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=== Toward Family === | === Toward Family === | ||
:'''<span id="265.6">(6)</span>''' | :'''<span id="265.6">(6)</span>''' Follow the teachings of the Scriptures regarding marriage and divorce. We affirm that sexual relationships outside of marriage and sexual relationships between persons of the same sex are immoral and sinful. We further affirm that marriage between one man and one woman is God’s design, and we regard sexual sin of the spouse, such as adultery, homosexual behavior, bestiality, or incest, as clear biblical grounds for considering divorce, and then only when appropriate counseling has failed to restore the relationship. | ||
:[[Exodus 20:14|Ex. 20:14]], [[Exodus 20:17|17]]; [[Exodus 22:19|22:19]]; [[Leviticus 20:10-16|Lev. 20:10–16]]; [[Matthew 5:32|Matt. 5:32]]; [[Matthew 19:19|19:19]]; [[Mark 10:11-12]]; [[Luke 16:18]]. | :[[Exodus 20:14|Ex. 20:14]], [[Exodus 20:17|17]]; [[Exodus 22:19|22:19]]; [[Leviticus 20:10-16|Lev. 20:10–16]]; [[Matthew 5:32|Matt. 5:32]]; [[Matthew 19:19|19:19]]; [[Mark 10:11-12]]; [[Luke 16:18]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 16:35, 5 November 2022
Toward Family
- (6) Follow the teachings of the Scriptures regarding marriage and divorce. We affirm that sexual relationships outside of marriage and sexual relationships between persons of the same sex are immoral and sinful. We further affirm that marriage between one man and one woman is God’s design, and we regard sexual sin of the spouse, such as adultery, homosexual behavior, bestiality, or incest, as clear biblical grounds for considering divorce, and then only when appropriate counseling has failed to restore the relationship.