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Sexuality God's Way. PSALM 19:7-9. The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
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PSALM 19:7-9 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure, and altogether righteous!
IS PRIMARILY A SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE (S.T.D.)
Diseases, untimely deaths in catastrophic numbers especially from AIDS Broken relationship/s Dysfunctional families Spousal abuse Divorce Unwanted pregnancies Killing of unborn by abortion Rape Sexual abuse, etc.
These standards included: Daily Actions Social Conduct Character Traits Personal Responsibility Adherence to Community Values Family Life Personal Productivity In the past, behaviour was generally measured universally by one standard:
Sexually active before they finished high school Remained virgins throughout high school
Truth = Personal taste Morality = Personal preference, Alternative choice/s Situational ethics = What is right for you isn't necessarily right for me Truth and Honesty lose = Crime pays Intelligence = "You weren't stupid enough to get caught were you? How much did you get away with?"
Manhood = How many girls have you screwed? Womanhood = How many boys want to sleep with you and can you prove you are fertile? Sexual activity = Activity to be desired and flaunted Virginity = Shame, unloved, unpopular
MANHOOD = HAVING SEX WOMANHOOD = PROVING FERTILITY
80-90% 8% 1965 1995 Sexually Active by end of High School Total = 30 Years of Tracking
D O G “I am a Special creation of God“
ONE MAN WITH ONE WOMAN FOR LIFE = SAFE SEX
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RESPECTS IS RESPONSIBLE HAS BOUNDARIES ENRICHES, DOESN’T HURT SEXUAL FREEDOM
EACH PERSON IS CREATED WITH ABILITY TO MAKE
PEOPLE CHOOSE AND HAVE CONTROL ANIMALS HAVE SEX WHENEVER, WHEREVER, WITH ANYTHING
“...Isaachar had sons who understood their times and had knowledge of what Israel should do.” 1 Chronicles 12:32 “I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life that both you and your descendants may live.” Deuteronomy 30:19 “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make a helper comparable to him.” Genesis 2:1
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“Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female 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? So then, they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” Matthew 19:4-5 “Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews 13:4
“Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” 2 Timothy 2:22 “Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.” Galatians 6:7-8 “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
MEN WOMEN MARRIAGE MARRIAGE
“How can a young man cleanse his way? ...Your word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalms 119:9-10 “...that you put off the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philipians 4:13 “But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.” James 1:14-15
“Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord... Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her.” Ephesians 5:22, 25 “...as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.” Isaiah 62:5 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
SEXUAL PURITY IS FOR BOTH THE: MARRIED & UNMARRIED! NO ONE IS EXEMPT
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DOES NOT PROVE ANYTHING EXCEPT YOUR NEED TO BE
“But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light. See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:13-17 “..Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 “So God created man in his own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 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.” Genesis 1:27-28
FORMAL MARRIAGE
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you... you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 BUT
“Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self- control.” 1 Corinthians 7:2-5 “Marriage is honourable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews 13:4 “Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty- three thousand fell.” 1 Corinthians 10:8 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23