Q&A
As people of faith living in a world without moral boundaries or constraints, it is essential to ask ourselves what norms we are living by and why. For Christians, the Bible is theoretically the guide used to determine what is appropriate or not. Yet, if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that many are making decisions about important aspects of their lives based on what they see in the movies or read on social media. But the Bible shows us a better way.
What’s the big deal with homosexuality? The older people in my church often refer to homosexuality as a sin. Why would it be a sin if God made a person that way? Isn’t God and the Bible all about love? So why should it make a difference who a person loves? Does God really expect someone to live without love for their entire life if they were born homosexual? This doesn’t seem fair. What do you think?
This is a question to which science has not been able to provide a definitive answer. However, we have this inspired counsel from Ellen White: “Those who put their trust in Christ are not to be enslaved by any hereditary or cultivated habit or tendency. Instead of being held in bondage to the lower nature, they are to rule every appetite and passion. God has not left us to battle with evil in our own finite strength. Whatever may be our inherited or cultivated tendencies to wrong, we can overcome through the power that He is ready to impart.” (Ministry of Healing, pp. 174, 175).
The Bible says decisions whether to have sex before marriage and when to have sex in marriage are not based upon how you feel; don’t make decisions based upon your emotions, and never underestimate the power of feelings. There are feelings that are misplaced and there are feelings that are misinterpreted. Misplaced feelings are giving God-ordained passions the wrong assignment.
This website seeks to provide relevant, practical, biblical content on human sexuality that upholds the biblical teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In this space we will address questions that arise on various aspects of human sexuality.
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