Though there is currently much debate regarding a variety of genders and gender identity, God’s Word is clear that He created two genders (Genesis 2:22, 5:2, Matthew 19:4, Mark 10:6), and those genders are physically formed in the womb, and mankind comes into the world as either male or female (Leviticus 12:7, Jeremiah 1:5, Luke 2:23). Genders are not based upon personal perception or emotional state of mind as modern psychology seems to present. God’s Word has presented with clarity that there are two genders, and there is nothing which effectively refutes this, especially since it requires two distinct genders to procreate which was one of God’s main purposes for two genders (Genesis 1:28).
To understand God’s view of genders, one must accept that the two genders are equal in God’s sight, but unique based upon physical attributes as well as gender defined positional fulfillment, such as husbands and wives within the home and various leadership positions within the local church. (1 Timothy 3, Titus 1-2). There are other human compartmentalizations divided by physical attributes, such as skin color and other genetic based similarities, but genders is one divide that transcends all these people groups. These other divisions are often referred to as the various “races” of mankind, such as is found the children’s song “Jesus Loves The Little Children," where children are seen as red, yellow, black, and white. However, the Bible makes no such distinction based solely upon these physical attributes (races) because God did not create various races but made all mankind through a single woman, Eve (Genesis 3:20), and only divided mankind by nations, languages, kindreds, and peoples (Revelation 5:9, 14:6) after their desire to reject His plan and purposes at the tower of Babel (Genesis 10 -11). The establishment of races appear to have developed from genetics due to the separation after the Tower of Babel. It must be noted that the greatest demarcation of divisions within mankind is not found in either gender or race but in being saved or lost (1 Corinthians 15:45).
In his original condition, mankind, as all creation, was not influenced by sin as mankind was sinless and physically complete (Genesis 1:31). Mankind willingly rejected God’s perfect creation and simple command of obedience, which led to God’s judgment on all creation and sin’s impact upon man’s spiritual and physical conditions as well as creation’s continual dissolution and ultimate destruction (Genesis 6:5, 8:31, Psalm 14, Romans 3:10-12, 5:12-19, I Timothy 2:14).
Presently there is great confusion and division over the issue of how are genders defined and how many genders are there within humanity. In 2017, National Geographic Magazine published an article entitled “Gender Revolution” where a nine-year proudly stated, “The best thing about being a girl is, now I don’t have to pretend to be a boy.” The article further alludes that the cultural acceptance of far more than two genders, and even the acceptance of people who choose to reject all gender identity. Yet, God is the Creator of genders. One cannot read the first chapter of the Bible without seeing this truth and understanding that God created two genders physically - male and female. But today many have chosen to reject how they were physically made in exchange for how they emotionally feel. They are rejecting that which is visually clear for that which is emotionally arbitrary. This gender identity confusion has become the basis for the current gender identity crisis in our world. Public organizations have begun to allow multiple gender identities, as examples, the city of New York, as of early 2018, to accept over 30 gender options in their paperwork for city employee positions and even internet social media site Facebook to list over 70 gender choices when one registers for their site.
Though it may be true that many of those rejecting the two gender choices are doing such simply to reject God, there are those who are genuinely confused by their feelings and their bodies and so it is still an issue that the current generation needs to have biblical truth to stand upon and a biblical truth to share. One must realize that the gender identity crisis in the world today goes far beyond, as some attest, just the food we eat or the secular culture which propagates itself upon us. It is because the world needs the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Gospel changes people within, even those who are rebelling against their God given gender. But let it be clear, though there is a very small percentage of people born with genetic abnormalities known as intersex physical traits (both male and female body parts), God in His perfect Creation made just two genders by His love and for His ordained purposes.
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