God’s Design for Sexuality

God calls us to holy sexuality within the gracious confines of biblical marriage. In part 2 of Sexuality, Culture and the Bible, Pastor Dan Cox reads from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.

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Study Notes

Series Overview

Part 1: “Culture Conflict”

Part 2: “God’s Design for Sexuality”

Part 3: “God’s Design for Marriage”

Part 4: “Tough Questions: The Culture and You”

Understanding the Text

Slogan Theology of the Body (1 Corinthians 6:12-13)

• “The Christian is ‘free’ to do anything he or she pleases”

– NO: Unbridled “freedom” can hurt and enslave the Christian

• “Sexual practice has no bearing on the spiritual life”

– NO: The body is meant for the Lord, not sexual immorality

Biblical Theology of the Body (1 Corinthians 6:13b-20)

• The body is meant for the Lord, not sexual immorality
• The body will be gloriously raised by resurrection power
• The body is joined with Christ
• The body enters a “one flesh union” with another through sex
• The body is sinned against by sexual immorality
• The body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
• The body has been bought with a price
• The body is to be used to glorify God

God’s Design for Sexuality

“The Bible on Sex: The Way to Happiness and Holiness”

– by Dr. Albert Mohler

Summary Thoughts on Biblical Sexuality

– The Bible places sex within the total context of human nature, happiness and holiness

– Sexual anarchy reigns when sex is set loose to be an end in itself apart from the Creator’s design

– God created human beings as male and female, both in His own image

– Gender distinctions are a part of the goodness of God’s creation

– There is a complementary pattern of relation between man and woman

– The Bible affirms the goodness of sexuality as God’s gift

– The gift of sexual activity is located only within the context of the marital covenant

– The Bible addresses human sexuality honestly

– The Bible links holiness to happiness

– All forms of sexuality outside of biblical marriage are presented as sinful

– The people of God are to remain untainted by sexual deviance

– Sexuality expressed outside of the context of marital fidelity can become one of the most destructive forces in human existence

– True sexual happiness is linked to sexual holiness as believers live their lives before God

– Believers must choose biblical authority over the culture’s sexual anarchy

Applying the Text

• Have you repented of unholy sexuality?
• Do you continuously embrace the gospel?
• Will you be an example of holy sexuality?