“For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander” (Matt. 15:19).
Jesus condemns sexual immorality because it hurts other people. It is a selfish act and not an act of love. Because “Love does no wrong to a neighbor” (Rom. 13:10).
What is Sexual Immorality?
Sexual immorality is sex outside of a monogamous committed relationship. It doesn’t matter whether it’s homosexual or heterosexual.
Unfortunately, when people learn that a person is pro-LGBTQ, they assume that we are for any kind of sex. They basically assume that we have no morals. That we’ve sold out. That we have caved to the culture.
But this is not true. Rather, it means that we’re aware that the important thing is to avoid hurting others through sex. That’s the point of the Bible’s prohibition on sexual immorality.
They Didn’t Understand
We have to understand that during the time of the writing of the Bible, they did not understand homosexuality as we do today. They didn’t understand that some people are born with a same-sex attraction. And it was heterosexuals that wrote the Bible.
So the rules that apply to heterosexual sexual relationships also apply to homosexual and bisexual relationships. The sexual relationship must be among consenting adults in a monogamous and committed relationship (marriage), and not be members of one’s family (1 Cor. 5:1).