Jesus and homosexuality - a Biblical response to Brad Chilcott.
Jesus is considered by scholars such as Weber to be an example of a charismatic religious leader. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In addition to his comments about Sodom, Jesus spoke strongly about sexual ethics. He set forth monogamous, permanent, heterosexual marriage as the norm to be practiced. He reinforced the inherent opposition of God to divorce by restricting it at least as narrowly as did Moses, if not more so (cf. Deut. 24:1–4; Matt. 5:31–32; 19:3–12). In His citation of Genesis 2:24, He cites the narrower translation of the LXX, with its addition of the word two to emphasize that only two people, one man and one woman, can make the one-flesh of marriage. Only then, in the union of man and woman, does marriage take place. This union gains greater significance from the fact that both male and female are necessary to reflect the divine image (Gen. 1:27; 5:1–2). Homosexuality inherently violates the standard of marriage and the divine image. Jesus reinforces t