Does God actually say you can’t have sex outside marriage?
Does God actually say homosexual behavior is wrong?
In this episode, we discuss Sex, Marriage, and Same-Sex Attraction from a Biblical worldview.
God’s Design for Marriage & Sex
Definition of Marriage: A covenantal, bodily union of one man and one woman, open to the gift of procreation, symbolic of the relationship between Christ and the church.
1. Procreation is one of the designed ends for marriage.
2. Marriage is a picture of two distinct parties in covenantal union.
The “sexuality of Jesus":
1) First, the fact that Jesus has a sex – he is male..
2) Second, by “sexuality of Jesus” I mean that Jesus is himself a sexual being. As a real human person, he took on a body capable of sexual activity. And yet: he refrained from sex.
Same-Sex Attraction
1) We must recognize the reality that fallen people have fallen desires.
2) Scripture equips us to offer an answer to the question, What if someone is born that way?
3) We must on one hand affirm that all sins make us deserving of condemnation.
4) Our posture toward believers who experience same-sex attraction must be one of compassion, kindness, gentleness, and speaking the truth in love.
Application Points:
1.We should honor marriage
2. We should honor singleness
3. We should cultivate strong friendships
For Further Reading/Listening:
- https://www.wchurch.ca/IsGodAntiGayConference
- https://www.desiringgod.org/books/recovering-biblical-manhood-and-womanhood
