November 29th, 2015
⌂ Calling Evil Good? ….. Malachi
2:17-18
⌂ Grace
--------------------Truth
▲
Balance
▼
People --------------------Word of God
⌂ Design -
- - - → Direction - - - - → Distortion
• Does the Creator have the absolute
and solitary
right to determine the distortions of His boundaries?
☼ What is Distortion?
□ Distortion is sinful rebellion against a
holy God who has
designed and given clear directions regarding
our sexuality.
• I Timothy 1:
8-11
⌂
porneia
⌂
arsenokoites
☼ The Distortion of Desire
□ Your Desires …. James 1:14-15
□
Your War ….. I Peter 2:11
□
Your Body…. Instructions > I Corinthians 6:9-20
☼ God - Truth - Desire ….
◊ Wrath ……Romans 1:18-20
◊
Becoming a fool ….. Romans 1:21-23
◊
Truth for a Lie? ….. Romans 1:24-25
◊ Shame ….. Romans 1:26-27
◊
Depravity …. Romans 1:28-32
☼ 7 Things Jesus Would Say to those who Distort
Sexuality
╬ I love you…… Romans 5:8
╬ I understand rejection …. Luke 18:31-33
╬ I also was tempted …. Hebrews 2:17-18
╬ I want more for you…. I Timothy 2: 3-4
╬ I will be here for you….. I Peter
5:7
╬
I will forgive you….. Colossians 2:13-15
╬ I can transform you….. I Corinthians 6:9-11 / II Corinthians 3:18
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November 22nd, 2015
“Love”… a cultural buzzword
Matthew 24:12
I John 3:18
II Corinthians 13:5
Love has boundaries
I John 1:5
Proverbs
13:24
Truth & love… hand & glove
Ephesians 4:14-15
I Corinthians 13:6
John 17:17 & 8:32
Love desires health & growth for the one loved
Ephesians 4:15
John 14:6 & 1:4
Love challenges, provokes
Proverbs 27:17
Mark 10:20-22
Galatians 4:16
Proverbs 27:6
Love overcomes fear
I John 4:18
Love is humble
Matthew 7:5
John 1:14
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November 15th, 2015
● Design → Direction → Distortion
● Created → in the Image of God
☼ Boundaries ….. Genesis 2:24-25
□ Single … I Corinthians 7:25-28 / 32-35
“We follow a Savior who created sexuality
….but never got married or had sex, yet
□ Married …. Ephesians 5:21-33
◊ Marriage was designed to reflect God’s glory.
◊ God spoke the design & direction of marriage
◊ God performs the two become one flesh union.
◊ Marriage is a symbol of Christ & the church.
⌂ The Real Test of Love…. I Corinthians 13:4-8a
→Sin always cause distortion
⌂ Divorce …. Matthew 19:1-12
□ Two Rabbis’ > Hillel / Shammai
☼ Worship God….not Marriage …. II Corinthians 5:14-15
1. Fire Your Inner Lawyer.
2. Prepare to Run to Jesus.
3. Ask → How can I make your life better?
4. Learn to express gratitude.
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November 8th, 2015
⌂ Biblical Sexuality ←← →→ Cultural Sexuality
⌂ Starting Point
God Man
↓ ↓
Man god
God
↓
Bible
↓
Man
☼ 4 Lies Our Culture Tells Us About Sex (Relevant 2/2015)
1. The context of sex doesn’t matter.
2. Sex is an act of taking, rather than an act of giving.
3. Sex is a physical, one dimensional experience.
4. We cannot control sex, because it controls us.
☼ imago Dei …. Genesis 1:26
► A divine counsel precedes the creation of man!
● Image → tselem…. “to carve or cut off”
Likeness → Demuth…. “refers to similairity”
╬ We are carved from the image of God to be similar to Him.
☼ Sexuality ….. Genesis 1:27
► Human sexuality is grounded in the imago Dei.
□ Ephesians 4:24 □ Colossians 3:10
⌂ 3 Powerful Truths (David Semands – Healing of Memories)
1. Our sexuality is at the heart of our identity.
2. Sex is a very powerful emotion.
3. Sexual feelings can be the most contradictory emotions
we humans experience.
☼ Creation …. Genesis 2:7
☼ Gender / Family /Marriage …. Genesis 2:21-25
• The creation of boundaries.
• Does the Creator have the absolute and solitary right
to define the purpose for what He has created?
☼ Truth Chaos
↓ ↓
Bible Culture
1. God created you in His image 1. You evolved.
2. God gave you gender. 2. You determine you gender.
3. God gives you purpose & identity. 3. You determine purpose & identity.
4. God gives us the gift of sex and 4. You determine who you have sex
the boundaries to protect us. with –no boundaries.
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November 1st, 2015
Jesus’ diary… Psalms 22:1-3
“How distressed I am”… Luke
12:50
Luke 22:44
Mathew
26:36-44
Luke 19:10
Mark
10:45
Mathew 16:21-23
Jesus our brother… Hebrews
2:9-18
Hebrews 5:8
Psalms 34:18
Hebrews 4:14-16
Comfort-- pay it forward… II
Corinthians 1:3-4
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October 25th, 2015
An equation of Pain & suffering
……………….
Human choice & free will
+
Orderly cosmos
……………….
Genesis
2:16-17
Romans 6:23
Galatians
6:7
Romans
8:20-22
Cosmic judo… infusing value & purpose
I Peter 4:12-13
I Peter 2:21
Philippians
3:10
Eternal weight of
glory… shifting the center of gravity
I Peter
1:6-7
II
Corinthians 4:16-18
I
Corinthians 2:9
I Peter 1:13
Suggested reading… Where
is God When it Hurts? by Phillip Yancey
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October 16th, 2015
“the Devil made me do it”
A personal world
I John
4:8
Romans
3:23
Meet
your adversary
John 8:43-44
John 10:10
I Peter 5:8
Genesis 3:4-5
Victory >>>> James 4:7-10
“the Flesh”… enemy of my
birth
Romans 5:19
I Corinthians 15:22
James
4:1-2
Romans
7:18-24; Galatians 5:17
Victory >>>> Romans 7:25
“the World”… everybody’s
doin’ it
I
John 2:15-17
James
4:4-6
Victory >>>> James 4:5-6
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October 11th, 2015
Man, the great contradiction
Image of God . . . glorious - Genesis 1:26-27, Psalm 8:3-8
Free Will - Genesis 2:16-17
Fallen & Corrupted - Genesis 3:7-13, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:23
Cultural Connection . . . coming to terms with man's identity
Value >>>equality>>>rights
"We hold these truth to be self evident that all men are created equal, and theat they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights" - Declaration of Independence
Acts 17:26
Hedging against man's corruption . . . separation of powers
Recommended Reading: "How Christianity Changed the World" by Alvin Schmidt
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