Should a Christian Attend a Same-Sex Wedding?
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- Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
- You’re in a conversation and someone asks, “Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding?”
What would you say?
For friends and for family, the decision about whether to attend a same-sex ceremony for someone they love can be challenging. How does a Christian really show the love of Jesus when they're invited to attend a same-sex "wedding"?
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*Better question:* “Should Christians affirm sinful and damning behavior?”
Years ago, my younger sister (only sibling) wanted to be married to a woman, and I had been walking with the Lord for about 3 years at the time. I was invited to the wedding and didn’t know what to do. After praying about it, the Lord gave me the idea about attending the reception after the ceremony. My sister knew this was because of my beliefs, and I’m sure even though I still came for the reception, she still felt a little hurt. My overall goal is to love her without compromising on truth and to stand out from other “Christians” who enable sin OR condemn people to hell.
You're a bad sister
Marriage is a rite not a right.
Well said!
By attending you're approving the act.... NO Thanks👎🏻⬇️
"Most likely reality" AKA they have no idea
Very well done, and certainly timely!
NO! Never.
In God’s eyes it’s not a wedding. In God’s eyes it’s not a marriage.
I would say, "Respectfully, I cannot attend because at the very least, I would be acknowledging gay marriage as legitimate, contrary to scripture, and at most, I would actually be honoring something God has called sin. I cannot contradict God's word and I cannot dishonor God to honor people."
"Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy." Proverbs 27:6
“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine." Matthew 10:37
I support marriage equality which is why I cannot support a same-sex ceremony since it has nothing to do with marriage (the union of a man and a woman) nor with equality (the rights and restrictions of state-sanctioned matrimony already apply to all citizens equally).
great video
Two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth based His argument for man-woman marriage on this simple observation of the created order. Marriages are the long-term unions of a man and a woman which begin a family, the base of society, which may produce children.
Therefore, even those without any religious conviction can recognize what reality and nature have clearly dictated.
Of course! When god sent jesus to Earth, she did so to spread love❤!
No they should not. They should also NOT attend adulterous heterosexual marriages (2nd marriages where first spouse is alive)
Unless the first spouse was maritally unfaithful, as I read it. In which case the other spouse is validly released from marriage by a divorce.
@@andrewgilbertson5672 That is not true. In Matthew 19:9 passage, the INNOCENTLY put away spouse is NOT FREE…………the “bond” is NOT dissolved-even though the other has married again. If the bond were dissolved, then the “left” one would be free to marry another. We see the same teaching in Romans 7:2-3…………even if a woman DOES marry another (making her an adulteress), she will not be free from the bond of marriage until her 1st husband dies……………..THEN, and only then, will she be ‘free’ to marry another. Paul never, in ANY of his writings/teachings, says that divorce or adultery DISSOLVES the “one flesh” that endures until death--quite the opposite.
@@Tatiana-cp1fc I see the opposite. It reads that if anyone divorces his wife *except for sexual immorality* and marries another, it is adultery. The only point in calling out such an exception is that if anyone divorces his wife FOR sexual immorality and marries another woman, it is not adultery.
What would the purpose of listing that exception be if not to say that in case of immorality, the other spouse is released? Otherwise, the passage would simply read 'if anyone divorces his wife and marries another, it is adultery.' The existence of the exception in the verse indicates its purpose- to signify the exception.
@@andrewgilbertson5672 Please read what I wrote carefully. The marriage bond is not broken due to adultery, hence why the divorced woman is not permitted to remarry and whoever marries her commits adultery even though her first husband has committed adultery and married another.
@@Tatiana-cp1fc That reasoning requires taking 2 passages and assuming they are about the same situation, in such a context as to invalidate what Jesus said in the first example.
In Matthew 19:9, Jesus specifically makes the exception that a man divorcing his wife and marrying another is adultery, *except* in case of marital infidelity. That can't be overwritten by Romans; Paul is not there to contradict Jesus. Paul is talking in general principles for illustrative purposes. Jesus gives the specifics of marriage, that Paul can't contradict.
One time I was invited to a wedding of a man who was divorced, but whose ex-wife and two daughters still attended the same church. While I don't know the reason for the divorce, I know it wasn't because of abuse or unfaithfulness because they were both good and faithful Christians. I chose not to attend, even though the man was a good family friend, because of divorce being a sin. My parents tried to get me to go, saying the divorce was none of my business and I should be there as a friend. Still I didn't go. Do you think I was right?
There is not a single verse in the Bible that says anyone will be condemned for attending a gay marriage. This is just another pathetic attempt at bashing LGBTQIA+ people. In fact, Jesus didn’t say anything about gay or lesbian ppl. It’s made up to cause discourse.
Agreed!
Jesus was clear marriage was between a man and a woman “in the beginning” when he said we must not divorce. Also, when the Bible was written, there was no such thing as a gay wedding because no culture has believed homosexual behaviour could lead to a marriage until the 20th century. Even ancient Greeks and Romans who indulged in much homosexual activity never thought of it as a marriage.