Stand for Marriage Sunday

1. Stand for MarriageSunday

4. Extreme Makeover New Home = Emotional Family!

6. Courts Legislatures

7. Counterfeit Marriage

8. How should Bible-Believing Christians respond? 

9. I. THE _______ PATTERN

10. I. THE DIVINE PATTERN

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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?’”  Matthew 19:4-5

14. I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “So they are no longer two but one.  Therefore what God has joined together, let no man separate.” Matthew 19:6

15. Wives, in the same way be submissive to your husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives… Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers. 1 Peter 3:1, 7

16. Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior… Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…."For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.“ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:22-32

17. In both the Old and New Testaments, one man and one woman in a marriage covenant relationship for life is the Divine Pattern.

18. I. THE DIVINE PATTERN “More than ten thousand studies have concluded that kids do best when they are raised by loving and committedmothers and fathers.” Dr. James Dobson

19. II. THE ___________PERVERSION

20. II. THE DECEPTIVEPERVERSION

21. II. THE DECEPTIVEPERVERSION “You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.” Leviticus 18:22

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

23. God’s “Extreme Makeover Demolition” of Sodom & Gomorrah

24. 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.” Matthew 5:17

25. II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION What Is Jesus’ Perspective? “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 5:18

26. II. THE DECEPTIVE PERVERSION Additional New Testament Scriptures condemning Homosexuality as an act, behavior or lifestyle: Romans 1:18, 26-32; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 1 Timothy 1:10; 2 Peter 2:6ff; Jude 7; etc.

27. III. THE __________PROBLEM

28. III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM

29. III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM Is there a “Gay Gene?”

30. “Gay Gene” Studies conducted by…. Gays

31. III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

32. III. THE DEFINITIVE PROBLEM “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way...” Isaiah 53:6

33. 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

34. III. THE _______________ Program

35. III. THE Destructive Program

36. III. 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.

37. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM Goals of the Radical Homosexual Agenda: Special privileges and rights in the laws (e.g., Federal Hate Crimes; ENDA; Military; 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.

38. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM A. Entertainment Arena

40. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM B. Educational Arena

41. Gay “Marriage” Book read toSecond Graders in Massachusetts

42. California First Graders on a Gay “Wedding” Field Trip

43. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM “It is the first fact of civilization, whoever captures the kids owns the future.” Patricia Nell Warren

44. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM C. Legal/Legislative Arena

45. Methodist Camp in New Jersey loses Tax Exempt Status Protest against Ocean Grove Methodist Camp

46. New MexicoPhotographers Elaine & Jon Huguenin:fined over $6,500

47. “Bash Back” Church Invasion Mount Hope Church in Lansing, Michigan

48. Swedish Pastor Åke Green was sentenced to one monthin jail

49. The State Senate is poised to vote this week on a bill titled the “Civil Marriage and Religious Protection Act,” which will legalize same-sex “marriage.” Governor Corzine wants to sign it into law before he leaves office.

50. IV. THE DESTRUCTIVE PROGRAM Edmund Burke is often cited: “All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” We must do something!