Asking For A Friend Week 2- Does God Really Care About My Sexuality?
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Genesis 1:26-28
26 Then God said, “Let us make man[a] in[b] our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” 27 So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. 28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.”
Genesis 2:24-25
24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame.
Hebrews 4:15-16
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.
Proverbs 5:15-20
15 Drink water from your own cistern, water flowing from your own well. 16 Should your springs flow in the streets, streams in the public squares? 17 They should be for you alone and not for you to share with strangers. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, and take pleasure in the wife of your youth. 19 A loving deer, a graceful doe— let her breasts always satisfy you; be lost in her love forever. 20 Why, my son, would you lose yourself with a forbidden woman or embrace a wayward woman?
1 Corinthians 7:1-7
7 Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.” 2 But because sexual immorality is so common, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman should have sexual relations with her own husband. 3 A husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband. 4 A wife does not have the right over her own body, but her husband does. In the same way, a husband does not have the right over his own body, but his wife does. 5 Do not deprive one another—except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 6 I say this as a concession, not as a command. 7 I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one person has this gift, another has that.
Genesis 39:9
9 No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do this immense evil, and how could I sin against God?”
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
3 For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4 that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God. 6 This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you. 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness. 8 Consequently, anyone who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.13 In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed. 14 The Holy Spirit is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of his glory.
Summary
Summary
These days, you can’t turn on the TV, look at a billboard, or even look at your digital screen, without seeing something that is sexually questionable. This week’s question is one that we cannot avoid. Does God really care about my sexuality? In the current stage of culture, with all the influences out there, we need to stand on the truth of scripture. God created our bodies, God created sex, both are wonderful creations that need to be stewarded correctly. We don’t have to look far in scripture to see the reason why God cares about our sexuality. The world is talking about it every day, God has been talking about it since he created it!
Welcome back to Community Group, this week we will be tackling a question that affects all of us, as individuals, as a spouse, and as a parent. What does the Bible have to say about sex. Why is it important that we know, so that we can speak the truth in a culture that is perverting God creation.
Our first point is, Sex is God’s Design. He cares about it, because He created it, and wants it to be enjoyed the right way. We need to remember, before sin entered into the picture, before lust existed, before there was homosexuality, before we even heard of transgenderism, God had determined his good design for our sexuality. We know automatically that some of the things I mentioned are wrong, just simply by looking at one of the purposes of sex, to be fruitful and multiply. Multiplication can only happen when a man and a woman come together. Sex is also a physical reality of the covenant, holy union between a man and a woman. This holy act becomes unholy when it is observed outside of the divinely designed covenant of marriage.
Our next point is there is a cultural deception regarding sexuality. It is driven by ideology that dismisses, disobeys and disrespects the design of God. We must declare the truth of God and whatever culture says about sexuality that is contrary to what God has revealed to us in scripture is deception. Some of these deceptions are:
Sex outside of marriage is ok
A monogamous homosexual relationship is not unholy
I was born in the wrong body
I get to determine if I’m male or female or neither
God doesn’t care about my sexuality as long as I’m a good person
I must use a person’s preferred pronouns
It’s okay to view pornography to spice up my marriage
It’s okay to view pornography as a healthy expression of my sexuality
Scripture found in both the Old and the New Testament push back on these deceptions and continually point us back to God’s design.
Our final point is, Sex should not be based on Our Desires. The real question we should be asking ourselves is, do I care about God’s design for my sexuality? We live in a fallen world; the desires of this world want to draw us away from God’s design. However, those desires do not need to acted upon. God gave His Son so that could be our example of saying no to the desires of this live. Following the will of the Father was always more important than following His own will. He held His sexuality to God’s design. We are asked to submit our desires to Jesus at the throne of grace.
We can learn how this works by looking at the story of Joseph. Joseph did not ignore his passion, he submitted it to the Lord. When asked this question, Joseph answered; He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?”
We need to ask ourselves, when confronted with the question about our sexuality, how will we respond? Remember, while there have been abuses in the church regarding purity culture. The Church has a culture of purity, simply because, God has made us pure.
Thanks for joining us for Community Group, I wanted to let you know that all of our CGs have been assigned to a Shepherd Couple. If you don’t receive a call from your Shepherd in the next two weeks, please reach out to us and we will make sure they have your correct information. God bless you and we will see you back next week for Community Group!
Discussion
How did you learn the concept of sex? Was it a healthy understanding? Share
How have you taught this to your children? Share
How do you handle societies view of sexuality? Share
How do you address societies inconsistencies on sex with your children? Share
How do you address your views of sexuality with other? Do you use the Bible? Share
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