Worldliness

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Worldliness
Credit Given to Donnie Rader and Stan Cox for
much of the material in this lesson. See their
sermons on Homosexuality at http//www.truthmagazi
ne.com/ppt0.html
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Worldliness
Homosexuality
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Homosexual
Homo Same
One who has sexual relations with one of the same
sex
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Various Terms
Homosexual Gay (usu. males) Lesbians
(women) Sodomite (KJV, ASV)
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Great Problem
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It Is Sinful

• Violates Gods plan for sexuality (Matt.
  194-6 Heb. 134)
• Against Nature (Rom. 126-27)
• Specifically forbidden (1 Cor. 69)
• Fornication (Gal. 519)

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Gallup Poll May, 2003

• 60 of Americans think homosexual relations
  between consenting adults should be legal (up
  from 43 in 1977, 47 in 1989 and 54 in 2001)
• 88 of Americans believe gays should receive
  equal opportunity provisions in the workplace,
  just like other minorities. (up from 80 in
  2001)
• Concerning marriage, the poll split evenly with
  49 for and 49 against granting gays the
  privileges and rights of marriage.

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• Based on 1948 Kinsey Research
• Flawed Research
• Newsweek, (2/93) Ideology, not sound science,
  has perpetuated a 1-in-10 myth. In the nearly
  half century since Kinsey, no survey has come
  close to duplicating his findings.
• Database included a high percentage of prison
  inmates and known sex offenders.
• Convicted criminals comprised a full 25 of
  Kinseys male sample, compared to less than 1 of
  the total U.S. population

We Are Told That 10 Of Population Are Homosexual
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Gay Activist Admissions The most widely accepted
study of sexual practices in the United States is
the National Health and Social Life Survey
(NHSLS). The NHSLS found that 2.8 of the male,
and 1.4 of the female population identify
themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual This
amounts to nearly 4 million openly gay men and 2
million women who identify as lesbian. (Friend
of the Court brief, 31 homosexual and
pro-homosexual groups. Lawrence VS Texas)
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• Other figures
• Men aged 20-39, 1.1 exclusively homosexual in
  past 10 years (Alan Guttmacher sponsored study)
• Less than 3 admit to being gay. (1992 NY Times
  post election poll)
• Other figures 2 (Bell/Weinberg, 1970) 3.1
  (Cameron/Ross, 1975-1978) 2 (Catania/NABS, 1992)
  1.1 (Billy/Battelle, 1993) Gay/Lesian Couples,
  1 (Census)

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What Does This Say?

• Not as many as we are told.
• Yet, more and more think it is okay.
• Strong push to be more tolerant.

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Gen. 191-28 (NKJV)
Now before they lay down, the men of the city,
the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the
people from every quarter, surrounded the house.
And they called to Lot and said to him, "Where
are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them
out to us that we may know them carnally."
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Gen. 1924-25 (NKJV)
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom
and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens.
So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all
the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on
the ground.
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Jude 7 (NKJV)
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around
them in a similar manner to these, having given
themselves over to sexual immorality and gone
after strange flesh, are set forth as an example,
suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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Lev. 1822 (NKJV)
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It
is an abomination.
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Lev. 2013 (NKJV)
If a man lies with a male as he lies with a
woman, both of them have committed an
abomination. They shall surely be put to death.
Their blood shall be upon them.
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Deut. 2317 (NKJV)
There shall be no ritual harlot of the daughters
of Israel, or a perverted one (sodomite-KJV) of
the sons of Israel.
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Judges 1922-30 (NKJV)

• As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly
  certain men of the city, perverted men,
  surrounded the house and beat on the door. They
  spoke to the master of the house, the old man,
  saying, Bring out the man who came to your
  house, that we may know him carnally!
• But the man, the master of the house, went out to
  them and said to them, "No, my brethren! I beg
  you, do not act so wickedly! Seeing this man has
  come into my house, do not commit this outrage.

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Judges 1922-30 (NKJV)

• Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man's
  concubine let me bring them out now. Humble
  them, and do with them as you please but to this
  man do not do such a vile thing!"
• But the men would not heed him. So the man took
  his concubine and brought her out to them. And
  they knew her and abused her all night until
  morning and when the day began to break, they
  let her go.

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1 Kings 1424
And there were also perverted persons
(sodomites-KJV) in the land. They did according
to all the abominations of the nations which the
LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
1 Kings 1512
And he banished the perverted persons from the
land, and removed all the idols that his fathers
had made.
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1 Kings 2246
46 And the rest of the perverted persons, who
remained in the days of his father Asa, he
banished from the land.
2 Kings 237
Then he tore down the ritual booths of the
perverted persons that were in the house of the
LORD, where the women wove hangings for the
wooden image.
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Romans 124-29 (NKJV)
Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness,
in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their
bodies among themselves For this reason God gave
them up to vile passions. For even their women
exchanged the natural use for what is against
nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman, burned in their lust
for one another, men with men committing what is
shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty
of their error which was due.
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1 Cor. 69-10 (NKJV)
Do you not know that the unrighteous will not
inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor
thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the
kingdom of God.
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1 Tim. 19-10 (NKJV)
knowing this that the law is not made for a
righteous person, but for the lawless and
insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners,
for the unholy and profane, for murderers of
fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
for fornicators, for sodomites, for kidnappers,
for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any
other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine
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Summary

• Gen 191-28 God Destroyed Sodom
• Lev 1822 Abomination
• Lev 2013 Death
• Deut 2317 Perverted
• Judg 1922-30 Wicked / Outrage / Vile
• 1 Kings 1424 Perverted
• 1 Kings 1512 Associated with idolatry
• 1 Kings 2246 Perverted / Banished
• 2 Kings 237 Perverted
• Rom 124-29 Against Nature
• 1 Cor 69-10 Lost Eternally
• 1 Tim 19-10 Law is against (penalty)
• Jude 7 Suffer Vengeance

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Sin of Sodom
Homosexuality and the ScripturesArlene
Robbins Scripture explains the sins of Sodom
over and over. In no case is it homosexuality. In
all cases, Sodom's doom is caused by its
inhospitality. In every case, scripture demands
that the rights of the alien and dispossessed be
upheld.
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Sin of Sodom
Homosexuality and the ScripturesArlene
Robbins The answer is in Ezekiel 1649-50. This
is what Sodom did wrong.Behold, this was the
guilt of your sister Sodom she and her daughters
had pride, surfeit of food, and prosperous ease,
but did not aid the poor and needy. They were
haughty, and did abominable things before me
therefore I removed them, when I saw it.
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Sin of Sodom
Homosexuality and the ScripturesArlene
Robbins Re that me may know them Does the
word here mean to have homosexual sex with the
angels? Or does it mean to know who these
strangers are who have come to stay with the
other outsider, Lot?
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Sin of Sodom
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck Re that we may
know them Know simply means know! No hint at
homosexuality exists in the original Hebrew.  No
later Bible references to Sodom ever mention
homosexuality as the sin of Sodom.  Many modern
translations add  words to the text to create the
lie that the people of Sodom were homosexual.
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Sin Against Levite His Concubine
Homosexuality and the Scriptures - A.
Robbins Re that we may know him The citizens
of the town demand to know the visitor. The old
man offers them his daughter and the man's
concubine. The visitor sends his concubine out,
and she is raped all night by the men of the
city, finally dying in the morning on the
doorstep. Would homosexual men rape a woman all
night because they couldn't get a man?? Hello??
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Sin Against Levite His Concubine
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck Re that we may
know him Jewish teachers before the time of
Christ never saw either of these stories as
having any connection with homosexuality or
sexual orientation.  Neither should we.
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Prohibitions in Leviticus
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck Lev. 1822 - You
shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is
an abomination. Lev. 2013 - If a man lies with a
male as he lies with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination. Both of these verses
refer not to homosexuals but to heterosexuals who
took part in the Baal fertility rituals in order
to guarantee good crops and healthy flocks. No
hint at sexual orientation or homosexuality is
even implied.
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Prohibitions in Leviticus
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck Lev. 1822 - You
shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is
an abomination. Lev. 2013 - If a man lies with a
male as he lies with a woman, both of them have
committed an abomination. Nobody today tries to
keep the laws in Leviticus.
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Prohibitions in Leviticus
Homosexuality and the Scriptures - A.
Robbins The two references in Leviticus are the
only direct references to homosexuality in the
OT.... Here, as in many other places in both
parts of the Scriptures, the cultural and
contextual condemnation is of idolatry. John
McNeil, in The Church and the Homosexual, writes
(page 57) that any time homosexual activity is
mentioned in the Old Testament, the author
usually has in mind the use male worshippers made
of male prostitutes provided by temple
authorities.
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Condemnation in Romans 1
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck The reality is
that unnatural usually means something you
don't want to do, rather than something that is
really UNnatural. Is it unnatural for a certain
number of people in every culture and time to
fall in love with members of their own sex?
Actually, no. The passage in Romans 126 refers
to people who have consciously chosen to have sex
in some manner which is not normal for them.
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Condemnation in 1 Cor. 69 and 1 Tim. 110
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck The Greek words
translated effeminate and homosexual do not
mean effeminate or homosexual!
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Bible Terms - 1 Cor. 69
malakoi arsenokoites

• effeminate abusers of themselves with mankind
  (KJV, ASV)
• homosexuals sodomites (NKJV)
• effeminate homosexuals (NASB)
• male prostitutes sodomites (NRSV)
• male prostitutes homosexual offenders (NIV)

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Bible Terms - 1 Tim. 110
arsenokoites

• them that defile themselves with mankind (KJV)
• abusers of themselves with men (ASV)
• sodomites (NRSV, NKJV)
• homosexuals (NASB)
• perverts (NIV)

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Summary Statement on the Six Passages
The Six Bible Passages Used To Condemn
Homosexuals - Rembert Truluck Three of the
passages Genesis 195 I Corinthians 69 and I
Timothy 110 are incorrectly translated.  The
other three Leviticus 1822 2013 and Romans
126-27 are taken out of their original setting
of condemning idolatrous religious practices and
wrongly used to judge and condemn people of the
same sex who love each other.  None of these
passages refer to people of the same sex who love
each other.  None originally were aimed at
homosexuals.
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Supreme Court Decision June 26, 2003 Struck Down
TX Anti-Sodomy Law
(Lawrence vs. Texas)
What About Incest? Prostitution? Child
Molestation? Bestiality? Polygamy? Same Sex
Marriage?
"The State cannot demean their existence
or control their destiny by making their private
sexual conduct a crime. - Anthony Kennedy
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Supreme Court Decision June 26, 2003 Struck Down
TX Anti-Sodomy Law
(Lawrence vs. Texas)

• Dissent from Justice Antonin Scalia
• Todays opinion is the product of a Court which
  is the product of a law-profession culture that
  has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual
  agenda.
• Todays opinion dismantles the structure of
  constitutional law that has permitted a
  distinction to be made between heterosexual and
  homosexual unions.

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Supreme Court Decision June 26, 2003 Struck Down
TX Anti-Sodomy Law
(Lawrence vs. Texas)

• Possible Ramifications of decision
• Overthrow of Defense of Marriage laws by states
  as unconstitutional
• Could clear the way to make incest, bigamy and
  prostitution legal (two consenting adults)
• Overturns sodomy laws in Alabama, Florida, Idaho,
  Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, N.
  Carolina, S. Carolina, Utah and Virginia
• May make military service allowed for gays.

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Arguments Made To Justify

• I was born that way

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A Learned Behavior

• Seen in that the Bible condemns it
• Same with any sin (drinking, fornication)
• Testimony of Gay Lesbian Community

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Camille PagliaLesbian Activist Writer No one
is born gay. The mere idea that that is possible
is a flimsy fabrication of sloppy journalists and
amoral queer activists. Any person, male or
female, who cannot feel the sexual allure of the
opposite sex has been traumatized by some early
combination of social circumstances.
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The Gay Gene?

• Simon LeVay Hypothalamic Brain Differences
• It's important to stress what I didn't find. I
  did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or
  find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show
  that gay men are born that way, the most common
  mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor
  did I locate a gay center in the brain Since I
  looked at adult brains, we don't know if the
  difference I found were there at birth, or if
  they appeared later."

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Arguments Made To Justify

• I was born that way
• Psychologists say it is natural
• Sodomy Violence or rape
• Bible condemns unnatural and loveless
• Those who wrote the Bible were w/o modern
  science

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Can Overcome
The Corinthians did (1 Cor. 69-11)
If it is sinful you can overcome! (Phil. 413)
Requires repentance (Acts 1730-31)
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Have You Obeyed The Gospel?
Hear The Word (Rom. 1017) Believe That Jesus
is the Son of God (Acts 837) Repent of Your
Sins (Acts 238) Confess That Jesus is the Son
of God (Acts 837) Be Baptized for Forgiveness
of Sins (Acts 238) Live Faithfully Until You
Die (Rev. 210)