God, why do you hate sex?

If you could ask God one question… Why do you hate Sex?

1. The world we live in doesn’t really value sex

1. The world we live in doesn’t really value sex 2. God loves sex and He puts a great value on it.

1. The world we live in doesn’t really value sex 2. God loves sex and He puts a great value on it. 3. God’s people are called to radical about sex.

Survey: Subjects were asked “Do you think the following activities are ‘morally acceptable’”? Co-habitation 49% Sex outside marriage 35% Having sexual fantasies 49% Looking at pornographic imagery 28% Homosexuality 20% [Barna 2003 - http://www.barna.org ]

The World we live in doesn ’ t really value sex

The World we live in doesn ’ t really value sex “ The heart wants what it wants”

The World we live in doesn ’ t really value sex “ The soap you can believe in!”

The World we live in doesn ’ t really value sex

The World we live in doesn ’ t really value sex “… they don’t see sex as sacred or even very important any more. That’s been lost. Sex has been commodified and drained of its deeper meaning.” Naomi Wolf

God loves sex and puts a great value on it “ The man said “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be call woman, for she was taken out of man.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh .” Genesis 2:23-24

God loves sex and puts a great value on it 18 “…May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.” Proverbs 5 “ The man said “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be call woman, for she was taken out of man.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh .” Genesis 2:23-24

God loves sex and puts a great value on it 18 “…May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.” Proverbs 5 “ Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers.” Song of Solomon 5:1 “ The man said “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be call woman, for she was taken out of man.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh .” Genesis 2:23-24

God loves sex and puts a great value on it “… the ultimate reason (not the only one) why we are sexual is to make God more deeply knowable…” J.Piper 2004 - Sex and the supremacy of Christ

God ’ s people are called to be radical about sex! 9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

God ’ s people are called to be radical about sex! 12 "Everything is permissible for me"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 "Food for the stomach and the stomach for food"—but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honour God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Survey: Subjects were asked “Do you think the following activities are ‘morally acceptable’”? Co-habitation 49% Sex outside marriage 35% Having sexual fantasies 49% Looking at pornographic imagery 28% Homosexuality 20% [Barna 2003 - http://www.barna.org ]

Survey: Subjects were asked “Do you think the following activities are ‘morally acceptable’”? Co-habitation 49% Sex outside marriage 35% Having sexual fantasies 49% Looking at pornographic imagery 28% Homosexuality 20% [Barna 2003 - http://www.barna.org ] Data taken from those who profess to be “born-again” Christians.

God ’ s people are called to be radical about sex!

Don’t underestimate the problem!

“ Sex is like a gun!”

Follow the Word, not your heart.

Woody Allen – “The heart wants what it wants”

Woody Allen – “The heart wants what it wants” The Bible – “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9

Woody Allen – “The heart wants what it wants” The Bible – “The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 “ I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11

Don’t sell yourself short.

“ I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.” Job 31:1

Get practical.

“… what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing…” Romans 7:19

Get practical.

“… what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing…” Romans 7:19 8” If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away… Matthew 18:8

Get practical.

18” Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18

God ’ s people are called to be radical about sex! 14 "Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her… 16 "In that day," declares the LORD, "you will call me 'my husband'; you will no longer call me 'my master.' 17 I will remove the names of the Baals from her lips; no longer will their names be invoked… 19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. 20 I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD. Hosea 2:14-20