GENDER CONFUSION
Pastor Bill Young
bill@trc.ife

How should a Christian respond to Gender Confusion?

I. Definitions and

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The difference between Sex and GENDER.

II. Culture and

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A.

Reveal Answer

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B.

Reveal Answer

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c.

Reveal Answer

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c.

Reveal Answer

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III. Bible and

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A. God created humans Male &

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Genesis 1:26-28 NIV84 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness… So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth.”
Genesis 5:1-2 NIV84 This is the written account of Adam’s line. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them.”

B. Jesus

creation of the male & female genders.

Matthew 19:4 NIV84 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female”

C. Our

were created by, and belong to God.

Psalm 139:4 NIV84 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
1 Corinthians 6:20 NIV84 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

D. Our identity must be in

, not our gender.

2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV84 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

E. Science and history confirm the

nature of gender.

“Biological sex” refers to whether we are female or male, based on our anatomy and reproductive functions.

IV. Some important cultural

…

A. Why can’t Christians just be

and respectful and allow people to choose how they identify?

1 Peter 3:15b NIV84 Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

B. How should I

to my transgender friends? (Pronouns: He or she or other?)

C. We see hermaphrodites (Intersex) in the

Kingdom… doesn’t this prove its normal for humans too?

D. Should our church

men to use women’s bathrooms? (& visa versa?)

E. Do you have thoughts for those who are

about their gender? (i.e. Should I encourage surgery, drugs, cross-dressing, acting out?)

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