[Steve Myers] A question came up about homosexuality. And one of the
points some people try to make is the fact that Jesus never condemned
homosexuality. They’ll look through the New Testament and say, “He never
said anything.” In fact, they’ll point to the Apostle Paul and say that
he was very hard on homosexuals. In fact, one of the
past BT Dailies
, we talked about several sections in Romans and in 1 Corinthians–some
of Paul’s writings–where he condemns the act of homosexuality.
Now, is this true? Is it really true that Jesus never said anything
about homosexuality? It’s not true. It is not true–there’s a basic
misunderstanding that many people have. They forget what the Bible
actually says.
If you were to go back to the book of Leviticus, it shows very clearly some interesting insight into this behavior. In
Leviticus 18:22
the Bible says, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an
abomination.” Now we read that and people will say, “Well, that’s Old
Covenant. That’s Old Testament. That doesn’t apply to us today.” Well,
is that true?
Well a couple of pages over, it says in verse 13 of chapter 20, “If a
man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination” (
Leviticus 20:13).
Now if you were to check this out, you’d see very clearly who’s
actually doing the talking? It’s not Moses. It’s not any man. But it’s
the Lord. If you look at the beginning of chapter 18, the beginning of
chapter 19, the Lord spoke (
Leviticus 18:1 and
Leviticus 19:1). And so very clearly, who is it? It’s the Lord.
Now, here’s the question: who is the Lord? And that’s the vital
question that everyone has to answer when it comes to what the Bible
says and whether or not Jesus said anything about homosexuality. You
know where we find the key? The key is found over in 1 Corinthians. If
you look at 1 Corinthians it is very clear who the Lord is.
1 Corinthians 10:4,
it says very clearly the Lord that spoke to Moses–notice what the
Apostle Paul says under inspiration. He says, “I don’t want you to be
unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud.” Verse 2 of chapter
10 of 1 Corinthians, “All were baptized into Moses and passed through
the sea” (
1 Corinthians 10:2).
Now, we know that story of the Israelites coming out of Egypt. Well,
who was the God that was with the Israelites at that time? Who was God,
the Lord, that spoke to Moses that spoke to the people? Well it says in
verse 4, “All drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of that
spiritual Rock, which followed them and that Rock was Christ” (
1 Corinthians 10:4).
So, you see what the Bible says is the God of the Old Testament is the
One who became Jesus Christ. So, the Lord that spoke homosexuality is an
abomination in the Old Testament was not some mean, old God that was
different than Jesus Christ. It was the One who became Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 13:8
is so clear. It says Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and
forever. And if you fast forward to the end of the book, go to the book
of Revelation.
Revelation 22:14-15,
it says, “Blessed are those who do His commandments. They have a right
to the tree of life.” They have a right to eternal life. But verse 15
says, “Outside are dogs, sorcerers, sexual immoral, and murderers and
idolaters. “
So Christ is consistent. The Bible is consistent. God loves the
sinners, but He hates the sin. And that’s the problem. So, He calls all
to repentance. He doesn’t wish that any would perish–but that all would
come to repentance. That’s God’s hope for all of us.
So Jesus Christ is consistent. Jesus Christ did speak clearly–not only
about homosexuality, but He talked about lying and murdering.
Look at the big ten . They are so clear. And so never forget that. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
That’s
BT Daily . We’ll see you next time.
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