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Why are gender, sexuality, and marriage such a big deal to Christians?

The ideas of gender, sexuality, and marriage have been hijacked into political topics.

In reality these are theological topics.

It's not about what is gross.

It's not about who is right.

It's about God's desire and design. 

Genesis 1:27

"So God created human beings[a] in his own image.

    In the image of God he created them;

    male and female he created them.

Gender is established within the image of God.

There is a purpose to your gender.

Genesis 2:21

"So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs[a] and closed up the opening."

Genesis 2:23-24

" “At last!” the man exclaimed.

“This one is bone from my bone,

    and flesh from my flesh!

She will be called ‘woman,’

    because she was taken from ‘man.’”

24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one."

God's framework for marriage is established.

One person. 

One covenant.

One way to become one flesh.

Genesis 1:28

"28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

Marriage and physical intimacy are a gift.

Proverbs 5 and Song of Solomon

The passion, desire, and infatuation that comes with physical intimacy is from God.

Hosea and Ezekiel 16

God sees his connection with his people like a marriage covenant.

Malachi 2:15-16

"15 Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his.[a] And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 16 “For I hate divorce!”[b] says the Lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,[c]” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”"

Marriage, sexuality, and gender have boundaries.

Matthew 19:4-6

"4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’[a]” 5 And he said, “‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.’[b] 6 Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.”"

Jesus upholds and affirms the framework of marriage presented in Genesis.

1 Corinthians 6:15-20

"15 Don’t you realize that your bodies are actually parts of Christ? Should a man take his body, which is part of Christ, and join it to a prostitute? Never! 16 And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”[a] 17 But the person who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with him. 18 Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 19 Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body."

You do not belong to yourself.

Our understanding of gender, sexuality, and marriage must be based on the one who created them and gifted them to us.

Revelation 19:7

"Let us be glad and rejoice,

    and let us give honor to him.

For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb,

    and his bride has prepared herself."

The Bible starts with a wedding in the garden.

The Bible ends with a wedding in heaven.

Every affirmation of marriage and physical intimacy in the Bible refers to a relationship between one man and one woman.

Are you honoring God's design and desire?

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