What does the Bible teach about homosexuality?

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Note the following from 1 Corinthians 6:9-10: "Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled); neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality...will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God" (Amplified Bible).

Based upon the biblical instruction, the United Church of God believes homosexual behavior to be both unnatural and sin (Romans 1:26-27). The Scriptures are plain on the subject.

What of people who practiced homosexuality in the past? Here is what follows the above quote: "And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Corinthians 6:11, italics added). Members of the Church of God in Corinth were guilty of some or all of the sins listed—including homosexuality—but later converted and turned from their sins. Following the scriptural example, the United Church of God graciously welcomes into our fellowship all people who repent of their sins—any sins.

For more information, please read our booklet Marriage and Family: The Missing Dimension.

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  • CodyCoder

    This seems impossible for homosexuals. At best, homosexuals may abstain but history is replete with evidence that people don't change their orientations. Reparative therapy is ineffective, dangerous and not supported by the medical establishment. As far as the "choice" argument goes, who chooses homosexuality? Whats the benefit? Why would anyone choose exactly?

    Since thinking of sin (matt 5:28) is the same as doing it and since people can't control their thoughts how can anyone do this?

    You might find examples of homosexuals who stop having same sex relations and even marry women (after all, homosexuals have been marrying women & having kids since the dawn of time - only recently, like last 25-35 years have gays been co-habitating openly) - but that doesn't make them straight.

    As for the passage church members in Corinth who turned away from their sins, who where they? There are no by-name accounts of homosexuals being "cured" in the bible.

  • Sabrina Peabody

    No one says it is easy. No one dismisses the effort necessary to live a godly life. History is replete with sinful behavior because a lot of people were not truly Christian and did not conform their behavior to Christ’s instructions.
    Ultimately, who defines what sin is? God defines it and He defines homosexual behavior as sin.
    How does anyone overcome sin or sinful thoughts? Just having a thought enter your mind is temptation. The sin comes when you entertain these thoughts and do not put them out of your mind.
    Paul talked about this – you do not let sin take root in your mind which then turns to a sinful action (2 Corinthians 10:5; Ephesians 4:20-24; Romans 12:2). People control their thoughts all the time. If you lust after someone, you immediately put out that thought, replace it with something else and do not act on it. It is literally modifying your behavior to reflect Jesus Christ. By having Jesus Christ live in you, you can overcome whatever temptation and sin you are fighting (Galatians 2:20).
    Just because you think you can’t do something, doesn’t mean it can’t be sin. Don’t be deceived. Homosexual behavior is explicitly condemned as sin in the Bible.

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