Right, Wrong, or Irrelevant Right, Wrong, or Irrelevant? A Survey of Biblical Christian Morality SEXUAL MORALITY PART 2 Exodus 20:14 Pew Bible p. 74

You shall not commit adultery. Exodus 20:14 You shall not commit adultery.

Truths to Take with You Sex is a beautiful gift from God to husband and wife. God calls us to sexual purity in thought and deed.

Sex within Marriage is Good Human sexuality was a part the original creation that God pronounced “very good.”

Genesis 1:27 God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.”

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Sex within Marriage is Good Human sexuality was a part the original creation that God pronounced “very good.” The goodness of sexual love is celebrated in the Bible.

Proverbs 5:18-19 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

Sex within Marriage is Good Jesus affirmed God’s blessing on marriage when He attended and participated in the wedding at Cana in Galilee. John 2:1-12 The Bible teaches us that though sex is good as God designed it, sin messes it up.

Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 2:25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Three Reasons to Adopt the Biblical Christian View Sex within marriage provides the best possibility of sexual fulfillment for men and women. Marriage provides the safest and most secure environment for the natural consequence of sexual intercourse, children. Sex within marriage is best for society.

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Truths to Take with You Sex is a beautiful gift from God to husband and wife. God calls us to sexual purity in thought and deed.

Challenge Repent of sexual sin. Obtain God’s forgiveness. Make sexual purity your goal in thought and deed.