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“ A Timely Message ” This is a timely message for sure. Is there confusion over the widespread approval of homosexuality in the church? Have you been told the loving response of the church is to embrace, celebrate, and sanctify this sin? Here, Pastor Nutter lays out the true loving response to homosexuality from the church. We are called to be light and salt to the world. This sermon walks you through what God has to say about sexual sin, how we are to respond, and the hope in Christ we are to share with those who are enslaved to sin. I encourage you to share this message with others who have exchanged God’s truth for a lie.
Ian Migala (3/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” This is why they are especially militant in not only promoting their lifestyle, but in forcing others to accommodate it. It is moral insanity (Gen 19:4). 3. WHY IS THE SIN OF HOMOSEXUALITY (“INDULGING STRANGE FLESH”) SO CORRUPT? [45:28] a. It is utterly contrary to the law of nature. “Queer” was an allusion to this obvious fact. b. Only this sin and the sin of bestiality are described as pollution with strange flesh. They are similar because they defy the function of nature. OBSERVATIONS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALS FROM THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS [48:55]: 1. Homosexuals make every provision to practice their sin and to promote their lusts. They are unique in this manner. It is an open sin in a degenerate culture. And it must be universally accepted so that homosexuals can accept it themselves. 2. Homosexuals exhibit impudence and shamelessness in sinning, not fearing how they are regarded by the rest of the world. They glory in that of which they should be ashamed and flaunt it in their public parades. 3. Homosexuals are guilty of idolatry, since they make their sin their god. In fact, their identity is so wrapped up in their sin that they become their own god. 4. Homosexuals may be saved, since homosexuality is not the unforgivable sin. God’s grace is greater than their sin (1 Cor 6:11).
Ian Migala (3/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 2. It is an infatuating sin, taking away the heart. Once one engages in such sin, one is practically powerless to disengage. 3. It is a sin that injures others: sexually-transmitted diseases, infidelity, abortion, etc. 4. It is a sin that induces the commission of other sins: pornography, lying, hypocrisy, extortion, adultery, rape, even murder. 5. It is a sin that especially dishonors the body. It defiles and destroys it. We were made to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever. 6. It is a sacrilegious sin; it takes from God what belongs to Him (1 Cor 6:15-16, 18-20). 7. It is a characteristically heathen sin. The heathen give vent to all their inclinations (1 Thes 4:15, Rom 13:13). 2. WHAT IS THE SIN TO WHICH JUDE REFERS AS “GOING AFTER STRANGE FLESH” AND WHY IS IT THE EPITOME OF REBELLION AGAINST GOD? [26:44]. It refers to homosexuality. Even nature teaches that it is wrong and violates God’s design. Rom 1:18-32 – homosexuals radically suppress the truth. Their practice does violence to the anatomy; indeed, homosexuals live shorter lives. Yet they still give mute consent to God’s order: as couples, they take ‘male’ and ‘female’ roles. And with the law on their hearts, they know they are worthy of eternal destruction.
Ian Migala (3/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” Having detailed three historical examples of apostates whom God destroyed, we find that a sin common to all of them is rebellion. The sensual ones rebel against God’s created order. Today, the authority of the Bible is again an issue in the church. We see in Gen 19 how Lot pictures the compromised church. But there is no middle ground with regard to the Bible. Last week, we examined the identity of the pagans’ sensual cities last week. This week, we move on to B. THE SENSUAL CITIES: THEIR PERVERSE DISORDER (Jude 7b) [starting at 9:32 of the audio]. This study will ask three questions: 1. WHAT IS THE SIN OF “GROSS IMMORALITY” AND WHY IS IT SO DETESTABLE TO GOD? It is a general reference to all sexual sin. The Greek word is also the root of the English word ‘pornography’. God made us male and female, and sex is to be confined to a marriage between them. At a point in time, the Sodomite cities abandoned themselves to gross immorality. We see the Hebrews do it in Num 25. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE SIN OF GROSS IMMORALITY [13:41]: 1. It is a close and cleaving sin, much cherished by corrupt nature. It is hard to resist. It is a sin of the body and of the heart.
