T HE S UPREME C OURT D ECISION
O N S AME S EX M ARRIAGE …
B Y N OW , Y OU ’ VE H EARD O F T HE L ANDMARK
D ECISION The Supreme Court Of The United States
Of America Has Handed Down Which Dictates That
States Cannot Ban Same-Sex Marriage...
Stating That Same-Sex Couples Have
A Right To Marry Nationwide In A Historic
Decision That Invalidates Gay Marriage Bans
In More Than A Dozen States.”
Gay And Lesbian Couples Already Can Marry
In 36 States And The District Of Columbia.
In A 5-4 Ruling, The Court Held That The
14th Amendment Requires States To Issue
Marriage Licenses For Same- Sex Couples And To
Recognize Such Marriages Performed In Other
States.”
Our President Called The Ruling,
“A Victory For America.”
Responses From The Christian World
Were Varied…
Some Were Thrilled—Shouting "Love Wins."
Others Were Deeply Disheartened
And Disappointed.
Where Do We Stand On This Vote?
1 Let Us See What The Famous
Historian David Barton Has Said…
Quotes From, "Statement On The Supreme Court
Decision" By David Barton, 6/27/15
1. "The Supreme Court Decision In Obergefell V.
Hodges That Established Homosexual Marriage As
National Policy Is Unambiguously Wrong On At
Least Three Crucial Levels: Moral,
Constitutional And Structural.
2. "On The Moral Level: The Court's Decision
Violates The Moral Standards Specifically
Enumerated In Our Founding Documents.
The Declaration Of Independence Sets Forth The
Fundamental Principles And Values Of American
Government, And The Constitution Provides The
Specifics Of How Government Will Operate Within
Those Principles. The Declaration First Officially
Acknowledges A Divine Creator And Then
Declares That America Will Operate Under The
General Values Set Forth In 'The Laws Of Nature
And Of Nature's God.' The Framers Of Our
Documents Called This The Moral Law, And In The
Western World It Became Known As The Common
Law. Because Marriage 'Was Not Originated By
Human Law,' Then Civil Government Had No
Authority To Redefine It. The Supreme Court's
Decision On Marriage Repudiates The Fixed Moral
Standards Established By Our Founding
Documents And Specifically Incorporated Into
The Constitution."
3. "On The Constitutional Level: The Constitution
Establishes Both Federalism And A Limited
American Government By First Enumerating Only
Seventeen Areas In Which The Federal
Government Is Authorized To Operate, And Then
By Explicitly Declaring That Everything Else Is To
Be Determined Exclusively By The People And The
2 States (The Ninth And Tenth Amendments). By
Taking Control Of Issues Specifically Delegated
To The States, The Court Has Disregarded Explicit
Constitutional Limitations And Directly Attacked
Constitutional Federalism."
4. "On The Structural Level: The Constitution
Stipulates That 'The United States Shall
Guarantee To Every State In This Union A
Republican Form Of Government' (Article Lv,
Section 4). A Republican Form Of Government Is
One In Which The People Elect Leaders To Make
Public Policy, With Those Leaders Being Directly
Accountable To The People. More Then Thirty
States, By Their Republican Form Of Government,
Had Established A Definition Of Marriage For
Their State. The Supreme Court Decision Directly
Abridges The Constitutional Mandate To Secure
To Every State A Republican Form Of
Government."
5. Most Importantly, This Vote Was Wrong On The
Scriptural Level.
A. God's Word Is THE Standard By Which We
Measure Everything.
B. 1 Kings 11:38 And It Shall Be, If Thou Wilt
Hearken Unto All That I Command Thee, And
Wilt Walk In My Ways, And Do That Is Right In
My Sight, To Keep My Statutes And My
Commandments, As David My Servant Did; That I
Will Be With Thee, And Build Thee A Sure
House, As I Built For David, And Will Give
Israel Unto Thee.
C. We Give God's Word First Place And Make It
Final Authority.
D. We Ask, "What Does God's Word Say About
This?"
3 WHAT WE KNOW?
MARRIAGE IS GOD’S INSTITUTION…
Jesus Died So That Both Heterosexual And
Homosexual Sinners Might Be Saved... God Created
Sexuality, And Has A Clear Will For How It Is To Be
Experienced In Holiness And Joy…
MARRIAGE HAS BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED FOR US...
F ROM C REATION I TSELF , G OD M ADE M ARRIAGE A S ACRED
U NION B ETWEEN A M AN A ND A W OMAN …
GEN. 2:24 (NKJV) THEREFORE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THEY SHALL
BECOME ONE FLESH.
Mark 10:6 (Message) In The Original Creation, God
Made Male And Female To Be Together.
Mark 10:7 (Message) Because Of This, A Man Leaves
Father And Mother, And In Marriage
Mark 10:8 (Message) He Becomes One Flesh With A
Woman—No Longer Two Individuals, But Forming A
New Unity.
Mark 10:9 (Message) Because God Created This
Organic Union Of The Two Sexes, No One Should
Desecrate His Art By Cutting Them Apart.”
In This Union, Sexuality Finds Its God-Appointed
Meaning… Whether In Physical Union, Symbolic
Representation, Sensual Jubilation, Or Fruitful
Procreation...
For Those Who Have Forsaken God's Path Of Sexual
Fulfillment, And Walked Into Homosexual
Intercourse Or Heterosexual Fornication Or
Adultery, Jesus Offers Astonishing Mercy…
1 Cor. 6:11 (Nlt) There Was A Time When Some Of You
Were Just Like That, But Now Your Sins Have Been
Washed Away, And You Have Been Set Apart For God.
4 You Have Been Made Right With God Because Of What
The Lord Jesus Christ And The Spirit Of Our God Have
Done For You.
A R EDEFINITION O F M ARRIAGE U NDERMINES T HE V ERY
C ORE O F W HAT W E S TAND F OR ...
This Week God’s Freedom From Sinful Sexual Acts
Was Rejected… Instead There Was Massive
Institutionalization Of Them.
The Bible Is Not Silent About Such Decisions...
Alongside Its Clearest Explanation Of The Sin Of
Homosexual Intercourse…
Stands The Indictment Of The Approval And
Institutionalization Of It. Though People Know
Intuitively That Homosexual Acts Are Sin, "They Not
Only Do Them But Give Approval To Those Who
Practice Them"
Gen. 19:1 (Nlt) That Evening The Two Angels Came To
The Entrance Of The City Of Sodom, And Lot Was
Sitting There As They Arrived. When He Saw Them, He
Stood Up To Meet Them. Then He Welcomed Them And
Bowed Low To The Ground.
Gen. 19:2 (Nlt) “My Lords,” He Said, “Come To My Home
To Wash Your Feet, And Be My Guests For The Night.
You May Then Get Up In The Morning As Early As You
Like And Be On Your Way Again.” “Oh No,” They Said,
“We’ll Just Spend The Night Out Here In The City
Square.”
Gen. 19:3 (Nlt) But Lot Insisted, So At Last They Went
Home With Him. He Set A Great Feast Before Them,
Complete With Fresh Bread Made Without Yeast.
After The Meal,
Gen. 19:4 (Nlt) As They Were Preparing To Retire For
The Night, All The Men Of Sodom, Young And Old,
Came From All Over The City And Surrounded The
House.
Gen. 19:5 (Nlt) They Shouted To Lot, “Where Are The
Men Who Came To Spend The Night With You? Bring
5 Them Out So We Can Have Sex With Them.”
Gen. 19:6 (Nlt) Lot Stepped Outside To Talk To Them,
Shutting The Door Behind Him.
Gen. 19:7 (Nlt) “Please, My Brothers,” He Begged,
“Don’t Do Such A Wicked Thing.
It Is An Abomination: Hebrew (Disgusting)
Lev. 18:22 (Nlt) “Do Not Practice Homosexuality; It Is
A Detestable Sin.
Lev. 18:23 (Nlt) “A Man Must Never Defile Himself By
Having Sexual Intercourse With An Animal, And A
Woman Must Never Present Herself To A Male Animal
In Order To Have Intercourse With It; This Is A
Terrible Perversion.
Lev. 18:24 (Nlt) “Do Not Defile Yourselves In Any Of
These Ways, Because This Is How The People I Am
Expelling From The Promised Land Have Defiled
Themselves.
Lev. 18:25 (Nlt) As A Result, The Entire Land Has
Become Defiled. That Is Why I Am Punishing The People
Who Live There, And The Land Will Soon Vomit Them
Out.
Lev. 18:26 (Nlt) You Must Strictly Obey All Of My
Laws And Regulations, And You Must Not Do Any Of
These Detestable Things. This Applies Both To You
Who Are Israelites By Birth And To The Foreigners
Living Among You…
Lev. 18:27 (Nlt) “All These Detestable Activities Are
Practiced By The People Of The Land Where I Am
Taking You, And The Land Has Become Defiled.
Lev. 18:28 (Nlt) Do Not Give The Land A Reason To
Vomit You Out For Defiling It, As It Will Vomit Out The
People Who Live There Now.
Lev. 18:29 (Nlt) Whoever Does Any Of These
Detestable Things Will Be Cut Off From The
Community Of Israel.
Lev. 18:30 (Nlt) So Be Careful To Obey My Laws, And
Do Not Practice Any Of These Detestable Activities.
Do Not Defile Yourselves By Doing Any Of Them, For I,
The Lord, Am Your God.”
6 Rom. 1:24 (Nlt) So God Let Them Go Ahead And Do
Whatever Shameful Things Their Hearts Desired. As A
Result, They Did Vile And Degrading Things With Each
Other’s Bodies.
Rom. 1:25 (Nlt) Instead Of Believing What They Knew
Was The Truth About God, They Deliberately Chose
To Believe Lies. So They Worshiped The Things God
Made But Not The Creator Himself, Who Is To Be
Praised Forever. Amen.
Rom. 1:26 (Nlt) That Is Why God Abandoned Them To
Their Shameful Desires. Even The Women Turned
Against The Natural Way To Have Sex And Instead
Indulged In Sex With Each Other.
Rom. 1:27 (Nlt) And The Men, Instead Of Having
Normal Sexual Relationships With Women, Burned
With Lust For Each Other. Men Did Shameful Things
With Other Men And, As A Result, Suffered Within
Themselves The Penalty They So Richly Deserved.
Rom. 1:29 (Nlt) Their Lives Became Full Of Every Kind
Of Wickedness, Sin, Greed, Hate, Envy, Murder,
Fighting, Deception, Malicious Behavior, And Gossip.
Rom. 1:30 (Nlt) They Are Backstabbers, Haters Of
God, Insolent, Proud, And Boastful. They Are Forever
Inventing New Ways Of Sinning And Are Disobedient
To Their Parents.
Rom. 1:31 (Nlt) They Refuse To Understand, Break
Their Promises, And Are Heartless And Unforgiving.
Rom. 1:32 (Nlt) They Are Fully Aware Of God’s Death
Penalty For Those Who Do These Things, Yet They Go
Right Ahead And Do Them Anyway. And, Worse Yet,
They Encourage Others To Do Them, Too.
This Is What The Highest Court In Our Land Did…
Knowing These Deeds Are Wrong, They Are Now
Forcing Us To Accept The Actions Which Others Have
Chosen…
We Do Not Realize The Calamity That Is Happening
Around Us. The New Thing - New For America, And New
7 For Global History Is Not Homosexuality... That
Brokenness Has Been Here Since The Fall Of Man.
What's New Is Not Even The Celebration And
Approval Of Homosexual Sin... Homosexual Behavior
Has Been Exploited, And Reveled In, And Celebrated
In Art Throughout History…
What's New Is The Normalization And
Institutionalization Of It. This Is The Calamity...
My Reason For Speaking Like This Is To Help Us Feel
The Sorrow Of These Days.
And To Understand The Magnitude Of The Assault On
God And His Image In Man...
We As The Church Can See Much More Clearly Than
The Court, The Tidal Wave Of Pain For A Multitude
That Is On The Horizon…
Each Of Us Have Tasted The Sorrow Created By Our
Own Sins… None Of Us Have Ever Escaped The Law Of
Sowing And Reaping… Everything In Our Lives Is
Troubled Because Of Them.
Our Difference Is: We Weep Over Our Sins... We Don't
Celebrate Them... And We Must Refuse To
Institutionalize Them...
1 Th. 1:10 (Kjvs) And To Wait For His Son From Heaven,
Whom He Raised From The Dead, Even Jesus, Which
Delivered Us From The Wrath To Come…
Psa. 119:136 (Nlt) Rivers Of Tears Gush From My Eyes
Because People Disobey Your Law.
8 WHAT THEN SHALL WE SAY TO THESE THINGS?
R ENEW Y OUR C OMMITMENT T O G OD ’ S W ORD ...
JOHN 17:17 (NKJV) SANCTIFY THEM BY YOUR TRUTH. YOUR
WORD IS TRUTH.
JOHN 1:1 (NKJV) IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE
WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD.
T HE B IBLE N OT O NLY A FFIRMS , B UT S ETS F ORTH , T HAT
M ARRIAGE I S B ETWEEN O NE M AN A ND O NE W OMAN .
B EING C OUNTER -C ULTURAL I S N OT N EW T O
C HRISTIANITY . N EW T ESTAMENT C HRISTIANS A ND
C HURCHES R EMAINED T RUE T O S CRIPTURE I N S IMILAR
D AYS A S W E A RE F INDING O URSELVES I N N OW …
L OVE Y OUR N EIGHBOR …
MATT. 22:37 (NKJV) JESUS SAID TO HIM, “ ‘You Shall Love
The Lord Your God With All Your Heart, With All
Your Soul, And With All Your Mind.’
MATT. 22:38 (NKJV) THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREAT
COMMANDMENT.
MATT. 22:39 (NKJV) AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT: “YOU SHALL
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
PROV. 27:5 (NKJV) OPEN REBUKE IS BETTER THAN LOVE
CAREFULLY CONCEALED.
PROV. 27:6 (NKJV) FAITHFUL ARE THE WOUNDS OF A FRIEND,
BUT THE KISSES OF AN ENEMY ARE DECEITFUL.
1 COR. 13:4 (NKJV) LOVE SUFFERS LONG AND IS KIND; LOVE
DOES NOT ENVY; LOVE DOES NOT PARADE ITSELF, IS NOT
PUFFED UP;
1 COR. 13:5 (NKJV) DOES NOT BEHAVE RUDELY, DOES NOT
SEEK ITS OWN, IS NOT PROVOKED, THINKS NO EVIL;
1 COR. 13:6 (NKJV) DOES NOT REJOICE IN INIQUITY, BUT
REJOICES IN THE TRUTH;
9 1 COR. 13:7 (NKJV) BEARS ALL THINGS, BELIEVES ALL THINGS,
HOPES ALL THINGS, ENDURES ALL THINGS.
1 COR. 13:8 (NKJV) LOVE NEVER FAILS. BUT WHETHER THERE
ARE PROPHECIES, THEY WILL FAIL;
B E R EADY T O G IVE A N A NSWER ...
IN THE DAYS AHEAD, CHRISTIANS WILL BE BOTH RIDICULED AND
QUESTIONED CONCERNING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. NOT ONLY
MUST WE KNOW WHAT WE BELIEVE ON THESE ISSUES FROM THE
BIBLE, BUT WE MUST BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THESE BELIEFS
TO OTHERS...
1 PET. 3:15 (NKJV) BUT SANCTIFY THE LORD GOD IN YOUR
HEARTS, AND ALWAYS BE READY TO GIVE A DEFENSE TO
EVERYONE WHO ASKS YOU A REASON FOR THE HOPE THAT IS IN
YOU, WITH MEEKNESS AND FEAR;
B E W ILLING T O S UFFER ...
THIS RULING BY THE SUPREME COURT WILL MOST LIKELY
RESULT IN GOVERNMENT MANDATES FOR CHURCHES AND
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES THAT WILL PUT CHRISTIANS IN A POSITION
TO DECIDE BETWEEN OBEYING THE GOVERNMENT OR
SCRIPTURAL MANDATES…
Acts 5:27 (Nlt) Then They Brought The Apostles In
Before The Council.
Acts 5:28 (Nlt) “Didn’t We Tell You Never Again To
Teach In This Man’s Name?” The High Priest Demanded.
“Instead, You Have Filled All Jerusalem With Your
Teaching About Jesus, And You Intend To Blame Us
For His Death!”
Acts 5:29 (Nlt) But Peter And The Apostles Replied,
“We Must Obey God Rather Than Human Authority.
ACTS 5:41 (NKJV) SO THEY DEPARTED FROM THE PRESENCE OF
THE COUNCIL, REJOICING THAT THEY WERE COUNTED WORTHY
TO SUFFER SHAME FOR HIS NAME.
10 T EACH Y OUR C HILDREN T HE T RUTH ...
R EMEMBER T RUTH S HOULD A LWAYS L EAD T O L OVE F OR
A NOTHER N OT H ATRED F OR T HOSE W HO A RE I N N EED O F
G OD …
EPH. 6:4 (NKJV) AND YOU, FATHERS, DO NOT PROVOKE YOUR
CHILDREN TO WRATH, BUT BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING
AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.
DEUT. 6:6 (NKJV) “AND THESE WORDS WHICH I COMMAND YOU
TODAY SHALL BE IN YOUR HEART.
DEUT. 6:7 (NKJV) YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO YOUR
CHILDREN, AND SHALL TALK OF THEM WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR
HOUSE, WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU LIE DOWN,
AND WHEN YOU RISE UP.
C ONTINUE T O P RAY F OR S PIRITUAL A WAKENING I N O UR
N ATION ...
JAMES 5:16 (NKJV) CONFESS YOUR TRESPASSES TO ONE
ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE
HEALED. THE EFFECTIVE, FERVENT PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS
MAN AVAILS MUCH.
2 CHR. 7:14 (NKJV) IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY
NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY
FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR
FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR
LAND.
2 CHR. 7:15 (NKJV) NOW MY EYES WILL BE OPEN AND MY EARS
ATTENTIVE TO PRAYER MADE IN THIS PLACE.
2 CHR. 7:16 (NKJV) FOR NOW I HAVE CHOSEN AND SANCTIFIED
THIS HOUSE, THAT MY NAME MAY BE THERE FOREVER; AND MY
EYES AND MY HEART WILL BE THERE PERPETUALLY.
2 CHR. 7:17 (NKJV) AS FOR YOU, IF YOU WALK BEFORE ME AS
YOUR FATHER DAVID WALKED, AND DO ACCORDING TO ALL
THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU, AND IF YOU KEEP MY STATUTES
AND MY JUDGMENTS…
11 THIS GIVES US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOVE THOSE WHO
“PRACTICE SUCH THINGS”… WE LOVE ALL MEN… BUT NO ONE
IN THE WORLD CAN DESTROY THE DESIRE INSIDE OF GOD’S
FAMILY TO SEE ALL MEN SET FREE… NOT ONLY THE SAME SEX
INDIVIDUALS… BUT ALL OF US AS WELL… 12