WARM UP
Describe your first boyfriend or girlfriend. What attracted you to him/her?
SCRIPTURES USED
Genesis 2:24; Colossians 3:15; Hebrews 13:4; II Peter 2:10, 18, 19; Acts 15:20; I Corinthians 6:13, 1-15-16, 10:8; I Thessalonians 4:3, 8
Sin Lists:
Proverbs 6:16-19; Matthew 15:19; Mark 7:21-23; Romans 1:29-32;
I Corinthians 5:10-11, 6:9-10; II Corinthians 12:20-21; Galatians 5:19-21;
Ephesians 5:3-5; Colossians 3:5, 8-9; I Timothy 1:9-11; I Peter 2:1, 4:3;
Revelation 21:8, 22:15
MESSAGE POINTS
Four Principles of Sex
1. Our bodies are not our own
2. Beware “freedom”
3. Sexual purity is a consistent imperative
4. Our calling is holiness
How does sexual sin affect church relationships?
1. Dehumanizes people
2. Speaks lies
3. Weakens intimacy
GENERAL QUESTIONS
1. Why do you think sexual sin is repeated most often in the “sin lists” of the New Testament and often first?
2. How would you respond to someone who said, “I have to be true to my sexual desires. They are who I am?”
3. How would you say sexual sin is affecting church relationships today? Why?
APPLICATION QUESTION
What (if anything) did God say to you about your own personal sexual purity?
MENTORING QUESTION
What would you say to someone who claimed to follow Jesus, but said, “Sex is no big deal. We’re going to get married anyway?”
