Caring Enough to Confront - A Biblical Perspective of Sex and Sexuality, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A lot of people, when they hear the words “Bible” and “sex,” think old-fashioned, oppressive, maybe even taboo or wrong. But in this program, we will get a different perspective based on what Scripture actually says. Join guest teacher Pastor Tim Lundy as he explores God’s original design for sex and how you and your spouse can experience that in your marriage.

Main Points Introduction: As Christians, our approach to sex and gender must be marked by grace and truth. -John 1:14, 8:31-32

Core principles:

All humans as designed by God, are sexual beings. -Genesis 1:27-28
Sex, as designed by God, is very good. -Genesis 1:31a
The human body is very important to God. -Genesis 2:7-8, 21-22
All of us were made for relationships and companionship. -Genesis 2:18
God’s design for sex is a man and a woman in a lifetime commitment of marriage. -Genesis 2:24-25; Mark 10:6-9
Human sexuality was impacted and distorted by sin. -Genesis 3:7-11
Redemption in Christ brings forgiveness and healing to every area of our lives, including our sexuality. -1 Corinthians 6:9-11

God’s good purposes for sex are still fully in place today.

Four reasons God gave us sex (by Bruce Miller):

Sex is a celebration of the marriage covenant. -Matthew 19:5-6; 1 Corinthians 6:16
Sex is for pleasure between husband and wife. -Proverbs 5:18-19
Sex is for the procreation of children. -Genesis 4:1; Psalm 127:3
Sex is a celebration of God’s loyal love to us. -Ephesians 5:31-32

As Christians, our bodies are not our own to do with as we please. -1 Corinthians 6:18-20

A husband and wife have sexual responsibilities to each other in marriage. -1 Corinthians 7:3-6

A committed relationship and/or cohabitation are not the same as marriage in God’s design. -1 Corinthians 7:1-2, 36

According to God’s good design, sex will be surpassedin the New Creation. -Matthew 22:29-30; Revelation 21:3-5

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About Chip Ingram

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

About Tim Lundy

Tim Lundy has been in ministry for three decades. A graduate of Crichton College and Dallas Theological Seminary (Th.M.), he is currently serving as the Senior Pastor at Venture Christian Church in Los Gatos, California, and previously gave pastoral leadership to Christ Community Church and Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas.

About Living on the Edge

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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0:00.0	A lot of people when they hear the words the Bible and sex think old-fashioned
0:06.0	oppressive maybe taboo or wrong I've got news for you God invented sex but of all the areas when I meet Christians that are ignorant
0:16.7	that absolutely don't know what the Bible says about sex, about beauty, about intimacy,
0:22.4	about that intent, they're missing out stay with me that's what we're going to learn today
0:30.5	Welcome to this edition of living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:34.0	The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the Bible
0:39.4	teaching of Chip Ingram.
0:41.3	And in just a minute we'll continue our series caring enough to
0:44.1	confront as we dive into another vital issue that Christians have to be
0:48.6	absolutely clear on, especially with what our culture believes and teaches. So Chip's here with me now to tell us where we're going today.
0:55.0	Thanks Dave.
0:58.0	I could not be more excited about the issues we're going to cover
1:02.0	for the next few broadcast.
1:04.0	I've asked a very close friend Tim Lundy who worked for me
1:08.0	for about four or five years at Venture Christian Church,
1:11.0	a fabulous communicator.
1:12.0	I taught about half the time. He taught the other half of the time. He's led major churches, and when I left venture, I was so excited, Tim became the new pastor. And so for the last five years Tim took over where I left off.
1:25.5	It's so exciting what's happened to the church.
1:28.0	We live in a part of the country that is very progressive,
1:31.0	very hostile to the gospel, and Tim did a series on sexuality, on
1:36.4	transgender, on homosexuality from a pastor's heart in the midst of a very
1:41.8	confusing world and today I've asked Tim to share with
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