Sermon Series: What Will Hold Us Together
Sermon: Our Purity Part II (I Corinthians 6:12-20)
Summary: Purity means to be made of one thing. To give God glory is the one thing we're called to live for with all that we are. This means we can't compartmentalize our lives and give what is convenient to God, withholding what we want. Christ demands all of us - including our bodies. Being a christian means that food, sleep, speech, sex, (the things we do with our bodies) are to be consecrated to Him as well. This is only possible when we realize 1. that our bodies were given not to satisfy its cravings but to glorify God and 2. that Christ set us free not so that we'll do anything we want but so that we will live out our true purpose - which is to glorify him through purity of devotion. Our bodies are not just a shell to be used in whatever way we wish. What we do with our bodies registers in our spirit. Therefore let us honour God with our bodies.
Discussion Questions.
1. What new teaching in the sermon impacted you? Why?
2. What are the ways we separate our physical life from our spiritual life?
3. 1 Cor 10:31 says "Whether you eat for drink, do it all for the glory of God." How can eating and drinking glorify God? How can eating and drinking be sinful?
4. Our culture views sexual purity as nonsense. How do you feel about sexual purity - both in deed and thought? Why is it important to be sexually pure?
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