Who Is to Blame for Homosexuality?
Rev. Angus Stewart defends God's character against the charge that He is responsible for homosexuality, arguing that God created humanity righteous and that sexual sin represents human corruption of God's good design. The article grounds its argument in Scripture (Romans 1, Ecclesiastes 7:29) and Reformed confessional standards (Westminster Larger Catechism), affirming that homosexual practice is sinful while situating it within the broader context of humanity's rebellion against God's law.
Rev. Angus Stewart Some people perversely suggest that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is to “blame” for homosexuality. “Blame” requires transgression of the law and hence guilt, but the Almighty cannot sin or even be tempted to sin. All Jehovah’s ways are “just and right” for He is “a God of truth and without iniquity” (Deut. 32:4). Thus Scripture asks rhetorically and indignantly, “O man, who art thou that repliest against God?” (Rom. 9:20). God created man holy and righteous...