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 It's on page 1147.

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 Okay, 1 Corinthians chapter 5, verses 9 to 13.

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 I have written to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people,

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 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral,

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 or the greedy and swindlers or idolaters.

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 In that case, you would have to leave this world.

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 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother,

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 but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler.

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 With such a man do not even eat.

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 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church?

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 Are you not to judge those inside?

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 God will judge those outside.

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 Expel the wicked man from among you.

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 Let me go down to chapter 6.

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 I'll start at verse 9, 9 to 13.

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 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God?

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 Do not be deceived.

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 Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes,

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 nor homosexual offenders, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards,

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 nor slanders, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

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 And that is what some of you were.

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 But you were washed, you were sanctified,

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 and you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 by the Spirit of our God.

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 Sexual immorality

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 Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial.

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 Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

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 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach for food,

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 but God will destroy them both.

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 The body is not meant for sexual immorality,

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 but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks very much, Ian.

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 Well, I encourage you to take notes.

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 If you've got your new sheet, there's a space on the back.

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 If not, there should be another sheet that was handed around,

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 or a pen at the front.

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 Feel free to get it,

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 and to get yourself a Bible if you haven't got one.

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 There's plenty at the back,

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 and you can follow through.

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 Before we start this morning,

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 I want to say a couple of things.

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 First, that I'm aware when dealing with the subject of homosexuality,

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 there are a variety of views and experiences.

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 So, you may find that as we go through this morning's talk,

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 there will be times you may agree,

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 and there may be times you disagree.

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 And so, I'm just saying that up front.

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 So, if you've got questions afterwards,

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 to come and talk to me,

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 and to encourage you to come to our follow-up discussion this evening.

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 The second thing that I want to say is that I am a learner.

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 I don't know all the answers,

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 and nor do I pretend to.

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 Trying to understand our sexuality is a very complex matter.

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 And I speak to you not as a physician,

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 or as a psychologist,

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 but simply as a learner and teacher of God's Word.

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 And that is where we want to base our thinking

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 and our study this morning.

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 That as we come together,

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 we want to hear what God has to say about ourselves,

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 how He has made us,

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 and how we are called to live in His world.

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 So, let's pray as we ask for God's help.

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 Our Father God, we thank you so much that you have given to us your Word,

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 so that we know how to live,

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 and how we have been made.

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 That we are not just placed here on earth,

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 trying to make it up,

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 and trying to figure it out by ourselves.

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 But you have shown us very clearly.

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 And we ask, Father, that by your Holy Spirit,

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 that you would help us to understand,

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 and to apply it to our lives,

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 and to our thinking.

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 If we come with any thoughts and any views,

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 that we would submit them right now to your Word.

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 That you would shape our minds,

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 and our thinking,

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 so that we become more and more like Christ.

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 Loving one another,

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 caring for one another,

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 and serious with the issues that you are serious with.

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 So please help us,

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 we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, over the last 20 years,

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 Ireland has changed from a conservative religious culture

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 to a more liberal, irreligious culture.

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 The bedrock of Irish society,

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 the heterosexual marriage,

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 is no longer foundational.

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 Increasingly, we meet people who are living together

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 with the same sex,

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 and hardly a week goes by

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 without some big-named celebrity coming out.

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 But with all the changes in our culture,

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 there still seems to be a lot of confusion about homosexuality.

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 Last year, I had to attend the funeral of my aunt.

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 And as with most funerals,

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 it's the opportunity to meet relatives and friends

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 that you haven't seen in years.

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 And at this funeral,

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 I was looking forward to meeting my cousin.

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 As far as I remember,

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 I had only ever met him once.

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 Of course, we had had many family gatherings in the past,

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 and everybody had always been invited,

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 except John was always absent.

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 Leading up to the funeral,

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 we were told that John was gay,

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 and was living with his partner for the last 20 years,

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 and they were now happily married.

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 Now, the question I had was this.

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 Why did nobody know?

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 Why was it all kept a secret for so long?

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 You see, with all the changes in society,

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 it seems that people still don't know

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 how to handle homosexuality.

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 Those within the gay community

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 very often fear rejection and isolation,

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 and have to deal with being ostracized and marginalized.

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 Those outside the gay community,

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 it seems, are uneducated in their understanding.

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 And they often appear homophobic in their attitudes,

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 and in the jokes that they share.

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 But that's my experience.

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 Let me try and make it a little bit more personal for us.

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 What would you say, or what would you do,

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 if your son came home one day from school

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 to tell you that he was more attracted

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 to the other boys in his class than the girls?

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 What would you do if a woman and her gay partner

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 arrived in church saying,

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 they follow Jesus, they love reading their Bible,

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 and they would love to be involved here?

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 What would you do?

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 You see, these are no longer questions for others

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 in another place.

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 These are questions for us.

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 And so we come this morning to hear

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 what the Bible has to say about homosexuality.

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 Well, I think there are three broad responses

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 that the church gives

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 to the change in our culture.

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 Firstly, there are those in the church

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 who will say,

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 condemnation.

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 Read your Bible, they say,

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 and they'll quote verses like Romans 1, verse 24.

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 God gave them over in their sinful desires

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 of their hearts to sexual impurity.

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 Men committed indecent acts with other men

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 and received in themselves

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 the due penalty for their perversion.

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 Homosexuality, they say,

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 is God's judgment.

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 Such people need to be put out of the church.

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 They need to be reminded

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 of how they have violated God's commands.

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 Second, and in response to that attitude,

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 there are those in the church

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 who will say, acceptance.

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 Homosexuality is just as much a part of society

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 as heterosexuality.

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 So we need to grow up

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 and we need to get on with it.

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 Lisa Miller, who is a theologian

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 and a commentator said,

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 speaking about the Bible,

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 a mature view of scriptural authority

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 requires us, as we have in the past,

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 to move beyond literalism.

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 The Bible was written for a world

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 so unknown to our own,

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 it's impossible to apply its rules

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 at face value to ours.

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 In other words, it's saying

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 we can't take the likes of Romans seriously.

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 Those texts were for another age.

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 They don't apply to us anymore.

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 Well, I don't know about you,

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 but neither of those views settle with me.

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 I don't think either of those views are an option.

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 Both are a distortion of Scripture

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 and both misunderstand how we handle Scripture.

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 So we need a third way.

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 And the third way I'm going to call

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 a gospel way.

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 And we're going to look under it

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 in two ways.

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 First, God's good design

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 and then God's great hope.

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 So we start with God's good design,

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 who we are.

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 First of all,

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 we must see ourselves

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 as human beings

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 created in God's image.

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 Back in Genesis 1,

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 verses 26 to 27,

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 it says this,

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 Then God said,

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 Let us make man in our image,

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 in our likeness.

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 So God created man

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 in his own image.

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 And in the image of God,

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 he created him.

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 Male and female,

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 he created them.

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 You see,

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 all too often,

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 we are grouped or categorized

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 according to our sexual orientation.

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 On the one hand,

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 there is the gay community

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 and people get lumped there.

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 And then there are others

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 who are in the straight community

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 and they get lumped there.

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 We find our identity in a group

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 and with people

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 who we perceive to be like us.

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 But that's unhelpful

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 because we first need to see ourselves,

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 not how we see ourselves

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 or how other people might see us,

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 but how God sees us.

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 You see,

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 we were created by God

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 in his likeness.

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 We are his image bearers.

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 So no matter who we are,

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 what background we come from,

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 we are his image bearers,

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 every single human being.

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 Now as we'll see in a minute,

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 that image has become distorted

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 by our choices

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 and the choices of others.

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 And it is God's purpose and plan

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 that that image is restored fully in us.

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 But as one writer helpfully put it,

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 God's primary desire

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 is not that we should become heterosexual,

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 but that we would become more like Christ.

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 We were created like God,

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 we are to become like God,

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 So it's only by looking to God

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 and seeing who he is

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 that I can really understand who I am.

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 So God views us

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 and God sees us as unique individuals,

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 people who are made in his image,

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 in his likeness,

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 who are equally loved,

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 and we must be treated as such.

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 Our first identity

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 is that we are made in his image.

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 So that's who we are.

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 And second,

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 well how should we live?

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 Well God has shown us

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 how we should live

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 in relationship with each other.

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 Because we are made in God's image,

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 we are relational beings.

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 God is a relational being.

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 The Trinity,

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 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 They are at one together,

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 they relate together.

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 And we were made

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 for the same intimacy,

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 primarily with the triune God.

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 But also,

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 with each other.

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 And we are told

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 how that should be expressed.

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 And we've been looking at that

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 over the last few weeks

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 in 1 Corinthians chapter 7,

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 as we've been looking at

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 marriage and singleness.

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 And in 1 Corinthians 7,

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 we see God's purpose very clearly.

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 That marriage

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 is always between a man and a woman

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 in an exclusive,

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 committed relationship.

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 friendship.

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 And sexual intimacy

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 is part of God's

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 good design for marriage.

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 And one of the primary reasons

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 for that

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 is procreation.

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 God has designed

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 the man and the woman

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 so that they can have

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 children.

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 Children who can work together

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 to grow up

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 to serve and love God

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 and live under God.

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 Man and another man

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 and a woman

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 with another woman

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 can't have children.

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 It's not part of God's design.

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 So marriage is very clearly

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 a part of his

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 creation order.

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 Singleness,

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 on the other hand,

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 is also encouraged,

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 as we saw that

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 in chapter 7,

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 but without

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 sexual intimacy.

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 Relationships

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 between single people

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 are to be encouraged

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 and to be encouraged

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 across the sexes,

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 but without

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 engaging in

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 sexual activity.

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 to unite yourself

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 with someone sexually

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 outside of marriage

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 is to be going

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 against God's

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 good design.

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 So God, again,

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 has not only shown us

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 who we are

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 made in his image,

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 he has shown us

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 how we should live

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 in relationship

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 with each other

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 and how we should live

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 in his world.

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 So for all of us,

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 whoever we are,

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 there is either

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 marriage,

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 which is always

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 heterosexual,

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 always between a man

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 and a woman.

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 Or,

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 there is singleness,

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 which is either

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 heterosexual,

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 you stay in your own,

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 or homosexual.

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 Now,

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 let me try

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 and explain that

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 a little bit more

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 as we think

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 of homosexual

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 behavior

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 and homosexual

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 orientation.

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 You can just

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 go back one,

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 that's all right,

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 saviour.

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 You mightn't have

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 this on your notes,

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 it's just an extra

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 homosexual behavior

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 and homosexual

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 orientation.

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 We've got to

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 distinguish

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 between the two.

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 Homosexual orientation

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 is to be

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 attracted to

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 someone of the

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 same sex.

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 Homosexual behavior

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 is to be

00:16:08.200 --> 00:16:09.200
 sexually active

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 with someone

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 of the same sex.

00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:13.000
 Now,

00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:14.060
 as we have seen,

00:16:14.060 --> 00:16:15.460
 sexual intimacy

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 is only to be

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 expressed

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:19.379
 within the context

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 of God's

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 design

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 for marriage.

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 So the Bible,

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 we discover,

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 is always

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 negative

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 to homosexual

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 behavior,

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 but it never

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 condemns

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 or judges

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 homosexual

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 orientation.

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 Because the issue

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 in Scripture

00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:38.840
 is not

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 homosexuality,

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 but purity.

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 The Bible

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 does not

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 say

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 straight

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 sex

00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.500
 is

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 good,

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 but gay

00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:49.019
 sex

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 is bad.

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 It doesn't

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 say that.

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 Now,

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.879
 what the Bible

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 says is,

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 in Ephesians 5,

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 verse 3,

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 there must

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 not be

00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.659
 a hint

00:16:57.659 --> 00:16:59.439
 of sexual

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 immorality.

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 You see,

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 whatever our

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 orientation,

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 we are all

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 called

00:17:06.160 --> 00:17:07.259
 to purity.

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 So if you

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 are married,

00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:10.960
 listen to this

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 from Hebrews

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 13,

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 verse 4.

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 Marriage

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 should be

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 honored by

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 all,

00:17:17.100 --> 00:17:17.519
 and the

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 marriage bed

00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.680
 kept pure,

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 for God

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 will judge

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 the adulterer

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 and the

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 sexually

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.240
 immoral.

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 If you

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.600
 are single,

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 whatever your

00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.819
 orientation,

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 listen to this

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 from 1 Timothy

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 5.

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 Treat younger

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 men as

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 brothers,

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 and younger

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 women as

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 sisters,

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:41.379
 with absolute

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:42.059
 purity.

00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.719
 You see,

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.539
 to be made

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.359
 in God's

00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:46.919
 image is

00:17:46.919 --> 00:17:47.659
 to reflect

00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.619
 God's heart

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 for purity.

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 Behavior

00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:52.819
 is what the

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.559
 Bible talks

00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:53.959
 about,

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 not

00:17:54.959 --> 00:17:56.000
 orientation.

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 So we've

00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:57.599
 got to be

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 very clear

00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.480
 about the

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 differences

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 there.

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 But let's

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:02.859
 move on

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 as to

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 why we

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.579
 struggle.

00:18:05.579 --> 00:18:05.659
 struggle.

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 And that's

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.439
 a sensible

00:18:07.439 --> 00:18:08.179
 question to

00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:08.519
 ask.

00:18:08.639 --> 00:18:09.299
 Why do we

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.519
 struggle with

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.419
 our sexuality?

00:18:12.539 --> 00:18:13.359
 Christians who

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:13.819
 have a

00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.339
 homosexual

00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:15.279
 orientation

00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:16.099
 often talk

00:18:16.099 --> 00:18:17.519
 about unwanted

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:19.059
 desires and

00:18:19.059 --> 00:18:19.639
 share of their

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.299
 struggles to

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.159
 remain sexually

00:18:21.159 --> 00:18:21.779
 pure.

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.799
 Richard Kirker,

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.159
 who was part

00:18:26.159 --> 00:18:26.879
 of the gay and

00:18:26.879 --> 00:18:27.759
 lesbian Christian

00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.480
 movement in

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:28.799
 Britain,

00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:29.799
 he said

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.240
 this,

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 it would

00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:32.120
 be very

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.120
 cavalier and

00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.960
 capricious of

00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:34.839
 God who

00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.880
 created people

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.539
 in a certain

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.940
 way and

00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.839
 then instructed

00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:39.440
 them that

00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:39.779
 they are

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.680
 forbidden from

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.720
 fulfilling all

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.380
 the potential

00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.400
 they have been

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:43.740
 given.

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.500
 In other words,

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.059
 he was saying,

00:18:46.200 --> 00:18:47.059
 if God made

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.819
 me this way

00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.680
 with homosexual

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.559
 feelings,

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.980
 then I must

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.680
 be able to

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:52.400
 express it

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.019
 sexually.

00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.539
 Well,

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.299
 I don't think

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.480
 God has made

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:58.220
 us that way.

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.960
 apart from

00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:00.539
 scripture,

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.220
 scientific and

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.259
 medical research

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:04.039
 has shown that

00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:06.100
 homosexuality is

00:19:06.100 --> 00:19:07.100
 not genetically

00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:08.620
 or biologically

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.420
 determined.

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.500
 You see,

00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:12.259
 we all live in

00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.160
 a fallen world

00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.940
 and as a result,

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.140
 all of our

00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:15.880
 sexuality,

00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:16.759
 whoever we

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:17.100
 are,

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.279
 is all

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.920
 flawed.

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.559
 None of us

00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.259
 relate to each

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.740
 other the way

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.360
 that we ought

00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:22.660
 to,

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.299
 we don't live

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.980
 the way God

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.620
 intends,

00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:27.600
 and we don't

00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.719
 behave according

00:19:28.719 --> 00:19:29.419
 to God's

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:29.839
 word.

00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.579
 The Bible

00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.219
 is crystal

00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:32.740
 clear that

00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.299
 while we have

00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.119
 all been made

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.619
 in the image

00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:35.139
 of God,

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.500
 that image

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.119
 has been

00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:37.959
 distorted.

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:39.919
 And a

00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:40.539
 distorted

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.719
 sexuality can

00:19:41.719 --> 00:19:42.459
 be put down

00:19:42.459 --> 00:19:42.819
 to,

00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:43.859
 very simply,

00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:44.759
 our wrong

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.559
 choices on

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.019
 our own

00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.500
 part,

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.980
 but equally,

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.039
 our sexuality

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.719
 can be

00:19:49.719 --> 00:19:50.359
 distorted

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.759
 because of

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.759
 another person's

00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.500
 wrong choice

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.519
 towards us.

00:19:54.519 --> 00:19:56.359
 So if

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.940
 people have

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.379
 suffered

00:19:57.379 --> 00:19:58.819
 sexual abuse,

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.379
 it is going

00:19:59.379 --> 00:19:59.940
 to have an

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.559
 effect on

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.319
 their behavior

00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.779
 and their

00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.700
 outlook on

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.519
 their relationships.

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.819
 It's also

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.639
 true that for

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.180
 those who

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.000
 have grown up

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.759
 within a

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:09.400
 family where

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.799
 there has

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.639
 been one

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.539
 parent or

00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:11.980
 there's been

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.639
 people coming

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.160
 in and out

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.400
 of the

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:13.920
 relationship,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.599
 that that

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.859
 also creates

00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:18.220
 behavior.

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.039
 Contrary to

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.960
 common thought,

00:20:21.960 --> 00:20:23.120
 there is

00:20:23.120 --> 00:20:24.059
 not a

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.740
 gay gene.

00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.660
 Homosexuality

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.220
 is a

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.079
 choice within

00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.019
 our control

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:31.100
 or it's

00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:31.600
 a learned

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.559
 behavior

00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:34.100
 outside of

00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:34.700
 our immediate

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.579
 control.

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.299
 I have a

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.840
 book here

00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:41.500
 and as

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.799
 we are

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.340
 stuck for

00:20:42.340 --> 00:20:42.819
 time,

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.240
 we could

00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:43.759
 take a

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.180
 long time

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.600
 to look

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.039
 at those

00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:45.319
 issues.

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:45.759
 This one

00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.259
 is called

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.640
 Walking

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.220
 with Gay

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.700
 Friends

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 and there's

00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.039
 a very

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 helpful

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 chapter on

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 here called

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 Nature.

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 Nature.

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 Or nurture

00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.940
 which will

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.460
 take that

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 whole issue

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 through a

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 little bit

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 more.

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 Did God

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.400
 make me

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 this way

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 or is it

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.480
 because of

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.720
 outside influences

00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.720
 and experiences

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:03.120
 that makes me

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 the way that

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 I am?

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 So I just

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.860
 hold that up

00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.240
 as something

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.620
 that you

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.039
 want to

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.680
 have a

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.120
 read of.

00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:11.319
 So I

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.740
 think this

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.140
 will help

00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:12.640
 us better

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.539
 understand

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:15.400
 homosexuality,

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 who we are,

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.380
 we're made

00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.840
 in God's

00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.039
 image,

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 how we live,

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.120
 the relationships

00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.660
 that he has

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.160
 given us,

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.079
 but why we

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.579
 struggle.

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.159
 We live

00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.819
 in a

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.159
 fallen

00:21:23.159 --> 00:21:24.119
 and broken

00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:24.659
 world,

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 and we

00:21:25.399 --> 00:21:26.199
 make choices

00:21:26.199 --> 00:21:26.939
 ourselves,

00:21:27.179 --> 00:21:28.379
 but because of

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:29.220
 others' choices

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.059
 towards us,

00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:30.679
 it can have an

00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:31.359
 effect on our

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.839
 behavior and

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:33.460
 our thinking.

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 So what is

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.699
 God's great

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.139
 hope?

00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:39.859
 Well, I think

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.379
 there are three

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 ways that we

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 can respond

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 equally to

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.859
 this.

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 things.

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 And the

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.039
 first is

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 this.

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 First, we

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.899
 are not

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.599
 called to

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.859
 stamp out

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.959
 homosexual

00:21:52.959 --> 00:21:53.779
 behavior.

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.119
 We are

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.899
 called to

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.379
 preach

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.259
 Christ.

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.139
 Paul has

00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.819
 made it very

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:01.939
 clear that it

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:02.579
 is God's

00:22:02.579 --> 00:22:03.419
 business to

00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.379
 judge those

00:22:04.379 --> 00:22:04.799
 who are

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.919
 outside the

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.379
 church.

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.559
 Have a look

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:07.919
 at 1

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.379
 Corinthians

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.579
 chapter 5,

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:12.459
 verses 9

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.120
 to 10.

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.200
 Chapter 5

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.000
 starts out

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:17.440
 where it

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.860
 says in

00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.340
 verse 1,

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.840
 it's actually

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.680
 reported that

00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.059
 there is

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:21.279
 sexual immorality

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.019
 among you.

00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.180
 And we

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:23.840
 continue in

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 verse 9.

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.019
 He says,

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 I have

00:22:26.340 --> 00:22:26.900
 written to

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.259
 you in

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.779
 my letter

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.360
 not to

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.160
 associate

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:30.259
 with

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.900
 sexually

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.579
 immoral

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.180
 people,

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.480
 not at

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.079
 all meaning

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.660
 the people

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:36.160
 of this

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:38.039
 world who

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.640
 are immoral.

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.259
 In other

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.539
 words,

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.880
 not meaning

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.440
 those who

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.019
 are not

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.639
 Christians,

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:45.160
 or the

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.519
 greedy,

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:47.019
 or swindlers,

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:48.420
 or idolaters.

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.440
 In that

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.819
 case,

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:50.139
 you would

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.619
 have to

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.359
 leave this

00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:51.799
 world.

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.400
 Verse 12,

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.759
 what business

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.400
 is it of

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.019
 mine to

00:22:59.019 --> 00:23:00.059
 judge those

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.740
 outside the

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.200
 church?

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.180
 You see,

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.819
 it is not

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.519
 our calling

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.379
 as Christians

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.900
 to enforce

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.539
 a certain

00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.639
 moral behavior

00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.640
 and to

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.020
 remove

00:23:11.020 --> 00:23:11.500
 ourselves

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.120
 from people

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:12.860
 who engage

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.480
 in immoral

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.180
 practices.

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.740
 If that

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.080
 were the

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.540
 case,

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.120
 he is

00:23:17.120 --> 00:23:17.400
 saying,

00:23:17.780 --> 00:23:18.680
 we would

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.040
 just have

00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:19.360
 to leave

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.860
 the planet.

00:23:20.020 --> 00:23:20.140
 We'd

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.380
 have to

00:23:20.380 --> 00:23:20.660
 go and

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:20.960
 live on

00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:21.280
 planet

00:23:21.280 --> 00:23:21.980
 Mars or

00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.420
 something.

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.960
 Rather,

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.400
 what our

00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.120
 concern should

00:23:25.120 --> 00:23:25.500
 be as

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.280
 Christians is

00:23:26.280 --> 00:23:26.860
 not the

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:27.600
 behavior of

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.080
 those who

00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.780
 are not

00:23:28.780 --> 00:23:29.480
 Christians,

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:31.160
 but the

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:31.840
 behavior of

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.280
 those who

00:23:32.280 --> 00:23:33.300
 are Christians.

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:34.400
 We should

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.100
 be concerned

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.700
 about the

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.780
 calling of

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.440
 the Christian.

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.379
 And the

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.980
 primary calling

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.359
 of the

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.359
 Christian is

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.940
 to reach

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.799
 out with

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.399
 the gospel.

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.139
 And Paul

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.720
 made it very

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.259
 clear in

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.839
 chapter 1

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.619
 verse 17

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:49.099
 that God

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.680
 had sent

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.799
 him primarily

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:52.579
 to preach

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.299
 the gospel.

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.039
 That was

00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:54.779
 why he was

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.180
 here.

00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.500
 One writer

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:58.180
 put it like

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.599
 this,

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.079
 people need

00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.819
 a reason to

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.639
 live a changed

00:24:02.639 --> 00:24:03.139
 life,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.559
 and we can

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.980
 give them

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.599
 that reason.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.959
 God has

00:24:06.959 --> 00:24:07.559
 not called

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:08.019
 us to be

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.599
 the moral

00:24:08.599 --> 00:24:09.299
 police for

00:24:09.299 --> 00:24:09.899
 this world.

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.859
 He has

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.339
 called us

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.899
 to preach

00:24:11.899 --> 00:24:12.419
 the good

00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.059
 news about

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:13.679
 his son.

00:24:14.199 --> 00:24:14.919
 The biggest

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.659
 problem that

00:24:15.659 --> 00:24:16.599
 the non-Christian

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.699
 world has

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.759
 is the fact

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.199
 that they

00:24:19.199 --> 00:24:19.740
 are not

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.439
 Christians.

00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:21.419
 Their

00:24:21.419 --> 00:24:22.459
 behavior is

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.079
 a secondary

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:23.559
 issue.

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.539
 The real

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.819
 problem is

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.179
 that they

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:27.019
 don't know

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.699
 Jesus.

00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.599
 Therefore,

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.559
 we can say,

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.039
 the gospel

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.359
 is central.

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:36.379
 so often,

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.019
 we can

00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.740
 focus on

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.679
 the external.

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.979
 We can

00:24:39.979 --> 00:24:40.959
 see people's

00:24:40.959 --> 00:24:41.519
 behavior,

00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.259
 and we

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.679
 want to

00:24:42.679 --> 00:24:43.399
 change their

00:24:43.399 --> 00:24:43.779
 behavior.

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.259
 We want

00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.599
 to make

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.119
 them different

00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.699
 kind of

00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.139
 people.

00:24:48.399 --> 00:24:49.099
 But the

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.679
 real issue

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.139
 is the

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.859
 internal.

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.519
 It's the

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.019
 heart,

00:24:52.319 --> 00:24:52.879
 and it's

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.359
 only the

00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.000
 gospel that

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.740
 can penetrate

00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.519
 deep into

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.039
 people's

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.879
 hearts and

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.479
 bring about

00:24:57.479 --> 00:24:58.099
 the change.

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.039
 Unless people

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.619
 are changed

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.419
 on the inside,

00:25:00.579 --> 00:25:00.919
 they're never

00:25:00.919 --> 00:25:01.619
 going to change

00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.439
 on the outside.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:05.460
 So our

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.440
 first response

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.299
 as Christians

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:08.980
 is always

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.440
 to be

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.140
 introducing

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.779
 people

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:12.100
 to Jesus.

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:16.519
 The second

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.140
 response,

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:17.500
 then,

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.420
 is this.

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.320
 We are not

00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.980
 called to

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.700
 ignore

00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.559
 homosexual

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.259
 behavior.

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.720
 We are to

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.980
 seek ongoing

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.279
 transformation.

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:29.119
 Now,

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.539
 when Paul

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.039
 wrote to

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.680
 the Christians

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.240
 at Corinth,

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:31.579
 and we

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.299
 must remember

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.759
 that this

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.279
 is a letter

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.000
 written to

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.599
 a church,

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.099
 to those

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:35.399
 who are

00:25:35.399 --> 00:25:36.019
 Christians,

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.759
 and we

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.180
 see all

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.740
 the behavior

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.119
 that was

00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.700
 going on,

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.440
 and he

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.019
 was aware

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.339
 as he

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.839
 wrote the

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.359
 letter that

00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.940
 there was

00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.399
 sexual

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:44.000
 immorality

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.460
 of all

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.440
 kinds that

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.859
 was going

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.200
 on at

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.759
 the church.

00:25:47.579 --> 00:25:48.379
 But look

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:48.980
 at the way

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.700
 in which he

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.579
 starts his

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:50.899
 letter.

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.500
 Go back

00:25:51.500 --> 00:25:51.980
 to chapter

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.420
 one,

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.799
 verse

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.220
 two.

00:25:57.279 --> 00:26:04.819
 You

00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.180
 think of

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.519
 all the

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.039
 issues that

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.319
 we've

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.779
 looked at

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.099
 that were

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.420
 in the

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.819
 church,

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.079
 and all

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.680
 the problems,

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:10.660
 and this

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.119
 is how he

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:11.819
 starts in

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.379
 verse two.

00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.359
 He says,

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:13.720
 to the

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.160
 church of

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.039
 God in

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.599
 Corinth,

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.980
 to those

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.079
 sanctified in

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.039
 Christ Jesus,

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.759
 called to be

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.200
 holy,

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.619
 together with

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.279
 all those

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:25.180
 everywhere who

00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.839
 call on the

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.359
 name of our

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:26.920
 Lord Jesus

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.480
 Christ,

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.880
 their Lord

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.259
 and ours.

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.380
 I find it

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:33.180
 quite incredible

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.820
 that he doesn't

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.480
 just launch

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.120
 into a big

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.820
 tirade,

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.860
 condemning

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.880
 every immoral

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.519
 behavior.

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.600
 Instead,

00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:40.460
 he starts

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.200
 off by

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:42.180
 reminding them

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.660
 of the

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.100
 gospel.

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:43.960
 He starts

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.380
 off by

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:45.240
 reminding them

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.580
 of their

00:26:45.580 --> 00:26:46.440
 life with

00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:46.960
 Christ.

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.000
 He's telling

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.400
 them that

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.800
 you've been

00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.460
 sanctified,

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.940
 which means

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.300
 you've been

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:51.120
 set apart

00:26:51.120 --> 00:26:51.820
 for Christ.

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.180
 You belong

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.779
 to Christ.

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.380
 You were

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:54.880
 called to

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.500
 be holy.

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.799
 you're

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.400
 different.

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.900
 In other

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.359
 words,

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.539
 because of

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:00.940
 who you

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.160
 are,

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.660
 because of

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:02.180
 what Christ

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.559
 has done

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:02.839
 in your

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.259
 life,

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:05.079
 this is

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.640
 how you

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:05.859
 should

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.299
 live.

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.559
 And that's

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.839
 where he

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.480
 starts his

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.740
 letter.

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.680
 So when we

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.160
 get into

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.000
 the nitty-gritty

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.380
 of the

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:11.980
 issues in

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.819
 chapter 5,

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.619
 he gives

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.319
 very clear

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:16.000
 instructions

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.660
 that the

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.359
 Christian,

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.880
 the believer

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:20.539
 who persists

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.839
 in sexual

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.559
 immorality,

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.099
 the Christian

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:24.539
 who is

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.859
 unrepentant,

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.500
 that person

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.139
 should not

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.839
 be ignored.

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.299
 So in

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.099
 chapter 5,

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.119
 verse 11,

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:32.799
 he says,

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.799
 but now,

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.220
 well, let's

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.639
 pick it up

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:36.379
 from verse 9,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.879
 just so you

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.779
 get the flow

00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.259
 of thought

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.519
 again.

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:38.920
 He says,

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.240
 I have

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.779
 written to

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.099
 you in

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.559
 my letter

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.000
 not to

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.440
 associate

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:41.779
 with

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.200
 sexually

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.599
 immoral

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.039
 people,

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:44.000
 not at

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.500
 all meaning

00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:45.059
 the people

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.519
 of this

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.259
 world who

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.940
 are immoral

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.720
 or the

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.039
 greedy,

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.899
 the swindlers

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.940
 or idolaters.

00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:50.980
 In that

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.259
 case,

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.539
 you would

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:51.879
 have to

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.379
 leave this

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:53.879
 world.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.220
 But now

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.559
 I am

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.220
 writing to

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.240
 you that

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.659
 you must

00:27:57.659 --> 00:27:58.500
 not associate

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.379
 with anyone

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:00.000
 who calls

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.779
 himself a

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.159
 brother,

00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.319
 calls himself

00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:03.099
 a Christian,

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.299
 but is

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.779
 sexually

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.539
 immoral

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.539
 or greedy,

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.779
 an idolater

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 or a

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.000
 slanderer,

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.819
 a drunkard

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.279
 or a

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.779
 swindler.

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.779
 With

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.259
 such a

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.759
 person,

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.200
 do not

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.799
 even

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.440
 eat.

00:28:18.399 --> 00:28:19.720
 Verse 13,

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.480
 God

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.899
 will

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.279
 judge

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.680
 those

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:23.420
 outside,

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.500
 expel

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.960
 the wicked

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.480
 man

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.799
 from among

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.039
 you.

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.460
 In other

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.680
 words,

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.180
 you have

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.319
 a

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.039
 responsibility

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.659
 to the

00:28:31.659 --> 00:28:32.119
 believer

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.879
 in the

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.220
 church

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.619
 who is

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.720
 unrepentant.

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.099
 And it's

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.619
 saying here,

00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:36.960
 I think,

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.440
 in a wider

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.920
 context,

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.619
 that Christ

00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.220
 is not

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.019
 content to

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.420
 leave us

00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:40.899
 where we

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.220
 are.

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.700
 We have

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.139
 to take

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.659
 our sins

00:28:43.659 --> 00:28:44.359
 seriously,

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.440
 whatever that

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:45.799
 is,

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.720
 and we

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.019
 are to

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.299
 seek

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.019
 ongoing

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.419
 transformation.

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.500
 So with

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.859
 that in

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.220
 mind,

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.460
 grace is

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.299
 required.

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.000
 When we

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:56.419
 become

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.139
 Christians,

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.240
 our

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.819
 behavior

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.279
 doesn't

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.779
 change

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.440
 overnight.

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:01.139
 As soon

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:01.399
 as you

00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:01.899
 turn to

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.399
 Christ,

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.220
 it doesn't

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.559
 mean to

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.879
 say that

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.119
 you are

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.500
 now a

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.940
 perfect

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.539
 person.

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.700
 Our

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.240
 position

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.700
 before

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.039
 God

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.559
 changes.

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.460
 He

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.779
 now

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.279
 sees

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.599
 us

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.039
 as he

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.379
 sees

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.899
 Christ,

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.099
 blameless

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:13.740
 and holy

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.139
 in his

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.519
 sight.

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.480
 But the

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.099
 transformation

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.720
 of our

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.299
 lives is

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.819
 ongoing.

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.119
 And so

00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:19.579
 often we

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.960
 seem to

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.220
 get it

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:20.599
 round the

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.119
 wrong way.

00:29:21.559 --> 00:29:22.079
 We say,

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.079
 change your

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:24.379
 behavior and

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.900
 then come

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.519
 to Christ.

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.839
 Get your

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.700
 life sorted

00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.740
 and then

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.059
 you can

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.500
 come to

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.819
 Jesus.

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.359
 That's

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.819
 wrong.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.079
 It's

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.480
 terribly

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:32.920
 wrong.

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.779
 We come

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.460
 to Christ

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.740
 first as

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.579
 we are,

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.660
 whether we

00:29:37.660 --> 00:29:38.619
 are homosexual

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:40.359
 or heterosexual.

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.920
 And God

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.279
 in his

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.720
 goodness

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:44.019
 will bring

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.559
 about the

00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.819
 change in

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.519
 our lives.

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.900
 We are

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.619
 all sinners.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.359
 We all

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.940
 fail and

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.420
 we all

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.900
 fall.

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:51.980
 Therefore,

00:29:52.139 --> 00:29:52.599
 we need to

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.180
 be able to

00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.400
 extend God's

00:29:54.400 --> 00:29:55.559
 grace to

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.220
 one another

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.180
 as we

00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.680
 seek the

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.279
 transformation

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.519
 of our

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.079
 lives.

00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.720
 So

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.359
 behavior

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.240
 doesn't

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.819
 change

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.500
 overnight.

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.059
 There is

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.859
 a process

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.160
 and therefore

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.420
 grace needs

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:09.900
 to be in

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.440
 operation.

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:13.059
 third

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.460
 then,

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.360
 we are

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.700
 not

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.340
 called to

00:30:16.340 --> 00:30:16.660
 make

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.600
 homosexual

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:19.120
 behavior

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.820
 the worst

00:30:19.820 --> 00:30:20.559
 of sins.

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.779
 We are

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.440
 to welcome

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.059
 all

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.559
 sinners.

00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.960
 Look at

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.720
 1 Corinthians

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.500
 6,

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:29.559
 verses 9

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.160
 to 10.

00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.720
 Let's

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.240
 read from

00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:31.559
 there.

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:40.579
 chapter 6,

00:30:40.659 --> 00:30:41.220
 verse 9.

00:30:41.359 --> 00:30:41.700
 Do you

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.419
 not know

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.980
 that the

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.279
 wicked

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.079
 will not

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.679
 inherit

00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.440
 the kingdom

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.039
 of God?

00:30:47.159 --> 00:30:47.980
 Do not

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.879
 be deceived.

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.079
 Neither

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.859
 the sexually

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.599
 immoral,

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:53.279
 nor idolaters,

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.599
 nor adulterers,

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.220
 nor male

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.039
 prostitutes,

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.980
 nor homosexual

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.579
 offenders,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.859
 nor thieves,

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.359
 nor the

00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.779
 greedy,

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:01.139
 nor drunkards,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:02.420
 nor slanderers,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.399
 nor swindlers,

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.920
 will inherit

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.500
 the kingdom

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.200
 of God.

00:31:07.740 --> 00:31:08.319
 Now,

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:08.920
 can you see

00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:09.519
 that list

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.099
 that is there

00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:10.720
 before us?

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.839
 Homosexual

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.680
 behavior

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:14.200
 is just

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.839
 one in a

00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:15.279
 list

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.619
 of sexually

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:17.279
 immoral

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.700
 sins.

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.180
 It's not

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.859
 the only

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.220
 one.

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.639
 And then

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.960
 when we

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.200
 look at

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.740
 the sexually

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.240
 immoral

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:22.799
 sins,

00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:23.539
 that is

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.279
 in a

00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:24.680
 broader

00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.279
 list

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.079
 of other

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.599
 sins,

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.180
 of slanderers,

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.879
 of swindlers,

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.639
 and drunkards,

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.180
 and greedy.

00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:32.140
 There's a

00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.780
 whole lot

00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.480
 of behavior

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.000
 that is

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.660
 contrary to

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:35.000
 God's

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.680
 good design.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.320
 Not being

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:38.160
 generous

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.759
 with your

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.180
 money

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:41.900
 is just

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.600
 the same

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:43.759
 as sleeping

00:31:43.759 --> 00:31:44.320
 with someone

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.680
 of the

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:44.980
 opposite

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.620
 sex.

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.820
 Speaking

00:31:47.820 --> 00:31:48.259
 against

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.640
 somebody

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.080
 else's

00:31:49.080 --> 00:31:49.720
 character

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.100
 is the

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.620
 same

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.420
 as looking

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.020
 at porn.

00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.740
 God

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.120
 doesn't

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:57.780
 distinguish

00:31:57.780 --> 00:31:58.940
 things here,

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.519
 and nor

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:00.039
 should we.

00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:00.660
 They are

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.420
 all grouped

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.100
 together.

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.580
 Cy Rogers,

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.360
 who is a

00:32:05.360 --> 00:32:05.700
 Christian

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.240
 teacher,

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.000
 somebody who

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.500
 seeks to

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.940
 help and

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.440
 encourage

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.080
 those who

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:10.860
 struggle with

00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:12.000
 homosexuality,

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.500
 he says

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.759
 this,

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.279
 it's not

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.700
 heterosexuality

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:16.240
 that gets

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.680
 us into

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.019
 heaven,

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.019
 it's a

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.700
 relationship

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.019
 with Jesus.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.680
 When we

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:22.320
 stand before

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.680
 God,

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.019
 he's not

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.400
 going to

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.980
 ask you,

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.000
 are you

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.779
 heterosexual,

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.000
 or are you

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.680
 homosexual?

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:28.900
 He's going

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.579
 to ask,

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.640
 do you

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.240
 love Jesus?

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.980
 So it's

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.480
 not about

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.000
 avoiding

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.640
 particular

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.160
 sins,

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.400
 it's about

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.400
 coming as

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.220
 sinners the

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:39.599
 way we

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.440
 are to

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.980
 Christ,

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.059
 which is

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.619
 what Paul

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.160
 seems to

00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:43.759
 be applying

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.460
 in verse

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.900
 11.

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.079
 He says

00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.440
 to them,

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:48.980
 of all the

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.480
 people that

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.819
 were made,

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.279
 this is what

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.700
 the church

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.180
 was made

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.839
 up of,

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.779
 all these

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.259
 kinds of

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.700
 people that

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.099
 we read

00:32:54.099 --> 00:32:54.579
 in verse

00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.279
 9.

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.259
 And he

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.659
 says in

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.220
 verse 11,

00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:58.039
 that is

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.619
 what some

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.939
 of you

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.480
 were.

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.960
 This is

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.259
 the way

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.079
 you used

00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:02.859
 to live.

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.240
 But when

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.559
 you came

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.960
 to Christ,

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.359
 something

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:05.980
 happened.

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.960
 Finish off

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.480
 verse 11,

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.919
 but you

00:33:07.919 --> 00:33:08.699
 were washed,

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.059
 you were

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.899
 sanctified,

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:11.839
 you were

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.779
 justified in

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.279
 the name of

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.779
 our Lord

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.740
 Jesus Christ

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.639
 and by the

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.859
 Spirit of

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:17.480
 our God.

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.759
 You see,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.339
 we are not

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.000
 told to

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.399
 come to

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:21.960
 Christ with

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 our lives

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.159
 sorted out.

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.960
 We are to

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.400
 come to

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.900
 Christ so

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.299
 that our

00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.120
 lives can

00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.700
 be sorted

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.100
 out.

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.640
 And he

00:33:28.640 --> 00:33:29.539
 explains how

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:30.100
 the gospel

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:30.720
 begins to

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.299
 take effect

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.920
 in people.

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:33.440
 He reminds

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.640
 them,

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:33.980
 he says,

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:34.279
 look,

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.039
 you were

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.620
 washed.

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:38.340
 In other

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:38.539
 words,

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:38.840
 you have

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.240
 been given

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.759
 a new

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.420
 purity.

00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.740
 Christ has

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.299
 come to

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.500
 you,

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.100
 he has

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:43.740
 cleaned

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.120
 you,

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.299
 he forgives

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:45.660
 you of

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.360
 your sin,

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.220
 and in

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.860
 place of

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.100
 that,

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.759
 he gives

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.200
 you the

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.000
 purity of

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.480
 Christ.

00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:52.200
 Our

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.740
 sexual

00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.539
 impurity

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.619
 is

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.159
 replaced

00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:55.460
 with

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.279
 Christ's

00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.680
 purity.

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.500
 You

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.680
 are

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.119
 washed,

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.420
 you're

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:59.000
 clean.

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.839
 And then

00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.220
 he tells

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.379
 them,

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.700
 you are

00:34:01.700 --> 00:34:02.599
 sanctified.

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:04.440
 We've

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.779
 been given

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.180
 a new

00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.960
 purpose in

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.279
 life.

00:34:06.639 --> 00:34:07.139
 Christ has

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.779
 come to

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.239
 you so

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.539
 that you

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.159
 can finish

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.739
 your old

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.519
 life and

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:10.800
 you can

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.300
 begin a

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:11.880
 new kind

00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:12.400
 of life.

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.860
 We're set

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.279
 apart,

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.739
 that's what

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.279
 sanctified

00:34:15.279 --> 00:34:15.759
 means.

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.239
 You've

00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.679
 got a new

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.460
 purpose in

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.699
 life.

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.440
 You now

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.480
 follow God's

00:34:19.480 --> 00:34:20.199
 design for

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.980
 sexuality,

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.119
 sexuality,

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.320
 not your

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.659
 own.

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.619
 Now start

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.320
 living it.

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.920
 And he

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.280
 says you

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.119
 were justified.

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:29.880
 In other

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.240
 words, we

00:34:30.240 --> 00:34:30.820
 have a new

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.380
 position.

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.740
 Christ has

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:33.320
 come to

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.539
 us.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.059
 He has

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.699
 exchanged

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:35.559
 places with

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:35.719
 us.

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.480
 He's taken

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.079
 on all

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.740
 our sexual

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.420
 immorality,

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.599
 every thought

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.039
 and every

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.679
 word and

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.440
 every deed,

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.360
 and he

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.019
 suffers the

00:34:43.019 --> 00:34:43.719
 penalty that

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.460
 we deserve,

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.619
 and in its

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.760
 place, we

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.380
 are given a

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.059
 new standing

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.000
 before God.

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.599
 We are

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.239
 not

00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.279
 homosexual

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.960
 or

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.759
 heterosexual.

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.279
 We are

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:56.119
 children of

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.659
 God.

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:57.900
 That is our

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.860
 true identity,

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.960
 loved and

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.599
 treasured by

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.019
 him.

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.579
 So you

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:04.139
 can see

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.739
 here that

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.460
 he's reminding

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:05.940
 them that

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.299
 you are

00:35:06.299 --> 00:35:07.619
 welcomed as

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.059
 sinners.

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.019
 You are

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.960
 welcomed with

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.699
 all your

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:11.139
 immoral

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.779
 behaviour.

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.219
 You were

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.299
 introduced to

00:35:14.299 --> 00:35:14.980
 Jesus who

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.659
 gives you a

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.480
 new purity,

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.480
 a new

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.119
 purpose,

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.900
 and a

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.159
 new

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.960
 position in

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.340
 life.

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.800
 That means

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:26.320
 that all

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:27.380
 hate-speak

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.659
 is out.

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.480
 We are

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.019
 not to be

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.619
 people who

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:32.320
 walk around

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.280
 with placards,

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.980
 as is seen

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.599
 on the news

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:35.119
 from time

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.559
 to time,

00:35:35.679 --> 00:35:36.079
 shouting,

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.219
 God hates

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.719
 fags.

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.820
 We are

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.300
 not to be

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.900
 people who

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.420
 look down

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.920
 and feel

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.960
 superior to

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.500
 those with

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.179
 a homosexual

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:45.179
 orientation.

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:47.960
 what about

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.500
 the jokes

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.000
 you make

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.339
 amongst

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.599
 your

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.960
 friends?

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:52.399
 What about

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.960
 put-down

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.739
 comments that

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.339
 you may say

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.699
 to your

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.339
 classmate,

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.019
 you're

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.339
 gay?

00:35:58.419 --> 00:35:59.119
 For the

00:35:59.119 --> 00:35:59.440
 Christian

00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.039
 community,

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.539
 that is

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.440
 unacceptable.

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:03.339
 There is

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:04.039
 no room to

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.859
 reject or

00:36:04.859 --> 00:36:05.480
 isolate

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.019
 anyone.

00:36:06.699 --> 00:36:07.099
 We are

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:08.019
 called to

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.579
 welcome

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.500
 everyone,

00:36:10.299 --> 00:36:10.980
 just as

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.679
 Christ has

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.659
 welcomed us.

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:18.319
 so I'd

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:18.719
 like us

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.199
 to think

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.759
 through

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:21.279
 a couple

00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.779
 of things

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.099
 and I

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.579
 just leave

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:23.420
 these comments

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.119
 with you.

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.219
 What is

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:26.899
 there within

00:36:26.899 --> 00:36:28.339
 your sexuality

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:29.779
 that you

00:36:29.779 --> 00:36:30.559
 struggle with?

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.699
 Is there

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.500
 anybody that

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.259
 you know

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:38.399
 who is

00:36:38.399 --> 00:36:38.719
 gay?

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.779
 Do you

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.239
 know anybody

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.960
 who struggles

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:42.339
 with homosexuality?

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:43.640
 how do you

00:36:43.640 --> 00:36:44.160
 relate to

00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.360
 them?

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.480
 What do

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:45.960
 you say?

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:46.820
 How do

00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.340
 you behave?

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.980
 Is there a

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:50.539
 different way

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.000
 in which you

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.700
 can approach

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.360
 the person?

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:53.940
 How can

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:54.539
 you help

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:54.840
 them?

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:56.200
 Just as

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.700
 much as

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:58.120
 Christ has

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.600
 come to

00:36:58.600 --> 00:36:59.539
 us to

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.360
 help us.

00:37:02.740 --> 00:37:03.559
 May God

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:04.160
 help us

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.880
 to apply

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.600
 his word

00:37:05.600 --> 00:37:06.579
 as we

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.059
 seek to

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:07.380
 live as

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.180
 his people

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:09.500
 in this

00:37:09.500 --> 00:37:09.900
 world.

00:37:10.220 --> 00:37:10.840
 Let's pray

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.300
 together.

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.700
 We've been

00:37:30.700 --> 00:37:31.039
 talking

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:32.940
 through a

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:33.480
 number of

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.240
 issues over

00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.920
 these past

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:36.539
 weeks and

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.240
 so I just

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.900
 want to say

00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:38.460
 if there is

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.619
 anybody here

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:41.280
 who wants

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.840
 to talk

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.579
 through further

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.179
 any of

00:37:43.179 --> 00:37:43.860
 these issues

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:45.139
 in a more

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.199
 private manner

00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:46.860
 either with

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:48.880
 myself or

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:49.820
 with Kirstie

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:51.340
 then please

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.500
 do speak

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.179
 to us and

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.720
 it will be

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:54.699
 held in

00:37:54.699 --> 00:37:55.260
 complete

00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:57.260
 confidentiality.

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.539
 Our

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:02.019
 Father God

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.460
 we thank

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:02.920
 you so

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:04.460
 much that

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.139
 we are

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.599
 your

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.320
 creation.

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:08.080
 we are

00:38:08.080 --> 00:38:08.760
 part of

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.019
 your

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.559
 wonderful

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.160
 design.

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.039
 We are

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.340
 your

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.900
 image

00:38:12.900 --> 00:38:13.800
 bearers.

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.620
 We were

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.120
 made

00:38:16.120 --> 00:38:16.660
 like

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.100
 God

00:38:17.100 --> 00:38:19.260
 and it

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.700
 is your

00:38:19.700 --> 00:38:20.200
 desire

00:38:20.200 --> 00:38:21.460
 that we

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.059
 would become

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.760
 more and

00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.300
 more like

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.780
 Christ

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:25.519
 and thank

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.820
 you that

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.400
 one day

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.500
 if our

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.280
 trust is in

00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:28.620
 the Lord

00:38:28.620 --> 00:38:28.940
 Jesus

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.240
 we will

00:38:30.240 --> 00:38:30.960
 become

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:32.140
 like Christ

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.600
 we will

00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.059
 be like

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.320
 him.

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:35.680
 we will

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.559
 struggle no

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.920
 more.

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:38.440
 We won't

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.140
 struggle about

00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:39.720
 our sin.

00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:41.220
 We won't

00:38:41.220 --> 00:38:41.980
 struggle with

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.980
 our sexuality.

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.019
 Everything

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.740
 will be put

00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.260
 in order

00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:47.920
 and your

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.780
 design will

00:38:48.780 --> 00:38:50.340
 be stamped

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:51.840
 across our

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:53.019
 lives and

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.580
 across our

00:38:53.580 --> 00:38:53.980
 world.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.440
 Please help

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:57.059
 us to live

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.360
 as your

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.780
 people.

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.740
 Help us to

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.600
 submit to the

00:39:00.600 --> 00:39:01.440
 authority of

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.000
 your word.

00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.740
 Help us to

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.679
 bring grace

00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.200
 to one

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.559
 another.

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.260
 Help us

00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:09.760
 not to

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.940
 ignore the

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.679
 sin that we

00:39:11.679 --> 00:39:12.300
 see around

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:12.720
 us.

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.700
 Help us to

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.460
 bring forgiveness.

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.320
 Help us to

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:17.300
 speak Christ

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.119
 into each

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.860
 other's lives.

00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:20.440
 To help

00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.000
 each other

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.539
 to go on

00:39:22.539 --> 00:39:23.059
 living the

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.900
 pure life

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:24.300
 that you

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:24.740
 have called

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:25.119
 us to

00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.380
 live.

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.700
 And we

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.360
 pray that you

00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:28.780
 would help

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.240
 us to be

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:30.300
 lights shining

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.940
 for you

00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:32.300
 in what

00:39:32.300 --> 00:39:32.960
 is still

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.840
 very much

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.960
 a homophobic

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.019
 culture and

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.700
 society.

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.599
 Help us to

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.099
 bring your

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.400
 love.

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.000
 Help us to

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.700
 bring Christ.

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.420
 Help us to

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:42.820
 be your

00:39:42.820 --> 00:39:43.220
 people.

00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.980
 In Jesus'

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.440
 name.

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:46.700
 Amen.

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.760
 We're going

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:55.039
 to sing

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.960
 together our

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:58.019
 closing song.

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:59.179
 It's in

00:39:59.179 --> 00:40:00.039
 Christ alone

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.960
 my hope is

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.360
 found.

00:40:02.300 --> 00:40:03.239
 That is where

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.159
 we all find

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.980
 our refuge.

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:05.860
 That's where we

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.559
 all find our

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.019
 peace.

00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:07.820
 That is where

00:40:07.820 --> 00:40:08.539
 we find our

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:08.900
 hope.