What the Bible Really Says About Sex and Sexuality
by David Robertson, theweeflea:
“The Truth of God and the Lie of Lust”
Last Sunday morning I preached a sermon that in one sense I did not want to preach, and in another was desperate to preach. I did not want to preach on Romans 1:24-27 because of the sensitivity of the subject for many people present, because of the potential implications from out with the church and because it ‘coincided’ with the Church of Scotland Assembly meeting this week and may have come across as just having a go about this one issue.
On the other hand I was desperate to preach it because it is the Word of God – and because so many Christians and others are being misled by the likes of Steve Chalke, Brian McLaren, Vicky Beeching and denominations like the Church of Scotland and the Scottish Episcopal Church. Their great tactic, is the same one the devil used in the garden – it is to sow doubt on the reliability and clarity of the Word of God – ‘did God really say?’. They sow confusion about the Bible, imply that it is not clear, and that it is just a matter of ‘interpretation’. It’s a lie. A lie from the pit. Yes – there are things on which the bible either has nothing to say or it is not clear what is being said. But this issue is not one of them. As I studied this passage it was clear what the plain meaning is. But perhaps there is a deeper meaning? If we read it in the context of the whole bible and culture then perhaps it really does not mean what it appears to mean?
Well after studying this for years – and this particular passage again in detail for this sermon – I came to the conclusion that the Bible is actually very clear in its teaching on sex, sexuality and homosexuality. The trouble for me was not the clarity of the Bible but how did I convey that to people who are submerged in a culture for whom that is absolute anathema? I tried to set it in context, to explain the text and to see who it connects with us as individuals and our culture. I was trying to answer the question – what does Jesus say about sex and sexuality? You can listen to the whole sermon here and judge for yourselves:
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