What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality? Is It a Sin?
1) Direct Answer
Yes. The Bible calls homosexual practice sin. Any sexual act outside the one-man, one-woman covenant of marriage is sin. Yet the same Bible promises full forgiveness and deliverance to anyone who repents and believes the Gospel.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Creation pattern: “Male and female created He them” (Genesis 1:27). “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife” (Genesis 2:24). Jesus reaffirmed this as God’s design “from the beginning” (Matthew 19:4–6; Mark 10:6–9).
- Law’s clarity: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination” (Leviticus 18:22; see also 20:13).
- Sodom’s warning: The men of Sodom pursued men (Genesis 19), and Jude 7 says they gave themselves to “fornication, and going after strange flesh,” set forth as an example.
- New Testament doctrine: Romans 1:26–27 describes women with women and men with men as “against nature,” the fruit of rejecting God’s truth. 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 lists “effeminate” and “abusers of themselves with mankind” among sins that exclude from the kingdom—then adds, “and such were some of you: but ye are washed… sanctified… justified.” 1 Timothy 1:9–10 likewise condemns those who practice such acts.
- End-time sign: Jesus said the last days would be “as it was in the days of Lot” (Luke 17:28–30), when sexual perversion was open and celebrated.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Now notice, God made the pattern: male and female, joined in marriage. Sin is any departure from that pattern—heterosexual or homosexual—outside the covenant God gave.
- Some say, “Jesus never addressed it.” He did: He defined marriage as male and female and condemned sexual immorality—in all forms (Matthew 19:4–9; Mark 7:21).
- You see, temptation itself is not the final act; the sin is agreeing with it, dwelling in lust, and practicing it. Christ calls every sinner—of any kind—to repent, receive a new heart, and walk clean.
- The Gospel offers real freedom: “Repent… be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38). “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed” (John 8:36).
- A simple challenge: Show one Scripture where God blesses a same-sex union. There isn’t one. From Genesis to Revelation, the testimony is consistent.
4) Reinforcing statement
It’s not hate; it’s truth. God loves the sinner and hates the sin. If you come to Him, confess your sin, and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, He will wash you, sanctify you, and fill you with the Holy Spirit to live a clean, victorious life. “Such were some of you… but ye are washed.”