What does the Bible say about gender identity?

Getting to Know You:

• What is your dream vacation and why?
  
  Going Deeper:
• What right does God have to give us our
  identity? Look up Genesis 1:24-27, Psalm 24:1,
  Psalm 100:3
  o What does it look like for us to live out
  our identity as image bearers of God?
  o How do we live that out in our maleness
  and femaleness?
• Discuss how God has made us body, soul and
  spirit. What does it look like for us to relate to
  God with body, soul and spirit? See 1 Cor.6:18-
  20, Lk.1:46-56
• Discuss some of the physical, emotional and
  spiritual differences between male and female.
  Why is it good that God made us so different?
• Read Romans 8:19-24. Discuss what sin has
  done to creation and what God will do for the
  creation, including our bodies. What is this such
  good news and hope for everyone, especially
  someone who is gender dysphoric?
• Our culture suggests there are 72 different
  genders. As believers why can we not accept the
  belief that gender is a spectrum and that we can
  define our own gender? How might you answer
  someone who does believe this?
• Look up Matt.16:22-24 and discuss what it
  means to deny ourselves in relation to gender
  theory.
• How do you feel a Christian should respond to
  someone who insists you use their preferred
  pronouns, at work, in a social setting, at school,
  at church? Use scripture to back up your answer
• How might we stand for truth in a culture that
  increasingly is hostile to a biblical worldview.
  Use Matt.5:10-12
  
  Taking it Home:
• Memorize Matt.5:10-12 or Matt.11:28