Gay Marriage and Church: What Does the Bible Say About it? #shorts

Join us for a thought-provoking exploration as Cathy Merchant delves into the topic of gay marriage and its place in the context of biblical teachings. With a compassionate and open perspective, she delves into the complexities of relationships and marriage, comparing biblical ideals to the diverse forms of marriage found throughout history. Gain insights into the evolving interpretations and understandings of this important topic.

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[ShellyDigital]

Here is what the bible says:
Mark 10:6-9 ESV / 23
"But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh...” (note the TWO...not the three or four...but the TWO)


1 Corinthians 7:2 ESV / 19
"But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband." ( note EACH man to EACH woman 1:1)

[AmphibiousWarrior]

You cant change the bible. Try as you might, but the bible says what is says and there are no mistakes.

[thomassandoval]

Those people in the bible faced consequences for what they did against biblical marriage. And in every case it still involved opposite sexes not homosexuals.

[samuelcedeno]

False teachings. You're definitely not reading the Word of God

[SD-hspk]

People’s mistakes are in the Bible too so I don’t get it, Go with what God actually says himself in the Bible.

[PromiseOfChrist]

Proverbs 8:13 "To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech."

[Btines]

Like polygyny! Aberham had more than one wife. Jacob had four wives. Moses, Caleb, Gideon and David all had multiple wives.

[michaelcaza]

What about Matthew 19 where Jesus (AS) says marriage is the union of man and women, and that only two genders exist? You’re blaspheming!

[williampermenter]

There is " Lots An Lots " of stories about what would not be considered a traditional marriage. Ok - Book and verse please .... Thanks. 🙂 . My thought is male an female exist for procreation only . Marriage is a societal construct .

[Still_H_I_M]

I wanna know what Bible SHE’s reading because, …🧐

[jeremiahpuckett]

Where are these lots and lots of stories you are referring to? There are many stories in the Bible of people sinning. It doesn’t mean God approves of it.

[nycefyre]

So did you see gay marriages in the Bible 🤔🤔 Or any marriage in the Bible that wasn't a Man and Woman 🤔🤔 You're not curious...You're disappointed 😒

[chrissmith]

Some might ask, “If human love is a finite resource, then why did the Old Testament patriarchs have so many wives and concubines?” This is a fair question that all Christians need to be able to respond to.

The ugly truth is that many of the heroes in the Old Testament were polygamists. Jacob had two wives and Esau had three. King David, the man after God’s own heart, had at least eight wives. Solomon, not to be outdone, had a staggering seven hundred wives (1 Kings 11:3).


These examples from Scripture are perplexing because God used these men to do great things for his name and his people. Would God use men who were living in sexually sinful lifestyles to fulfill his purposes? Was polygamy permissible for these patriarchs, and if it was, is it permissible for us?

To answer these questions, we need to determine one thing. Are these passages about polygamy prescriptive or descriptive? Are they prescribing how we are supposed to live, or are they describing events from the past?


Many passages in Scripture describe events God doesn’t condone. Lot’s daughters getting him drunk and having sex with him comes to mind (Gen. 19:32–36). But many passages of Scripture prescribe how we are to live as followers of God, such as when Jesus prescribes loving God with all of our heart, soul, and mind (Matt. 22:37).


Is polygamy prescriptive? The short answer is no. Here’s why. God never commands or condones polygamy in Scripture. The opposite is true.

The first mention of polygamy in Scripture says, “Lamech took to himself two wives” (Gen. 4:19). We are then told that Lamech, a descendant of Cain, boasted to his wives about murdering a boy (Gen. 4:23). Lamech was a bad man, and polygamy is something he practiced.


Not only does God never command or condone polygamy, but he also condemns it. In Deuteronomy 17, God gives instructions for the future kings of Israel, and he specifically condemns taking on many wives. “He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away” (Deut. 17:17). In other words, God wasn’t okay with David and Solomon having multiple wives, and they disobeyed his commands.

What does God prescribe for marriage? Monogamy. From the very beginning, God said marriage was one man and one woman becoming one flesh for one lifetime (Gen. 2:24). We can deduce this from the fact that God only gave Adam one wife, not multiple. We can also see that marriage comes with the command to be fruitful and multiply, something that only requires one male and one female.


Monogamy was also Jesus’ view. When asked a question about divorce being permissible, Jesus argued that God intended marriage to be lifelong and monogamous (Matt. 19:8). He didn’t base his understanding of marriage on what the Law of Moses said about divorce; he went back to God’s original intention for marriage: “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate” (Matt. 19:4-6). Two become one flesh. Polygamy is not prescriptive; monogamy is.


Since polygamy is not prescriptive, then it must be descriptive. But what exactly does Scripture describe about polygamy and its results?

In short, polygamy is described as having devastating consequences for those who practice it and for those born as a result of it.


Jacob’s firstborn son, Reuben, by his first wife Leah, had sex with Bilhah, Jacob’s concubine (Gen. 35:22). David’s son Amnon raped his half-sister Tamar and was then killed by Tamar’s full brother Absalom (2 Sam. 13). Absalom then tried to usurp the throne from his father David and had sex with David’s concubines (2 Sam. 16:22). Solomon “had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away” (1 Kings 11:3). These descriptions are sad reminders that polygamy is sin and has destructive consequences.


So, how should we view the patriarchs of the Old Testament who practiced polygamy? First, we must recognize that polygamy is described as something they practiced but never as something God prescribed. We should view these men as they are described, flawed human beings, who sinned immensely, that God still loved and worked through. This should encourage us because we all are sinners. I’m glad God works with flawed people like you and me, but make no mistake, polygamy is not and has never been intended by God.

[casualgamer]

The bible clearly talk against homosexuality so we are to assume it is also proposing a marriage in something it sees as a sin?

[ImmanuelMiranda-sw]

Please try reaching out to God through the Bible and prayers😊

[emeldaokorocha]

Jesus loves you and you can turn to him today as your Lord & saviour & he will answer all your quest

[karengordon]

Where in the Bible you see that miss. Where, where.?

[SimsBishop]

Okay well what bible are you reading miss. It says that it shall be a man and a women

[NikoSaki-no]

She is distorting the words of the Bible. My goodness, the minds of these kinds of people are corrupted.

[endrankluvsdaloko]

You are spreading all kinds of lies and misconceptions. The point of including wrong marriages in the bible, like how Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel, was to show how much of a wreck it was and how it wasn't how it was supposed to be. At the end of Jacob's life, he talked about how hard and full of pain it had been.