I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “More than ten thousand studies have concluded that kids do best when they are raised by loving and committed mothers and fathers.” Dr. James Dobson I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24 I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “Have you not read that at the beginning, the Creator made them male and female, and said: `For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh?’ So they are no longer two but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.” Matthew 19:4-6 II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION “You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.” Leviticus 18:22 II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION “If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination...” Leviticus 20:13a II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION Sin and Judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 19 II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION What was the Sin of Sodom? Homosexual revisionists only point to Ezekiel 16:49-50: pride, gluttony, laziness, apathy, etc., and state that the problem in Genesis 19 was that the people were “inhospitable.” II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION What was the Sin of Sodom? The Scripture clearly states that the men of Sodom demanded: "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” Genesis 19:5. II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION What Is Jesus’ Perspective? “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.” Matthew 5:17-18 II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION Additional Scriptures condemning Homosexuality as an Act or Lifestyle: Romans 1:18, 26-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Peter 2:6ff; Jude 7; etc. III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23 III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way...” Isaiah 53:6 III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM “I am certain that homosexuality does not result from irresistible genetic influences, as some would have us believe.” Dr. James Dobson IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM Homosexuals represent a fraction of the total U.S. population: Only 2.9%! But the activists have been extremely successful in advancing their agenda. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM Goals of the Radical Homosexual Agenda: •Universal acceptance of the “gay and lesbian” lifestyle. •Special privileges and rights in the laws (e.g., Hate Crimes; ENDA; etc.). •“Sensitivity training" of our children through public education. •Silencing critics in the clergy and Christian media. •Securing the legal benefits of marriage and parenting for any two people of the same gender. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM A. Entertainment Arena IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM B. Educational Arena IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM “It is the first fact of civilization, whoever captures the kids owns the future.” Patricia Nell Warren, Lesbian Activist IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM C. Legal Arena V. THE DETERMINED PLAN “All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke We must do something! V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 1: Pray We need to pray for God's mercy on a nation that is speeding toward Sodom and hurtling toward Gomorrah. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 1: Pray “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, forgive their sin, and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 2: Practice We need to practice the biblical principles for a healthy marriage as a positive witness. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate We need to participate in our “government of the people, by the people, and for the people” as Abraham Lincoln described it. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate “You are the Salt of the Earth…You are the Light of the World.” “Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God’s.” Matthew 5:13-16; 22:21 V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate Support the Florida Marriage Protection Amendment and encourage others to do the same. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate Florida’s Amendment 2: “A Yes vote on Amendment 2 defines marriage as the union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife.” V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate Visit www.Yes2Marriage.org for ways you can support marriage in Florida. For state issues, visit www.FLFamily.org. For national issues, visit www.FRC.org. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 3: Participate Vote your values. Visit www.iVoteValues.org, follow the easy steps to register to vote, help register your friends, and then prayerfully consider voting for candidates who share your biblical values. V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 4: Proclaim We need to proclaim the promise! V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 4: Proclaim “Do not be deceived: no sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, revilers, or swindlers will inherit God's kingdom. Some of you were like this, 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.” 1 Corinthians 6:9b-11 V. THE DETERMINED PLAN Action Step 4: Proclaim “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17