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Investigate The Truth Of Gods Word On
Homosexuality!
PROVERBS 1434 Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a reproach to any people. The New
King James Version, (Nashville, TN Thomas Nelson
Publishers) 1998, c1982.
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Just When You Thought You've Heard It All

• In the May 31, 2003, edition of the Concord (NH)
  Monitor, Richard N. Ostling reports on a new book
  released by Pilgrim Press, the publishing arm of
  the Cleveland_based United Church of Christ.
• The book is written by Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.,
  a minister of the United Methodist Church, and
  the head of "gay and lesbian studies" at the
  Chicago Theological Seminary (a UCC school).
• The name of the book? The Man Jesus Loved
  Homoerotic Narratives -- From The New Testament.
• The author's contention within this book is "that
  Jesus not only approved same sex relationships
  but was involved in one himself."

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The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire ordained an
openly "gay" homosexual man to be "bishop
coadjutor."

• Note These Facts About This Man
• The new "bishop," V. Gene Robinson, was once
  married, but left his wife of 10 years for a man.
• When asked about his previous marriage to a
  woman, Robinson said that he "answered God's
  call to acknowledge myself as a gay man.
• My wife and I, in order to KEEP our wedding vow
  to 'honor each other in the Name of God,' made
  the decision to let each other go.
• We returned to church, where our marriage had
  begun, and in the context of the eucharist,
  released each other from our wedding vows, asked
  each other's forgiveness, cried a lot, pledged
  ourselves to the joint raising of our children,
  and shared the Body and Blood of Christ."
• Robinson went on to say doing that was "the
  biggest risk of my life," but it "won the hearts
  of my daughters, whom I feared losing,
• Later, the love of a wonderful partner, with whom
  I've made a home for the past 13 years."

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The Episcopal Church of New Hampshire ordained an
openly "gay" homosexual man to be "bishop
coadjutor."

• Robinson went on to say doing that was "the
  biggest risk of my life," but it "won the hearts
  of my daughters, whom I feared losing,
• And Later, the love of a wonderful partner, with
  whom I've made a home for the past 13 years."
• In yet another example of the perversion of
  Scripture, we have a man actually claiming God
  wanted him to publicly announce his homosexuality
  so he could continue to serve Him in the church
  in a more open and effective manner.

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The Blasphemy Of Jesus By The Mr. Jennings And
The Homosexual Community

• The contention that Jesus "not only approved same
  sex relationships but was involved in one
  himself" goes far beyond the absurd and clearly
  into outright blasphemy.
• Jesus was a man who lived without sin (2 Cor.
  521 Heb. 415 726 1 Pet. 222 1 John 35),
  but to claim He was involved in a homosexual
  relationship is to make the claim that Jesus
  sinned!
• As one who lived under the Old Law, Jesus was
  constrained to keep it perfectly to be without
  sin, and yet that Law stated,
• "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." (Lev. 2013)
• If Jesus participated in such behavior, will Mr.
  Jennings admit, then, that Jesus died on the
  cross because He sinned?
• Will Mr. Jennings say that the Son of God sinned
  and, therefore, died because of His own sins, and
  not for ours?

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Further .

• His basis for this contention that Jesus was
  'actively gay'? Are Based On Two passages (John
  1323_25 2120)!
• Somehow, he gets out of these passages that Jesus
  and the unnamed disciple were carrying on a
  homosexual sinful relationship.
• Let's read them
• John 1323_25 "Now there was leaning on Jesus
  bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
  Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask who
  it was of whom He spoke. Then, leaning back on
  Jesus breast, he said to Him, Lord, who is
  it?
• John 2120 "Then Peter, turning around, saw the
  disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had
  leaned on His breast at the supper, and said,
  "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?"

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DID YOU GET IT!!!

• Did you find a homosexual relationship in there
  anywhere?
• Well, Mr. Jennings did!
• Richard Ostler writes, "As Jennings imagines it,
  this disciple was 'lying in (on) Jesus's lap
  that is, snuggled up to Jesus.'
• Jesus 'loved' all his colleagues, but Jennings
  thinks this one friendship was 'expressed by
  physical and personal intimacy what we might
  today suppose to be a homoerotic or a 'gay'
  relationship.'
• Most likely it was 'sexual in character,' he
  says, though the Bible doesn't describe the
  'specific practices' the pair used to 'celebrate'
  physical intimacy."
• If such words do not utterly repulse you, I
  honestly don't know what would.

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HEED THE WARNINGS OF SCRIPTURE!

• As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of
  these things in which are some things hard to be
  understood, which they that are unlearned and
  unstable wrest, as they do also the other
  scriptures, unto their own destruction 1 Peter
  316
• The King James Version, (Cambridge Cambridge)
  1769.

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DOES THE GREEK IMPLY SUCH BEHAVIOR?

• Mr. Jennings apparently is no Greek scholar.
• If he wanted to use the passages in the Gospel of
  John to identify a relationship that was as he
  describes a 'homoerotic relationship,' then
  surely the words used in Scripture would have
  revealed this, right?
• But they do not! When John wrote that this
  disciple leaning on Jesus' bosom was the one
  "whom Jesus loved," the word he used in both
  passages was agapa,w (agapao), which means "to
  love (in a social or moral sense)." Strong's
• It is also defined as "to have love for someone
  or something, based on sincere appreciation and
  high regard _ to love, to regard with affection,
  loving concern, love." Louw_Nida Lexicon
• This is not the word one would use if he meant to
  describe the sexual kind of love.
• That word is eroj (eros). Apparently, Mr.
  Jennings forgot to note that. Or maybe he ignored
  it, too.

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OTHER OPEN HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE
BIBLE???

• And if that wasn't enough, Richard Ostler points
  out that Jennings has found other 'homoerotic
  relationships' in the Bible that millions of
  people have missed for almost two millennia.
• Ostler writes, "Jennings's related contention
  that Jesus approved same sex couples stems from
  the healing of the centurion's servant (Matthew
  85-13).
• Jennings contends that the servant was the
  centurion's 'boyfriend' and Jesus didn't denounce
  their relationship."
• In Luke's account (71-10) we find the servant
  was "dear to him." (v. 2)
• But, again, this is not the word that would in
  any way indicate a "homoerotic relationship." The
  word translated as "dear" simply means
  "pertaining to being of considerable value or
  worth." Louw_Nida
• This servant was considered a valuable person to
  the centurion, and to say that he was anything
  more than that is a perversion of the text.

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IT WILL GROW WORSE AND WORSE!!!

• To further the shame of it all, religious
  organizations such as the United Church of Christ
  not the "church of Christ" of the Bible, the
  Episcopal Church, and the United Methodist Church
  have all endorsed, in one way or another, the
  homosexual behavior of its members and now
  their leaders.
• This is only one more step in the long path of
  digression and error that began many hundreds of
  years ago when men were not satisfied with the
  pure and undefiled word of God and started down
  the path to destruction.
• It will only get worse as the years go by, and
  the teachings and practices within these human
  originated organizations will only become more
  ungodly and blasphemous, claiming to be of God
  even as they bring shame and reproach upon His
  holy name.

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Mr. Jennings And Mr. Robinson Know The Error Of
There Ways !

• Gene Robinson who was up for election in the
  Episcopalian church to be a bishop in New
  Hampshire as of June 7th, 2003 stated
• Robinson told CNN on Tuesday the 10th of June
  that this movement is no different than putting
  women into leadership roles.
• He said there are verses in the Bible that speak
  against that as well. He then adds that the
  church is changing things.
• He is basically arguing that they have broken
  Gods law on allowing women to serve (I
  Corinthians 111 1434-35, and I Timothy
  211-12), therefore it is no harm to do it again.

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THE SCRIPTURES TEACH

• Can Popular Opinion Change Gods Law?
• Man cannot direct himself
• Proverbs 1412
• Jeremiah 1023
• God has supplied us with what we need to walk
  properly
• Deuteronomy 2929
• Psalms 119105
• II Timothy 316-17
• II Peter 13

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THE SCRIPTURES TEACH

• There is but one law giver with the power to save
  and destroy (James 412).
• The law of the Lord is the complete law of
  liberty (James 125).
• God's law is not to have additions or
  subtractions to it
• Deuteronomy 42
• Deuteronomy 1232
• Proverbs 305-6
• Galatians 16-12
• James 210
• Revelation 2218-19

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THE SCRIPTURES TEACHGods Law concerning
homosexuality?

• God has shown that man is for woman and woman is
  for man
• Genesis 219-24
• Matthew 193-5
• I Corinthians 72
• Man man or woman woman changes the order of
  all things God has provided concerning marriage
  (Ephesians 522-33).
• God Created Adam and Eve NOT Adam and Steve.

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THE SCRIPTURES TEACHGods Law concerning
homosexuality?

• God has clearly stated the sinfulness of
  homosexuality
• Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 1816-1927).
• Abraham pleaded with God to save the city if 50
  down to 10 righteous were found there.
• Notice
• Genesis 194-17
• II Peter 26
• Jude v. 7

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THE SCRIPTURES TEACHGods Law concerning
homosexuality?

• Leviticus 1822
• Leviticus 2013
• CROSSDRESSING is even covered
• Deuteronomy 225
• Romans 126-27
• IT IS UN-NATURAL
• IT IS SINFUL
• IT IS AN ABOMINATION TO GOD

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Can the civil government make a law on same sex
marriages that would affect the church?

• Christians are commanded to obey civil
  government, with one exception
• Obey civil law (Romans 131-5 and I Peter
  213-16).
• Unless civil law conflicts with divine law (Acts
  413-21 526-29).
• Christians must stand and preach against sin (of
  which homosexuality is) regardless of the law
• II Timothy 42
• Acts 2026-27
• The church cannot change doctrine the church
  must obey the doctrine of Christ
• Christ is the head of the church (Ephesians
  122-23 523).
• The church must follow the words of Christ (John
  1248).

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In Conclusion .

• The time has come and still is when they will not
  endure sound doctrine (II Timothy 43-4).
• The worlds popular opinion does not change
  Gods revealed truth (I Corinthians 318-19).
• If we are followers of Christ we will be sure to
  stand on the unpopular side of this and other
  issues (Luke 626).

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In Conclusion . Cont.

• The Homosexual Has The Right
• TO HEAR THE LAW OF CHRIST
• TO OBEY FROM THE HEART THE LAW OF CHRIST
• TO REPENT OF HIS WICKED WAYS
• TO CONFESS THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST
• AND TO BE BURIED IN THE WATERS OF BAPTISM FOR THE
  REMISSION OF HIS SINS
• AND TO WALK IN THE NEWNESS OF LIFE
• BUT
• DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN HIS SINFUL
  LIFESTYLE
• 1 Corinthians 69-11

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1 Corinthians 69-11

• Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
  inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived
  neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
  adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
  themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor
  covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
  extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
  And such were some of you but ye are washed, but
  ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the
  name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our
  God.
• The King James Version, (Cambridge Cambridge)
  1769.
• Jesus said, Every plant, which my heavenly
  Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let
  them alone they are blind leaders of the blind.
  And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall
  into the ditch. (Matthew 1513,14)

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  The Clay
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