Viral Faith

For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. (Colossians 1:19-20) During this series, we have tried to take a sweeping look at sexuality, through the teachings of Jesus and his scriptures. While the topic is far to broad for a blog series, the goal was to critically examine what Jesus and the Bible said about sexuality and specifically, same-sex relationships in light of recent changes in the legality of same-sex marriage. In the end, we are reminded of the big picture. The big picture is that God created the world and all of its people.  Creation not only was "good", but continues to have immense value.  Humanity, created to reflect the image of God was to live in harmony with creation and be a caretaker (thus actually reflecting God in action as well).  Humanity was created with a sexual nature that was also

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. (Romans 1:24-25) We are winding down on this topic of Jesus and sexuality.  I have appreciated the feedback that this topic has received and hope that it has helped to clarify the Biblical approaches to this difficult topic.  We have discussed the general nature of scripture, its interpretation, overarching themes in scripture and specific scriptures in the Hebrew Scriptures (the Old Testament).  Now, we take time to look at sexuality, specifically same-sex attraction in the New Testament or Greek Scriptures.  Once again we need to reiterate a few concepts: 1.  Jesus is considered the pinnacle of revelation.  He does not only speak for God, but is the "exact representation of His being" (Hebrews 1:3).  Jesus' words and life are authoritative. 2.  Jesus had a Jewish understanding of sexuality, where sex was an issue of marriage.  An