Becker Bible Teacher Resources

It is the moral responsibility of adults to know their sexual orientation.  God made both the heterosexual and homosexual, and it is critical for those so made to not feel shame for who they are made to be by Him. Others become homosexual because of difficult life abuses who find safety in relationship with same sex partners.  Many homosexuals participate in the social fad for attention and perverse doings of sexual release against the goodness of man created in God's Image and enjoy the ever-increasing deviant and lustful sexual exploits; for these, their deviancies are sinful. Homosexual deviancy is the same type of sin that heterosexual deviants act upon. Once again, it is a matter of the presence of lust and deviant, nasty action that creates the deeper spiritual problems within the perverse that separate them from their Creator.   (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Heterosexual deviancy is the same type of sin that homosexual deviants act upon. Some argue that deviant behavior is contrary to the accepted standards of a community or culture, and as long as it is accepted, it is not deviant.  Thus, the sinful, nasty, sexual lusts, pornography and practices in our modern day are justified as acceptable between "consenting adults" or  "married couples" because culture accepts these things.  It is often argued that there is nothing off the table between two consenting adults, and all sexual lusts and expressions are acceptable. However, all sexual deviancies are sins; specific discussion of all the widely practiced evil and sinful sexual expressions are not necessary to define this sin.  Those souls seeking the Truth of God are given full awareness where that line between acceptable sexual behavior and deviancy lies as the Holy Spirit guides believers toward righteous decisions of sexual behavior.(Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Any effort made by man or woman in a marriage setting to prevent conception is a sin.  This includes the use of sterilizations, birth control pills, condoms, IUD's and douches ("Morning after" pills are a form of abortion and becomes the even greater sin of murder). The only acceptable form of birth control is periodic continence with self-observation and use of infertile periods for sexual relationships. Protection from unwanted pregnancy outside of marriage should not be an issue, since it is a sin to fornicate. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Research biogenetics that manipulate DNA and genes, attempt creation of life through cloning, growth of organs and skin outside the body, develop artificial birth aids, and use aborted stem cells and test tube reproductive efforts are akin to human beings mistakenly assuming they are equal to the Creator and His Creation. (Sixth Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:13)

Scientific reproduction is an attempt to procreate life without God's intentions.  It is not the right of every married couple to have children.  Children are a gift from God.  If a couple cannot conceive, then they should accept God's decision and look for God's will for their union. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Marital infidelity is the sin of adultery; it is when two partners, of whom at least one is married to another party, have sexual relations.  The bond of marriage is in danger by even transient affairs and those imagined and fantasized. Intimate sharing should be reserved for married couples only; thus, full sexual relations are not necessary for the sin of adultery to occur.  When lustful attachments are formed outside the marriage that replaces the spouse for another partner then the sacrament of marriage blessed by the LORD God is marred by sin.  (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

The ratified and consummated marriage between the baptized whose sacramental marriage is blessed by the LORD God cannot be undone by worldly legal authority; spiritual oaths cannot be discounted by natural law. There are legitimate reasons for divorce like violence, abandonment, or affairs that subvert the sanctity of marriage; in these cases, release from the vows of marriage (divorce) is allowed by the Lord.  However, remarriage endangers the new partners of unknowingly committing adultery should the divorce not be inside the acceptable limitations approved by God. Divorce is not necessarily a sin; but remarriage to another might be. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Historically, leaders in Biblical times had more than one wife; this helped establish the Jewish nation through its abundance of blessings through the generations. There is no prohibition specifically mentioned in Scripture against polygamy.  However, New Testament marriage, with Christ as the symbolic groom to His church bride, symbolically and typologically holds to one man and one woman as participants in the marriage union. This movement away from polygamy to monogamy progresses as Christ's teachings unfold.  Though polygamy is difficult to classify as a sin, an ongoing, growing, mature relationship with Christ and the teachings of the Holy Spirit leave no doubt to their monogamous expectations concerning marriage (See Titus 1:6 condition of blamelessness). (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

Incest is sexual relationship between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them. Connected to incest is any sexual abuse perpetrated by adults on children or adolescents entrusted to their care. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

The use of sexual demands, pressures, or innuendoes to gain power or influence over another is a sin that forces the will of one upon the other. (Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)

When a man and a woman refuse to publicly sanctify their commitment through marriage and seek God's blessing, but instead continue a liaison involving sexual intimacy without marriage, they are committing the sin of fornication.(Seventh Commandment Violation, Exodus 20:14)