What is the root of the sin of sexual identity? Being a lesbian was not just a description of the kind of sex I liked to have.

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2 Ephesians 5:8-21

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4 What is the root of the sin of sexual identity? Being a lesbian was not just a description of the kind of sex I liked to have. Being a lesbian encompassed a whole range of feelings and perception, character qualities, and sensibilities.

5 It reflected the depth of my nonsexual friendships and the integrated community I wanted to build with women. Being a lesbian also reflected the kind of professor I was, the classes I taught, the books I read, and the dissertations I directed. I was all in.

6 And, I was a jumble of emotions, because according to the Bible, what I called community, God called idolatry. Rosaria Butterfield

7 7 Therefore do not become partners with them;

8 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

9 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John 12:36

10 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.

11 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.

12 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already

13 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already

14 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

15 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

16 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

17 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

18 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.

19 One very difficult aspect of sin is that my sin never feels like sin to me. My sin feels like life to me, plain and simple. My heart is an idol factory, and my mind is an excusemaking factory. Rosaria Butterfield

20 14 Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

21 2 Greek words for time Chronos - time that can be measured seconds, minutes, hours, years Kairos - Opportunity, Season

22 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

23 18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

24 Be constantly being filled with the Holy Spirit Passive It is not a manufactured experience Imperative not an optional experience.

25 This is not a critical experience, this is a state or a condition in which we are to live always, permanently. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

26 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him! Luke 11:13

27 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

28 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. John 16:14

29 Worship worth-ship" To attribute worth to something

30 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

31 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

32 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

33 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. Psalm 100:4

34 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations. Psalm 100:5

35 21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.

36 Evidence of the Spirit s Control Joyful Worship Thankfulness Mutual Submissiveness

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