…the men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do. 1 Chronicles 12:32

What does the Bible say?

What does the Bible say? The Bible teaches that sex was designed by God to be exclusively between a man and a woman in a covenant marriage. God prohibits any sexual activity outside of heterosexual marriage.

What does the Bible say? Porneia (any sexual relations outside of heterosexual marriage) is sin: Matthew 5:32, 15:19, 19:9 Mark 7:21 John 8:41 Ac 15:20 Romans 1:26-28 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,18; 7:2 2 Corinthians 12:21 Galatians 5:19 Ephesians 5:3 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Hebrews 13:4 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality. 1 Thessalonians 4:3

What is our culture (increasingly) saying? Consensual sex (same gender or opposite gender) is fine and good.

We ACCEPT people; we don’t always APPROVE of their behavior. How should we respond? We ACCEPT people; we don’t always APPROVE of their behavior. Therefore accept one another, just the Lord also accepted you, to the glory of God. Romans 15:7 (The story of the Samaritan woman.) John 4:1-26 To God’s church at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus and called as saints (1 Corinthians 1:2)….It is widely reported that there is sexual immorality among you. (1 Corinthians 5:1)

How should we respond? We look in the mirror. Then Jesus said to them all, “If anyone wants to come with Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 Abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul. 1 Peter 2:11

We should hold Christians to a higher standard than non-Christians. How should we respond? We should hold Christians to a higher standard than non-Christians. For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside? But God judges outsiders. 1 Corinthians 5:12-13

…the men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do. 1 Chronicles 12:32