This narrow way

See if this sounds familiar. Well, Jesus never said anything about (fill in the blank). The usual context of this statement is relating to homosexuality, but it can be applied to every other sin man tries to justify which Jesus failed to explicitly condemn during his ministry on Earth.  My answer to this is simple. So?

Let’s begin…well, in the beginning.

“Then God said, let us make man in our image, according to our likeness” Genesis 1:26. Us? Our? Also in Genesis Chapter 11 v. 7 where the people were building a tower to reach into heaven. “Let Us go down and there confuse their language…” These are the first mentions of the Trinity in the Bible. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The first chapter of John’s Gospel confirms:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. And we saw his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14. Jesus, with God from the beginning. Not only with God but was God. Is God.

“Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.” Leviticus 18:22

^“ If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman both of them have done what is detestable…” Leviticus 20:13

When someone says these are Old Testament scriptures, not the words of Jesus, the Book of Leviticus begins:

“The Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting.”

God spoke to Moses, Jesus was with God and was God from the beginning. These are Jesus’ words.

“I and the Father are One.” John 10:30.

Just as an aside, this is why I’m not a fan of versions of the Bible with Jesus’ words in red. They’re all Jesus’ words.

Now on to the New Testament references to homosexuality.

“In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. Romans 1:27.

“Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor homosexual offenders,nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10.

But these are the words of Paul, not Jesus.  Well, not so much. Paul himself makes that clear.

“All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16.

“This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.” 1 Corinthians 2:13.

Peter concurs.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21.

John brings them all together in writing Revelation.

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet.. Revelation 1:9-10.

This is why my response to the statement, Jesus never said is, so? The words of God, the words of Jesus, and the words written by men inspired by the Holy Spirit are inseparable. If one said it, they all said it.

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one.” 1 John 5:7. (KJV)