Some people say Jesus
never spoke on the issue of gay marriage.
However, I believe Jesus did speak on the subject indirectly if not
directly. Let us read Matt. 19:3-9:
"The Pharisees also came to Him, testing Him,
and saying to Him, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for just any
reason?' And He answered and said to
them, 'Have you not read that He who made them at the
beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, 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? So then, they are no longer
two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man
separate.' They said to Him, 'Why
then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her
away?' He said to them, 'Moses, because of
the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the
beginning it was not so. And I say to
you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries
another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits
adultery.'" (NKJV)
There are some significant
facts in this short exchange that need to be brought out.
(1) We learn from Jesus
that God made mankind male and female and that for a purpose, the purpose of a
joining together to become one flesh.
Now think about that. If the
purpose of making mankind male and female was so they could become one flesh
(obviously for godly purposes) then if a man mates with another man has he not
violated God's purpose for making him a man?
If not, why not? God did not make
man to become one flesh with another man.
(2) The wife in this
marriage scenario was a female. Jesus
speaks of the wife and makes it clear the wife is a "her" (see verse
9). Jesus and the Pharisees were agreed
on that. The marriage involved a male
and a female. I do not know what a
couple in a homosexual relationship will call their partner if gay marriage is
allowed but I know it cannot be "wife" and be the truth. If the relationship sours over time and there
is a divorce what will be divorced? It
can't be a wife. Can you have a marriage
without a wife? If so where in scripture
do you find such a marriage? I have
never read of one in scripture and neither have you and Jesus never knew of any
either.
(3) We learn what God joined together was a
man and a woman, not a man and a man.
Does God join together a man and a man?
If so Jesus knew nothing about it.
If so find the scripture that shows it but I will tell you before you begin
it cannot be done. If God does the
joining together of a male and female in a marriage and the Bible not once
indicates anything other than male and female then who does the joining
together of male and male? Is it God or
man? This is an important point for the
text says God does the joining together.
Is God under obligation to accept man's invention, one that opposes
directly his purpose for making man male and female?
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