Greg Koukl: Did Jesus Condemn Homosexuality? | Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2 – Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason answers the question, “Did Jesus condemn homosexuality?” Recorded at STR’s weekly radio broadcast.
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First, it’s not certain that Jesus never said anything about homosexuality. The Gospel writers didn’t record everything that Jesus said.
Second, Jesus was an observant Jew who, like all Jews living under the Old Covenant, was bound by the Mosaic Law.
Third, Jesus did not speak about every immoral behavior. Should we infer that drunkenness, child sacrifice, and neglecting the elderly are appropriate since Jesus never said anything about them either?
Fourth, the argument that Jesus never said anything about homosexuality presumes that the words of Jesus are more authoritative than the words of Scripture elsewhere. But it is the Holy Spirit – God Himself–who inspired all of the Bible.
Here are some additional resources to help you find a biblical answer:
Jesus’ “Hidden” Teaching on Homosexuality
https://rsn.pub/3uqTBX2
Would Jesus March in a Pride Parade?
https://rsn.pub/47TAL8z
What Jesus Said about Sex
https://rsn.pub/3Oy3l8I
Jesus Did Not Call Us to “Like” Him, but to Follow Him
https://rsn.pub/3uyOvI2
#STRask: Did Jesus Ever Teach against Homosexuality?
https://rsn.pub/49r0dmU
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Bible is so open no too much commentary Jesus did not come to condemnation business rather preaching the good news for the sinners(including people committing homosexuality) the big point here is not about condemning the big point is to turn away from sinful life.I wonder why many people try to scientificize Bible while every scripture tells us the truth in very open way where a grade 2 student can even understand.
Who would have thought, thirty years ago, that in the year 2015 50% of Christians in the US would support gay marriage? http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/04/22/3649935/poll-american-muslims-supportive-sex-marriage-white-evangelical-christians/ In another 50 years, it will probably be up to 90%. And the remaining 10% of anti-gay Christians will still say that all the others are going against God, defying God, etc. When in reality what they are doing is “growing up,” spiritually, waking up from “the dream of separation.” So we should rejoice in our progress, brother, and celebrate each cloud of darkness being lifted from our minds – enabling more of us to experience the illuminating light of unity and truth within. All the best!
When did Koukl's fascination with homosexuality begin?
by the way: I believe the weird stuff too. The more science learns the more they know they were wrong! It's all TRUE!
the best way to handle that argument is "TRINITY" Jesus came to fulfill the work of the Father. I had a public school 6th grade teacher tell the same thing to my son's class I was mortified.
you wish jesus did not exist why you a little fruit is that why you say it does not say that in the bible but it does say in the bible you are not to be gay./romans1:26-27 for this reason god gave them up to vile passions for even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature likewise also 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 selves the penalty of their error which was due..
Then in your message Jesus does not exist.
it says that being gay is not right you will go to hell for being gay god men't men to be with women and women to be with men dude is says clearly says in the bible you will go to hell for being gay. i don't know what bible you read
Really? Where does the Bible command anyone to do anything these people did? I'd love to see it.
If you are a christian with the courage of your convictions then you should be proud to say that you do take the bible literally, since you think it's the word of god. If you don't, you undermine your claim to be a christian and you are just picking and chosing the bits you want and neglecting the rest.
Greg Koukl: I just love the sound of my own constant yammering voice.
@isaac3rdcoin the magic word here is actually murder. the bible says "Do not MURDER" what the difference you may ask? well murder is killing to kill. The binle permits killing in self defense.
GFE, Sparky — Google Fucking Exists. Charlemagne, Torquemada, Cortes, Hitler all claimed to be killers for Christ. Your denial of these facts makes them no less true.
Ok, based on your reply here I can confirm you know nothing about the bible and have never put in any time into understanding it. God doesn't command us to kill people. Keep in mind these are all in the old testament. It teaches us morals and the history of the bible. The new testament tells us how to act in life and what to expect and specific rules to follow. PLease prove to me that these four men were christians and how there were doing God's work.
Apparently, some people view the Bible as nothing more than a book of rules, and anything mentioned therein is given as an example to be followed. This is about as far from the truth as it gets, but what can you expect?
@k12rising Enjoy your imaginary friends.
@k12rising Your religion is hatred.
@meechoman90 Christian lunatics have been committing torture and genocide for 1700 years, based on the monstrous dictates of the book you love. You're not fooling anybody.
@meechoman90 If you actually read your despicable blood-soaked mythology you'd know, dipshit. Deliberate obtuseness and sophistry much?
@spellHYPOCRISY Irrational primitive beliefs rule the morons who want to keep this country in the dark ages & controlled by tyrants.
"Judeo-Christian superstitions originate in the Bronze Age, by a people with little in the way of scientific knowledge. The mysteries of the universe were explained away as supernatural acts by an invisible omnipotent beast who had the power to defy all the laws of physics from his home in the sky. We have progressed quite a ways since then — why not join us?"
@meechoman90 Christ al-fucking-mighty would you please read your own fucking Big Book of God and Jesus Fairy Tales sometime? Jesus …
@funboy7979 where in the Bible does he command me to do that?
@atbigdog24002 Yeah like the goofy Christians who were disappointed the world didn't end over the weekend. Bronze Age fairy tales are hilarious. God still watching your penis 24/7 to see where you stick it?
@funboy7979 thank goodness people's actions don't determine whether god exists or not, eh?
@CarlosMarti123 Oh, so now I defending myself? From what, your accusations that I am too rational to believe in fairy tales? Guilty as charged.
@CarlosMarti123 Ah, the white noise sophistry of what passes for Christian apologetics these days. Nice try, Sparky. Here's a cookie.
@CarlosMarti123
you can't see your mythological god hence, INVISIBLE;
he lives up in the sky, hence, he lives in the CLOUDS;
you refer to him as our father, hence, he is a FATHER.
Invisible Cloud Father. Primitive Bronze Age fiction. Blech.
One more thing, God is everything and everything is God…Yipee God is a homosexual too!
Damn…Have to love the karma ya'll are building on a website. Your "bible" is a joke for the most part. Never trust anything made by man.
@Brucev7 The mythological Invisible Cloud Father of the Hebrews has for millennia incited gullible tools to mass murder and genital mutilation of infants, among other niceties.
@funboy7979 Is WWII a "fairy Tale?" Stalinist Russia? Gen Ike? Patton? You hate them as well? Right?
@Brucev7 According to your own fairy tales, your God commands you to commit genocide, infanticide, filicide, rape, etc., and you must obey without question. Criminal insanity.