The Squeeze!
• Don’t let the world around you squeeze
you into its own mould, but let God remould your minds from within,
Romans 12:2
JB Philips Translation
“Born this Way”
• There's nothing wrong with loving who you are"
She said, "'Cause He made you perfect, babe"
"So hold your head up girl and you'll go far,
Listen to me when I say“
[Chorus:]
I'm beautiful in my way 'Cause God makes no mistakes
I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret Just love yourself and you're set
I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way
Lady Gaga
OT Verses
• Genesis 19 – Sodom and Gomorrah - “Where are the
men...bring them out so we can have sex with them...”
• Ezekiel 16:49 Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:
she and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and
unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
• Jude 7 Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns
gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion.
They serve as an example of those who suffer the
punishment of eternal fire.
OT Verses
• Leviticus 18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a
man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
• Leviticus 20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a
man as one does with a woman, both of them
have done what is detestable. They are to be *put
to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
(*as were adulterers- see vv10-12)
• See also Judges 19 NIV
NT Verses
• 1 Timothy 1:8 We know that the law is good if one uses it
properly. 9 We also know that the law is made not for the
righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels,.......10 for the
sexually immoral, for those practising homosexuality, for
slave traders and liars and perjurers – and for whatever
else is contrary to the sound doctrine... NIV
• Gk. arsenakoitais –
“a male who engages in sexual activity with another male”
The sexually dominant partner
NT Verses
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous
will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived!
The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive
homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals....will not
inherit the kingdom of God” NET
• Gk. malakoi =
passive homosexual partners; perhaps male prostitutes
(Gk. paideraste = pederasty not used here)
• Gk. arsenokoitai = practicing (added) active homosexuals
NT Verses
• Romans 118 The wrath of God is being revealed from
heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of
people, .....
[downward spiral of idolatry if you read the passage]
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts.
Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for
unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also
abandoned natural relations with women and were
inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed
shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves
the due penalty for their error.
Nature and Nurture
• Understanding Causality should produce
compassion in Christians
• Genetics and the Fall
• Family of origin + life experiences
• Defensive Disassociation from parents
• The Media - 10% ?!
• Sexual abuse & The demonic
• Idolatry - Romans 1
Gay Marriage
• Marriage is not exclusively Judeo-Christian
from a historical perspective
• From a Biblical perspective it
originated with God’s plan – Genesis 1-3
• It is one male and one female,
before God, exclusively for life See Mk 10:6-7
• To redefine marriage opens the door for extremism
• Do I/we get political about this? Pro/cons
The Final Word:
• Mark 10 6 ‘But at the beginning of
creation God “made them male and
female”. 7 “For this reason a man will
leave his father and mother and be
united to his wife, 8 and the two will
become one flesh.” So they are no longer
two, but one flesh. Jesus Christ
Questions?
Reaching Homosexuals
• Grace and Truth
• Understanding
• Temptation is not Sin! (Exodus)
• Model Healthy Sexuality
• Watching speech and attitude
• Redemptive
• Biblical