1. From cross-theology towards obedience motivation D. Park and M. Nagasawa MITACF LG wrap up Mar 14, 2003

2. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 12 "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

3. Picture of the Cross: Debt Payment God the Father Jesus Anger & Wrath Believers Forgiveness Non-believers

4. Picture of the Cross: Identity Transformation God Jesus Believers: - New Creations - Forgiven - Empowered - In Jesus by Spirit - God is a Father ONLY to those ‘in Jesus’ Death & Resurrection Non-believers: - Old Creations, - Objects of Wrath, - Disempowered - Separated from God The Old Age The New Age begins New Heavens & Earth The Old Age will end

5. Motivations for obedience Debt-obligation Grace denial: try to pay back the debt Grace abuse: debt will just get cancelled again Identity-obligation Cross participation: we die and rise again w/X Self worth: you are worth more than ___ Sin: incompatible with new identity

6. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 12 "Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"--but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

7. References Largely stolen from: Nagasawa, M. (2001) Asian American Spirituality in the Context of American Fundamentalism, http://regions.ivcf.org/multieth/2873 http://regions.ivcf.org/multieth/2873 Rom 6:1-11; Gal 2:20; Php 3:7-12; Col 2:12-13 John 14:8-21, 15:1-9; Eph 1:1-14, 2:11-22 Rom 8:9-11; 2 Cor 4-5; Eph 3:14-19