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Jesus and Gender & Sexuality

Questions about gender and sexuality are personal, emotional, and often painful. Many carry shame from past choices, confusing desires, or harm done to them. The good news is that Scripture speaks with clarity and compassion. It does not belittle our struggles. It points us to the one who made us, loves us, and can transform us.

From the beginning, God created us in his image. “So God created man in his own image… male and female” (Gen. 1:27 CSB). Human value is not earned. It is bestowed by God. Because every person bears his image, our bodies and our sexuality matter. They are gifts meant to reflect the goodness of our Creator.

God’s design for sex is clear. Scripture calls us to “flee sexual immorality” (1 Cor. 6:18 CSB). Jesus deepens the standard by saying that lust itself breaks faithfulness in the heart (Matt. 5:27–28 CSB). That puts all of us on level ground. Not one of us has a spotless record. The church is not a club for people who got it right. It is a family of forgiven people who point to the only truly righteous one, Jesus.

Our culture says that every desire inside you is good and that happiness comes by fulfilling those desires. The Word of God says something different. Real life and real peace come when our minds are set on the Spirit, not the flesh (Rom. 8:5–6 CSB). This is why Paul urges us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice and to be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we can discern God’s good and pleasing will (Rom. 12:1–2 CSB).

• WORLD: All your desires are good, and you will only be happy if you fulfill them.
• WORD: All your deepest desires find their fulfillment in Jesus.

If your mind and body feel out of alignment, Scripture invites you to bring your whole self under the Lordship of Christ. That does not deny the struggle. It redirects the struggle toward life and peace in the Spirit.

God’s heart for strugglers shows up in Acts 8. Philip meets an Ethiopian eunuch on a desert road, a person who would have been barred from the temple and likely felt beyond the reach of grace. He is reading Isaiah’s promise that God will give eunuchs who hold fast to his covenant “a name better than sons and daughters” (Isa. 56:5 CSB). He is also reading that the Servant would be pierced for our rebellion and that by his wounds we are healed (Isa. 53:5–6 CSB). God sends Philip to essentially say: Your scars do not define you, the scars of Jesus do.

Only Jesus gets to tell you who you are. Not your past. Not your desires. Not your successes or failures. He made you, he loves you, and he redeemed you with his blood. Following him will sometimes mean saying no to powerful desires the world affirms. It will also mean discovering a better freedom on the other side of obedience, where your life, body, and relationships are shaped by his grace and truth.

Reflection Question: Where are your sexual desires and God’s wisdom in tension right now? What is one concrete step you can take this week to flee what is harmful and pursue life in the Spirit?

Prayer: Father, thank you that I am made in your image and loved by you. Where my desires and your word are in conflict, renew my mind and strengthen my will. Jesus, define me by your grace, not by my past. Holy Spirit, give me life and peace as I follow you with my body, my mind, and my relationships. Amen.