Human Sexuality
- We believe that the only legitimate marriage is the joining of one man and one woman. (Gen 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ; Rom 7:2For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to [her] husband as long as he lives. But if the husband dies, she is released from the law of [her] husband. ; 1 Cor 7:10Now to the married I command, [yet] not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from [her] husband. ; Eph 5:22-23 [22] Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. [23] For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body. )
- We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance. (Gen 2:24Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ; Gen 19:5And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them [carnally."] , Gen 19:13"For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it." ; Gen 26:8-9 [8] Now it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked through a window, and saw, and there was Isaac, showing endearment to Rebekah his wife. [9] Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Quite obviously she [is] your wife; so how could you say, 'She [is] my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die on account of her.' " ; Lev 18:1-30 [1] Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, [2] "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God. [3] 'According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. [4] 'You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I [am] the LORD your God. [5] 'You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I [am] the LORD. [6] ' None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I [am] the LORD. [7] 'The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She [is] your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. [8] 'The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover; it [is] your father's nakedness. [9] 'The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, [whether] born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover. [10] 'The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs [is] your own nakedness. [11] 'The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father -- she [is] your sister -- you shall not uncover her nakedness. [12] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she [is] near of kin to your father. [13] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she [is] near of kin to your mother. [14] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother. You shall not approach his wife; she [is] your aunt. [15] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law -- she [is] your son's wife -- you shall not uncover her nakedness. [16] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it [is] your brother's nakedness. [17] 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They [are] near of kin to her. It [is] wickedness. [18] 'Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive. [19] ' Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her [customary] impurity. [20] 'Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. [21] 'And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through [the fire] to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I [am] the LORD. [22] 'You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It [is] an abomination. [23] 'Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It [is] perversion. [24] ' Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. [25] 'For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. [26] 'You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations, [either] any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you [27] '(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who [were] before you, and thus the land is defiled), [28] 'lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that [were] before you. [29] 'For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people. [30] 'Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that [you] do not commit [any] of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I [am] the LORD your God.' " ; Rom 1:26-29 [26] For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. [27] Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. [28] And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; [29] being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; [they are] whisperers, ; 1 Cor 5:1It is actually reported [that there is] sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles -- that a man has his father's wife! ; 1 Cor 6:9Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, ; 1 Thess 4:1-8; Heb 13:4Marriage [is] honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. )
