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- Jun 27, 2021Knowledge & Grace, I Cor 8
- Jun 20, 2021Where It’s At, I Cor 7:17-40
- Jun 13, 2021Biblical Views on Divorce, I Cor 7:10-16
- Jun 6, 2021The “Talk” (Sex) – I Cor 7:1-9
Jun 6, 2021The “Talk” (Sex) – I Cor 7:1-9By: Jered WeaverSeries: I CorinthiansThe "Talk"--WARNING: DISCUSSION ON SEX - MATERIAL MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN/YOUTH OR OTHERS, USE DISCRETIONThe big picture: Jesus – Knowing him and following him. Caring about what he cares about…
- Verse 29 - Time is short, so focus.
- Verse 32 – Minimize earthbound concerns.
- Verse 35 – Free and clear for Jesus
- Meant to be a good thing
- Usually overemphasized culturally
- Not a need, but indeed a driving force
- It is a gift not to be constrained by sexual or relational desires (v 7)
- The average person can control themselves.
- vv 8 & 9 – Better to marry than to burn with passion.
- The biblical approach is one of mutual submission, one to another.
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- Consistent/regular mutually enjoyed and engaged sex is the recommended standard within marriage (under normal circumstances).
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- Are your expectations and desires reasonable?
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- What would your standard be if this was anything else?
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- What does your mutual submission look like to your wife?
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- Are you doing your part to make sure she is also enjoying the experience? Are you making it a chore for her?
- Are you considering her nonsexual needs/wants?
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- If your sex life is out of balance, ask yourself why?
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- Is it something that can be resolved, and are you making inroads to doing so?
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- Though singleness may not be considered a favorable position, it is an advantageous one.
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- If you can at all help it, consider singleness.
- Revel in what you have now
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Don’t compromise. It always, always, always makes things worse.
- Let’s stop discrediting those who’ve made the higher choice and capitalize on our navy seals of Christianity.
- 1 Cor 7:35- I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
- May 30, 2021“A Moral Dilemma,” I Cor 2:11-20
May 30, 2021“A Moral Dilemma,” I Cor 2:11-20By: Jered WeaverSeries: I Corinthians12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, 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.”[b] 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.[c] 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples 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 honor God with your bodies. [b] Gen. 2:24 A new dynamic for morality
- If grace abounds, then why worry about sin?
- Once again, expanding and raising focus
- The example of sexual sin
- What can we do
- Being a community to flee to
- Healing is real and possible.
- Healing has to be intentionally sought, encompassing and consistently pursued.
- May 16, 2021“Free & Clear Celebration: The Role of Church Discipline,” I Cor 5
May 16, 2021“Free & Clear Celebration: The Role of Church Discipline,” I Cor 5By: Jered WeaverSeries: I CorinthiansI. 1 Cor 5:1-5 Paul breaks it down 5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this? 3 For my part, even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. As one who is present with you in this way, I have already passed judgment in the name of our Lord Jesus on the one who has been doing this. 4 So when you are assembled and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, 5 hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.
- The Issue
- How to address it
- What the hope is
- Why should they change?
- What should they embrace?
- A point to ponder for all of us.
- A matter of practicality
- A matter of jurisdiction
- Conclusions
Footnotes
- 5:5In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
- 5:5Or of his body
- 5:11The Greek word for brother or sister (adelphos) refers here to a believer, whether man or woman, as part of God’s family; also in 8:11, 13.
- 5:13Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7
- May 9, 2021I Cor 3-4
- May 2, 2021“Adam’s Confession” (A Vision & Mission)
- Apr 25, 2021“Is Christ Divided?” I Cor 1:10-2:16
- Apr 18, 2021“Corinthians Series Introduction,” I Cor 1:1-9