10. We believe in the Biblical view of human sexuality. We believe that God
has commanded that no intimate sexual activity should be engaged in outside
of a marriage between a man and a woman. We also believe that homosexuality
and lesbianism are aberrations from God's original design for mankind in the
Garden of Eden. God created Adam and then Eve, which became the divine pattern
for all marital and sexual relationships. God calls homosexuality an 'abomination'.
It is God's judgment on a reprobate society, which has disavowed Him. No practicing
homosexual will inherit God's kingdom. We reject the contemporary interpretation,
which says that what is condemned in Scripture is homosexual prostitution in
the context of idol worship in pagan temples; or homosexual rape as in Sodom
with Lot's guests. We believe that all forms of fornication such as: bisexuality,
bestiality, incest, pedophilia, pornography and prostitution are perversions
of God's gift of sex.
Genesis 2:18-25
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will
make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and
every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call
them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every
beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
21 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;
22 And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man.
23 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.
24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave
unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Genesis 19:5
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came
in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
Romans 1:26,27
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women
did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned
in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly,
and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
1 Corinthians 5:1
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication
as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's
wife.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be
not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 1:10
10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers,
for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary
to sound doctrine
Additional Scripture
Leviticus 18:6-24;
Leviticus 20:13;
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8;
Jude 7
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