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March 4, 2007
*/Pure Sex/*
*Part 2: Safe sex for singles!*
/Introduction:/ God wants the very best for you!
*1.
What are God’s standards?*
A.
No ______________________________________________________.
Exodus 20:14, Hebrews 13:4
B.
No ______________________________________________________.
Leviticus 18; Matthew 15:19, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
C.
No ______________________________________________________.
!
Ephesians 5:3, Colossians 3:5
D.
No ______________________________________________________.
!
Matthew 5:28, Colossians 3:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:5
*2.
Why did God give these standards?*
Because _________________________!
A.
God wants us to experience ___________________________________.
1 Corinthians 6:13
B.
God wants us to avoid _______________________________________.
1. ___________________________________.
2.
___________________________________.
3.
___________________________________.
4.
___________________________________.
*3.
How can I keep God’s standards?*
A.
Give yourself unreservedly ___________________________________.
B. Set _______________________________________________ together.
March 4, 2007
*/Pure Sex/*
*Part 2: Safe sex for singles!*
*/Opening:/*
How many parents want to buy a trunk monkey chaperone for your teenager?
I love that…but I’m glad Noel didn’t have one of those when I was dating Laina!
Today is part 2 of our series, /Pure Sex/, and we’re talking about “Safe Sex for Singles.”
We’re going to look at God’s sexual standards for singles, what they are and why He gave them, and finish with some practical ideas on how to keep them.
At the top of your outline I wrote that God wants the very best for you.
Would you say that with me? /God wants the very best for you./
Would you say that to someone next to you? /God wants the very best for you./
*/Offering and announcements: /*
Reminder: If you have small children, you may want to take them to their classes or be prepared to answer their questions on the way home.
If you want to talk about this with your kids, by all means, make sure they’re here!
/41 great things to do on a date/!
Conspiracy of Hope (back of tear-off tab) – can be involved as a volunteer or by donating supplies
Women’s retreat: sign up deadline is today!
Justin McRoberts~/Christopher Williams concert (right column) – free concert on Tuesday night in the Multi-Purpose Room.
New parking lot!
*/Introduction/*/: /God wants the very best for you!
How many of you can relate with that sketch?
I've been married over 31 years, but I can still remember very clearly what it was like to be single with raging hormones!
I can remember the desire I felt every time I was around Laina--and the frustration.
My wife is gorgeous, and I am crazy about her, and it was hard to keep my hands off her! Grrr!
Before I start, how many are single?
Being single and Christian is a tough combination.
God created us as sexual creatures; your sex drive is from God, and it is good.
Sex is God's good gift.
And God intends sex for marriage: one man, one woman, one flesh for a lifetime.
So being a single Christian is tough,especially in our culture which has lifted all restrictions on sexual behavior
\\ and declared any and all sexual behavior as permissible, even healthy.
It's tough!
One new believer said, "As I see it, God only had one bad idea.
Chastity for singles.
Bad idea."
C.S. Lewis said “Chastity is the most unpopular of Christian virtues.”
It is common for people, when confronted with God's high standards, to simply dismiss them.
"No sex before marriage--He can't be serious!
Doesn't God know that everybody is doing it?
Doesn't He realize that it can be psychologically damaging to repress your sexual urges?
Doesn't He know that couples need to experiment to discover if they are sexually compatible?
It must be one of those mistakes in the Bible."
It's no mistake!
God's standards are very high.
And they are high because God wants the very best for you.
What are God’s standards?
Why do they make sense?
And how can we keep them?
Those are the questions I want to answer with you today.
*1.
What are God's standards?*
Sex is for marriage.
One man, one woman, one flesh for a lifetime.
Here are four very clear and challenging Biblical standards.
* A.
No adultery.*
Almost everyone understands the wisdom of this prohibition.
Adultery is sexual intercourse between a married person and someone who is not their spouse.
Adultery violates the marriage covenant of fidelity, and often ends the marriage.
The Bible has many prohibitions against it, beginning with the Ten Commandments.
*Exodus 20*:*14* “You shall not commit adultery.”
One New Testament example:
*Hebrews 13:4* "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral."
From cover to cover, the Bible warns against adultery.
In two weeks, we'll look at how people fall into adultery, and what you can do to make your marriage affair-proof.
You might be thinking, “What does adultery have to do with me as a single?”
If you are single and have sex with a married person, you have committed adultery, and God says it’s wrong.
Again, most people understand and accept this.
Next:
* B.
No sexual immorality.*
While adultery involves at least one married person, anyone, married or single, can commit sexual immorality.
The Greek word that is translated “sexual immorality” is /porneia/—we get “pornography” from it—and it means any kind of unlawful sexual intercourse.
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