LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1 Peter 3:15 DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING YOUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST

But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. 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, 1 Peter 3:15 NIV

For as a man thinks in his heart, so is he Proverbs 23:7a

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23 NIV

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1.Regarding Life and Death (eternity)

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1.Regarding Life and Death (eternity) 2.Regarding the Right to Life (abortion)

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1.Regarding Life and Death (eternity) 2.Regarding the Right to Life (abortion) 3.Regarding the Immigration Crisis (rule of law)

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1.Regarding Life and Death (eternity) 2.Regarding the Right to Life (abortion) 3.Regarding the Immigration Crisis (rule of law) 4.Regarding the Sanctity of Marriage (design)

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 1.Regarding Life and Death (eternity) 2.Regarding the Right to Life (abortion) 3.Regarding the Immigration Crisis (rule of law) 4.Regarding the Sanctity of Marriage (design) 5.Regarding Homosexuality (unnatural)

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply Genesis 1:27-28

And the LORD God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” Genesis 2:18

And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said: … Genesis 2:21-25

“This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. … Genesis 2:21-25

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:21-25

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom - - both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.” Genesis 19:4-5

Lot went outside to meet Thema and shut the door behind him 7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you… Genesis 19:6-8

and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, Genesis 19:6-8

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, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will… 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

inherit the kingdom of God. 11 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

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 6. Regarding the Value of Family

And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’ 5 and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and… Matthew 19:4-6

the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 19:4-6

Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb as a reward. Psalm 127:3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” Ephesians 6:1

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 6. Regarding the Value of Family 7. Regarding What is Right and Wrong

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit. Judges 21:25

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20

LET GOD ANSWER THEM 6. Regarding the Value of Family 7. Regarding What is Right and Wrong 8. Regarding Israel’s Existence as a People-Nation

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach… Jeremiah 31:33-36

his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, “Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will… Jeremiah 31:33-36

remember no more.” 35 Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for a light by day, The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night, Who disturbs the sea, And its waves roar. The LORD of hosts is His name… Jeremiah 31:33-36

36 “If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.” Jeremiah 31:33-36

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” 3 Then Abram… Genesis 17:1-8

fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: 4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made… Genesis 17:1-8

you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations,… Genesis 17:1-8

for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” Genesis 17:1-8

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved… John 3:16-19

18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world… John 3:16-19

and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:16-19