Lesson 6 – PART 1 of this Lesson reveals God’s total involvement in human reproduction starting with His plans conceived from the ERA Before Creation throughout creation, time, and the history of human reproduction.  This could be a total period over billions of years! Genesis 1:26-28 God said, Let Us [Father, Son {including the Son of Man – Jesus Christ and Christ is VERY important}, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our {spiritual} image, after Our {physical} likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.  [Ps 104:30; Heb 1:2; 11:3.] 27 So God {the Son/Son of Man Jesus Christ} created man in His own {spiritual}image, in the {spiritual} image and {physical} likeness of God {the Son/Son of Man} He created him; male and female He created them.  [Col 3:9, 10; James 3:8, 9.] 28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. AMP {Please note that ALL the necessary aspects of creation were created BEFORE man!} Jeremiah 29:11 For I {God the Father} know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome {of physical death}. AMP Titus 1:2 [Resting] in {our} hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive {lie} promised {WHEN? in the ERA} before the world or the ages of time began. AMP PLEASE read and study our Bible study lesson before attempting to answer the questions. We have included semi-difficult, to difficult true or false, multiple answer questions, and YES or NO questions. Some of the questions ARE TRICKY!!! Hopefully we will make questions so people will have to think and use inductive thinking to learn more about God! I firmly believe that God the Father wrote in His Book of Life {and other books} in the ERA BEFORE creation ALL of His concepts, foreknown, and predestined plans NOT only for mankind but also for ALL of His creation, time, and history! In review, just what was God’s concepts, foreknown, and predestined plans for ALL of mankind? God’s plans were from our physical beginning {the date when you were conceived} to the destiny and future of our physical death – either eternal life with God in His Kingdom or eternal separation from Him in Hell. Psalms 139:16 {King David speaking to God} Your eyes saw my unformed substance {Your concept of me},  and in Your book {of Life} all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. AMP Ephesians 1:4 Even as [in His {God the Father’s} love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world  {Before Genesis Chapter One}, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach {We should be SAVED!}, before Him in {His} love. AMP I believe I can Scripturally prove God the Holy Spirit’s ministry/role in each naturally conceived {by a husband/male and wife/female having sexual intercourse} that reproduces a human physical and spiritual offspring. BUT to prove the true extent and intent of the spiritual part of a human’s nature is I believe exceedingly difficult maybe even impossible because of LYING SPIRITS from Satan!!! In Lesson 7 of PART II of this study, I will Scripturally prove that an In Vitro Fertilized {IVF} human replica DOES NOT HAVE A SPIRIT!!! The making of an IVF human replica is blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit and ONLY by using Scripture can this be revealed which I will do in PART II! For PART 1, please think about us naturally produced physical humans who have a God the Holy Spirit formed spiritual nature. If I tell you that I am “saved,” and you tell me that you are “saved,” ARE WE? Only God REALLY knows for sure whether we – you and ARE truly saved! Let me share a couple of examples to show you the depravity of man even those who may believe they are saved and those who are unsaved!: Genesis 6:5-7 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart. 7 So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground — not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air — for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them. AMP I love{d} both of these brothers dearly! About a year ago, an extremely well-known Christian author, teacher, lecturer, educator, he even started a renowned university died, and when his staff started to examine his computer, they found tremendous amounts of sexual material stored on his machine over the years. Many questions immediately arose about this man’s salvation/eternal fate. His denomination believes “once saved, always saved” – is he? I do NOT have God’s answer in Grace for him, but I do not want any of us to think we can walk our life with one foot in the kingdom of Satan and his world and the other foot in the Kingdom of God and get away with it! I also recently had a “supposedly saved brother” who “fell of the wagon” BIG TIME – drugs, alcohol, extremely foul language, anger/rage, pornography finally ending up in jail. Now he has a chance to truly repent BUT will he? Where is he at with God? I do not know! It is between him and God! As this study progresses, I will introduce numerous Scriptures revealing God’s role in the natural human fertilization process so that you can easily understand the role/ministry of God in PART 1 of the over 108 billion natural human conceptions from the beginning of man versus PART 2 the blasphemy of God the Holy Spirit that took place with the first replicated IVF human reproduction in 1978. If man would know, understand, and allow God’s foreknown and predestined plans which the Bible reveals about humans and our reproduction i.e., how we were foreknown, preplanned, and predestined billions of years ago, and how God brings each of us into being at our designated time and place in history called “TODAY,” I believe there would be much less confusion, and more faith and trust in God, but no one even in the Church is bringing this to light! The Bible shares with us that God creates each person at their natural physical conception with three distinct parts: 1 Thessalonians 5:23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). AMP Our physical body containing our bones/frame, organs, and skin which allows us to function/be mobile/to be physically alive: Psalms 139:12-15 Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You.  [Dan 2:22.] 13 For You {God the Holy Spirit} did form my inward parts; You did knit me {physically} together in my mother's womb. 14 I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed {by You} in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].AMP Romans 12:4-6 For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use, 5 So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another]. 6 Having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us, let us use them: [He whose gift is] prophecy, [let him prophesy] according to the proportion of his faith; AMP The second part of every naturally conceived person is our soul which I believe contains one’s mind, spiritual heart, and their personality/character: 1 Peter 3:4 But let it {your soul} be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the {spiritual} heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] {your soul – who you are} is very precious in the sight of God. MP Romans 5:3-4 Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. 4 And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation {Titus 1:2}. AMP Ephesians 4:22-24 Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; 23 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], 24 And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness. AMP Ephesians 3:16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality {soul}]. AMP And a spirit that is formed by God the Holy Spirit at one’s conception for the purpose of one’s being able to commune with God throughout their “Born Again” life and returns to God upon one’s death. I believe our spirit communes with Satan BEFORE we were saved! Zechariah 12:1 THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, Who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him {at his/her conception}: AMP 2 Peter 1:4-7 By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature {when you are “Born Again”}. 5 For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith {why?} to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence), {using sound mind of Christ} 6 And in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self-control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance), and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] godliness (piety), 7 And in [exercising] godliness [develop] brotherly affection, and in [exercising] brotherly affection [develop] Christian love {towards each other}. AMP John 9:31 We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and a worshiper of Him and does His will, He listens to him. AMP Our formed spirit at our conception by God the Holy Spirit can connect all naturally conceived humans to the spiritual realm whether it be to Satan and the world or to God the Holy Spirit and His Kingdom and contains ALL of each person’s history, and then it returns to Him at one’s death to be used by God as a reference for their/our judgment: Zechariah 12:1 THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, Who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him {This is the ranking/importance of our spirit in all of creation}: AMP Ecclesiastes 12:7 {When a person dies} Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body {physical body and soul}] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it. AMP I believe the body and soul are two easily discernable parts of our being, but our spirit is not an easily discernible part of man’s being: Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. NKJV Remember what I wrote at the beginning of this Lesson on how hard it is to determine IF our spirit is truly saved, and as we will see in an IVF replica I believe it is impossible to determine IF they have a spirit! I pray this study will reveal the complete work and involvement of God in human reproduction versus the incompleteness of every IVF replica offspring i.e. their lack of having a God formed spirit at their conception prohibits their ever having and developing a spiritual relationship with God the Holy Spirit! Man’s IVF replicated human offspring cannot have a spirit because man cannot impute/ allocate/give or create in an IVF offspring what man does NOT possess – a “human spirit” given at their conception.  God the Holy Spirit is NOT present at an IVF replicated conception as the illustrations will show. Later on in that IVF person’s life and their lack of a human spirit, God the Holy Spirit cannot convict them of sin, righteousness, and judgment i.e. their need of Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and then developing that relationship into His becoming their Lord God and Master. John 16:8 And when He {God the Holy Spirit} comes, He will convict and convince the {sinners in the} world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment: AMP I wonder how Satan is viewing his success in the blinding of the eyes of the Christian Church and the whole world in his counterfeit human replication/ deception? He and his cohorts in their fertility clinics have certainly put one over on the Church and the world!!! 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men {and women} are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). 14 And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light; 15 So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. [But] their end {God’s judgement of them} will correspond with their deeds. AMP So, let’s get started to marvel at how God works/ministers in EACH foreknown and predestined naturally conceived human offspring’s life. As I have taught in the previous Lessons about the ERA before creation began, God the Father listed in His Book of Life ALL of the names along with foreknown and predestined plans for each and every naturally conceived human being that will be conceived in history. In Genesis 1:2 we have God the Holy Spirit moving over the face of the waters. I believe that the Spirit was ready to start His ministry/work to bring the Father’s plans and the Son’s creation to full working order. I also believe that God the Holy Spirit has to have the Father’s Book of Life WITH Him so that He can implement the Father’s plans in creation and to KNOW the right date/time with the right parents using the right sperm to put with the right egg to produce YOU according to the Father’s foreknown and predestined plans!!! This is EXTRA EXTRA IMPORTANT that you understand this!!! This included God the Holy Spirit being at EVERY sexual union that produced an offspring to put the right sperm from the two to five hundred million ejaculated by the father with the one single right egg from the mother to produce YOU! This is VERY important! Any other sperm from YOUR father or any other egg from your mother that would have produced an offspring would have been a sibling of yours but NOT you!!! Please understand the male sperm is the smallest cell in the male body and the female egg is the largest cell in the female body. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY UNIQUE/ONE OF A KIND!!! THERE IS NONE OTHER LIKE YOU!!! This is shown by yours and yours ONLY individual DNA, fingerprints, footprints, and eye retina scans. In Genesis Chapter 2 we have God the Son/Son of Man – Jesus Christ talking to Adam and Eve. I believe that He explained to Eve numerous facts about life! This is how Eve could make the statements about human reproduction that she did: Genesis 4:1 AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife {they had sex}, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man {How?} with the help of the Lord. AMP {How did she know what I just shared with you?} Genesis 4:25 And Adam's wife again became pregnant, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. For God, she said, has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him. AMP We now know that God is involved in human reproduction so let’s study some Scripture texts to see just how involved in the history of EACH and EVERY conceived and birthed baby that God is: Romans 8:28-30 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose {His foreknown plans}. 29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also {pre}destined from the beginning {in the ERA BEFORE creation/Genesis 1] [foreordaining them] to be molded into the {physical} image of His Son [and share inwardly His spiritual likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. 30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being {by being “Born Again”}]. AMP ü Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you {this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans – God does NOT show favoritism} [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.  [Ex 33:12; Isa 49:1,5; Rom 8:29.] AMP ü Exodus 33:17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name {Again this applies to ALL naturally conceived humans whose name is written in God’s Book of Life – God does NOT show favoritism!}.  [Rev 2:17.]  AMP Luke 12:7 But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. AMP Job 14:5-7 Since a man's days are already determined, and the number of his months is wholly in Your control, and he cannot pass the bounds of his allotted time —  6 [O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day. 7 For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] AMP God the Holy Spirit’s involvement with each and every natural conception ultimately led God to creating the generations of the peoples of the world: Isaiah 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the {peoples of the} nations] from {when?} the beginning {of man}? I, the Lord — the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God] — I am He. AMP There are many pages even whole chapters of some of the Books in the Bible that are devoted to some of the most BORING reading in the Bible – the genealogy of so and so begat so and so over and over and over. While this may not be the most exciting reading found in the Bible, IT DOES SHOW SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND EXCITING WORK of God the Holy Spirit in bringing God’s necessary people into being at the right time and place in history to accomplish His foreknown and predestined plans! THIS ALSO APPLIES TO YOUR FAMILY GENEALOGY! THIS IS HOW YOU GOT HERE! God is in control regardless as to what you might want to think or believe! I need to share with you from Scripture God the Holy Spirit’s ministry/work in human procreation. The Bible shares a number of Old Testament wives who could not conceive and then did conceive. Maybe the most outlandish is the story of Abraham and Sarah who was well BEYOND her child bearing years meeting with God the Son/Son of Man Jesus Christ in a Theophany: Genesis 18:1-15 NOW THE Lord {God the Son/Son of Man/Jesus Christ} appeared to Abraham by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre; as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day, 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood at a little distance from him. He ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the ground 3 And said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant, I beg of you. 4 Let a little water be brought, and you may wash your feet and recline and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel (mouthful) of bread to refresh and sustain your hearts before you go on further — for that is why you have come to your servant. And they replied, Do as you have said. 6 So Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and bake cakes. 7 And Abraham ran to the herd and brought a calf tender and good and gave it to the young man [to butcher]; then he [Abraham] hastened to prepare it. 8 And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had made ready, and set it before [the men]; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. 9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, [She is here] in the tent. 10 [The Lord{God the Son/Jesus Christ}] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it at the tent door which was behind Him.  [Rom 9:9-12.] 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She was past the age of childbearing]. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also?  [1 Peter 3:6.] 13 And the Lord asked Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I really bear a child when I am so old? 14 Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son.  [Matt 19:26.] 15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He {God the Son} said, No, but you did laugh. AMP Genesis 21:1-7 THE LORD visited Sarah as He had said {Genesis 18:14}, and the Lord did for her as He had promised. 2 For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him. 3 Abraham named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter]. 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. 6 And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me. 7 And she {who was 90 years old} said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I have borne him a son in his old age!  [Heb 11:12.] AMP Isaiah 66:9 Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord. Shall I Who causes to bring forth shut the womb? says your God. AMP An interesting read is found in Genesis chapters 29-30 about the story of two sisters – Leah and Rachel – and their rivalry of either not bearing or bearing children trying to get the love of their husband  - Jacob. Please know that God the Father foreknow EVERYTHING about you/us including our names from the ERA before creation began! Isaiah 49:1 LISTEN TO me, O isles and coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He has named my name. AMP Modern man/woman have absolutely NO comprehension of how God views our sexual misuse of our private parts: Genesis 38:1-10 AT THAT time Judah withdrew from his brothers and went to [lodge with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah. 2 There Judah saw and met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her.  3 And she became pregnant and bore a son, and he called him Er.  4 And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan. 5 Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him.  6 Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar.  7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him.  8 Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother's widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother.  9 But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother's widow {had sex with her}, he prevented conception {by spilling his seed on the ground}, lest he should raise up a child for his brother.  10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He slew him also. AMP There is soooooo much that should be taught about God and His involvement in our daily lives. What is really bothering me is the amazing number of supposedly “Born Again” saved sinners still playing with sin! Do you not understand this makes your relationship with God difficult for Him?  Scripture states that a truly saver sinner CANNOT CONTINUE to deliberately SIN!!! 1 John 3:9 No one born (begotten {“Born Again” as an adopted child}) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God. AMP Please understand that IF YOU ARE SINNING and IF YOU CONFESS AND ASK GOD TO FORGIVE YOUR SINS, HE WILL DO SO! You are just like you were when you first accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior – totally forgiven past, present, and future of your sins!!! 1 John 1:9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. AMP Following is a text that gives us details about God and how He deals with repentant sinners and unrepentant sinners: Romans 1:16-32 {Paul speaking} For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, 17 For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes {imputes/credits to our account} is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith.  [Hab 2:4.] 18 For God's [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative. 19 For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them. 20 For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks {/His creation}). So [men] {sinners} are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification],  [Ps 19:1-4.] 21 Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves]. 23 And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images {of idols}, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their [own] hearts to sexual impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin], 25 Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it).  [Jer 2:11.] 26 For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one {homosexuality}, 27 And the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another — men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution. 28 And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome, 29 Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. [They were] full of envy and jealousy, murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. [They were] secret backbiters and gossipers, 30 Slanderers, hateful to and hating God, full of insolence, arrogance, [and] boasting; inventors of new forms of evil, disobedient and undutiful to parents. 31 [They were] without understanding, conscienceless and faithless, heartless and loveless [and] merciless. 32 Though they are fully aware of God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them {This is still happening in the Church!!!}. AMP To close PART 1 I have included the following illustration of a human egg being fertilized by human sperm guided by God the Holy Spirit using God the Father’s Book of Life to connect the right sperm from the right father to the right egg from the right mother at the right time and right place over the many many centuries of history to produce US through the natural process of human reproduction. PLEASE, it is absolutely imperative that you understand the complexity of God’s involvement in your/OUR LIVES from our beginning to our future!!! I believe God the Holy Spirit is present at EVERY sexual union and has with Him God’s Book of Life which contains God the Father’s foreknown and predestined plans/concept for each and every naturally produce human offspring from the ERA before creation, time, and history began. It is interesting if you Google “human eggs brush off sperm” that it is now considered by some scientists that the human eggs “select” the right human sperm to fertilize them. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT BELIEVE THIS!!! But it makes great sense because this action is NOT from the egg itself but indicates that God the Holy Spirit is selectively preparing the right sperm from the millions ejaculated by the father to fertilize the mother’s one egg. IT IS HE WHO IS DOING THIS SO YOU COULD BE HERE!!! One thing we MUST understand is how precious human sexual intercourse through naturally created man is to God: Psalms 8:4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? AMP Psalms 144:3 Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him?  [Job 7:17; Ps 8:4; Heb 2:6.] AMP Hebrews 2:6 It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him? AMP In closing, I want to ask you to think about a very important question, “Do you think that God would intentionally give up on His role/ministry of creating man and allow a created being {man} to reproduce their own kind?” I TRULY THINK ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! AMEN & AMEN!