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"My paramount object in this struggle is • to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and • …the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause." --Abraham Lincoln "Letter to Horace Greeley" (August 22, 1862) • “…who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.” (Romans 1:32) • Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals… (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) Fact #1 – The Bible teaches that those who practice homosexuality are unrighteous. • “Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.” (I Corinthians 11:9) • “…as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” (Jude, verse 7) • “Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.” (Matthew 10:15) • “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination…animal…don’t defile yourself with any of these things…” (Leviticus 18:22) • “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13). • “For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting.” (Romans 1:26-28) • Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted. (1 Timothy 1:8-11, ESV) • Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God… (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) Fact #2 – The Bible teaches that homosexuals will not inherit the kingdom of God. • “…as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” (Jude, verse 7) • Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals… (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) Fact #3 – The Bible teaches that homosexuality was a matter over which there was a danger of being deceived. • 1. This is a civil rights issue, morally equivalent to the fight for equality for African Americans in the 1960’s. • “A lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight— and when they come out, they’re gay.” Ben Carson, potential 2016 presidential candidate. • 1. This is a civil rights issue, morally equivalent to the fight for equality for African Americans in the 1960’s. • 2. If you are tempted with homosexuality, you are a homosexual. • 1. This is a civil rights issue, morally equivalent to the fight for equality for African Americans in the 1960’s. • 2. If you are tempted with homosexuality, you are a homosexual. • 3. In a world starving for love, Christians are opposed to loving relationships. • …nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) Fact #4 – The Bible teaches that homosexuality is an act for which one needs forgiveness. • And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-11) Fact #5 – The fact that these Christians knew homosexuality was sinful implies someone had told them.