A viewer on YouTube asked for Biblical support as to why transgenderism is wrong (he said he was a trans woman but is willing to leave it all behind if someone can convince him it's a sin). I thought my response was worth sharing: I'm going to say this as gently as I possibly can, but I am still learning how to speak the truth in love. So feel free to call me out if I'm too harsh 😭 But the Biblical argument against transgenderism starts from common sense, in my opinion. I love you, deeply, as a sibling in Christ. But you are still, biologically, a man. Every cell in your body is male, thanks to your DNA. There is nothing you can do to change that. Gender/sex, whatever the appropriate word is, cannot be altered by the clothes you wear, how you style your hair, the hormone pills you take, or the surgery you get. Down to a cellular and mental level, you are male. There is a verse, however, that directly addresses transgenderism: Deuteronomy 22:5 "A woman must not wear men’s clothing, nor a man wear women’s clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this." Please read the verse in the context of the chapter if you disagree with my interpretation of it. Secondly, we know that God created humans male and female (Genesis 1:27). From literally the first chapter of the Bible, God has made a very clear distinction between men and women. The difference between genders extends much farther than just appearance, mannerisms, and clothing. Men and women have different *purposes*. Men are made to lead and protect and be responsible for those weaker and more vulnerable than them. Women are made to support and prop up and encourage their men forward. Both are crucial roles and both could not operate without the other. So the difference between genders is not an arbitrary aesthetic value that can be obtained just by blunt force. You, as a male, will never be able to obtain what makes women distinctly women. And me, as a woman, will never be able to obtain what makes you distinctly a man. Lastly, Psalm 139:13-14: "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." God was intentional when He made you a man. He put thought and care and love into every detail about you. There was a reason that you were born a man and not a woman, and God does not make mistakes. Maybe you have been shown such an awful portrayal of masculinity that you recoil from the mere thought of associating yourself with it, or perhaps the idea of femininity has been so propped up for you that you cannot imagine yourself any other way. Maybe you're simply very, viscerally uncomfortable in your own skin and wish you could be anyone else, look any other way (to which I relate all too much). Maybe you've been told and shown one too many times the only way for you to be loved is to be a woman. I don't know the reason why you transitioned, but I do know, in almost every single person I've met who has, there's deep, deep aching pain at the core of it. So I'm telling you, it's a lie from the enemy. It's a lie that you can only be loved as a woman. It's a lie that being a man is bad. It's a lie that this is the only way for you to be accepted or beautiful or good. You are fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. And God did not make a mistake when He formed you. He loves you deeply and desperately wants you to become a man after His own heart. I'm praying for you [name], I hope something I've said is helpful ❤