Reading: Lesson 35 - Affirming Arguments

Affirming Arguments

Old Testament prohibitions aren’t relevant anymore

Same-sex relationships in Bible times were about exploitation and/or abuse

People in Bible times didn’t take orientation into account / “born this way”

Historic view:

The totality of Scripture

Gen. 1-2

Lev. 18: baseline for sexual ethics

Jesus on marriage (Matt. 19:1-12)

Jerusalem Council (Acts 15:29)

Paul & others

Countercultural witness

Theological Rationale 

Male and female together image God

The husband-wife relationship is a symbol of Christ & the church•

The one-flesh union of husband and wife brings forth new life