The Bible contains several passages that explicitly reference same-sex sexual activity, which traditional interpretations view as prohibitions against homosexual behavior, while progressive and affirming interpretations view through the lens of historical context, cultural practices, or overarching themes of love and inclusion.
Key Passages
- Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13: The Old Testament holiness code states that a man should not lie with another man as with a woman, describing the act with terms translated in traditional texts as an abomination or detestable.
- Romans 1:26–27: In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul describes both female and male same-sex sexual relations as being “contrary to nature” or departing from natural relations.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 and 1 Timothy 1:9–10: Paul uses specific Greek terms (malakoi and arsenokoitai) that are translated in many modern Bibles to refer to men who practice homosexuality or engage in same-sex sexual acts, listing them among behaviors that keep individuals from inheriting the kingdom of God.
- Genesis 19 (and Sodom and Gomorrah): Traditionally associated with sexual immorality and same-sex violence, though many modern scholars interpret the sin of Sodom primarily as a lack of hospitality, inhospitality, and attempted gang rape.
Main Interpretive Perspectives
- Traditional View:
- Maintains that biblical authors defined marriage and sex strictly as a complementary union between one man and one woman (established in Genesis).
- Views all explicit passages across the Old and New Testaments as a consistent, ongoing moral standard prohibiting same-sex sexual behavior.
Can I be real for a second?
I was talking to someone who’s been through a lot.
Molested as a child by his cousins. Grew up with a pornography addiction. Struggled with same sex attraction. And although He got married to his wife and had two kids, behind closed doors he was still battling… still watching porn, still slipping into conversations with men and women on dating apps and social media…
And do you know what he told me?
“If God wanted me to be different, I wouldn’t have these feelings. They’ll never go away… because this is who I am.”
Now… I could’ve blamed his cousins who molested him. I could’ve blamed his parents for not protecting him. I could’ve blamed him for being 40+ and not using more self control.
But I didn’t do any of that… I just asked one simple question…
When you prayed for deliverance… did you also fast?
But yall… He looked at me like I was speaking another language.
He said… Fast? No.
So I asked, Would you fast… to be delivered?
His answer?
No.
And that’s when it hit me…
Sometimes people say they want freedom, but deep down… they don’t.
Sometimes people go to the altar crying out for deliverance, but secretly, they still enjoy the very sin they’re asking God to remove. Even though it was birth through trauma…
I believe the word I don’t believe there’s a stronghold that’s greater than the power of the living God and I equally believe Christ when he said… some strongholds are only broken by prayer AND fasting. (Mark 9:29)
So yes… You can pray every day, but if you never kill your flesh, you’ll never walk in the Spirit. You’ll keep going back to the same chains, the same apps, the same addictions… because you haven’t crucified your flesh long enough to break its voice in your life.
See… Deliverance is not just a prayer line… it’s self control. It’s a fruit of the Spirit. It’s fasting when your flesh screams yes so your spirit has the power to say no.
Even Jesus fasted before He faced temptation.
So don’t tell me you want to be free, but you’re unwilling to starve what’s keeping you bound.
Because the truth is deliverance is real and freedom is available. But it doesn’t come just because you wish it. It comes when your faith is backed by works. When you pray… and you fast. When you crucify the flesh so you can stand against the devil.
So my question is…
Do you really want to be delivered? Or do you just want to say that?
Because let’s be real some people don’t want to be free. They’d rather keep saying, “I went to the altar,” than actually crucify their flesh. They’d rather say, “Deliverance never happened when they laid hands on me,” than admit they never laid their sin down themselves.
They’d rather echo, “This is just who God made me to be,” when the truth is… if they did what He said do, it would reveal they never wanted freedom in the first place.
And that’s the hard part deliverance isn’t magic. It’s partnership. It’s not just someone praying over you; it’s you picking up your cross. It’s not just a Sunday shout; it’s a Monday decision.
Jesus asked the man in John 5:6, “Do you want to be made whole?”
Why?
Because some people don’t. Some people love the attention of their bondage more than the accountability of their breakthrough.
Stop confusing this is who I am with this is what I refuse to give up.
So let me ask you again do you really want to be delivered? Or do you just want to keep saying it…
With love ❤️ #repost