Jeremiah 7:30-32 "'The people of Judah
have done evil in my eyes, declares the Lord. They have
set up their detestable idols in the house that bears my
Name and have defiled it. They have built the high
places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn
their sons and daughters in the fire — something I did
not command, nor did it enter my mind. So beware, the
days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no
longer call it Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but
the Valley of Slaughter, for they will bury the dead in
Topheth until there is no more room.’”
GOD:Abortion (93% to avoid consequences; 37%
Protestants, majority evangelical)
NOW SLOGAN
Homosexuality –
“born this way”
CONCEIVED
in sin (Psalms 51:5 Surely I was sinful at
birth, sinful from the time my mother
conceived me.
)
CONTROLLED
by consequences of sin (Ezekiel 16:49
Look, this was the iniquity of your
sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness
of food, and abundance of
idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the
poor and needy.
You:
Matthew 5:3
Blessed
(grounded, secure, confident, bold)
are the poor in spirit
(dependent)
FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM
(power and authority to make changes)
We:Nothing will change until we change what we care
about
Matthew 22:37-40
"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and with all your mind.'
This is the
first and greatest commandment. 'Love your neighbor as
yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these
two commandments.”
1) CHANGE MY
SELF Psalm 51:6-12 Surely you desire truth
in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost
place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash
me, and I will be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and
gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. Hide
your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast
spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or
take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of
your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain
me.
“Come, follow me”
2) CHANGE MY CULTURE
Psalm 51:13 THEN
I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will
turn back to you.
“Go, make
disciples”
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and
made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
John 20:21
As the Father has sent me,
so send I you!
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