Holiness in Human Sexuality
Bishop Mack Stokes: Holiness in human sexuality
Posted by steve On August – 9 – 2011
When God created human beings in his image, God made them male and female (Gen. 1:27). And God called them to be “fruitful and multiply” (Gen. 1:28)…. Therefore, in keeping with the biblical revelation, “we affirm that sexuality is God’s good gift to all persons” (¶161F, The Book of Discipline—2008).
As is the case with all human desires, sexual desires need to be directed and controlled. God’s call to holiness includes Christian stewardship of our sexuality. For this reason the biblical teaching is that “sexual relations are affirmed only with the covenant of monogamous, heterosexual marriage” (¶161F).
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by David
On December 8, 2011
Absolutely. Being given over to lust and to perverse sexual practices is damaging to the the Image of God within us. If the UMC were to condone the ordination of unrepentant homosexuals, would they not be forced to condone many other sexual perversions? Would we not be saying that is we and not God who determines what is and is not sin?