A 2023 poll taken between August 21st and September 15th by the Public Religion Research Institute showed that 28% of Americans between the ages of 12 and 25 now identify as either “Bisexual,” “Gay or Lesbian,” or “Something Else.” Only 72% of this age group defined themselves as being “Straight.” This age group, in case you aren’t aware, is known as “Generation Z.”

According to this recent poll, even though 90% of all Americans identify as Straight, the younger the generation, the lesser this rate will be. The numbers read as follows:

The “Silent Generation” (people born between 1925 and 1945): 97% Straight

The “Baby Boomers” (people born between 1946 and 1964): 96% Straight

The “Generation Xers” (people born between 1965 and 1980): 93% Straight

The “Millennials” (people born between 1981 and 1996): 84% Straight

The “Generation Z” (people born between 1997 and 2012): 72% Straight

Even though no poll can ever be a thoroughly precise rendering of a situation, it is undeniable that LGBTQ, which stands for Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender-Queer (or at least Questioning), is on the rise in the ranks of America’s younger generations. This is why it is so vitally important that we Bible-believing Christians continue to convey what the Bible teaches about sexuality. Therefore, even though I have presented this information in past posts, I feel compelled to offer it again right now.

The Biblical case against anything other than being “Straight” is as follows (all references from the N.K.J.V.):

1. Genesis 1:26-28; Matthew 19:4-6: God’s plan for the sexual relationship is obviously man-woman.

2. Genesis 19:1-29; Ezekiel 16:49-50; 2 Peter 2:4-6; Jude v.7: Homosexuality was rampant in the twin cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and God destroyed those cities for their wickedness. The Ezekiel passage uses the word “abomination” in reference to homosexuality, while the Jude verse describes the sin as giving one’s self over to sexual immorality and going after “strange flesh.”

3. Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Deuteronomy 23:17: Under that body of law God gave the Israelites to live by, homosexuality was a crime. More than that, it was a capital punishment offense (Leviticus 18:29, “cut off” means “put to death”). Again, the word “abomination” is used in the Leviticus verses in reference to the sin. Furthermore, the context of the Leviticus 18:22 verse groups homosexuality with incest (Leviticus 18:6-18) and bestiality (Leviticus 18:23).

4. Judges 19:11-30: This passage gives an account from the days when various Judges ruled over different parts of Israel. It labels a group of homosexuals as “perverted men.”

5. 1 Kings 14:21-24; 15:9-15; 22:41-46; 2 Kings 22:1-2; 23:7: The homosexuals (“perverted persons”) who are mentioned in these passages were religious prostitutes who played major roles in the worship of false gods. There is a distinct pattern seen in the passages. During the reigns of good kings, these sodomites were banished from the land. During the reigns of wicked kings, they were allowed to remain in the land.

6. Romans 1:18-32: These verses trace the origins of homosexuality and lesbianism back to mankind’s rejecting of God and embracing of idol worship. Homosexuals and lesbians are labeled as people who have: a knowledge of God (v.18-21), no excuse (v.20), a lack of glorifying God (v.21), a lack of thankfulness (v.21), futile thoughts (v.21), foolish, darkened hearts (v.21-22), a profession of wisdom (v.22), a foolishness about them (v.22), a bent towards idolatry (v.23), unclean, lustful hearts (v.24), dishonored bodies (v.24), an abandonment of the truth (v.25), a worship of self (v.25), vile passions (v.26), a desire to pervert nature (v.26-27), shameful conduct (v.27), a forgetfulness of God (v.28), debased minds (v.28), a love of doing those things which aren’t fitting (v.28), a nature geared towards being ungodly in many other ways (v.29-31), a knowledge of the judgment of God (v.32), a worthiness of death (v.32), and an approval of others who commit the same sins (v.32). Actually, the argument that homosexuality is “natural” is correct in one sense. The sin is just as natural to sin-fallen mankind as rebelling against God and worshipping false gods.

7. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: The category “homosexuals” (N.K.J.V.) or “effeminate” (K.J.V.) refers to homosexuals as does the category “sodomites” (N.K.J.V.) or “abusers of themselves with mankind” (K.J.V.). It is noteworthy that this passage teaches that the homosexual doesn’t have to continue in the sin. Verse 11 says “And such were some of you.” The homosexuals say, “God made us this way” and contend this allows them to equate their movement to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. But the crippling flaw in this line of thought is: Whereas there are some former homosexuals, there are no former African Americans. It is also worth noting that this passage teaches that homosexuality has no more place in the life of the Christian than fornication (all other forms of sexual sin), idolatry, adultery (the specific sexual sin of cheating on a spouse), theft, covetousness, drunkenness, reviling, or extortion.

8. 1 Timothy 1:8-10: The category “sodomites” (N.K.J.V.) or “them that defile themselves with mankind” (K.J.V.) refers to homosexuals. These verses place the homosexual on the same level as: the lawless, the insubordinate, the ungodly, the sinful, the unholy, the profane, the murderer of a father or a mother, the manslayer, the fornicator, the kidnapper, the perjurer, and anyone else who is contrary to sound doctrine.

Okay, if you are still reading, and your mind is open to the truth, you should now be in agreement with me that the Bible condemns homosexuality and lesbianism (and by implication transgenderism) as sin. It really is an open-and-shut case. But would you believe that some homosexuals try to employ the words of Jesus in their attempts to get out from under the Bible’s obvious teaching? These people say, “If God condemns homosexuality so much, why didn’t Jesus specifically preach against it?” This question is easily answered in the following ways.

Answer #1: In Luke 17:28-37, Jesus used the fire-and-brimstone judgment by which God leveled the city of Sodom as an illustration of the judgment this world will endure before He comes in His Second Coming to walk this earth again. Clearly, Jesus saw no need to apologize for the judgment upon Sodom, which was a judgment against Sodom’s rampant homosexuality (Genesis 19:1-28; Jude 1:5-7).

Answer #2: Jesus didn’t specifically preach against rape, spousal abuse, child abuse, pedophilia, or genocide, either. It’s safe to say, though, that He was against such acts.

Answer #3: Jesus did say, “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17). This is significant because in three passages (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13; Deuteronomy 23:17) the Old Testament law condemned homosexuality. Similarly, the Old Testament prophet Isaiah negatively called the sinful people of Israel “rulers of Sodom” and “people of Gomorrah” (Isaiah 1:10), and Ezekiel spoke of the “abomination” and “lewdness” of Sodom (Ezekiel 16:44-59).

Answer #4: Jesus confirmed and reiterated the Adam-and-Eve standard of marriage between a man and a woman (Matthew 19:4-6). Consequently, by painting the Adam-and-Eve kind of marriage in such a positive light, He painted any other type of marriage in a negative light.

Now let me mention another route certain homosexuals take in their useless efforts to align their sin with the Bible. They quote Christ’s words, “Judge not that you be not judged” (Matthew 7:1) as if this passage is some kind of trump card that muzzles Bible believers from speaking against homosexuality. Really, though, this argument is just another one that doesn’t make honest sense.

I say this because it is obvious to anyone who studies the verses following Matthew 7:1 that Jesus isn’t forbidding any and all types of judging. (For that matter, He even advocates righteous judging in Luke 12:57 and John 7:24). No, what He is forbidding in Matthew 7:1 is hypocritical judging. He illustrates His point by saying, “If you have a plank (a large piece of wood) in your eye, you have no business criticizing someone else for having a speck (a small piece of wood) in his eye.” Then He says, “Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:5).

To apply this teaching to my own life, if I am a homosexual who unashamedly engages in homosexual sex every night, it is wrong for me to stand in my pulpit and preach against someone I know to be a closet homosexual. It is only when I have removed the plank from my own eye (repented of my prolific homosexuality) that I can help that closet homosexual remove the speck from his eye (repent of his lesser homosexuality). Please notice, though, that Jesus taught that the goal in each situation is the repentance of the sin, the removal of the plank or speck.

Someone says, “But Russell, why are you singling out homosexuals for a blog post? There are, after all, other sexual sins.” Well, as far as I know, those who engage in premarital sex, adultery, incest, or bestiality haven’t banded together to force people to accept their sinful lifestyles. When that happens, I’ll write blog posts about their sins.

Furthermore, we Bible-believing Christians must fight this fight because we don’t want to be lumped in with those who “delight in the perversity of the wicked” (Proverbs 3:14). Instead, we want to learn from David’s experience, the one he describes in Psalm 39:1-3. There, he talks about how he tried to restrain his mouth with a muzzle and remain mute with silence while the wicked were before him, but his silence only stirred up sorrow inside him. Finally, when the fire within him reached a point whereby he could no longer keep quiet in the midst of obvious sins, he spoke out against those sins.

In closing, please hear me when I say that God loves homosexuals. He loves them so much that Jesus (God the Son) died on a Roman cross as the potential payment for all their sins, including the sin of homosexuality. But God loves homosexuals too much to leave them in their state of rebellion against Him. That’s why He calls their sin what it is and demands that they repent of it. This isn’t the message they want to hear, of course, but it is the only one that accords with the Bible.