Gift Misused = Tragedy

Genesis 1:27,2827 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 1:27,2828 Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Gift Misused = Tragedy• God’s plan for sex was always between husband and wife only!

Genesis 2:24,2524 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Matthew 19:4-64 And He answered and said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female,’

Matthew 19:4-65 and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

Matthew 19:4-66 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”

Gift Misused = Tragedy• God’s plan for sex was always between husband and wife only!

• It was given as a gift to married couples!

Song of Solomon 4:10,1110 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! How much better than wine is your love, and the scent of your perfumes than all spices!

Song of Solomon 4:10,1111 Your lips, O my spouse, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Proverbs 5:18,1918 Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of your youth.19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times;

Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love is better than wine.

Gift Misused = Tragedy• God’s plan for sex was always between husband and wife only!

• It was given as a gift to married couples!

• Any sexual behavior outside of marriage is a sin!

Ephesians 5:5-75 For this you know, that no fornicator, unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

Ephesians 5:5-76 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not be partakers with them.

Hebrews 13:4Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

1Corinthians 6:9,109 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

1Corinthians 6:9,1010 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

Gift Misused = Tragedy• God’s plan for sex was always between

husband and wife only!• It was given as a gift to married couples!• Any sexual behavior outside of marriage

is a sin!• There are tragic consequences to sexual

sin!

Proverbs 6:32

Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;He who does so destroys his own soul.

Leviticus 18:20

Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.

1Corinthians 6:18-2018 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

1Corinthians 6:18-2019 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Effects of Sexual Immorality• Physical – at least 27 STIs today• Spiritual – guilt always separates• Emotional – value and dignity are

lost• Relational – 4 times as likely to

divorce

Dealing With This Sin• Admit and repent• Accept God’s forgiveness• Forgive yourself• Show fruits of repentance

Gift Misused = Tragedy• God’s plan for sex was always between

husband and wife only!• It was given as a gift to married couples!• Any sexual behavior outside of marriage

is a sin!• There are tragic consequences to sexual

sin!

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