Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction:

What did the sexy brown Chicken say to the sexy brown Cow?

“Brown Chika Brown Cow.”

Our society is obsessed with sex, not love just sex.

It’s everywhere.

The world has figured out that sex sells and they are selling it hardcore.

(pun intended)

You can’t turn on the TV, phone, tablet, Radio, Internet, social media, streaming services, magazines, or books without some kind of reference to SEX.

Any media you can think of sex is there and waiting.

But wait there’s more!!

Sex has jumped off the page and off the screen.

It’s no longer a fantasy land.

All you have to do is go clubbing and you can find whatever sexual desire your looking for.

People are hooking up just for fun.

No strings attached, no commitment, no love, no hard feeling.

We’ve come to the place of equating sex with success.

This has be exposed through the “Me 2” movement.

Even when it comes to marriage we have this “try it before you buy it mentality.”

Think about the implications of that.

And how does that work.

“I want to thank you for coming to the sex trial today.

As you preform please keep in mind if you don’t hit all my expectations I will be moving on the next subject.

Also keep in mind that there are several candidates that are applying so please be patient as I make my final decision.”

And we wonder why people are so insecure and devastated.

On top of all of that you can’t win.

If you are celibate you’re made fun of or bullied, and if you’re active you’re labeled as a slut or whoremonger.

Steven D. Solomon, Ph.D. and Lorie J. Teagno, Ph.D. wrote an article entitled, “Frequently-Asked Questions about Infidelity,” Updated: August 17, 2018

There is no exact number for the rate of our best estimates, which come from studies done in the last five to ten years, reveal that 45-50% of married women and 50-60% of married men engage in extramarital affairs at some point in their relationships.

So somewhere around half of all Long Term Love Relationships (LTLRs) are marked by this ultimate betrayal.

“There is no exact number for the rate of our best estimates, which come from studies done in the last five to ten years, reveal that 45-50% of married women and 50-60% of married men engage in extramarital affairs at some point in their relationships.

So somewhere around half of all Long Term Love Relationships (LTLRs) are marked by this ultimate betrayal.”

Sadly these statistics are the same inside the church.

So, this is the world we live in.

On our Road map of marriage you would see the sticker, “You are here.”

And This is the backdrop that we move into this study called “Love and Marriage.”

God has given us a definitive passage on the subject of Marriage that encompasses everything we need to know about this subject.

It even covers those that are not married and how you should approach singleness.

Let’s dive in:

1 Cor 7:1

Paul had been asked some questions about marriage by a young christian body of believers that were trying to navigate the same waters we are navigating this morning.

There is nothing new under the sun.

There is a blanket statement of truth that needs to be established before we go any farther.

“Sex outside of a marital relationship between a husband and a wife is an offense to the creator God.”

From the scriptures this would include but not limited to:

Fornication (1 Corinthians 6:18-19)

Pornography (1 Corinthians 6:13)

Adultery (, Hebrews 13:4)

homosexuality ()

Paul is not saying that sex is bad, but outside of marriage it is sin.

Beastiality

Love demands that I be so bold in this statement.

I realize that I just included a vast majority of our population in that statement.

“Acceptance of sin does not change its offence toward God.”

I can accept you as a person without affirming your sin.

As I would hope you would do for me.

That means I can genuinely love you and not agree with you.

Dealing with Sexual Desires

1 Cor 7: 2

Marriage is defined clearly

Each man should have his own wife.

Each woman should have her own husband.