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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
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Genesis 2:21-25
21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall
upon the man, and while he slept took one of
his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken
from the man he made into a woman and
brought her to the man.
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Genesis 2:21-25
23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my
bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be
called Woman, because she was taken out of
Man.”
24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and
his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they
shall become one flesh.
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Genesis 2:21-25
25 And the man and his wife were both naked
and were not ashamed.
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Definition of MARRIAGE
God ordained monogamous relationship
between a man and a woman.
God created it, so He defines it
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all
things are helpful. “All things are lawful for
me,” but I will not be dominated by anything.
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the
stomach for food”—and God will destroy both
one and the other. The body is not meant for
sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the
Lord for the body.
14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise
us up by his power.
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
15 Do you not know that your bodies are
members of Christ? Shall I then take the
members of Christ and make them members
of a prostitute? Never!
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to
a prostitute becomes one body with her? For,
as it is written, “The two will become one
flesh.”
17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes
one spirit with him.
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin
a person commits is outside the body, but the
sexually immoral person sins against his own
body.
19 Or do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom
you have from God? You are not your own,
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1 Corinthians 6:12-20
20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify
God in your body.
The Temple—Take-Aways
1. Everything is permissible, but not
everything is beneficial (v. 12-14)
a. “soma” = body, the whole body
b. We are not meant for a non-marital
union with anyone but Christ
c. There may be excitement and
enjoyment in sexual experiences outside
of marriage, but there is not enrichment.
The Temple—Take-Aways
2. We are spiritual and physical members of
Christ (v15-17)
a. God the Father created our bodies;
God the Son redeemed them and made
them part of His body; and God the Spirit
indwells our bodies and makes them the
temple of God
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2. We are spiritual and physical members of
Christ (v15-17)
b. “porne” = prostitute descriptive of a
non-marital union
c. When you have a sexual union with
another, who is not God’s chosen partner
for you, you are practicing Idolatry.
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3. Your body is a dwelling place for
God. (v.18-19)
a. Our body is the temple of the Lord and
joining it with a harlot is a direct attack
on that holy temple.
b. It is a spiritual attack directly against
the dwelling place of the Holy Ghost.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Psalm 34:22
22 The LORD redeems the life of his
servants;none of those who take refuge
in him will be condemned.
The Temple—Take-Aways
4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Isaiah 43:1-5
1 But now thus says the LORD, he who
created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O
Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Isaiah 43:1-5
2 When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;and through the rivers, they
shall not overwhelm you; when you walk
through fire you shall not be burned, and the
flame shall not consume you.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Isaiah 43:1-5
3 For I am the LORD your God, the
Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt
as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange
for you.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Isaiah 43:1-5
4 Because you are precious in my
eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men
in return for you, peoples in exchange for
your life.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Isaiah 43:1-5
5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will
bring your offspring from the east, and from
the west I will gather you.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Galatians 3:13
13 Christ redeemed us from the curse
of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is
written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged
on a tree”
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Galatians 4:4-7
4 But when the fullness of time had
come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman,
born under the law,
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so
that we might receive adoption as sons.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Galatians 4:4-7
6 And because you are sons, God has
sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts,
crying, “Abba! Father!”
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and
if a son, then an heir through God.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Titus 2:11-14
11 For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
12 training us to renounce ungodliness and
worldly passions, and to live self-controlled,
upright, and godly lives in the present age,
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Titus 2:11-14
13 waiting for our blessed hope, the
appearing of the glory of our great God and
Savior Jesus Christ,
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Titus 2:11-14
14 who gave himself for us to redeem
us from all lawlessness and to purify for
himself a people for his own possession who
are zealous for good works.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Galatians 2:20-21
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It
is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in
me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me.
The Temple—Take-Aways
4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
Galatians 2:20-21
21 I do not nullify the grace of God,
for if righteousness were through the law,
then Christ died for no purpose.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
16 From now on, therefore, we regard
no one according to the flesh. Even though we
once regarded Christ according to the flesh,
we regard him thus no longer.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he
is a new creation. The old has passed away;
behold, the new has come.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ
reconciled us to himself and gave us the
ministry of reconciliation;
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
19 that is, in Christ God was
reconciling the world to himself, not counting
their trespasses against them, and entrusting
to us the message of reconciliation.
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4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for
Christ, God making his appeal through us. We
implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled
to God.
The Temple—Take-Aways
4. God specializes in Redemption. (v.20)
2 Corinthians 5:16-21
21 For our sake he made him to be sin
who knew no sin, so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.