Should a Gay Couple, Once Converted, Stay ‘Married’?

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

The union of two men or women is not “gay marriage.” It’s no marriage. When they come to Christ, that former relationship has no binding authority.

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0:00.0	Today's question is one faced by a lot of pastors.
0:07.2	I know this because I see it frequently pop up in the inbox.
0:10.8	As people find Christ and are converted and are called to live differently than their
0:15.7	pre-conversion passions, this raises endless questions about living arrangements.
0:22.0	The question originates as a follow-up from a listener named Cameron, high-pastor John
0:26.2	in episode 920, divorce, remarriage, and honoring God.
0:29.9	You argue that people should stay in a second marriage, even though it was entered wrongly.
0:34.4	You said, quote, a prohibited relationship can become a consecrated and holy one.
0:43.2	My question is along this line.
0:45.3	Does this principle also hold to people in same-sex marriage relationships or in polygamous marriages?
0:51.5	Another conversion would you advise them to stay in similar relationships and somehow
0:55.6	consecrate them?
0:57.7	What makes those two scenarios different in your mind than divorce?
1:02.7	No.
1:03.7	I would not recommend that two men or two women living together practicing homosexuality
1:12.5	remain in that relationship.
1:15.6	The reasons are several.
1:19.3	The situations are different between a man and a woman entering a marriage.
1:26.2	They should not enter and a man and a man entering a relationship.
1:33.0	They should not enter.
1:34.3	Let me try to explain some of those differences, which would result in my decision not to
1:41.6	recommend that they stay there.
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