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SEX. Lust Sensual dress, behavior Financial exploitation, ‘sex sells’ Masturbation Pornography Pre and extra marital sexual contact Sexual molestation Sexual harassment Sexual exploitation Prostitution Homosexuality Rape Incest Bestiality. Deep emotional impact
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Lust Sensual dress, behavior Financial exploitation, ‘sex sells’ Masturbation Pornography Pre and extra marital sexual contact Sexual molestation Sexual harassment Sexual exploitation Prostitution Homosexuality Rape Incest Bestiality Deep emotional impact Distorts relationships Destroys relationships/families Abortion, death of unborn infants, 1-1/12 million over past 30 years Children born without intact family Disease Damage to victims emotionally, physically, relationally, spiritually Criminal activity, often related to substance abuse/addictions, violence and even suicide and murder Fragmentation of family unit destabilizes society/national well being Obscures relationship with God Misuse of Sex
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; you were bought at a price. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Developing a Passion for Personal Sexual Purity
"Haven't you read," He replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,” Jesus Christ quoting from Genesis 1 in Matthew 19:4
My relationship with God Significance Security Love Worth Sermon 1.16.05 Joy Peace Contentment Earth
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. Romans 1:19-20
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, Romans 1:21
Neglected, disregarded, rejected a Creator/God Didn’t say, “Wow, God you’re great and You rule! You made me so I’ll love and serve you.” Didn’t say, “Thank you for being You, making me in your image creating this universe and letting me live here.” Result: ‘It’s all about me!’ The fall away from God into self-centeredness
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Romans 1:21-23
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator- Romans 1:24-25
My relationship with God Significance Security Love Worth Sermon 1.16.05 Earth
The Downward Spiral of Self-centeredness • Thinking content and processes corrupted 21 • Heart/feelings/motives darkened 21 • Self deception, clueless and unaware 22 • ‘Therefore God gave them over to’: • Sexual impurity - Desperately seeking fulfillment of needs from people/things 24 • Sexual perversions 26 • Depraved mind > played out in destructive attitudes and behaviors 28
Developing a passion for personal purity Developing compassion for those with different values