Reaching People Struggling with Same Sex

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Christians usually respond to gay people in one
of two extreme ways

• All truth and no love

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Christians usually respond to gay people in one
of two extreme ways

• All love and no truth

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The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and
we beheld his glory, as of the only begotten of
the Father, full of grace and truth. John 114
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What do you say to someone struggling with same
sex attraction?

• God loves you and accepts you and so do I.

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For God so loved the world that He gave his only
Son, so that everyone who believes in him will
not perish but have eternal life. God did not
send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to
save it. John 316-17
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The Pro-Gay community believes

• Homosexuality is a moral, alternative sexual
  orientation.
• It is in-born and therefore an identity. It is
  who I am and is normal and natural.
• It is an alternative lifestyle and therefore a
  civil rights issue.

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The Evangelical Christian community believes

• Homosexuality is an immoral, prohibited sexual
  orientation.
• It is a learned behavior and involves a choice.
• It is what I do and is abnormal and unnatural.
• It is a destructive lifestyle and is therefore a
  moral issue.

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Genesis 127-28 218-24
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II. Believing God created you gay is completely
contrary to his pattern for creation and his
created intent for people in Gen. 1 2.

• You made all the delicate, inner parts of my
  body and knit me together in my mothers womb.
  Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
  You workmanship is marvelous-and how well I know
  it. Ps. 13913-14

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• I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic,
  or find a genetic cause for being gay. I did not
  show that gay men are born that way, this is
  the most common mistake people make in
  interpreting my work. Dr. LeVay

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• Homosexuality is not purely genetic...environment
  al factors play a role. There is not a single
  gene that makes people gay. Dean Hamer

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• It provides a legal argument that is, at the
  moment, having some sway in court. Its bad
  science and bad politics. Anne Fausto-Sterling

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• People who think gays and lesbians are born that
  way are also more likely to support gay rights.
  Dr. LeVay

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Research has been unable to prove the born gay
theory.

• For we are Gods workmanship, created in Christ
  Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
  advance for us to do.
• Eph. 210

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You do have a choice.

• But remember that the temptations that come into
  your life are no different from what others
  experience. And God is faithful. He will keep the
  temptation from becoming so strong that you cant
  stand up against it. When you are tempted, he
  will show you a way out so that you will not give
  in to it. 1 Cor. 1013

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How do people develop an orientation towards
homosexuality?

• Developmental factors

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How do people develop an orientation towards
homosexuality?

• Developmental factors
• Environmental factors

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How do people develop an orientation towards
homosexuality?

• Developmental factors
• Environmental factors
• Sexual molestation factors

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God is reaching out to bring healing from the
pain of your past.
All of us used to live that way, following the
passions and desires of our evil nature. We were
born with an evil nature and we were under Gods
anger just like everyone else. But God is so rich
in mercy, and he loved us so very much, that even
while we were dead because of our sins, he gave
us life when he raised Christ from the dead.
Eph. 24-5
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The Pro-Gay community teaches the Bible really
doesnt condemn homosexuality its just been
mistranslated.
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Leviticus 183 Romans 126-27 1 Corinthians 6
9-10 1 Timothy 19-10
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There is no place in the Bible where
homosexuality is talked about as normal or
natural.
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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.
• Dont resort to clichés or pat answers.

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.
• Dont resort to clichés or pat answers.
• Do avoid the phrase, the gay lifestyle

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.
• Dont resort to clichés or pat answers.
• Do avoid the phrase, the gay lifestyle
• Dont be discouraged if your conversations arent
  bearing fruit the way you hoped they would.

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.
• Dont resort to clichés or pat answers.
• Do avoid the phrase, the gay lifestyle
• Dont be discouraged if your conversations arent
  bearing fruit the way you hoped they would.
• Do encourage them to seek out professional help.
  Give them hope that change is possible.

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Dos and Donts when it comes to discussing
homosexual issues with a gay person

• Dont attack the persons character. Keep the
  focus on the issue. Keep your emotions in check
• Do express your acceptance of the person. Keep
  lines of communication open.
• Dont resort to clichés or pat answers.
• Do avoid the phrase, the gay lifestyle
• Dont be discouraged if your conversations arent
  bearing fruit the way you hoped they would.
• Do encourage them to seek out professional help.
  Give them hope that change is possible.
• Do invite them to church and surround them with
  caring believers.

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Remember Jesus spent time hanging out with
outcasts and unpopular people.
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