Sunday morning lesson from August 10, presented to Highland Heights church of Christ by Wayne Cornwell as part of the Relentless Pursuit of Holiness month-long series.

1. Gift Misused =
Tragedy

2. Genesis 1:27,28
27 So God created man in His own
image; in the image of God He
created him; male and female He
created them.

3. Genesis 1:27,28
28 Then God blessed them, and God
said to them, “Be fruitful and
multiply; fill the earth and subdue it;
have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the air, and over
every living thing that moves on the
earth.”

4. Gift Misused = Tragedy
• God’s plan for sex was always
between husband and wife only!

5. Genesis 2:24,25
24 Therefore a man shall leave his
father and mother and be joined to
his wife, and they shall become
one flesh.
25 And they were both naked, the man
and his wife, and were not ashamed.

6. Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable among all,
and the bed undefiled; but
fornicators and adulterers God
will judge.

7. Matthew 19:4-6
4 And He answered and said to them,
“Have you not read that He who
made them at the beginning ‘made
them male and female,’

8. Matthew 19:4-6
5 and said, ‘For this reason a man
shall leave his father and mother and
be joined to his wife, and the two
shall become one flesh’?

9. Matthew 19:4-6
6 So then, they are no longer two but
one flesh. Therefore what God has
joined together, let not man
separate.”

10. Gift Misused = Tragedy
• God’s plan for sex was always
between husband and wife only!
• It was given as a gift to married
couples!

11. Song of Solomon 4:10,11
10 How fair is your love, my sister, my
spouse! How much better than wine
is your love, and the scent of your
perfumes than all spices!

12. Song of Solomon 4:10,11
11 Your lips, O my spouse, drip as
the honeycomb; Honey and milk are
under your tongue; and the fragrance
of your garments is like the fragrance
of Lebanon.

13. Proverbs 5:18,19
18 Let your fountain be blessed, and
rejoice with the wife of your youth.
19 As a loving deer and a graceful
doe, let her breasts satisfy you at
all times;

14. Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of
his mouth— for your love is better
than wine.

15. Gift Misused = Tragedy
• God’s plan for sex was always
between husband and wife only!
• It was given as a gift to married
couples!
• Any sexual behavior outside of
marriage is a sin!

16. Ephesians 5:5-7
5 For this you know, that no
fornicator, unclean person, nor
covetous man, who is an idolater, has
any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and God.

17. Ephesians 5:5-7
6 Let no one deceive you with empty
words, for because of these things
the wrath of God comes upon the
sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do
not be partakers with them.

18. Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honorable among all,
and the bed undefiled; but
fornicators and adulterers God
will judge.

19. 1Corinthians 6:9,10
9 Do you not know that the
unrighteous will not inherit the
kingdom of God? Do not be deceived.
Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor
adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor
sodomites,

20. 1Corinthians 6:9,10
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners will inherit the kingdom
of God.

21. Gift Misused = Tragedy
• God’s plan for sex was always between
husband and wife only!
• It was given as a gift to married couples!
• Any sexual behavior outside of marriage
is a sin!
• There are tragic consequences to sexual
sin!

22. Proverbs 6:32
Whoever commits adultery with a
woman lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his
own soul.

23. Leviticus 18:20
Moreover you shall not lie carnally
with your neighbor’s wife, to defile
yourself with her.

24. 1Corinthians 6:18-20
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin
that a man does is outside the body,
but he who commits sexual
immorality sins against his own
body.

25. 1Corinthians 6:18-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is
the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in
you, whom you have from God, and you
are not your own? 20 For you were
bought at a price; therefore glorify God
in your body and in your spirit, which
are God’s.

26. Effects of Sexual Immorality
• Physical – at least 27 STIs today
• Spiritual – guilt always separates
• Emotional – value and dignity are
lost
• Relational – 4 times as likely to
divorce

27. Dealing With This Sin
• Admit and repent
• Accept God’s forgiveness
• Forgive yourself
• Show fruits of repentance

28. Gift Misused = Tragedy
• God’s plan for sex was always between
husband and wife only!
• It was given as a gift to married couples!
• Any sexual behavior outside of marriage
is a sin!
• There are tragic consequences to sexual
sin!

29. #relen lesspursuit