| In today’s news, you hear much about
what is called "same-sex" marriages. What is promoted by such
is a man married to a man or a woman being married to a woman. What
about such marriages? Are they approved by God?
In discussing such issues, many want to leave God out of the picture.
Some are more concerned about the feelings and the thinking of man than
the will of God. As we turn to the Bible, we can see, understand and
know how God feels about "same-sex" marriages.
"The Pharisees also came unto him,
tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away
his wife for ever cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not
read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and
female. And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother,
and shall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh?
Wherefore, they are not more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Matt.
19:3-6).
Concerning marriage, God from the beginning ordained that it was to
be a male and female joined together. In Genesis
2:18 we read that God said, "It is not
good that the man should be alone; I will make an help meet for
him." What was it that God gave to man to be his help
meet? Was it some animal? No! Was it another
man? No! It was a woman. "And
the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: he took
one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib,
which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman and brought her
unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of
my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of
Man" (Gen.
2:21-23). |
God made "woman" not
another "man" for man. As one has said, "God gave
Eve not Steve for Adam!"
Notice the words of Paul in I
Corinthians 7:1-3: "Now concerning the
things whereof ye wrote unto me; it is good for a man not to touch a
woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own
wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render
unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the
husband." Paul said that a "man" is
to have his own "wife" and a "woman" to
have her own "husband." It is not "man"
with "man" nor "woman" with "woman."
"Same-sex" marriages are contrary to God’s plan. Marriage
is to be between "man" and "woman." This has
been true from the beginning. "Same-sex" marriages are
not pleasing to God; they constitute a homosexual relationship.
Homosexuality is condemned by the
scriptures:
Since homosexuality is condemned by God and "same-sex"
marriages are homosexual, we must, therefore, conclude that such
marriages are not approved by God.
Since God is the originator of marriage, He knows
what is best.
We had better listen to God and build our marriages upon His word and
they will be pleasing to Him.
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-- Jerry W. Joseph, October 2000 --
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