1. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Maximum Sex

2. 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Background Paul’s Goal: “But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Cor. 2:16 Yet: “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? May it never be!” 1 Cor. 6:15 Aphrodite

3. 1 Cor.6:12-13 Sexuality: The Corinthian View 1.We’re under Grace! –1 Cor. 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. Paul Affirms Grace Yet, God has a design that can’t be violated!

4. 1 Cor.6:12-13 Sexuality: The Corinthian View 1.We’re under Grace! 2.It’s Natural! 1 Cor. 6:13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food; but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body. Man is an animal? A me-focused “Love”. The “Dirty” View “Burnin’, burnin’, I got the fever! One thing’s for sure: there ain’t no cure!”

5. Illegitimacy in the US 400% Increase since 1963, despite abortions and birth control. 33% of all live births are illegitimate. Detroit: 75%, Cleveland: 68%, Inner City: 80% Source: William J. Bennett, The Index of Leading Cultural Indicators (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994), p. 48 “Illegitimacy is the single most important social problem of our time--more important than crime, drugs, poverty, illiteracy, welfare or homelessness because it drives everything else.” Charles Murray, Harvard Sociologist. 1 Cor. 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

6. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Sexuality: The Biblical View 1.The Body: a permanent part of you. 1 Cor. 6:13-14 Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body. [14] Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power. Its Purpose: Union with God 1 Cor. 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 1 Cor. 6:17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. Rev. 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me.”

7. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Sexuality: The Biblical View 1.The Body: a permanent part of you. 2.Sexuality: Made in the Image of God. 1 Cor. 6:16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a harlot is one body with her? For He says, "The two will become one flesh." Genesis 1:27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Genesis 2:24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

8. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Sexuality: The Biblical View 1.The Body: a permanent part of you. 2.Sexuality: Made in the Image of God. 3.Unity (intimacy) is the purpose. 1 Cor. 6:16 Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a harlot is one body with her? For He says, "The two will become one flesh."

9. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Myths about Immorality 1.It Won’t Hurt My Spiritual Relationship. 1 Cor. 6:15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? May it never be!

10. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Myths about Immorality 1.It Won’t Hurt My Spiritual Relationship. 2.Casual Sex is OK. 1 Cor. 6:18 Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

11. 1 Cor.6:13-19 Myths about Immorality 1.It Won’t Hurt My Spiritual Relationship. 2.Casual Sex is OK. 3.“Try Now, Buy Later.”

12. Healing Sexual Damage 1.Understand your new identity. 1 Cor. 6:11 And such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God.

13. Healing Sexual Damage 1.Understand your new identity. 2.Flee Immorality. 1 Cor. 6:18 Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body.

14. Healing Sexual Damage 1.Understand your new identity. 2.Flee Immorality. 3.Pursue Spiritual Growth 1 Cor. 6:20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

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