Homosexuality is not normal. Period. Regardless of how much homosexuals attempt to fight for recognition and acceptance, homosexuality is not an acceptable practice and should be recognized as nothing more than a perversion of human sexuality, along with incest, bestiality, pedophilia, and necrophilia. Certain homosexual individuals are self-deceived into thinking they are Christians (when they are anything but), attempting to use the Bible in support of their sinful practices. We have already dealt with the 8 verses that condemn homosexuality, so in this blog entry we will deal with the created order and how God intended it to be, as well as a few other eisegetical excuses homosexuals come up with.
The phrase "meet for" (KJV) in Genesis 2:18 comes from two Hebrew words. The first, #5048, is a preposition indicating before, in front of, opposite. The second, #3509.1, is a marker of comparison: as, like; a marker of similarity or correspondence. The phrase "meet for" in the Hebrew indicates something that is both similar yet different; something that was similar to Adam yet completely different from him. As other translations render it (more accurately, I might add), this is what was "suitable" for not only Adam but for every man—woman. Every animal in the animal kingdom had its suitable pair, something that was similar but different. The similarity was in its kind. The difference was in its make up. Adam saw that every animal had its appropriate pair while he did not. Thus, God said "It is not good for man to be alone." In creating the "suitable" helper for Adam, He created woman. Woman is similar to Adam, being of the same species, but different from him, being a woman and having womanly parts rather than manly parts. This difference would be key to the mandate that God would give to the two of them, which is the same mandate given to all mankind—"Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28).
Two homosexuals, be it two males or two females, cannot fulfill this mandate. They will never produce any progeny. They are doomed to perish in their own generation. They will never produce a subsequent generation. The genital parts of both man and woman were designed differently yet complimentary—they fit together perfectly, like a plug and an outlet or a nut and a bolt. You will get nowhere fast trying to put two plugs together or two outlets together or two nuts together or two bolts together. They are, by design, perfectly fit for each other; perfectly matched. With two homosexuals, whether two males or two females, there is no difference. It is a mirrored image. Everything is similar. There is no difference.
Not only are there 8 negative verses that condemn homosexuality as immoral and perverse, but there are hundreds of positive verses that condone heterosexuality as the only correct and proper means for sexual union. The Bible constantly refers to "husband" and "wife," as well as "father" and "mother." Two homosexual males adopting a child is not a true or correct family dynamic because the child does not have a mother. Two homosexual females adopting a child is not a true or correct family dynamic because the child does not have a father. A child needs both father and mother for a true and correct family dynamic. The family was defined by God, as was marriage, and it requires a father and a mother—a man and a woman. Here are some (of hundreds) affirming verses for proper human relationships (pay close attention to the truths they teach: father, mother; husband, wife; procreation):
Homosexuals will quote from Ezekiel 16:49 in an attempt to tell us what the sin of Sodom supposedly was. However, the ironic thing here is, like Satan quoting Scripture to Jesus, if the homosexuals would continue their quote into the next verse, retaining the context, they would refute themselves. When Satan quoted from Scripture, he stopped short of the verse that spelled out his own condemnation. The same is true of the homosexuals, whose father is the devil. Sodom was destroyed for committing abominations (tow'ebah), the very same term used to describe homosexual relationships in the holiness code (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13). Tow'ebah properly refers to something morally disgusting. Homosexuals are unregenerate, hard-hearted, God-hating, non-Christian deviants incapable of discerning spiritual matters who constantly seek to gratify their flesh and condone the perversions they engage in.
There is no such thing as a "loving, committed, monogamous" homosexual relationship. Such a description is an oxy-moron. It is not loving to encourage someone to continue in sinful behaviour just to gratify the desires of the flesh. So-called "love" between homosexuals is not identical to the love demonstrated between heterosexuals. Their argument for "love" has nothing to do with love, but is centered entirely on their desire to have sex with one another. Homosexuals are known for their many, and fleeting, sexual encounters; even when engaged in so-called "loving, committed, monogamous" relationships. Furthermore, homosexuals are domestic terrorists. They are the ones guilty of hate speech and hate crimes. If they do not get their way, they threaten people and attack them, doing unseemly things to them just as the Sodomites wanted to do to Lot's visitors. The Bible informs us that even after they were all struck with blindness, they still continued to grope for the door, wearing themselves out; exhausting themselves. Why? When you are blind, you cannot participate in gang rape because you cannot see who it is you might be raping, and these men were after Lot's guests. If you are blind, you can still engage in sexual activity. Any sane person in their right mind immediately struck with blindness would stop what they were doing because the realization that they were now blind would have kicked in. God goes so far as to inform us that even after they were blinded, these men did not stop. Homosexuals today bear the same character, attacking churches and doing things to its members that no rational human being would ever do to another human being. Homosexuality makes people irrational in their thoughts and in their behaviour.
The same pathetic and disgusting arguments used to try and gain support for homosexuality are also being used for every other sexual deviation and perversion. Inter-generational "love" is using the same arguments. People wanting to commit incest or bestiality are using the same arguments. "I love my dog and my dog loves me. Why shouldn't we be happy? We're not hurting anyone else. Why can't we have sex together?" These arguments are designed to overthrow morality in general. In fact, you can use the homosexual arguments to make a case for not condemning murderers, as well. "You can't hold him responsible for his actions, judge. He was born this way. He can't help it. If you look over his past, you can see it was always there. It progressed slowly, but it was always there. When he was 5, he caught a frog. Look what he eventually did to that frog. When he was 8, look what he did to the neighbour's cat. When he was 13..... So you see, judge, he can't help his actions. He was born this way. It's in his genes to be a murderer." The only truth valid here is that, yes, all men were born in sin. All men were born that way—sinful. All men cannot help but be sinful and commit sin. But, Jesus died for that sin so that if we would repent (turn from and forsake that sin) and trust in Him, we would be free from those sins. Even though those sins may continue to tempt us and haunt us, we no longer need to give in to those temptations because God has provided for us a way out. Like Paul said, "Such were (past tense) some of you." Some of you were homosexual by your actions, but you are no longer. If you desire to be free from you sinful behaviour, when you turn from that sin and forsake it, coming to the Lord Jesus to save you from it, He will set you free from it. For you to embrace your sin and attempt to call yourself a Christian, you are only lying to yourself. Today is the day of salvation.
The phrase "meet for" (KJV) in Genesis 2:18 comes from two Hebrew words. The first, #5048, is a preposition indicating before, in front of, opposite. The second, #3509.1, is a marker of comparison: as, like; a marker of similarity or correspondence. The phrase "meet for" in the Hebrew indicates something that is both similar yet different; something that was similar to Adam yet completely different from him. As other translations render it (more accurately, I might add), this is what was "suitable" for not only Adam but for every man—woman. Every animal in the animal kingdom had its suitable pair, something that was similar but different. The similarity was in its kind. The difference was in its make up. Adam saw that every animal had its appropriate pair while he did not. Thus, God said "It is not good for man to be alone." In creating the "suitable" helper for Adam, He created woman. Woman is similar to Adam, being of the same species, but different from him, being a woman and having womanly parts rather than manly parts. This difference would be key to the mandate that God would give to the two of them, which is the same mandate given to all mankind—"Be fruitful and multiply" (Genesis 1:28).
Two homosexuals, be it two males or two females, cannot fulfill this mandate. They will never produce any progeny. They are doomed to perish in their own generation. They will never produce a subsequent generation. The genital parts of both man and woman were designed differently yet complimentary—they fit together perfectly, like a plug and an outlet or a nut and a bolt. You will get nowhere fast trying to put two plugs together or two outlets together or two nuts together or two bolts together. They are, by design, perfectly fit for each other; perfectly matched. With two homosexuals, whether two males or two females, there is no difference. It is a mirrored image. Everything is similar. There is no difference.
Not only are there 8 negative verses that condemn homosexuality as immoral and perverse, but there are hundreds of positive verses that condone heterosexuality as the only correct and proper means for sexual union. The Bible constantly refers to "husband" and "wife," as well as "father" and "mother." Two homosexual males adopting a child is not a true or correct family dynamic because the child does not have a mother. Two homosexual females adopting a child is not a true or correct family dynamic because the child does not have a father. A child needs both father and mother for a true and correct family dynamic. The family was defined by God, as was marriage, and it requires a father and a mother—a man and a woman. Here are some (of hundreds) affirming verses for proper human relationships (pay close attention to the truths they teach: father, mother; husband, wife; procreation):
- "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." Genesis 2:24
- "Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children like olive plants around your table." Psalm 128:3
- "Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching; Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck." Proverbs 1:8-9
- "Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth. As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love." Proverbs 5:18-19
- "My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life." Proverbs 6:20-23
- "An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight. She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And portions to her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong. She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night. She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. She extends her hand to the poor, And she stretches out her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household, For all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen. Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future. She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: 'Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all.' Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. Give her the product of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates." Proverbs 31:10-31
- "This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." Malachi 2:13-16
- "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'?" Matthew 19:5
- "But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh." Mark 10:6-8
- "Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, 'The two shall become one flesh.'" 1 Corinthians 6:16
- "But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband." 1 Corinthians 7:2
- "Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, because we are members of His body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." Ephesians 5:22-31
- "In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. Your adornment must not be merely external—braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. ... You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered." 1 Peter 3:1-4, 7
Homosexuals will quote from Ezekiel 16:49 in an attempt to tell us what the sin of Sodom supposedly was. However, the ironic thing here is, like Satan quoting Scripture to Jesus, if the homosexuals would continue their quote into the next verse, retaining the context, they would refute themselves. When Satan quoted from Scripture, he stopped short of the verse that spelled out his own condemnation. The same is true of the homosexuals, whose father is the devil. Sodom was destroyed for committing abominations (tow'ebah), the very same term used to describe homosexual relationships in the holiness code (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13). Tow'ebah properly refers to something morally disgusting. Homosexuals are unregenerate, hard-hearted, God-hating, non-Christian deviants incapable of discerning spiritual matters who constantly seek to gratify their flesh and condone the perversions they engage in.
There is no such thing as a "loving, committed, monogamous" homosexual relationship. Such a description is an oxy-moron. It is not loving to encourage someone to continue in sinful behaviour just to gratify the desires of the flesh. So-called "love" between homosexuals is not identical to the love demonstrated between heterosexuals. Their argument for "love" has nothing to do with love, but is centered entirely on their desire to have sex with one another. Homosexuals are known for their many, and fleeting, sexual encounters; even when engaged in so-called "loving, committed, monogamous" relationships. Furthermore, homosexuals are domestic terrorists. They are the ones guilty of hate speech and hate crimes. If they do not get their way, they threaten people and attack them, doing unseemly things to them just as the Sodomites wanted to do to Lot's visitors. The Bible informs us that even after they were all struck with blindness, they still continued to grope for the door, wearing themselves out; exhausting themselves. Why? When you are blind, you cannot participate in gang rape because you cannot see who it is you might be raping, and these men were after Lot's guests. If you are blind, you can still engage in sexual activity. Any sane person in their right mind immediately struck with blindness would stop what they were doing because the realization that they were now blind would have kicked in. God goes so far as to inform us that even after they were blinded, these men did not stop. Homosexuals today bear the same character, attacking churches and doing things to its members that no rational human being would ever do to another human being. Homosexuality makes people irrational in their thoughts and in their behaviour.
The same pathetic and disgusting arguments used to try and gain support for homosexuality are also being used for every other sexual deviation and perversion. Inter-generational "love" is using the same arguments. People wanting to commit incest or bestiality are using the same arguments. "I love my dog and my dog loves me. Why shouldn't we be happy? We're not hurting anyone else. Why can't we have sex together?" These arguments are designed to overthrow morality in general. In fact, you can use the homosexual arguments to make a case for not condemning murderers, as well. "You can't hold him responsible for his actions, judge. He was born this way. He can't help it. If you look over his past, you can see it was always there. It progressed slowly, but it was always there. When he was 5, he caught a frog. Look what he eventually did to that frog. When he was 8, look what he did to the neighbour's cat. When he was 13..... So you see, judge, he can't help his actions. He was born this way. It's in his genes to be a murderer." The only truth valid here is that, yes, all men were born in sin. All men were born that way—sinful. All men cannot help but be sinful and commit sin. But, Jesus died for that sin so that if we would repent (turn from and forsake that sin) and trust in Him, we would be free from those sins. Even though those sins may continue to tempt us and haunt us, we no longer need to give in to those temptations because God has provided for us a way out. Like Paul said, "Such were (past tense) some of you." Some of you were homosexual by your actions, but you are no longer. If you desire to be free from you sinful behaviour, when you turn from that sin and forsake it, coming to the Lord Jesus to save you from it, He will set you free from it. For you to embrace your sin and attempt to call yourself a Christian, you are only lying to yourself. Today is the day of salvation.