Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

The Wrong Schematic. Romans 12, 1 and 2, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the

mercies of God, present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

You may prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.

Recently, when I was a guest on Flashpoint with my friend, Gene Bailey,

the subject of same-sex marriage was brought up. It was mentioned that a significant number of Christians

now believe that homosexuality and same-sex marriage are acceptable in the eyes of the Lord.

None of us participating on the show agreed with this belief.

We love those in the gay community, but we cannot compromise what the scriptures teach.

God created humans as male and female, and marriage is intended

to be between one man and one woman. Genesis 1, 26, 7, and 8, Genesis 2.24, Matthew 19,

4, and 5, and elsewhere. The drifting of the church away from a biblical worldview,

accepting scripture as the final authority for all of life, has created great harm.

The Bible must be our standard for truth, period. It is the benchmark from which all issues and boundaries must be measured.

A humanistic standard that says there is no absolute truth, that all truth is relative,

leaves us unmoored and guided by our own wishes, lusts, philosophies, moral standards,

and societal norms, etc. This is the theme of the book of judges. Every man did what was right

in his own eyes. The inevitable result of this philosophy in the period of the judges was chaos,

violence, gross immorality, selfishness, wickedness of every sort. In the body of Christ,

it's led to heresy, lack of power, dim lights and savourless salt for society and our culture,

Matthew 5. I made the statement on Tuesday night's program that revival, millions of people

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