What is the biblical view of homosexuality?

Nor should we as we discuss the Biblical view of homosexuality. The Biblical and Christian view of homosexuality is that it is wrong, but God’s grace—just like it did for us—offers freedom from sin to all people. God’s grace can bring new life and help every step of the way.

Where is the condemnation of homosexuality in the Bible?

For a further discussion of these words, and other issues, such as pederasty, see David E. Malick, The Condemnation of Homosexuality in 1 Corinthians 6:9, Bibliotheca Sacra, 150:600 (10/93). The NET Bible notes on 1 Corinthians 6:9 are also instructive.

Does Jesus’ ethic apply to homosexuality?

Jesus’ ethic would thus clearly apply to homosexuality as part of the law ( Lev. 18:22, 20 :13) which would not become void ( Luke 16:17 ). Mat 19:3-9 Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?”

What is the punishment for homosexuality in the Bible?

The punishment for homosexual acts was to be death for both participants. This seems to clarify what was meant by being “cut off from the midst of their people” in the earlier discussion of sexual sins in Leviticus 18. Thus in the law homosexuality was a sin against God that required capital punishment.2

Is homosexuality caused by “epigenetics”?

It’s not pieces of DNA. It’s epigenetics.” He states this as he puts forth a new theory that homosexuality is caused by “epi-marks” that relate to hormones in the womb. Thus at this stage nothing remains scientifically proven—other than no genetic or DNA links have been found.

Is homosexuality a sin against God?

Thus in the law homosexuality was a sin against God that required capital punishment.2 In Genesis 18:20-21 God declared that He was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because the “outcry…is so great and their sin so blatant.”