June 4, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode of Bible Bytes, host Randy Black delves into the complex and often contentious topic of Pride Month from a Biblical perspective. As June unfolds, Randy reflects on the influx of Pride Month celebrations and the cultural affirmations of identity and freedom. Through prayer and meditation, he seeks to understand what God's Word says about pride and human sexuality. The episode explores the Biblical stance on pride, emphasizing that it is seen as self-exaltation and rebellion against God. Randy discusses scriptures from both the Old and New Testaments, highlighting God's design for human relationships and the consistent Biblical view on homosexuality.
Randy encourages listeners to approach Pride Month with truth, love, and hope, urging believers to speak boldly yet compassionately about the dangers of celebrating sin. He emphasizes the transformative power of Christ, who offers forgiveness and a new identity to all sinners. The episode concludes with a call to repentance and a reminder of the unchanging truth of God's Word, encouraging believers to stand firm in their faith and share the message of salvation through Jesus Christ. Randy invites listeners to continue exploring Biblical truths in future episodes, returning to the series on women of the Bible.
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Randy Black (00:07):
We gather here today
with open hearts and minds to grow in faith and
(00:52):
Welcome to Bible Bites, the podcast where we work to inspire faith
one bite at a time.
I'm your host, Randy Black.
Today's episode,
tackles a subject that's
front and center in our culture every June,
Pride Month.
I've wrestled with this idea for several days as we've started the month of June,
(01:16):
and the immediate influx of pride month items began to flood my social media
in my email inbox.
Many hours of prayer
and of meditation
have led me to this episode today.
While many celebrated as a time to affirm identity and freedom,
as believers,
(01:36):
we're called to ask,
what does God's word say about pride and human sexuality?
We will explore
these ideas
today
on the podcast.
Before we begin,
let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Heavenly father,
we come before you today with reverence
(01:58):
and with humility,
seeking to understand your truth
in a world
filled with confusion.
Lord, we ask for clarity
as we open up your word.
Help us to see
not through the lens of culture or comfort,
but through the lens
(02:18):
of scripture.
As we discuss matters of pride, identity, and sexuality,
let your holy spirit guide every word spoken
and every thought received.
May we speak truth boldly,
but always in love,
and may your design for creation
and your standard for holiness
(02:41):
be honored.
Give us courage to stand firm,
grace
to speak gently,
and wisdom
to discern rightly.
Prepare our hearts, Lord, to receive what you have said,
not what the world says,
but what you say.
In the name of your son, Jesus Christ, we pray.
(03:04):
Amen.
Let's begin with with the root
of the issue,
pride itself.
The Bible isn't vague about pride.
God hates it,
not just in the context of sexuality,
but in every form because pride is about self exaltation.
(03:26):
It's about putting me
above God.
Proverbs 16 verse five says, everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord.
Be assured
he will not go unpunished.
Pride is not just a flaw.
It's rebellion.
(03:47):
It puts self on the throne
instead of God.
Proverbs eight thirteen tells us the fear of the Lord is to hate evil,
pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverted mouth, I hate.
To revere God
means
we must reject what he rejects,
(04:09):
including the elevation of self through pride.
And in one of my favorite books of the Bible, James chapter four
verse six, we see that God is opposed to the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.
The more pride rules us,
(04:31):
the less grace
can reach us.
God's blessings flow through humility.
So before we even talk about sexuality,
we need to recognize this.
A month devoted to the celebration of pride
already flies in the face of the scripture.
(04:53):
Pride leads people to justify
sin
instead of repent from it,
and that is an extremely dangerous place to be.
From the beginning,
God gave us a beautiful blueprint for human relationships
between one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage.
(05:16):
In Genesis chapter one verses twenty seven and twenty eight, we see God created man in his own image.
Male and female, he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, be fruitful
and multiply.
God's blessing
came with purpose.
(05:37):
Marriage and procreation are not
human inventions.
They are divine gifts from the Lord.
In Genesis chapter two verse 24, we read, for this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
(05:57):
This unity reflects God's design,
a biological,
emotional,
and spiritual covenant.
We go to the New Testament, and in Matthew chapter 19
verses four through five, Jesus said,
have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
(06:17):
and the two shall become one flesh?
Jesus here reaffirms
God's design,
not redefines it.
His words echo what we see in Genesis,
showing that we have consistency
through the scriptures
from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
(06:38):
God's design is extremely clear.
Anything outside of that, from adultery to pornography to same sex relationships
misses the mark
of his original intent.
The Bible is unambiguous
about homosexuality,
not just in the old testament,
but in the new testament as well.
(07:00):
Let's look at Leviticus chapter 18 verse 22.
You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female.
It is an abomination.
God calls this very behavior detestable,
not to shame people, but to call them back to his original design.
(07:21):
In the same book of Leviticus chapter 20 verse 13, we read,
if there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman,
both of them have committed a detestable act.
God's consistency
in both testaments shows the seriousness of this sin,
not as worse than others, but as one that distorts his design.
(07:44):
In Romans chapter one verses twenty six and twenty seven, Paul writes this,
God gave them up to degrading passions.
The men too abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts.
Paul describes a descent into sin as people reject God.
(08:08):
Homosexual behavior is listed as part of that rebellion.
We also see in first Corinthians
chapter six verses nine and ten,
do not be deceived,
neither their sexually immoral
nor homosexuals
will inherit the kingdom of God.
The deception
is real, and Paul warns the church with love.
(08:31):
These sins break fellowship with God,
but
they can be forgiven.
This isn't about singling out one sin. It's about recognizing
all sin
that separates us from a holy God.
Pride month isn't just about committing sin.
(08:52):
It's about publicly
celebrating sin.
Let's look at Isaiah chapter five verse 20.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.
When wrong is labeled right,
(09:12):
society enters dangerous territory.
God's truth is reversed in the name of tolerance.
In Romans chapter one verse 32, we see this.
Although they know the ordinance of God,
they not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.
(09:33):
This is a chilling verse.
Applauding sin
is itself sinful.
Pride month is not just about identity.
It's about endorsement.
And then in Philippians chapter three verse 19,
the Bible says this,
whose glory is in their shame?
(09:55):
Who set their minds on earthly things?
When shame becomes a badge of honor,
we reveal
where our hearts truly lie,
in the world,
not in God.
This is where the spiritual danger grows.
Open rebellion
(10:16):
wrapped in celebration
leads hearts further away from repentance
and ultimately
further
from salvation.
Here's the good news.
Jesus came to save sinners.
All sinners, including the proud, the immoral,
(10:37):
and the broken.
Let's look at first Corinthians chapter six verse 11.
Such were some of you, but you were washed, you were sanctified,
and you were justified in the name of the lord Jesus Christ.
The church is full of former sinners.
It's full of current sinners.
(10:58):
The power of Christ is not just to forgive,
but it is to transform.
Second Corinthians chapter five verse 17 says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
this person is a new creation.
The old things passed away. Behold,
(11:18):
new things have come.
Our old labels, whether
prideful,
broken,
or rebellious,
can be replaced
with a new identity in Christ.
When Jesus encountered the woman caught in adultery
in John
chapter eight, he didn't condemn her,
(11:40):
but he also didn't affirm her sin.
John chapter eight verse 11 says, I do not condemn you either. Go from now on. Do not sin any longer.
He didn't excuse the sin. He forgave, and he called the sinner to a new way of living.
That's our message.
(12:01):
Not condemnation,
but salvation
through repentance,
through faith, and through Jesus Christ.
So
how should we,
as believers, respond
to pride month?
First, we should speak the truth
without compromise.
(12:24):
Second,
we love people enough
to warn them about the dangers of this.
And third,
we always point to the hope that is only found in Christ.
Matthew four seventeen says, repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(12:45):
Repentance
is the beginning of healing.
Jesus's first sermon is still his invitation
to us
today. This is not hate.
This is hope.
This is love,
and it's found in the unchanging truth of God's word.
True freedom
(13:07):
is not found in doing what we want,
but in becoming
who God created us
to be.
Let's close out with a word of prayer.
Lord God,
thank you for the truth of your word
and the conviction of your spirit.
(13:29):
Today, we've heard hard truths,
truths that challenge
the world's message,
but lead us to life in you.
Help us, father, not to shrink back from righteousness.
Let us love people enough to speak clearly
and compassionately.
(13:49):
Forgive us for the times we've compromised
or we've stayed silent.
Remind us that your grace is sufficient
for all who turn to you,
that no sin is too great
and no heart too far gone for your redeeming love.
Seal these truths in our hearts
(14:11):
and help us to walk with conviction,
courage, and compassion
in the days ahead.
In the name of your son, Jesus, we pray.
Amen.
Thank you for joining me on this special episode of Bible Bites.
If today's message brought clarity or conviction,
I encourage
(14:32):
you to share it with somebody else.
Let's keep anchoring our lives in the word of God and standing firm in the truth.
We'll be back to our series on women of the Bible
with our next episode, which will be our third about Hagar
here on Bible Bites,
the podcast where we work to inspire faith
(14:55):
one bite at a time.
Bible
bites.
Bible
bites.
Inspiring
faith one bite at a time.
With
We gather here today
with open hearts and minds to grow in faith and
(00:52):
Welcome to Bible Bites, the podcast where we work to inspire faith
one bite at a time.
I'm your host, Randy Black.
Today's episode,
tackles a subject that's
front and center in our culture every June,
Pride Month.
I've wrestled with this idea for several days as we've started the month of June,
(01:16):
and the immediate influx of pride month items began to flood my social media
in my email inbox.
Many hours of prayer
and of meditation
have led me to this episode today.
While many celebrated as a time to affirm identity and freedom,
as believers,
(01:36):
we're called to ask,
what does God's word say about pride and human sexuality?
We will explore
these ideas
today
on the podcast.
Before we begin,
let's go to the Lord in prayer.
Heavenly father,
we come before you today with reverence
(01:58):
and with humility,
seeking to understand your truth
in a world
filled with confusion.
Lord, we ask for clarity
as we open up your word.
Help us to see
not through the lens of culture or comfort,
but through the lens
(02:18):
of scripture.
As we discuss matters of pride, identity, and sexuality,
let your holy spirit guide every word spoken
and every thought received.
May we speak truth boldly,
but always in love,
and may your design for creation
and your standard for holiness
(02:41):
be honored.
Give us courage to stand firm,
grace
to speak gently,
and wisdom
to discern rightly.
Prepare our hearts, Lord, to receive what you have said,
not what the world says,
but what you say.
In the name of your son, Jesus Christ, we pray.
(03:04):
Amen.
Let's begin with with the root
of the issue,
pride itself.
The Bible isn't vague about pride.
God hates it,
not just in the context of sexuality,
but in every form because pride is about self exaltation.
(03:26):
It's about putting me
above God.
Proverbs 16 verse five says, everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord.
Be assured
he will not go unpunished.
Pride is not just a flaw.
It's rebellion.
(03:47):
It puts self on the throne
instead of God.
Proverbs eight thirteen tells us the fear of the Lord is to hate evil,
pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverted mouth, I hate.
To revere God
means
we must reject what he rejects,
(04:09):
including the elevation of self through pride.
And in one of my favorite books of the Bible, James chapter four
verse six, we see that God is opposed to the proud,
but gives grace to the humble.
The more pride rules us,
(04:31):
the less grace
can reach us.
God's blessings flow through humility.
So before we even talk about sexuality,
we need to recognize this.
A month devoted to the celebration of pride
already flies in the face of the scripture.
(04:53):
Pride leads people to justify
sin
instead of repent from it,
and that is an extremely dangerous place to be.
From the beginning,
God gave us a beautiful blueprint for human relationships
between one man and one woman in the covenant of marriage.
(05:16):
In Genesis chapter one verses twenty seven and twenty eight, we see God created man in his own image.
Male and female, he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, be fruitful
and multiply.
God's blessing
came with purpose.
(05:37):
Marriage and procreation are not
human inventions.
They are divine gifts from the Lord.
In Genesis chapter two verse 24, we read, for this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
(05:57):
This unity reflects God's design,
a biological,
emotional,
and spiritual covenant.
We go to the New Testament, and in Matthew chapter 19
verses four through five, Jesus said,
have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,
(06:17):
and the two shall become one flesh?
Jesus here reaffirms
God's design,
not redefines it.
His words echo what we see in Genesis,
showing that we have consistency
through the scriptures
from the Old Testament to the New Testament.
(06:38):
God's design is extremely clear.
Anything outside of that, from adultery to pornography to same sex relationships
misses the mark
of his original intent.
The Bible is unambiguous
about homosexuality,
not just in the old testament,
but in the new testament as well.
(07:00):
Let's look at Leviticus chapter 18 verse 22.
You shall not sleep with a male as one sleeps with a female.
It is an abomination.
God calls this very behavior detestable,
not to shame people, but to call them back to his original design.
(07:21):
In the same book of Leviticus chapter 20 verse 13, we read,
if there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman,
both of them have committed a detestable act.
God's consistency
in both testaments shows the seriousness of this sin,
not as worse than others, but as one that distorts his design.
(07:44):
In Romans chapter one verses twenty six and twenty seven, Paul writes this,
God gave them up to degrading passions.
The men too abandoned natural relations with women and burned in their desire toward one another, males with males committing shameful acts.
Paul describes a descent into sin as people reject God.
(08:08):
Homosexual behavior is listed as part of that rebellion.
We also see in first Corinthians
chapter six verses nine and ten,
do not be deceived,
neither their sexually immoral
nor homosexuals
will inherit the kingdom of God.
The deception
is real, and Paul warns the church with love.
(08:31):
These sins break fellowship with God,
but
they can be forgiven.
This isn't about singling out one sin. It's about recognizing
all sin
that separates us from a holy God.
Pride month isn't just about committing sin.
(08:52):
It's about publicly
celebrating sin.
Let's look at Isaiah chapter five verse 20.
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness.
When wrong is labeled right,
(09:12):
society enters dangerous territory.
God's truth is reversed in the name of tolerance.
In Romans chapter one verse 32, we see this.
Although they know the ordinance of God,
they not only do them, but also approve of those who practice them.
(09:33):
This is a chilling verse.
Applauding sin
is itself sinful.
Pride month is not just about identity.
It's about endorsement.
And then in Philippians chapter three verse 19,
the Bible says this,
whose glory is in their shame?
(09:55):
Who set their minds on earthly things?
When shame becomes a badge of honor,
we reveal
where our hearts truly lie,
in the world,
not in God.
This is where the spiritual danger grows.
Open rebellion
(10:16):
wrapped in celebration
leads hearts further away from repentance
and ultimately
further
from salvation.
Here's the good news.
Jesus came to save sinners.
All sinners, including the proud, the immoral,
(10:37):
and the broken.
Let's look at first Corinthians chapter six verse 11.
Such were some of you, but you were washed, you were sanctified,
and you were justified in the name of the lord Jesus Christ.
The church is full of former sinners.
It's full of current sinners.
(10:58):
The power of Christ is not just to forgive,
but it is to transform.
Second Corinthians chapter five verse 17 says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ,
this person is a new creation.
The old things passed away. Behold,
(11:18):
new things have come.
Our old labels, whether
prideful,
broken,
or rebellious,
can be replaced
with a new identity in Christ.
When Jesus encountered the woman caught in adultery
in John
chapter eight, he didn't condemn her,
(11:40):
but he also didn't affirm her sin.
John chapter eight verse 11 says, I do not condemn you either. Go from now on. Do not sin any longer.
He didn't excuse the sin. He forgave, and he called the sinner to a new way of living.
That's our message.
(12:01):
Not condemnation,
but salvation
through repentance,
through faith, and through Jesus Christ.
So
how should we,
as believers, respond
to pride month?
First, we should speak the truth
without compromise.
(12:24):
Second,
we love people enough
to warn them about the dangers of this.
And third,
we always point to the hope that is only found in Christ.
Matthew four seventeen says, repent,
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
(12:45):
Repentance
is the beginning of healing.
Jesus's first sermon is still his invitation
to us
today. This is not hate.
This is hope.
This is love,
and it's found in the unchanging truth of God's word.
True freedom
(13:07):
is not found in doing what we want,
but in becoming
who God created us
to be.
Let's close out with a word of prayer.
Lord God,
thank you for the truth of your word
and the conviction of your spirit.
(13:29):
Today, we've heard hard truths,
truths that challenge
the world's message,
but lead us to life in you.
Help us, father, not to shrink back from righteousness.
Let us love people enough to speak clearly
and compassionately.
(13:49):
Forgive us for the times we've compromised
or we've stayed silent.
Remind us that your grace is sufficient
for all who turn to you,
that no sin is too great
and no heart too far gone for your redeeming love.
Seal these truths in our hearts
(14:11):
and help us to walk with conviction,
courage, and compassion
in the days ahead.
In the name of your son, Jesus, we pray.
Amen.
Thank you for joining me on this special episode of Bible Bites.
If today's message brought clarity or conviction,
I encourage
(14:32):
you to share it with somebody else.
Let's keep anchoring our lives in the word of God and standing firm in the truth.
We'll be back to our series on women of the Bible
with our next episode, which will be our third about Hagar
here on Bible Bites,
the podcast where we work to inspire faith
(14:55):
one bite at a time.
Bible
bites.
Bible
bites.
Inspiring
faith one bite at a time.
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