 King James Version
4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.


In this portion of scriptures, Jesus is talking about Genesis, when he uses the word in the “beginning.” Jesus is letting them know that it was not the original plan of God for man to divorce. Jesus is telling us that it was not the intention of the Father for there ever to be anything different then a man and a woman spending the rest of their lives together. So Jesus quotes from Genesis 2:7-9 King James Version

7. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

The Bible is not saying leave father and father or even to go away from his father and mother then cleave to his wife. Jesus is letting us know right here in this portion of scripture that God is talking about a man leaving a monogamous marriage of his parent, to have a monogamous relationship with a woman of his own, his wife. The Bible is saying a man shall leave his father and his mother in verse seven, and cleave to his wife, the two will no longer be twain, but one flesh. Plus the Word of God is not talking about a “serial monogamy,” is where the church is going to excuse their sins, and married another person, and stay faithful, but monogamy period.

What ever God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. This is a strong warning to us not to change the plan and purpose of God concerning monogamy for humanity. To try to change God’s plan for marriage, from “monogamy”, to “serial monogamy” to same “sex marriage,” marriage is an attempt to destroy the “image” the thinking of God, of that which does not represents the church, is what it means to “put asunder”.

Matthew 9:15 King James Version
15. And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

When Jesus speaks of the bridegroom, Jesus is speaking of himself.

2 Corinthians 11:2 King James Version

2. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ

What does it mean when we say that the church is the bride of Christ?

When the Bible says that the church is the bride and the bridegroom is Jesus, this is an image, symbolism, and imagery of true marriage, and the thinking of God, not same sex. Jesus who is the bridegroom, who has scarified himself, (male) for his bride, who is female, wants His bride to be faithful to Him, the groom.



Ephesians 5:21-32 King James Version

21. Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
24. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
25. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
27. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
28. So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
29. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
30. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
31. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33. Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

We see and understand by reading these scriptures, the union of a man and a woman in marriage is symbolic of Christ and the church. The two the man and the woman are to have a monogamous relationship with one another. Monogamous means a person has one mate for their entire life or existence. The opposite of this is polygamous meaning more then one mate at a time, more then a lifetime.

Most people in United States in and out of the church have had polygamous, relationships because we have been married more than one time. The word monogamy comes from the Greek word “monos,” which means alone and the Greek word which “gamos” which means marriage or union. So a monogamous relationship is not a boyfriend and girl friend, not cheating on each other with another person, but the word “monogamy” means married couples who are determine to stay with each other for the rest of their lives under the blessing of God. Most Christians today practice “Serial Monogamy.” “Serial Monogamy” is when a person has only one sexual partner at a time, but allowing multiple partners in a lifetime, this is not the perfect will of God and this life style is not being obedient to the “Word of God.” God wants us to be “monogamy” one life long spouse no others.


Next week I will put a teaching on what does the Word “abomination” means. Why? Because many Christians use this word and do not know, what it means. Therefore, I will place this teaching up soon. Church, the church is under attack, remember Satan will say, twist and do anything to bring the church down, pray before we judge. Please cover our pastors who are on the front lines, no matter what the enemy says. Remember, Satan is the father of lies!

Evangelist Debra Tate
Royal Diadem Internet Ministries-Thecrowngem Bible Way