Page 91 - Push Back

Chapter 9

Aids Quilt - Each Panel Represents a Person Who Died of AIDS Related Illness
(Click on any image to view larger.)

I want to turn in this study now to an examination of the reasons WHY homosexual behavior is
contrary to the very essence of Yahweh’s nature and the principles of His kingdom. Many
Christians in addressing the topic of homosexuality have cited the various Scripture passages that
reveal the mind of God relating to this behavior. Yet, very few have gone beyond this to explain
why Yahweh has declared homosexuality to be “unnatural” (Romans chapter 1) and “an
abomination” (Leviticus 18:22).

Although I do not believe it is absolutely necessary to understand the reason(s) that Yahweh
declares some thoughts and behaviors to be righteous and others to be unrighteous, I do believe it
is beneficial to seek after wisdom and to apprehend the mind of the Father. I have oftentimes
meditated upon some specific behavior that Yahweh has declared to be sin with the goal of
understanding why Yahweh has forbidden it. For example, why does Yahweh condemn
fornication, the sexual relations of a man and a woman outside of marriage? Was this merely a
capricious judgment of God to test man’s obedience? Is there any harm in such behavior? Does
Yahweh simply want to deprive men and women of pleasure, for sexual relations are very
pleasurable? (This subject is addressed in the book The Marriage Covenant.)

I do not have to know the answers to these questions to agree that Yahweh is just and right in
declaring fornication to be sin. I acknowledge that He is the Creator, and I am His creation. Will
the thing molded say to the molder “Why did you make me like this?” (Romans 9:20) Will the
created being annul the judgment of his Creator?