Canadian Supreme Court Rules Biblical Speech Opposing Homosexual

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Biblical Speech Opposing Homosexual Behavior is a ‘Hate Crime’ February 28, 2013 Ottawa, Ontario – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Biblical speech opposing homosexual behavior, including in written form, is essentially a hate crime… It pointed back to the lower court ruling, which asserted, “While the courts cannot be drawn into the business of attempting to authoritatively interpret sacred texts such as the Bible, those texts will typically have characteristics which cannot be ignored if they are to be properly assessed in relation to … the [Hate Crimes] Code. ”… While speech opposing homosexuality remains legal in the United States, some note that the nation is heading in the same direction as Canada, as discrimination laws are being enforced by state Human Rights Commissions across the country. A number of incidents have made headlines in recent years where American businesses have been punished for their refusal to accommodate the homosexual lifestyle, …

I. True Spirituality Introduction II. Background Spirituality) (Objective III. Technical Development Context A. Three Considerations of True Spirituality (Rejected-Slain-Raised) B. Three Spiritual Categories of Men C. Three Conditions of True Spirituality IV. Spirituality and Spiritual Growth V. Key Passages of

The Three Categories of Men 1 Cor 2: 14 The Natural Man 1 Cor 215, 3: 1 The Spiritual Man 1 Cor 3: 1, 3 The Carnal Man

The Three Categories of Men 1 Cor 2: 14 The Natural (PSUCHIKOS) Man 1 Cor 215, 3: 1 The Spiritual Man 1 Cor 3: 1, 3 The Carnal Man

The Three Categories of Men 1 Cor 2: 14 The Natural (PSUCHIKOS) Man 1 Cor 215, 3: 1 The Spiritual (PNEUMATIKOS) Man 1 Cor 3: 1, 3 The Carnal Man

The Three Categories of Men 1 Cor 2: 14 The Natural (PSUCHIKOS) Man 1 Cor 215, 3: 1 The Spiritual (PNEUMATIKOS) Man 1 Cor 3: 1, 3 The Carnal (SARKIKOS) Man

The Three Categories of Men Unregenerate (Unbeliever) “natural” yuciko, j “of physical” Regenerate (Believer) “spiritual” pneumatiko, j “of spirit”

I. True Spirituality Introduction II. Background Spirituality) (Objective III. Technical Development Context A. Three Considerations of True Spirituality (Rejected-Slain-Raised) B. Three Spiritual Categories of Men C. Three Conditions of True Spirituality IV. Spirituality and Spiritual Growth V. Key Passages of

The Three Conditions of Spirituality 1. Yieldedness 2. Confession “Do not quench the Spirit” 1 Th 5: 19 “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit” Eph 4: 30 3. Walking in the Spirit “…walk in

Yieldedness The foundation of true spirituality.

He That is Spiritual Sperry Chafer pg. 86 Lewis “The Spirit is ‘quenched’ by any unyieldness to the revealed will of God. It is simply saying ‘no’ to God, and so is closely related to matters of the divine appointments for service; though the Spirit may be ‘quenched, ’ as well, by any resistance of the providence of God in the life…. “According to the Scriptures, the believer’s responsibility in realizing true spirituality is again crystallized into one crucial

He That is Spiritual Sperry Chafer pg. 87 Lewis “To be yielded to Him is to allow Him to design and execute the position and effectiveness of our life. He alone can do this. Of all the numberless paths in which we might walk, He alone knows which is best. He alone has power to place our feet in that path and to keep them there, and He alone has love for us that will never cease to prompt Him to do for us all that is in His wisdom, power and love to do. Truly the life is thrice blessed that learns to yield to the will of God. “Nothing could be more misdirected than a self-directed life. In our creation God has purposely omitted any faculty, or power, of self-direction. ‘O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps’ (Jeremiah 10: 23). It is the divine plan that the element of guidance shall be supplied in us by God Himself. One of the results of the Adamic fall is the independence of the human will toward God; yet man is most spiritual and most conformed to the design of his Maker when he is most yielded to the divine will. What greater evidence of the fall do we need than that we must struggle to be yielded to Him? How much we feel we have gained when we can say, ‘Thy will, not mine be done’! It is

He That Is Spiritual Lewis Sperry Chafer 91 “A yieldedness to the will of God is not demonstrated by some one particular issue: it is rather a matter of having taken the will of God as the rule of one's life. To be in the will of God is simply to be willing to do His will without reference to any particular thing He may choose. It is electing His will to be final, even before we know what He pg.

True Spirituality Francis Schaeffer pp. 7, 9 “I am to love God enough to be contented, because otherwise even our natural and proper desires bring us into revolt against God has made us with proper desires, but if there is not a proper contentment on my part, to this extent I am in revolt against God, and of course revolt is the whole central problem of sin. When I lack proper contentment, either I have forgotten that God is God, or I have ceased to be submissive to him…. “In a Christian understanding of contentment, we must see contentment in relation to these things. To summarize, there is a personal God. He is my Father since I have accepted Christ as my Savior. Then surely when I lack trust, I am denying what I say I believe. At the same time, I say there is a battle in the universe, and God is God. Then, if I lack trust, what I am really doing is denying in practice that he has a right, as my God, to use me where he wants in the spiritual battle which exists in the seen and the unseen world. The trust and contentment must be in the Christian framework, but in the proper framework the contentment is deeply important. “If the contentment goes and the giving of thanks goes, we are not loving God as we should, and proper desire has become coveting against God.

Consequences of Unyieldedness 1. Loss of Fellowship 2. Deliverance into Power of Iniquities 3. Passive Hardening of the Heart 3: 13 4. Dullness of Hearing 5: 11 5. Perpetual Spiritual Immaturity 5: 12 -13 Isaiah 64: 7 Hebrews

The Three Conditions of Spirituality 1. Yieldedness 2. Confession “Do not quench the Spirit” 1 Th 5: 19 “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit” Eph 4: 30 3. Walking in the Spirit “…walk in

Grace Lewis Sperry Chafer pp. 337, 339, 341 “Under the law relationship between God and man, character was the product of the energy and struggle of the flesh. This, too, is the conception of human character which is held by the world, and, alas, through false teaching, it is the only one in the minds of many Christians…. Heaven's glory will not be a display of human character; it is to be the unveiling of the riches of grace in Christ Jesus. Nor is Christian character a product of the flesh; it is ‘the fruit of the Spirit. ’…” “These graces are elements of divine character which are never found unless divinely wrought. They are ‘the fruit of the Spirit. ’ They are never gained by struggle, long or short; they are the immediate experience of every believer who comes into right adjustment with the Spirit. Therefore the way to a victorious life is not by self-development; it is through a ‘walk in the Spirit. ’…The believer's responsibility is not the walk; it is rather that of yieldedness to the Spirit who promotes the walk. When thus yielded, the result is instant and perfect: ‘Ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. ’ So long as the walk is continued by the power of the Spirit, this spiritual life will be experienced. Should the adjustment to the Spirit cease, the walk must cease, and the flesh will again be manifested. ” “According to the Scriptures, such is the divine plan for the control of the flesh in the believer's life under grace. It provides all that God desires or requires in any life, and brings the saved one into the closest fellowship with God, and into constant dependence upon the Spirit. It is the only victory possible for the Christian to experience; for it only is according to the purpose and Word of God. ”