Spectacle, Sexuality
Worldview: is a view of the world, used for living in the world.
- A worldview asks big questions
- Where did we come from? (and why are we here?)
- What is wrong with the world?
- How can we fix it?
“And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:2–3
We don’t do social justice just to see people get saved, we do it because we are saved. And then people will see. Our words will match out talk, “that they may see our God works and glorify our Father in heaven. “
“According to Augustine, because God is the only source of any good to be found in the world, human beings can flourish and be truly happy only when they center their lives on God, the source of everything good, true, and beautiful. The only way to properly enjoy (and not pervert) good things in the world is to love them “in God” and in relation to him in the proper balance and shape. The supreme good for humans, Augustine argues on the basis of Scripture, is the double love of God and neighbor.” A BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF HUMAN FLOURISHING by Jonathan T. Pennington, PhD
- All of life is a gift when God is God
- Politics, culture,
Sex is a gift when God is God.
“In the beginning, God creates man! Man was the pinnacle of all of God’s creation but, he was all alone. At that point God proclaimed, “it is not good that man should be alone.” As the Father of all creation, he creates Eve. Can you imagine the look on Adams face as he wakes up from his “nap” and first laid eyes on his soon to be bride. We do get a glimpse of what he might have looked like when a groom sees his bride walk down the isle! In the first wedding ceremony ever, he gives Eve to Adam and they enter into a covenant blessed by their Heavenly Father. We shadow that day by having the Father of the bride give her away to her husband.”
- Adam had no expectations about sex or his wife.
- No expectations about sex
- Penis size, multi orgasmic, go all night.
- No expectations about a wife
- Blonde, brunette, breast size, etc. Can we try another rib?
- Man enters a woman, sheets, covenant
- Sex as communion
- Reminder of the covenant (Vows)
- Sex as communion
Honor & freedom
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. Hebrews 13:4
Sex is a gift when God is God.
- Song of Soleman
- Oral sex is talked about in the bible, both male and female
Song 2:3, “Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”
Song 4:16, “Awake, O north wind, and come, wind of the south; make my garden breathe out fragrance. Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its choice fruits!”
A few times they talk about running in the vineyards and she says “I will give thee my love” Outside sex, right in the garden.
Sex is a gift when God is God.
- How many of you grew up as Christians?
- No, bad, “shame”, and then… Have fun.
- Porn- Greek word, pornia- ANY sex outside of marriage
- Minimize sin.
- Nuero Pathways
- Minimize sin.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. Matthew 5:27–30
- God takes sin seriously because he takes your freedom seriously! You have been set free…
- The motivation is not shame, but freedom!
- Sex is a gift when God is God.
- Take the “gift” seriously and “graciously”
- Please turn to 1 Cor. 5:9-13, page 954 in the pew bibles
- Gospel! Gospel! Even sexual purity
- Benediction
- May you remember that all of life is a gift when God is God.
- Benediction
- Gospel! Gospel! Even sexual purity