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• Temple prostitution in ancient times is explained and contrasted with modern views. |
• Paul's condemnation of temple prostitution is read from 1 Corinthians 6:15-16. |
• The concept of sex within a committed, lifelong relationship is discussed, using Genesis 2 as a reference point. |
• The importance of understanding God's design for sex and relationships in the context of current cultural conversations about sexuality. |
• Concerns about the lack of teaching children the beauty of sex as designed by God for married couples |
• The importance of parents having conversations with their kids about God's design and marriage |
• Paul's exhortation to flee sexual immorality in 1 Corinthians 6:18 |
• The distinction between fidelity in marriage and chastity before marriage |
• The temptation of digital fornication, adultery, and pornography in today's society |
• The false narrative that freedom is sleeping with whoever you want, whenever you want, and slavery is marriage |
• The consequences of our society's emphasis on "sexual liberation" including broken relationships, shame, guilt, and loneliness |
• Inviting someone into a committed relationship |
• Redefining sex and relationships in society |
• Polyamory and covenant marriage |
• The gospel of Jesus Christ as the source of true freedom |
• Jesus' kindness, patience, and mercy in dealing with sexual brokenness |
• Paul's message to the Corinthian church about being "bought at a price" through the finished work of Jesus on the cross |
• Being temples of the Holy Spirit and able to experience freedom from sin |
• Embracing true liberation through faith in Jesus Christ |
• Sexual immorality and the control of life |
• The Christian faith making us free to not sin, not just free to do anything |
• The importance of taking control of habits and desires through Jesus' strength and resurrection power |
• The visibility of Christianity in our sexuality and relationships |
• The church's role in pushing back against idolatry and honoring God's design for marriage and sexuality |
• A quote from the Epistle of Diognetus (300 AD) highlighting Christians' unique practices and values |
• Mary Lee's story of being same-sex attracted but choosing celibacy |
• Hope for the church to be full of both grace and truth, rather than only one or the other |
• The fear of judgment and shame that keeps people from discussing their sexual brokenness in church |
• The importance of a community that is full of grace and can handle any sin, no matter how great |
• The need for people to journey with each other, speaking and praying truth into each other's lives |
• Concerns about churches neglecting to study the Bible itself in discussions around sexuality |
• The speaker reflects on the feeling of receiving God's word |
• Importance of reading scripture for guidance and teaching |
• Discussing living with freedom in Jesus, full of grace and truth |
• Prayer time is led by the speaker to ask for healing from shame, brokenness, fear, and guilt related to bodies and sexuality |
• Request for renewal and drawing out of darkness into light through Jesus |
• Belief that believers are temples of the holy spirit and Jesus dwells within them |
[0.00 --> 13.56] well good morning everyone we are going to continue our series on how we are called to |
[13.56 --> 17.72] be a contrast community in the midst of our city and if you're here last week Jonathan |
[17.72 --> 21.72] used this line that we've repeated a few times where we are called to love our city so deeply |
[21.72 --> 26.40] that we stand against its idols we've looked at what it means to be a community of rest |
[26.40 --> 33.74] in a culture of exhaustion a community of justice in a culture of self-focus a community of well this |
[33.74 --> 38.86] is actually next week a community of upright speech in a culture of gossip and using our words |
[38.86 --> 45.32] poorly but today we're looking at what it means to be a community of holy living in a culture of you |
[45.32 --> 50.72] do you and so we're going to look at our bodies and our sexuality and it's going to be an interesting |
[50.72 --> 56.46] sermon if you have your bibles turn with me to first corinthians 6 where paul addresses a church |
[56.46 --> 60.52] quite like ours in many ways on the issue of sexual immorality |
[60.52 --> 74.90] i have the right to do anything you say but not everything is beneficial i have the right to do |
[74.90 --> 81.74] anything but i will not be mastered by anything you say food for the stomach and stomach for the food |
[81.74 --> 88.18] and god will destroy them both the body however is not meant for sexual immorality but for the lord |
[88.18 --> 95.56] and the lord for the body by his power god raised the lord from the dead and he will raise us also |
[95.56 --> 102.38] do you not know that your bodies are members of christ himself shall i then take members of christ and |
[102.38 --> 109.08] unite them with a prostitute never do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is |
[109.08 --> 116.46] one with her in body for it is said the two will become one flesh but whoever is united with the lord |
[116.46 --> 124.86] is one with him in spirit flee from sexual immorality all other sins people commit are outside the bodies but |
[124.86 --> 131.34] those who sin sexually sin against their own bodies do you not know that your bodies are temples of the |
[131.34 --> 140.58] holy spirit who is in you and whom you have received from god you are not your own you were bought at a |
[140.58 --> 146.04] price therefore honor god with your bodies this is god's word |
[146.04 --> 153.64] so a couple years ago there's a tv series that came out called ted lasso |
[153.64 --> 161.00] and the couple in our church uh recommended to britney and i the series is based on the premise of a mediocre |
[161.00 --> 164.74] uh but overly optimistic college football coach |
[164.74 --> 169.64] who gets called up to coach soccer in england about which he knows nothing |
[169.64 --> 174.92] and there's one particular episode where everything is going against the coach ted lasso |
[174.92 --> 179.70] his team is doing terribly the city has turned against him and to top it all off |
[179.70 --> 185.78] his wife uh sent him divorce papers that he now needs to sign and in this episode he goes to the |
[185.78 --> 191.46] pub has a few drinks goes back to his room and signs the divorce documents and just after that |
[191.46 --> 196.46] happens there's a knock at the door and there's this woman a friend of his bosses that he barely |
[196.46 --> 202.24] knows who comes in things lead to things and they end up sleeping together the next morning he gets up |
[202.24 --> 206.40] awkwardly and leaves because he doesn't know her very well and he goes to his office at the clubhouse |
[206.40 --> 209.80] and then he brings his assistant coaches in for a special meeting |
[209.80 --> 215.94] in this meeting he simply says i feel terribly about what i just did |
[215.94 --> 221.34] i just signed these divorce papers i just slept with this woman i barely know it's a one night stand |
[221.34 --> 226.50] and i feel so guilty about what happened after he finishes one of the assistant coaches looks at him |
[226.50 --> 232.40] and says ted did you have fun and he looks at him and says yeah |
[232.40 --> 240.48] the other assistant coach asks him well did she have fun he's like yeah and then the first coach |
[240.48 --> 246.10] looks at him and says well then what's the problem here and that's the end of the conversation |
[246.10 --> 254.08] i want to suggest to you in that very short even insignificant dialogue a very powerful narrative |
[254.08 --> 260.96] from our culture was reinforced about sex about intimacy and about our bodies more broadly and the |
[260.96 --> 266.52] narrative is so baked into our culture you barely would even notice it if you were to watch the |
[266.52 --> 276.68] episode but the narrative is this if it feels good go for it if you want to have fun have adder |
[276.68 --> 285.40] it's your body do what you like and as disciples of jesus living in what i would describe and i bet |
[285.40 --> 290.94] you would agree an over-sexed culture we now have the opportunity this morning to sit at the feet of |
[290.96 --> 297.52] jesus and listen to him teach us by his word through a letter to a church that can relate to |
[297.52 --> 303.46] us on a few levels now sometimes the churches in the new testament they're very different than ours |
[303.46 --> 308.52] and there's ways in which corinth is not like us but i would suggest of all the churches that i |
[308.52 --> 315.46] could pick to be similar to canada and maybe a church in surrey it would be corinth fairly affluent |
[315.46 --> 324.04] city port city uh fairly high levels of education and they loved their freedom they loved doing what |
[324.04 --> 329.24] they wanted to do and we're now going to listen to jesus instruct them by his word through this letter |
[329.24 --> 337.04] and realize as we listen that discipleship to jesus is not just ideas we have about god and about jesus it's |
[337.04 --> 342.96] actually the way we live in our bodies because that's really the center of this whole passage so |
[342.96 --> 346.50] let's take a look together you ready for this it's not going to be a short sermon i don't apologize |
[346.50 --> 352.78] for that but this is how paul starts he says i have the right to do anything and now he's quoting |
[352.78 --> 358.42] them you say but not everything is beneficial i have the right to do anything but i will not be |
[358.42 --> 364.12] mastered by anything now to make sense of what he's saying here there's two really important pieces |
[364.12 --> 371.56] of context that we need to understand number one paul is quoting a famous slogan corinth likely would |
[371.56 --> 376.04] have this slogan on the city walls it would likely be well known by people in corinth and it was this |
[376.04 --> 381.98] liberty to do all things or freedom to do all things i don't know about you but when i hear that phrase i |
[381.98 --> 388.20] think man that sounds american doesn't it not just me and so what the problem he's facing is you've got |
[388.20 --> 394.24] these christians who heard him preach you're free in christ free from the law free from guilt free from |
[394.24 --> 398.84] sin but they're living in a city that says you're free to do whatever you want and the christians did what |
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