What the Bible has to Say About Gender ConfusionWHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ABOUT GENDER CONFUSION
PCAG - 15th October 2023
Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear.”
I. GOD’S DESIGN FOR HUMAN SEXUALITY
WHAT DOES GOD’S WORD SAY
Genesis 1:27 “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
Matthew 19:4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’”
Genesis 2:25 “Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.”
Psalm 139:13-14 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your
workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it.”
B. WHAT DOES SCIENCE SAY
C. WHAT IS GENDER?
II. God’S DESIGN BROKEN BY SIN
Genesis 1:31 “Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good!”
Psalm 139:14 “Your workmanship is marvelous”
Romans 1:18 “But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.”
Romans 1:21 “And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.”
Jeremiah 17:9 “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?”
Proverbs 14:12 “There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.”
III. GOD’S POWER OF RESTORATION
Titus 3:4-5 “When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, 5 he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.”
IV. Our response to gender confusion
A. Hate the sin
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 “Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, 10 or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people - none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.”
B. Love the Sinner
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