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Friendly – 71%

Has good values and principles – 76% Offers hope for the future – 54% Judgemental – 87% Antihomosexual – 91%Slide3
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Leviticus 18:22

22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.   Leviticus 20:13 13 

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Slide5

Genesis 19:4–8

4 … the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.”

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Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,

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and said, “I beg you, my brothers,

do not act so wickedly

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Behold, I have two daughters who

have not known any man

. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof.” Slide6

Romans 1:18, 26-27

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. … 26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature;

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and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. Slide7

1 Corinthians 6:9–10 9 … Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Slide8

1 Timothy 1:9–10 9 … the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, 10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,… Slide9

Does God therefore hate homosexuals? Slide10

Psalm 5:4–6 4  For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. 5  The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;

you hate all evildoers.

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You destroy those who speak lies;

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abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. Slide11

Psalm 51:17

(ESV) 17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Slide12

God hates those who repeatedly and unrepentantly engage in homosexual practices.Slide13

God hates those who repeatedly and unrepentantly engage in any kinds of sins.Slide14
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Definition of ‘Gay’

Cambridge Dictionary: “A person who is sexually attracted to people of the same sex and not to people of the opposite sex.” Oxford: “Sexual attraction to people of one's own sex.”

Miriam-Webster:

“[2]. of, relating to, or involving sexual activity between persons of the same sex <homosexual acts>.”

Sexual attraction vs. Sexual activity Slide16

Hebrews 4:15

15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Slide17
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“But it’s not fair!”Slide20

The statement ‘I was born this way’ is not 100% conclusive.

“…the causes of sexual orientation (whether homosexual or heterosexual) are not known at this time and likely are multifactorial including biological and behavioural roots which may vary between individuals and may even vary over time.”

Position Statement on Homosexuality, 2013

American Psychiatric AssociationSlide21

The statement ‘I was born this way’ is not 100% conclusive.

Same-sex desire is not necessarily consciously chosen.Slide22

The statement ‘I was born this way’ is not 100% conclusive.

Same-sex desire is not necessarily consciously chosen.The presence of the desire does not necessarily justify the consummation of that desire. Slide23

The statement ‘I was born this way’ is not 100% conclusive.

Same-sex desire is not necessarily consciously chosen.The presence of the desire does not necessarily justify the consummation of that desire. God can choose to remove, OR not to remove, that desire. Slide24

1 Corinthians 6:11 (ESV) 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. Slide25

“Christianity was the very first religion, or worldview, to uphold single adulthood as a viable way of life.”

- Stanley Hauerwas -Slide26

The statement ‘I was born this way’ is not 100% conclusive.

Same-sex desire is not necessarily consciously chosen.The presence of the desire does not necessarily justify the consummation of that desire. God can choose to remove, OR not to remove, that desire. God’s grace is sufficient in our weaknessesSlide27

God’s commission for us is to make disciples of all nations,

not to make heterosexuals of all nations.Slide28

“Regardless of whether your temptations, your passions, your desires, your struggles change, God is calling us to live a life of obedience. God is calling us to live a life of holiness. So I realized that the opposite of homosexuality is not heterosexuality, but holiness.”Slide29

“At the heart of the homosexual condition is a deep loneliness, the natural human hunger for mutual love, a search for identity and a longing for completeness.” Slide30
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