today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

The greatest human quest is to be known and loved.

If we are known but not loved, that is rejection.

If we are loved but not known, that is sentimentality.

So we want somebody to see us for all that we are.

We want to be exposed and we want somebody to love us anyway.

The greatest way that we ever

experience that is in the gospel.

Welcome to Summit Life with pastor, author, and apologist J.D. Greer. I'm your host, Molly

Vitovich. Today we're opening up

God's word and searching for clarity and direction on intimacy and healthy relationships.

Translation, we're talking about the big S word. You see, many people get uneasy when the

preacher starts talking about these personal issues. But the fact is, sex is one of those

few topics that's addressed in almost every book of the Bible. God has a lot to say about it,

and if he's got a lot to say, then we've got a lot to learn. Now, if you've missed any of our

previous messages from this teaching series, you can catch up online free of charge at jadie greer.com.

But for today, Pastor Jadie has titled this message, Sex Mystery. So let's get started.

Ephesians chapter 5, verse 21, submitting to one another, the apostle Paul says, out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your

own husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the

church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now, as the church submits to Christ, so also wives

should submit in everything to their husbands. Husbands love your wives. As Christ loved church and gave himself up for her that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

so that he might present the church to himself in splendor without spot or wrinkle or any such thing that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way, husbands

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