The acceptance of homosexuality as an equally valid lifestyle is rapidly growing
in Western culture. Yet God tells us that sex was designed for only one relationship-within
marriage, exclusively between a man and a woman. Because homosexual activity,
premarital sex and adultery are all outside of marriage, all are violations
of God's instructions. These things are all sins, and those who commit these
sins must repent of them.
The Bible condemns homosexual practices in several places such as Genesis 19:1-25,
Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, and Judges 19:1-25. These scriptures refer to homosexual
acts as something that should not be done and as evil in the eyes of God.
In the New Testament, Romans 1:24-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and 1 Timothy 1:9-10
refer to homosexuality in the same way. The passage in Romans includes a specific
prohibition of both male and female homosexual involvement. The Bible nowhere
makes positive or approving statements about homosexuality. The only two options
affirmed for adult Christians are heterosexual marriage or abstinence.
The vast majority of academic and biblical scholars agree that the Bible prohibits
homosexual activities. Nearly all of today's translations of the Bible are also
in agreement that God prohibits homosexual practice.
