01/24/2026
Have you ever heard the comment, “Jesus never said anything about gay people or gay marriage”? That is not true. There are at least two reasons why that argument fails. For one thing, notice that Jesus never said anything about bullying, r*pe, slavery, or spousal-abuse. Are we supposed to assume that His silence on such matters means that He would approve of any of those things? Of course not. Secondly, Jesus actually DID have something to say about this topic. It’s important to keep in mind that the words of Jesus are not just the “red letters” in the Bible. All of scripture is God-breathed. Jesus said and proved that He was God in human flesh. Therefore, since Jesus IS God, He inspired all scripture. In both the OT and the NT, He has made it clear that s*x between people of the same s*x is wrong. Furthermore, He has also made it clear that s*x between people of the OPPOSITE s*x is wrong if they are not married to each other. (see Gen. 18:16 through 19:29, Ex. 20:14, Lev. 18:22, Lev. 20:13, Deut. 5:18, Prov. 5:1-23, Prov. 6:20-35, Rom. 1:18-32, I Cor. 6:9-10, I Cor. 6:15-20, 1 Thess. 4:3-5, I Tim. 1:8-11, Heb. 13:4, II Peter 2:6-8).
(Re: more “direct” quotes from Jesus in the NT). In Matt. 5:27-28, Matt. 15:19, Mark 7:20-23, and Luke 18:18-20, Jesus condemned adultery between people of the opposite s*x, so we have no good reason to think that he would ever approve of s*x between people of the same s*x. Furthermore, when it comes to defining marriage, in Matthew 19:4-6 and Mark 10:6-9, Jesus specifically endorses God’s design for marriage as one man and one woman. So, as you can see, Jesus did, in fact, have a lot to say about this topic.
In the following short video, Christopher Yuan (speaking from experience as a former gay) and host Frank Turek cover some of these same points. You will find a link to the video in the comments below.