Aloha Amazing Sons & Daughters of the Most High GOD!
It’s been a great week in the Kingdom and Papa God is still in an amazing mood and is crazy in love with you! As things began to unfold over the last several weeks my heart is challenged to stand firm and see the salvation of our GOD! It’s no surprise to me to see the enemy continue to attack the foundational pillar stones of creation. After all he has wanted to pervert the things of God and bring confusion since the garden. I want to say before I go any further that God so loved the world that He gave His Son. And that was his heart and intent from the beginning before while we were still in Him. I want nothing more than to see my fellow brothers and sisters fully awakened to come alive and come into the life that Jesus purchased for them. God does not hate people He hates sin & death. Its His heart that all would become aware of what He did for them. Unfortunately all wont accept what He did and “believe into the Lord Jesus”. We will continue however standing for truth and freedom! It was for Freedom that Christ set us free from the law of sin and death! Here are some thoughts I wanted to share with you this week regarding Truth!
God’s plan for sexuality
“So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” —Genesis 1:27 (NKJV)
“And the LORD God said, ‘It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.’ Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him. 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. Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: ‘This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.” —Genesis 2:18-25 (NKJV)
The image of God is both male and female and is reflected in a godly union between male and female where the creative power of God, His life-giving, His self-giving and His moral nature are perfectly expressed. This is only possible in a heterosexual union.
When God created a partner for Adam He created Eve – not another Adam. This means that perfect partnership requires some level of difference as well as a level of similarity so great that Adam could cry out loudly, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh”. Sexual intimacy between a man and a woman is the normal method of male/female bonding (emotionally and physically) because it corresponds to the design of our bodies and because it is the normal means by which offspring are created.
If God had intended the human race to be fulfilled through both heterosexual and homosexual marriage, He would have designed our bodies to allow reproduction through both means and made both means of sexual intercourse healthy and natural.
What Jesus taught
“And He answered and said to them, ‘Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’” —Matthew 19:4 (NKJV)
“But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’”—Mark 10:6 (NKJV)
When Jesus was asked questions about marriage he went straight back to the defining passages in Genesis that say that marriage is between male and female and is meant to be life long. He saw the creation accounts in Genesis as authoritative in His day. And what is authoritative for Jesus is authoritative for Christians also. While Jesus did not specifically teach on homosexuality, His establishment of the Genesis passages as the fundamental passages on marriage (even more fundamental than the Law) leaves no doubt as to the outcome.
Our society has laughed at marriage and made it of no effect! Marriage has not been honored!
Adultery is no big deal. No-fault divorce is tolerated. Absentee fathers and mothers devalue marriage. Unmarried pregnancies are common. Fornication is “normal.” When we make the case against homosexual marriage, we need to speak against these other problems that devalue marriage too.
As we acknowledge these problems we can emphasize that legalizing homosexual marriage will compound the problems, not solve or lessen them.
Its time for the body of Christ to stand up for, defend, and advance truth! Our hearts desire is to see people free and released from all that entangles them. YEAH GOD HE LOVES US AND LIVES IN US!
Releasing JOY!
This Week:
May 17 – Men’s Bible Study @ AMP 6:30 p.m.
May 18 – Children/Nursery Ministry meeting @ AMP 6:30 p.m. Bring a dish to pass!
May 19 – Healing Rooms 3:30-6:30p.m.
May 20 – Celebration Service 10 a.m. ~ Darren Wilson – Finger of God/Furious Love Producer 6 p.m.
Coming Up:
May 22 – Upcountry Home Group @ The Fernandez home 6:30 p.m.
May 23 – Lahaina Home Group @ Sprenger Home 5:30 p.m.
May 25 – Night of Worship @ AMP 6:30 p.m.
May 26 – Healing Rooms 3:30-6:30p.m.
May 27 – Celebration Service 10 a.m.
May 29 – Upcountry Home Group @ The Fernandez home 6:30 p.m.
May 30 – Lahaina Home Group @ Sprenger Home 5:30 p.m.
May 31 – Girls Night Out! 6:30 p.m.
Coming Soon:
Maui Men’s Ministry Annual Men’s Camp – August 8-11 Please see Ram Moskwa for more information
