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