I now pronounce you man and man? Really?! I know that I haven't written on this blog in a while, I am a once every 3 months blogger... but I am sick of seeing Christians debate gay marriage like it's only a social issue, and not a spiritual issue. So, now I'd like to weigh in with both philosophical and spiritual considerations.First, let me say that the Bible is more important to us than any other source of truth. We cannot trust our feelings and need to stop making judgements based on what seems to be right. That shows our ignorance to Satan's devices. After all, Satan utilized the Scriptures to try and tempt Jesus to do his will rather than to do God's will. In many ways, Christians are letting social media decide for them. So what does the Bible say?
Start in Genesis chapter 2. Adam says, "This in now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called woman because she was taken out of man. For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." Translation (for those of you who don't quite see the relevance): Woman was created especially for man and the institution of marriage was based on the order and purpose God made for it. It was Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. It is hard to determine that this order of man and wife, can be equally applied to man and husband or woman and wife.
Move on to Genesis 19:4-5. If God was OK with homosexual relations, why would his angels have objected to the men of Sodom's request to have relations with them. More importantly, why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if not in part because of their rampant homosexuality?
Let's now go to Romans 1:26-27. Homosexuality is termed "degrading passions" and "abandoned the natural function" and "committing indecent acts." They received in their own persons the due penalty of their error (sin). Point blank Christians, Homosexuality is a sin. It is a willful choice of lifestyle and it disobeys the order of God's creation, His law (Leviticus 18:22), and the teachings for His church. In that process alone, gay marriage is wrong.
Even with that, look at the error in the world's philosophy regarding gay marriage. They have adopted an amoral approach (it's right for those who believe in it). It is this same amoral approach that has determined that evolution is the explanation for all life on the planet. Now... according to the main tenets of evolution, survival is of the fittest. Ok, so if humans engage in sexual acts that cannot in any biological manner produce a child, doesn't that mean that they are not fit to survive? But instead, society says that we should give them children to raise even though their very lifestyle is set to determine a non-propogating system. I mean, really, society has so lost its senses that it is considered biased and close-minded to be opposed to gay marriage. So, I'm biased and close-minded. But, the Bible tells us the biggest truth about this... "We ought to obey God, rather than men."
If you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to drop a comment at any time. Take care everyone, and keep your eyes on Jesus.
Blessings,
Ryan