Is Same Sex Marriage Wrong?
By Michael G, Booth, Sr.
I never dreamed that I would ever be writing on this subject; but the time has arrived for the people in the United States of America (specifically) to receive this message and to listen closely to what God Almighty has to say. Your very soul depends upon it!! What is marriage and where and when did it originate?
Marriage was instituted BY GOD in the garden of Eden long ago at the very beginning. (Genesis 2:18, 21-25) And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall
be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man
leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be
one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
This is how marriage began and it was between Adam and Eve NOT ADAM and STEVE!! Marriage is the sacred and HOLY UNION that is ONLY between A MAN AND A WOMAN and any other union IS AN ABOMINATION AND A SIN to God Almighty. (Leviticus 18:22) Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination. (Leviticus 20:13) If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
The penalty for THIS SIN (homosexuality) was DEATH for BOTH PARTIES because this behaviour is a vile MOCKERY of MARRIAGE; of God's HOLY UNION of MAN and WOMAN!!
HOMOSEXUALISM IS A UNION OF THE DEVIL!!!
(Romans 1:26) For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against their nature.
This verse is talking about LESBIANISM which is also A SIN! (Romans 1:27) And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And those persons will suffer ETERNAL DAMNATION in the fires of Hell as will any who condone such bizarre and unholy behavior.
Homosexuality IS A SIN! The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were LITERALLY WIPED OFF the face of the earth because OF THIS SIN!!! One thing that we as a NATION need to UNDERSTAND is that God is no respecter of persons or nations with the exception of ISRAEL. When the U.S. Supreme Court DARED to redefine marriage under pressure from the homosexual community the (LGBT) and others they rejected God's definition and WROTE THEIR OWN they have in effect incurred God's JUDGEMENT on this nation; and His FIERY JUDGEMENT is going to fall on America VERY SOON!! Because of this!!!
When the laws of man attempt to supercede THE LAWS OF GOD it is up to the people to decide FOR THEMSELVES whom they will obey GOD or MAN? And be willing to face the results of such decisions. Marriage is something that God Almighty takes VERY SERIOUSLY and America is going to have to learn this lesson THE HARD WAY that God will NOT be mocked – not by anyone. Transsexualism IS A SIN!!! It is but a VIOLATION against God's HOLY LAW the very laws of nature and of the institution of MARRIAGE itself.
The word "marriage" occurs fifty-six times in the Bible in fifty-one verses. The first occurrence is in Genesis 19 where the Bible tells us that Lot's daughters had married some men of Sodom. Obviously, this is not the first time a marriage takes place in the Bible for Adam and Eve were married. But this is the first time the word "marriage" occurs in Scripture. Of Adam and Eve, Jesus Christ said, (Matthew 19:4-6) "Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that Adam and Eve were married?
It is doubtful that they exchanged wedding rings (which came from pagans) or that they had a wedding reception (who would attend, except the animals?).But they were married. It has been well stated that the first institution ordained by God was the family. It is also true that this fundamental foundation of society is under Satanic attack today. The devil knows that if he can destroy the home it is only a matter of time before the local church, specifically, and society, generally, will begin to crumble.
The most important human relationship on earth is between a man and his wife. God instituted and ordained the act of marriage. In His wisdom, He determined that a male and female should make a lifelong commitment to love, honor, and cherish one another. And, by the way, this settles the definition of "family" for the federal court system which is trying to force the United States to accept two queers as a family and suitable for raising children. According to the Bible, a marriage is between a "male" and a "female." But who didn't know that except idiots who have been educated beyond their intelligence and immoral perverts?
The Lord Jesus Christ gives us the first historical reference to "marriage" in (Matthew 24:38). For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, He informs us that dads gave their daughters in marriage before the flood. And even though it was something God commissioned and consecrated, Jesus said, "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage" (Luke 20:34). Jesus showed His approval of the institution (despite sin's reign for four thousand years) by attending the marriage in Cana and taking His disciples with Him (John 2:2). And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
From the beginning of the human race, God highlights successful marriages: Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, etc. While the problem of polygamy rises early in Scripture, it is interesting that we never read of a marriage ending in divorce in the Book of Genesis! In fact, I challenge you to find the first divorce in the Bible!
Isaac and Rebekah had their share of problems, but you never read of them hiring lawyers and going their separate ways. Heaven knows that Jacob had all kinds of troubles (who wouldn't with four wives?), but he didn't divorce a single one of them. God's plan for man is marriage to one woman for life. Lest anyone thinks that messages on Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage are avenues to promote divorce, let it be made clear: God is pro-marriage and anti- divorce. I do not know any Bible believing preacher who encourages people to get a divorce. A person should stay married and keep their marriage vows for life. And even where the marriage vows have been broken, the couple should try to reconcile if at all possible.
In the word of God, marriage always refers to a man's and woman's relationship for life. It is an agreement by which two people vow to live together in mutual affection and fidelity until they are separated by death. God instituted this union for many purposes:
To prevent promiscuous intercourse between men and women.
To promote domestic harmony.
To secure a place for rearing children to love God.
Servants married wives (Exodus 21:3) If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.while under the service of their masters. Miriam and Aaron got in trouble for criticizing Moses' choice for a mate (Numbers 12:1). And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. God forbade marriages to heathen women (Deuteronomy. 7:3). Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
The marriage relationship was so important that in the law God commanded that if anyone violated the relationship by committing adultery, they were to be executed (Deuteronomy 22:22). If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. Of course, only the guilty party was executed, while the victim was free to remarry.
It is with the common illustration of marriage that God explains His love and joy in seeing people brought into fellowship with Him (Matthew 22:2-9). The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I
have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are
ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways,
one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew
them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his
armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he
to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not
worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to
the marriage.
In fact, a Christian marriage is the greatest picture on earth of the relationship between Jesus Christ and the Church (Ephesians 5:21-33). Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unt0
Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love
your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself.
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
even as the Lord the church: For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and
0f his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be
joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself;
and the wife see that she reverence her husband. God forbids a Christian marrying a
lost person (2 Corinthians 6:14). Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
what communion hath light with darkness? What Christian would want the devil for
his spiritual father-in- law? Nevertheless, it is ironic that even two lost people who marry still
portray the relationship of Christ and the church though they may not realize it. The Holy
Spirit has often used the marriage itself as a witness of salvation.
Part of the duty of a married couple is to please their spouse (1 Corinthians 7:33-34). But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
We are not to live for ourselves to please ourselves, but seek to please the person to whom we are married. Someone has observed that it is impossible to be selfish in a three-legged race. You cannot make any progress in the race of life if you are pointed in two different directions. The prophet asks the rhetorical question, "How can two walk together except they be agreed?" The answer is obvious. They can't!
Marriage is a LIFE LONG commitment and not to be taken lightly. One day we will all stand before God and give account of our conduct, including OUR MARRIAGE VOWS and how we honored them.
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