Thank you for joining me again to Get Equipped in Session 4: God’s Word on Sex.
Let’s Review: In Session 3 We learned about the Culture of Life, the difference between true defitions of key words and how the world twists these to mean something different. We covered Scriptures on God’s views on life and specific situations in which abortion seems reasonable but with deeper inspection it is not.
FACILITATOR: PLEASE PAUSE THE VIDEO AND THEN RESUME IT AFTER YOU GO OVER THE QUIZZES ON THE READING MATERIAL IN MEMOIRS AND FOR PARTS 1-3. SAVE ANY DISCUSSION OF THESE FOR THE REDEEMING THE STORY PART OF THE SESSION.
PART 1: WHAT DOES THE WORD SAY ABOUT SEXUALITY AND MARRIAGE?
We must remember that Sex and marriage were both God’s ideas. We are His creation, and therefore it is His rules.
God uses marriage to describe His relationship with His BRIDE, the church. Genesis 2:24, Ephesians 5:31-33. This cannot be overestimated!
God shows us how to TREAT one another in marriage. Eph 5:21-33, Prov 5:15-19 (All the one- another/each other passages.) 
You might want to make notes in your manual as we discuss the similarities to a “Manufacturer” and God’s creation of us. I will mention some Scriptures for your reference.
God is our Manufacturer. He knows all about His design of us. We are created for good works as in Eph 2:10. God explains the proper care needed for us and gives us written instructions to follow. He gives us Troubleshooting/Reset instructions. In our case, the reset is repentance. He provides warnings about wrong use of our bodies. He provided us with inborn programming that gives us an Instinctual understanding of what is best for us.
His instructions include understanding Worldly philosophy and practice vs godly belief and practice – We were bought with a price as in 1 Cor 6:20.
We may Need Deprogramming, and that must follow the reset of repentance and then following His instructions.
In our culture, most Dating and marriages happen in isolation. Neither of these are in God’s plan or instructions. In fact, we are told repeatedly that we operate best in community.
Isolated dating only leads only to temptation (1 Cor 10:12).
Isolated marriage leads to stilted perspectives and a lack of wisdom. Titus 2 gives specific instructions for community relationships.
We marry in COMMUNITY, Marriages are not intended to be isolated but involved in the lives of others so that we can influence one another for good and share one another’s burdens. Colorado Springs Pastor Steve Holt: says “That’s why we are here and equip the saints. You can’t do it alone. You need bloodstained allies.” Take time on your own to look up the scriptures listed in your manual. Heb 10:25, Titus 2:1-8.
Here are some Specific Instructions:
Treat one another as family – 1 Tim 5:1-2 w/absolute purity.
Paul told the Thessalonians that It is God’s will that we be Sanctified (set apart) specifically to avoid sexual immorality. We must exercise Self-control. We are not to take advantage of or defraud one another in this matter. We are not called to be impure but holy. I Thessalonians 4:3-8.
In Acts, we are TOLD that avoiding sexual immorality was one of only four laws from God’s first covenant with His people in the law of Moses regarding abstaining from specific things that Gentiles were required to follow in the New Testament.
Men are specifically warned against immoral WOMEN many times (but not the other way around). Prov 5:1-14, 20-23. Why do you think that is? (This is a Thought question, that can be discussed later in your DISCUSSION TIME.)
God gives very specific instructions in the OT and they did not CHANGE in the NT. Deut 22, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
a) Virginity at the time of marriage is an EXPECTATION. Deut 22:1-19
b) Sexual sin begins in the HEART. Matthew 15:19
c) Sex before marriage is disgraceful, considered PROSTITUTING oneself. Deut 22:20-21
d) We are to treat one another as family members (fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers) with absolute purity. 1 Thess 4:3-8, 1 Tim 5:1-2.
e) The unspoken outcome of having sex with a brother or sister in Christ, outside marriage, is incest.
f) Adultery (sex with another person’s spouse) was deserving of death (Deut 22:22). Remember that, even outside of marriage between 2 single people, having sex with someone you aren’t married to is having sex with the FUTURE spouse of someone else!
g) Rapists (and a victim who could have cried for help but didn’t) deserved death. Deut 22:23-25
h) Sex before marriage must be followed by permanent marriage. Deut 22:28-29
i) As members of the body of Christ, we are not to use our bodies for sexual immorality, specifically uniting ourselves with a prostitute. 1 Cor 6:15-16
j) We are to FLEE immorality because this type of sin is against our own bodies, which are temples of the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor 6:18-20
k) Two unmarried Christians who are burning with lust for one another need to either exercise self-control or get married.
There are numerous references to sexual immorality in many books of the New Testament, including references to fornication, sexual impurity, unnatural sexual relations, sexual sin, adultery, and homosexuality.
Yes, God forgives sin when we confess and repent, but continuing in sin is trampling the Son of God underfoot and treating His blood that sanctified us as unholy. It insults the Spirit of grace. Hebrews 10:26-31.
Psalm 119 is full of verses that speak of both the PROTECTION, benefits, comforts, and delight that following God’s laws (decrees, laws, commands, statutes, precepts, ways) can provide. . It also includes many prayers for God’s guidance in challenging and tempting circumstances. Most not specifically re: sexual purity but show us the deeply profound benefits of following God’s laws.
V9: How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.
V30-32: I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. I hold fast to your statutes, Lord; do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path of your commands for you have broadened my understanding.
V80: May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees that I may not be put to shame.
V93: I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.
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