Brentwood Church of Christ

Nothing in the scriptures indicates that homosexuality practiced with one partner is any different than when it is practiced with multiple partners. To believe such one would need to show scriptural proof that God has authorized two people of the same sex to be physically intimate. We must have authority for what we do. God gives authority for a man and a woman to marry and become one flesh (Genesis 2:24), but where is the authority for sexual relations under any other circumstance? God said He made them male and female and that a man should leave father and mother and cleave to his wife.

Sometimes the story of David and Jonathan is given as authority for a homosexual relationship with an appeal being made to II Samuel 1:26 where David says, “Your love to me was wonderful, surpassing the love of women.” I Samuel 18:1 states, “…the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” There is nothing in these words that suggest that David had a homosexual relationship with Jonathan any more than when the scripture says that Jesus loved the apostle John (John 21:20). A person who would conclude such is only trying to justify their unclean mind.