7-12-2015
"Pleasure Without Penalty in God's Temple?"
1 Corinthians 6. 18-20, 1 Thessalonians 4. 3-8

Pleasure Without Penalty in God’s Temple?
1 Cor. 6. 18-20 -1 Thess. 4. 3-8

I.  THE ________________ CULTURE:
A.  Corinth – notorious as a city of wealth & ___________
B.  _________ of Aphrodite 

II.  WHAT DOES THE BIBLE ______?- 
A.  Paul is seeking to help Jesus’ disciples ______ WITH JESUS in a pagan culture.  
B.  Immoral sexual pleasure _______ penalty doesn’t exist 
C.  God ________ sexual experience to be part of the marriage of 1 man and 1 woman 

III.  MEN & WOMEN BATTLE SEXUAL _____ IN MANY FORMS:
A.  Homosexuality
B.  __________- Unmarried men & women living together, sleeping together  
C.  Others: Men & women battle against pornography

IV.  SEXUAL SIN HAS MANY _________________
A.  Personal Consequences:  Plus family, and social fallout
B.  _____________ Consequences:
C.  _____________ Consequences:

V.  SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES 
A.  How can you __________ your relationship with Jesus?  
B.  Will not God have the “last ________.”  (1 Cor 6. 9-11)

VI.  SEXUAL SIN CAN BE FORGIVEN
A.  King _________- a prime example
-God forgave him
-Yet the consequences ___________ him the rest of his life.
B.  Repentance is part of ___________- look at David’s prayer in Ps. 51

V.  BOUNDARIES CAN HELP TO PREVENT SEXUAL SIN:  (some to consider)
A.  Be ____________- 
B.  Remember who God made you to be: HIS ___________
C.  Flee-get away
D.  Take some specific ___________
E.  Walk with Jesus EVERYDAY- 


CONCLUSION:  You are not your own; you were bought at a price.  Therefore honor God with your body. (1 Cor 6.20)