Rediscovering Church: Sexual Formation in the Way of Jesus - Jon Tyson

Church of the City New York

COTC NYC

Religion & Spirituality, Cotc, Churchofthecitynewyork, Cotcnyc, Christianity, Jontyson, Churchofthecity

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 74 minutes

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This week, Pastor Jon continued our Rediscovering Church series with a teaching out of 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 on sexual formation in the way of Jesus. The stories that the world sells about sexuality lead to disillusionment, disappointment, and fear. They drive us into false fulfillment or cycles of shame and guilt, but God’s vision for sex is one that leads to transformation and joy, and ultimately points us back to the greatest love story in all of history: the union of Christ and His Church. As followers of Jesus, we must chose to live out of this sacred story, both as individuals and as a community, and offer our world a credible and compelling alternative to human flourishing.

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0:00.0	Giddy folks, welcome to the Church of the City, New York podcast. Good to have you with us.
0:09.8	This summer we are going to be in a series called Rediscovering Church. It is going to be a verse-by-verse
0:15.1	teaching through the book of one Thessalonians. This is a beautiful book, short book, potent book,
0:21.2	with a ton of implications for how to follow Jesus
0:24.3	in a world like ours.
0:26.0	If we can serve you anyway,
0:27.5	please jump on our website,
0:29.0	church.n.YC.
0:30.5	And as always, hope you're doing well, peace.
0:36.0	Today's teaching text, which is First Thessalonians 4, 1 through 8.
0:42.2	As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God,
0:48.6	as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
0:55.6	For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
1:00.0	It is God's will that you should be sanctified, that you should avoid sexual immorality,
1:05.4	that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,
1:12.5	not in passionate lust like the pagans who do not know God, and that in this matter, no one should wrong or take advantage of a
1:18.8	brother or sister. The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned
1:24.9	you before. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.
1:30.7	Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being, but God,
1:36.4	the very God who gives you His Holy Spirit.
1:39.3	This is the Word of the Lord.
1:44.1	Well, we're going to talk about sex today.
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