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[999.50 --> 1004.06] i hope and i've got three more in the hopper next year i praise the lord for that and at every wedding |
[1004.06 --> 1008.88] i do i say to the couple you should know that i'm going to give a definition of marriage because it's |
[1008.88 --> 1012.04] important that people know how christians view marriage and i say the same thing at every wedding |
[1012.04 --> 1020.56] marriage is a unique covenant lifelong bond between a husband and a wife and that in this passage is the |
[1020.56 --> 1027.58] beautiful safe relationship that god gives the gift of sex to that's the safe committed relationship |
[1027.58 --> 1033.00] where sex can be enjoyed explored and the means by which god brings forth the miracle of new life |
[1033.00 --> 1038.84] we read that in genesis 2 and it's quoted all over the new testament and the reason this matters for |
[1038.84 --> 1044.18] paul in this moment is because if you realize that sex bond is like this one fleshed union between two |
[1044.18 --> 1049.74] covenant partners all of a sudden this one moment this one activity with a prostitute is such a betrayal |
[1049.74 --> 1056.34] of god's design he's almost saying do you not know what sex is do you not know how god designed this to |
[1056.34 --> 1060.56] be part of this committed safe relationship and you're just flippantly going to this temple and |
[1060.56 --> 1065.00] sleeping with someone you don't even know aren't committed to and have no desire to be lifelong |
[1065.00 --> 1072.60] bonded with in physical ways and spiritual ways and all the rest there's a professor i know who as he's |
[1072.60 --> 1077.24] gotten older he's been sort of listening carefully to how our culture is talking about sexuality and of |
[1077.24 --> 1082.80] course as you know there's a lot of conversation around sexuality in our culture and he specifically was |
[1082.80 --> 1087.08] lamenting something and he's he was noticing people my age and younger he's probably in his |
[1087.08 --> 1093.62] late 60s early 70s and millennial parents we have to wade into some complicated conversations right as |
[1093.62 --> 1098.46] christians as well about lgbq about gender identity and we're just trying to figure out how to speak |
[1098.46 --> 1104.74] wisely and lovingly truthfully and graciously into these things and it's not easy i speak as a parent |
[1104.74 --> 1110.20] myself but his lament is as we wrestle with all these things as people debate all these things |
[1110.20 --> 1117.14] his concern was nobody is teaching children the beauty of sex that god designed for married couples |
[1117.14 --> 1122.08] no one's holding out before them this vision that leads to a flourishing life and marriage and he says |
[1122.08 --> 1127.34] in all the debate in all the confusion no one's speaking to our kids about god's design and so i say to |
[1127.34 --> 1133.18] you parents specifically how's that conversation going maybe it's time to have that conversation |
[1133.18 --> 1138.30] because there's a lot worse people who could have it with your kids and it should be you |
[1138.30 --> 1145.46] now i'm going to spend some time on verse 18 where paul gives i think a forceful exhortation to the |
[1145.46 --> 1155.88] church where he simply says at the beginning flee sexual immorality flee all the forms of temptation |
[1155.88 --> 1162.58] all the forms of sex that will lure you away from god's design for sex that he established in the |
[1162.58 --> 1168.94] beginning whether you're young or old whether you're single dating married and married for years |
[1168.94 --> 1175.00] flee sexual immorality and i will quote another teacher of mine sarah williams who said we as |
[1175.00 --> 1181.24] christians must never think that fidelity in a marriage is easier than chastity before marriage |
[1181.24 --> 1184.92] i think that needs to be underscored because sometimes in the christian world you think okay |
[1184.92 --> 1189.14] as long as i i find a way to not sleep with anyone before i get married it's gonna be great and |
[1189.14 --> 1193.10] then you get married you're as actually there's a lot of temptation there's a lot of challenges |
[1193.10 --> 1197.70] there's a lot of opportunity to break that covenant and sleep outside of the marriage bed |
[1197.70 --> 1205.82] corinth was tempted in this passage by the prostitution that was readily available at the temple |
[1205.82 --> 1213.00] where are we tempted i want to suggest to you that we live as i mentioned in ted lasso |
[1213.00 --> 1218.78] in a society that says it's your body have fun it's just a body do what you feel like doing |
[1218.78 --> 1225.00] as long as it's consensual we live in a society that further than that encourages the experimentation |
[1225.00 --> 1229.80] of our sexuality you don't really know what you like you don't really know who you want to be with |
[1229.80 --> 1234.02] so sleep with different partner try different things out kind of figure out for yourself who |
[1234.02 --> 1239.54] you're compatible with how you feel sexually comfortable with all the rest and even one step |
[1239.54 --> 1244.96] further i would say that our society has flipped the script on the christian ethic for marriage and |
[1244.96 --> 1249.84] sexuality in such a way that they say freedom is sleeping with whoever you want whenever you want |
[1249.84 --> 1255.74] however you'd like and slavery is marriage right and there's all sorts of jokes that i don't like |
[1255.74 --> 1259.84] making about marriage about being locked down the world's smallest uh what is it world's smallest |
[1259.84 --> 1264.82] handcuff all that stuff there's a there's a narrative in our society that says the slavery is actually the |
[1264.82 --> 1270.00] marriage right and that's not to mention something else that the corinthian church could never have |
[1270.00 --> 1276.72] even fathomed and that's what we have to face with on these things right they could never have |
[1276.72 --> 1283.56] imagined that people in our society in our city would have anonymous unlimited free access to some |
[1283.56 --> 1287.90] of the most destructive forms of pornography actually all forms of pornography are destructive |
[1287.90 --> 1295.46] that destroy families destroy marriages destroy our own souls and we may not think oh i'm never going |
[1295.46 --> 1300.58] to go to a temple prostitute but we have digital fornication digital adultery and all the studies |
[1300.58 --> 1304.92] show that the feeling a spouse has when they find out that their spouse is looking at porn is similar |
[1304.92 --> 1312.78] to that of the betrayal of adultery the feelings are the same and what i want to say in my own experience |
[1312.78 --> 1318.38] and most certainly my pastoral experience here this fall it's worth the so-called sexual liberation |
[1318.38 --> 1323.42] that our society celebrates is not freedom |
[1323.42 --> 1329.34] we live in a society that very similar to corinth is saying hey free to do whatever we want |
[1329.34 --> 1334.10] and us pastors and not even pastors like psychologists and therapists who aren't even christians are saying |
[1334.10 --> 1339.90] can we just put our finger on something here there's so much brokenness and shame and guilt |
[1339.90 --> 1343.88] and broken relationships that are coming out of our free sexual society |
[1343.88 --> 1348.30] and we're learning that all the stuff we have access to is actually leaving us in slavery |
[1348.30 --> 1349.76] would you agree |
[1349.76 --> 1355.32] and i don't think i need to convince you of that i think so much of us know that slavery in our own lives |
[1355.32 --> 1359.90] we know the pain and the loneliness that comes with all these avenues to explore |
[1359.90 --> 1366.46] the one night stand destroys decade-long marriages the habitual use of porn leaves us feeling empty and lonely |
[1366.46 --> 1372.68] ashamed and longing for real relationships the hookup culture of tinder leaves us hungering for something |
[1372.68 --> 1374.78] that has more than just two bodies connecting |
[1374.78 --> 1377.76] but deep meaningful covenant |
[1377.76 --> 1382.94] it's an it's 11 a.m. service so i'm just going to share this story we're just going to go long is that okay |
[1382.94 --> 1386.60] i remember sitting on the bus on the way back from regent when i was studying there |
[1386.60 --> 1391.40] and there's i was on the back of the 99 if you're on the 99 it's the accordion big long accordion bus |
[1391.40 --> 1395.26] and i was sitting in the back and these two young females sat beside me there |
[1395.26 --> 1399.18] you know probably ubc students and one i could tell right away she was crying |
[1399.18 --> 1404.78] and she was trying to speak quietly to her friend but i could hear everything they were saying because she was so upset |
[1404.78 --> 1408.54] and the reason she was so upset is because her boyfriend kept texting her late at night |
[1408.54 --> 1411.38] so that he could come over and sleep with her and then he'd leave right away |
[1411.38 --> 1414.38] and she would say to she said to her friend this is almost a direct quote |
[1414.38 --> 1417.72] doesn't he know i'm more than just sex |
[1417.72 --> 1418.90] i was like wow |
[1418.90 --> 1424.32] this is this is the nature of sexuality in our society i realize that's not every couple but i just realized |
[1424.32 --> 1429.80] that's what young people are facing now how do i invite this person to a real relationship that's committed |
[1429.80 --> 1431.10] not just for the body |
[1431.10 --> 1435.50] now i have a theory and i can't prove it but i'm pretty sure it's going to be right |
[1435.50 --> 1437.48] we have a society that will keep pushing |
[1437.48 --> 1442.28] redefining what sex is redefining what's okay redefining what's normal and acceptable |
[1442.28 --> 1445.30] using all sorts of new categories to describe our sexual freedom |
[1445.30 --> 1447.58] and it's going to lead to a whole lot more slavery |
[1447.58 --> 1451.56] right even this month i saw two articles not one but two |
[1451.56 --> 1456.78] celebrating polyamory and if you don't know polyamory is that's basically saying you're in a marriage covenant |
[1456.78 --> 1459.20] but you can sleep with anyone while you're in the marriage covenant |
[1459.20 --> 1463.46] and i just think okay there's a new area where people are sort of exploring and try to deconstruct |
[1463.46 --> 1469.02] this notion of covenant marriage and open doors to more quote-unquote liberation within that marriage bond |
[1469.02 --> 1472.04] but it will give us |
[1472.04 --> 1473.98] a huge opportunity |
[1473.98 --> 1475.96] to proclaim jesus christ |
[1475.96 --> 1481.00] because what i am so convinced of and i hope you are too is that there is freedom found in only one person |
[1481.00 --> 1487.30] all the time in every culture and that is jesus christ and it is jesus christ who has come to set us free |
[1487.30 --> 1493.56] from the idols that enslave us and that includes in canada the slavery we have to the idol of sex |
[1493.56 --> 1498.66] and church i want to say this to you like if you are seeking to follow jesus |
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