BE BLESSTIFIED!
FOR THOSE WHO SAY JESUS NEVER ADDRESSED HOMOSEXUALITY…Original, daily devotionals, inspiration and more from a fresh, "Hey! I never thought about it like that before" perspective.
Let me say first that I’m not excusing adultery, fornication or any other sexual sin. These sins also result from an innate, natural desire that we don’t ask for, and people make a choice to commit these sins based on that desire.
However, there are many people who are now trying to defend homosexuality by saying that Jesus never addressed it, or forbade it. They say only the Apostle Paul addressed it, and some even try to contend that he wasn’t really talking about homosexuality.
I’m going to keep this short and sweet.
We all know there are several sins that Jesus never directly addressed…
Rape…
Incest…
Domestic Abuse…
Bestiality…
Gossip…
Jealousy…
To name a few.
Jesus didn’t even say directly that getting drunk is a sin. It was indirect.
He did address marriage, fornication adultery and divorce.
And, no one disputes that the LORD only permits sex within marriage.
In Matthew Chapter 19, Jesus repeated what He Himself said as The Living Word in Genesis 5:2 , yes He was there in the beginning (Elohim, the name for God in Genesis is a plural noun)…
Matthew 19:4-5(NKJV)
4 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made[a] them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’[b]5 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?[c]
The context of the conversation here is marriage and divorce. Jesus specifically calls out MALE and FEMALE in the context of marriage. This is not a cherry picked scripture. It is Jesus in perfect harmony with what God established in the beginning.
Jesus clearly says let HIM (male) be joined to his WIFE (female), because some try to contend, ‘who says that a wife has to be a woman’.
This undeniably defines marriage as between a man and woman.
These verses (Genesis and Matthew) define marriage as between a man and woman. And, since God only permits sex within marriage, sex with any partner, heterosexual or homosexual is sin.
So yes, without saying the word ‘homosexuality’, Yeshua, Christ Jesus addressed it. Any other conclusion is conjecture…reaching…trying to fit a square peg into a triangular slot.
For those who say that it’s okay because some people are born that way, click this…JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE’S ‘BORN THAT WAY’ DOESN’T MAKE IT OKAY…
For those who want to bring up slavery in the bible to justify their argument to defend homosexuality, click this…LET’S TALK ABOUT SLAVERY IN THE BIBLE…
And remember, no matter what sin someone is struggling with, God expects us to love everyone without excusing or condoning the sin.
BE BLESSTIFIED!
Well said and thanks for speaking the truth. Loved the list of “things Jesus didn’t address”. He certainly did address homosexuality and it’s recent cousin transgender-ism.
Be blesstified! God is in an amazing mood.
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Thank you my brother. We have got to meet the attack on the family head on. BE BLESSTIFIED!
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Amen my brother well said. Jesus not only defined the family, He also created it!
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Yes He did. BE BLESSTIFIED my brother!
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You are such an amazing and godly teacher…I wish I could sit under your teaching on Sundays. I’m glad I discovered your blog. I’m also glad you addressed the “slavery” arguments that people make! Thank you, thank you. God bless you big time!
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Thank you for the encouragement my friend. To God be the glory! I enjoy your blog as well. I pray God’s richest blessings on you:-)
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I just saw your sponsored post on people going to hell and I loved it. So true and bold so I came to see your page. Wow! I can not tell you how much it joys me to read this! THIS is the same argument I have used and of course to speak truth these days is just to open yourself to pain,conflict, and criticism. It encourages me so much to see someone so boldly and graciously proclaim the truth. Praise Jesus for you and so so many blessings on you! I’m gonna follow you on Facebook.
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Thanks so much:-) I appreciate the encouragement and the follow. I pray that God continues to bless your life. Keep on proclaiming the truth and BE BLESSTIFIED:-)
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YEP! SHARING! LOL!
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Hallelujah. Blessings to you my friend.
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AND to you, too, Friend!!
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Amen to that. Thank you for speaking the truth.
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Thank you. God bless you!
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Thank you. I believe also that though, that homosexuality is a choice. I do not believe people are born homosexual.
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I gotcha. I believe that some people are born with a desire they didn’t choose, but they can overcome through the blood of Yeshua.
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Well-said! Thank you for discussing this. It is becoming more and more popular to call Christians bigots, haters, and those who will be “on the wrong side of history” about this subject. You bring up such a good point about Jesus’ teaching regarding male and female in marriage. I hadn’t actually thought of that before.
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Thanks so much. We need all the biblical ammunition we can get.
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Amen!
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