What about "Same-Sex"
Marriages?
The churches of Christ Greet You (Romans
In today's news, you hear much about what is called "same-sex" marriages. What is promoted by such is a man married to a man or a woman being married to a woman. What about such marriages? Are they approved of God?
In discussing such issues, many want to leave God
out of the
picture. Some are more concerned about the feelings and the thinking of
man
than the will of God. As we turn to the Bible, we can see, understand
and know
how God feels about "same-sex" marriages.
"The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him,
and
saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every
cause?
And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he
which made
them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this
cause shall
a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they
twain
shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
What
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" (Matthew
19:3-6).
Concerning marriage, God from the beginning
ordained that it
was to be male
and female to be joined together.
In Genesis 2:18, we read that God said, “It is not
good that
the man should be alone; I will make him an
help meet
for him.”
"And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon
Adam
and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
instead
thereof; and the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a
woman,
and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, this is now bone of my
bones, and
flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out
of
Man" (Genesis
God made
"woman" not another "man" for man. As one has said, God
gave Eve, not Steve, for Adam!
Notice the words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 7:1-3,
"Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto
me: It
is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid
fornication, let
every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
Let the
husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the
wife unto
the husband."
Paul said that a
"man" is to have his own "wife" and a "woman" is
to have her own "husband." It is not "man" with
"man" or "woman" with "woman."
"Same-sex" marriages are contrary to God's plan.
Marriage is to be between "man" and "woman." This has been
true from the beginning. "Same-sex" marriages are not pleasing to God
for they constitute a homosexual relationship. Homosexuality is
condemned by
the Scriptures (Genesis 19:1-14; Leviticus
Since God is the originator of marriage, He knows
what is
best. We had better listen to God and make our marriages according to
His will.
Let us build our marriages upon His Word and they will be pleasing to
God.