A Biblical Study
Of
Homosexuality
An Issue Of Concern For
America And The Church
• 80% Of TV Elite
• Media, TV, Movies Promote
• Political Support
• Religious Support
Defining Terms
Homosexuality – Sexual
Relations With Same Sex
Heterosexuality – Sexual
Relations With Opposite
Sex
Homosexual – Man Or Woman
Lesbian – Only Woman
Homosexuality In The Bible
1. Grievous Sin In Age Of
Patriarchs
Destruction Of
Sodom & Gomorrah
(Gen. 19:24-28)
God’s Judgment
Example To Ungodly
(2 Pt. 2:6)
Sin Very Grievous
(Gen. 18:20)
Foremost Sin: Homosexuality
“All the People” (v. 4)
“Know Them Carnally” (v. 5)
“Carnally” Not In Hebrew
“Know” Is Euphemism For
Sexual Relations (eg. 4:1, 17)
“So Wickedly” (vs. 6-7)
Lot Offers Daughters (v. 8)
N. T. Commentary To
Destruction Of Sodom
And Gomorrah
“Sexual
Immorality”
“Strange
Flesh
(Jude 7)
Homosexuality In The Bible
1. Grievous Sin In Age Of
Patriarchs
2. Condemned Under The
Law Of Moses
Old Law Assigned Harsh
Punishment For Some Sins
N. T. Did Not Assign
Immediate Punishment, But
Warns of Harsher Divine
Punishment for Similar
Wickedness (2 Th. 1:9)
Law Just & Good (Rom. 7:12)
For Our Learning (Rom. 15:4)
What Can We
Learn From The
Law Of Moses
About God’s
View Of
Homosexual
Conduct?
Under Law Of Moses
“Abomination “ (Lev. 18:22)
A Sin Of The Canaanites
(Lev. 18:24-25)
A Cause To Lose Land (Lev.
18:26-30)
“Put To Death” (Lev. 20:13)
Sinfulness of Homosexuality Is
Identified Under Law by It
Being Worthy Of Death Penalty
God’s Will
Sexual Fulfillment Is Met
Through Heterosexual Marital
Relationship (Heb. 13:4)
Homosexuality In The Bible
1. Grievous Sin In Age Of
Patriarchs
2. Condemned Under The
Law Of Moses
3. Condemned In New
Testament
1 Cor. 6:9-11
• “Homosexuals”: “Effeminate,
of a catamite, a male who
submits his body to
unnatural lewdness”
(Thayer)
• “Sodomites”: “One who lies
with a male as with a
female” (Thayer)
1 Cor. 6:9-11
• “Be Not Deceived” (v. 9)
• V. 11 Gives Hope For
Anyone Trapped In Sin Of
Homosexuality
Rom. 1:24-27
God’s Righteous Indignation
Toward Ungodly
“Gave Them Up” To Moral
Uncleanness (vs. 24-25)
Unrestrained, They Sunk to
“Vile Passions”, “Against
Nature”, “Shameful” (vs.
26-27)
Rom. 1:24-27
For Some Heterosexual
Immorality, For Others
Homosexuality And
Lesbianism
Consequences: “Receiving in
themselves the penalty of
their error which was due”
(v. 17)
To Speak On Wickedness of
Homosexuality Is Not Act
of Hatred Nor Intent to Hurt
Rather, Act Of Love for
Sinner, The Tempted, and
God
Not One Sinner God Does
Not Love and Desire For
Them to Repent Be Saved!
