Sexual orientation is a hot topic in 2024 and it got even hotter after what happened at the Olympics with the distasteful Lord's supper depiction. From the 80's to today there has been such a huge shift in us as a people group/nation and not in a good way.
I came across this verse in the Bible. You always need to read the verses prior to and after the verse for context but the context was very clear in the verse, before and after as well.
I love my life application NIV Bible. It's been one of my faves to study and read from. The verse is pretty straight forward no matter what version you read it from. It's a very clear message to the world at large of God's intentions with us as well.
This was in my life apps footnotes on this particular verse as well:
"This verse commands men and women not to reverse their sexual role....It's not the clothing style that offends God, but using the style to act out a different sex role. God had a purpose in making us uniquely male and female."
Further down in verses 13-30 in my footnotes it goes into why God included all these laws about sexual sins: "Instructions about sexual behavior would have been vital for 3 million people on a 40 year camping trip. But they would be equally important when they entered the promised land and settled as a nation....sexaul sins have the power to disrupt and destroy the church. Sins involving sex are not innocent dabblings in forbidden pleasures, as is so often portrayed, but powerful destroyers of relationships. They confuse and tear down the climate of respect, trust, and credibility so essential for solid marriages and secure children."
Such great instructions in just those few words. Instructions to live by and make a life worth living by. When I look at the world today and the many ways that folks are "identifying" as sexually and I look at this scripture I see how we, as a people group, are getting it so incredibly wrong. None of what goes on and has become the norm today was ever God's intention for us. When we read God's Word we see that he had a purpose of procreation in mind with everything that he created because he uniquely created male and female in all that he created so that we could have babies so that we could grow a nation after His own heart and so that we would have plenty of food to replenish our bodies by.
In another footnote it stated: "Don't think of God's laws as arbitrary restrictions. Look for the reasons behind the laws. They are not made just to teach or restrict, but also to protect."
God's protection over our lives and over our nation is so very important. Without it the devil runs a muck like what we are seeing all across the world today and especially in our country.
Just let this sit with you. Chew on it and process it. Allow God through His Holy Spirit to lead, guide and direct you when it comes to this dicy topic.
I just want to be clear though that I will always side with God and His Word. Folks can say or do what they want but His Word is His Word and He's the same yesterday, today and forever. He doesn't change and I'm sticking with Him.
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