Sermon Tone Analysis

Scripture: (NIV)

9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?o Do not be deceived:p Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterersq nor men who have sex with mena r 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlerss will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And that is what some of you were.t

But you were washed,u you were sanctified,v you were justifiedw in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.x

“I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”y

The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,z and the Lord for the body.

14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,a and he will raise us also.b 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?c

Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute?

Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?

For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”b

d 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.c

e

18 Flee from sexual immorality.f

All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.g

19 Do you not know that your bodies are templesh of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

You are not your own;i 20 you were bought at a price.j

Therefore honor God with your bodies.k

9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?o Do not be deceived:p Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterersq nor men who have sex with mena r 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlerss will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And that is what some of you were.t

But you were washed,u you were sanctified,v you were justifiedw in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Sexual Immorality

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.x

“I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”y

The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord,z and the Lord for the body.

14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead,a and he will raise us also.b 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?c

Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute?

Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?

For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”b

d 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.c

e

18 Flee from sexual immorality.f

All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.g

19 Do you not know that your bodies are templesh of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

You are not your own;i 20 you were bought at a price.j

Therefore honor God with your bodies.k

9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,

10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such were some of you.

But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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,

20 for you were bought with a price.

So glorify God in your body.

9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And that is what some of you were.

But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial.

“I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything.

13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.”

The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also.15

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute?

Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?

For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18 Flee from sexual immorality.

All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.

19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?

You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price.

Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Introduction

Introduction

As human beings we hate to be ruled.

We don’t like to be told what to do and we like things our way.

Even from childhood we hate to be ruled.

When a child resist to eat his or her vegetables or to go sleep at a certain time, its not because they have studied healthy eating habits and made a conscious decision not to eat vegetables or because they have done a sleep study and recognized and made the decision that they don’t have to go to sleep; they are just resisting being told what to do and when to do it.

They don’t want to be ruled.

Which is why many teenagers can’t wait to move away to college to get away from the authority of mom and dad.

They want to be able to do whatever they want to do, whenever they want to do it, how they want to do it and to whom they want to do it to.

And the sad part is that when they move away, that feeling doesn’t go away, but it gets stronger and they carry that into their adulthood, just like many of the adults in this room.

When I was a child, I had to go to sleep at a certain time.

When I was a child, I had to be in the house by a certain time.

When I was a child, I had to do chores.

When I was a child I had to eat whatever mom or dad made that night.

When I was a child, I had to ask mom and dad if I could go to the movies or to that party with my friends.

When I was a child and all the other children were chilling, I had to go to work with daddy.

And if I said no, when I needed some summer money to go to the movies with my friends, daddy would mind me how I said no to going to work with him.

When I was a child I had to go to church.

Of course, I actually wanted to go to church, but regardless if I wanted to, I had to go to church.

When I was a child we couldn’t go to the ice cream truck because my older brother had gotten hit by a car on the way to get ice cream.

When I was a child I couldn’t go spend the night over someone else’s house.

They could come spend the night over my house, but I couldn’t go spend the night over theirs.

When I was a child, I had rules.

But then came college (or adulthood)