
A decade ago Obergefell v. Hodges unthinkable.

If one does not support gay “marriage” you are
considered:
 An arrogant bigot of the rankest sort,
 A ‘Neanderthal,’
 A ‘knuckle dragger,’
 On the ‘wrong side of history.’
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

Social pressure very intolerant! Must not just
“We are
no longer seeking
just athem!
right to
accept
homosexuals,
must celebrate
privacy
or a seeks
right totosilence
protection
from
Gay
community
any opposition
wrong.
We also have a right ... to see
to
their agenda:
government
andlegislation.
society

Seek “hate crime”
affirm our
lives.”
 Many schools, universities, businesses, etc.
adopting
“codes.” Gay and Lesbian
Jeffreyspeech
Levi, National
Tasklike
Force
(Citizen,
 How long till sermons
this one
draws 5/97)
government sanction?!
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
Comments on news/political web sites
concerning gay “marriage”:
 A grand and glorious triumph of ‘civil rights.’
 On par with the ‘civil rights’ movement under Martin
Luther King.
 Opposers of gay “marriage” akin to those in ‘Jim
Crow’ south who denied equal rights to blacks.
 Some claim Jesus would be pleased; He would
approve and celebrate the gay lifestyle.
 Some go so far as to claim Jesus was a homosexual.
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 Stop using euphemisms and call things
what they really are!
 The so-called “gay lifestyle” is the
practice of homosexuality.
 Same-sex “marriage” is the “marriage”
of two homosexuals.
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

Specifically condemned in the Law of
InLev.
Leviticus
God15-16
puts
Moses:
18:22-23; 20:13,
homosexual
sexa woman”
on therefers
To “lie
with a male as with
to homosexual intercourse: cf. Gen. 30:14same
level
as
bestiality!
17; 39:7-14; Num. 5:13
That’s why it’s an
 Remember OT law (vs. NT law) was limited
abomination!
in application
and duration: Gal. 3:24-25
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
Sodom: gays make false claims about lack of hospitality
and not homosexual behavior: Gen. 19:1-11

“know” means “know them carnally” (NKJV); “have sex
with them” (NIV): cf. Judges 19:22; Num. 31:17, 18, 35;
Gen. 4:1, 17, 25; Matt. 1:23-25; Lk. 1:27, 34

Lot considered it “wicked” conduct! Gen. 19:7

NT considers it “ungodly,” “filthy,” “wicked,” and
“lawless” behavior: 2 Pet. 2:6-8; Jude 7

Jude 7: “sexual immorality and perversion” (NIV).
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
Jesus never specifically says “homosexual.”

Arguing from silence is very dangerous!
Jesus condemns a lot of conduct He never
specifically mentions (i.e., in red letters).

Jesus does soundly condemn “fornication”
(i.e., “sexual immorality”) which is a
general term that includes homosexual
behavior: cf. Mk. 5:32; Matt. 19:9
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
Jesus promised Holy Spirit to apostles: Jn.
14:26; 15:26; 16:13

Apostles and prophets were guided by the
Holy Spirit and their revelations were
understandable: Eph. 3:3, 4

Holy Spirit guided inspired men into “all
truth” (Jn. 16:13) by the end of the first
century (Jude 3).
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
When we read the words written by
inspired men it’s the same as reading the
words of the Lord Himself! 1 Cor. 14:37

Every word written by Matthew, Mark,
Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James or Jude in
reality emanated from “the Word”: Jn. 1:1;
1 Cor. 2:9-10
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
That’s a big negative! Rom. 1:18-28
 Prevailing attitude of “ungodliness” and
“unrighteousness”: v. 18a
 Led them to “suppress the truth” in their
unrighteous living: v. 18b
 Led them to refuse to “glorify Him as God,”
“nor were thankful” despite the fact God’s
“invisible attributes…even His eternal power
and Godhead…are clearly seen”: v. 20
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
Where did all this “ungodliness,” “unrighteousness,” and suppression “of the truth” lead them?
 First, they became “futile in their thoughts, and their
foolish hearts were darkened”: v. 21
 Rejected the one true living God to practice gross
immorality: vv. 22-23
 Led them to profess “to be wise,” but in reality
“they became fools” (v. 22) by first turning to rank
idolatry: v. 23; Psa. 14:1
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
What was God’s response? “Therefore God also
gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their
hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves”: v. 24
 How did this “uncleanness,” “lust of their
hearts,” and dishonoring of “their bodies”
manifest itself?
 The very first manifestation was the giving of
themselves over to homosexuality!
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
Vv. 24-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 24: “uncleanness”: impure behavior, morally
impure or filthy.
 V. 24: “lusts of their hearts”: the source of
homosexual behavior (as all sin!) originates in
the “heart” as an expression of one’s “lusts.” cf.
Jas. 1:13-15
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
Nature vs. nurture? Is biology destiny?
 Gay community and supporters claim people are “born
“Anybody
who tells
you that we have
gay” (i.e., determined
by biology).
found
a gene
that show
creates
homosexuality
 Identical
twin studies
a genetic
“component,” but
much largerdoes
role (i.e.,
more
nurture
hasenvironment
not readplays
thea reports,
not
know
than nature!).
what they are talking about, and is
 In identical twins, if one twin gay, only ~20% of identical
illiterate
topic.”
twins areon
gay.the
Would
be 100% if strictly genetic!
 Genetics is a component of manyDr.
complex
human
Joseph
Davis
behaviors (e.g., alcoholism, drug addiction, depression,
arson, etc.) but doesn’t predestine one to the behavior!
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
Vv. 24-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 24: “dishonor their bodies”: homosexuals
shamefully insult their own bodies through their
licentious behavior: 1 Cor. 6:18; Heb. 13:4
 V. 26: “vile passions”: those passions having a
dishonoring or shameful effect.
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
Vv. 24-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 26 & 27: “against nature”: lesbian conduct
under view in v. 26, male homosexuality in v. 27.
 “natural” mode of sexual intercourse is between
a man and a woman (Heb. 13:4).
 Homosexual behavior (female-female, or malemale, v. 27) is “exchanging” the “natural use” for
“what is against nature” (v. 26).
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
Vv. 24-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 27: “shameful”: in reference to sodomy;
degrading conduct.
 V. 27: “error”: “a wandering”; “error in morals
or religion.” (Vine)(cf. Eph. 5:11; Ezek. 33:7-9)
 The gay community and their supporters are
mentioned in Isa. 5:20.
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
Vv. 24-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 28: “a debased mind”: Vine: “not standing
the test, rejected”; negative of approved.
 Saddest words in the Bible repeated three times:
“God also gave them up,” (v. 24); “God gave them
up,” (v. 26); and “God gave them over” (v. 28).
 Once this happens we are on the slippery slope
to every sort of degrading sins: vv. 29-31
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
Society portrays homosexuals as liberated and
enlightened, really? Trevor Project
 Lesbians two times more likely to attempt
suicide than straight women (28.4%?).
 Gay and lesbian youth account for ~30% of all
“completed” suicides.
 Gay teens three times more likely to attempt
suicide than heterosexual peers.
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
Society portrays homosexuals as liberated and
enlightened, really? Trevor Project
 Gay teens are four times more likely to make a
suicide attempt requiring medical attention.
 Gay men are six times more likely to attempt
suicide than heterosexual peers.
 Among gay men HIV infection rate is 44 times
greater than in heterosexual men, 40 times
greater than in women (Source: Bilerico Project).
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
Society portrays homosexuals as liberated and
enlightened, really? Trevor Project
 Among gay men syphilis infection rate is 46 times
greater than in heterosexual men, 71 times greater
than in women (Source: Bilerico Project)
 “Rates of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive
disorder, phobia, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, and
alcohol and drug dependence were significantly
higher in homosexual respondents (Source:
PsychCentral).
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
Society portrays homosexuals as liberated and
enlightened, really? Centers for Disease Control
says “Men who have sex with men…are only 2%
of the population, yet…
 “account for 60% of all new HIV infections”
 “are 40 times more likely to be infected with HIV”
 “are the only risk group in which new HIV infections
have been steadily increasing since the early 1990s.”
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
Vv. 26-28 graphically describes the sordid state
of their behavior as they practiced homosexuality.
 V. 27: “not fitting”
 “The idea is then that the deeds done by those of
a rejected or reprobate mind are not fitting or
proper in relation to God’s standard of morality.”
(Hamilton, p. 96)
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
The gay community and their supporters will not be
satisfied with acceptance; they want their “vile
passions” and “shameful” conduct to be celebrated by
society…or else!

God has always condemned homosexuality: Gen. 19;
Lev. 18:22; 20:13; 1 Cor. 6:9-11

Same-sex marriage requires a complete redefinition of
marriage: Matt. 19:5

Society in general suffers when it collectively
repudiates God’s principles of righteousness: Prov.
14:34
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
Despite
the
charge,
neither
God
or
His
people
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not
are
homophobic.
inherit
the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
Neither
nor idolaters,
adulterers,
nor
 Like
all fornicators,
men, homosexuals
arenor
created
in God’s
homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor
“image”: Gen. 1:26-27
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners
will inherit
therespect
kingdomand
of God.
And
 Thus,
they deserve
our
love:11Jn.
such were
3:16;
Rom.some
5:8 of you. But you were washed, but
you were sanctified, but you were justified in the
namehomosexual
of the Lord Jesus
and
by theor
Spirit
of ourguilty
God.” of
 The
is no
more,
no less,
sin than you and I: Rom. 3:23 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
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