Our culture insist that true freedom is found when we get to express ourselves and follow our own desires.

The scriptures teaching on sex is seen as restrictive and outdated and many people are even

wanting to determine their own gender. In today's message from Closians

Chapter 4, David Platt points us to Scripture so that we can understand God's good design for

sexuality and gender. Welcome to the Radical with David Platt podcast, the latest

sermons from teacher, author, and pastor David Platt delivered weekly.

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The one who created us not only has the authority to set the

parameters for us but also he has the wisdom to know what is best for us. As

Christians this is increasingly becoming a costly conviction. Nevertheless,

we must believe and proclaim the truth. The true and lasting satisfaction can only be found in Jesus Christ. Here's David Platt with a sermon

titled Sexuality in Our Culture, an open door for the Gospel from Colossians chapter 4.

Well if you have a Bible and I hope you or somebody around you does that you can look on with, let me invite you to open with me to

Colossians chapter 4.

Feel free to use table of contents if you need to to find Colossians chapter 4.

As returning, I want to welcome those of you in Loudoun and Prince William and Montgomery County. It's good to be together across Washington

around God's Word. As we begin our time in the Word, I want to give you a heads up that was mentioned earlier here

maybe at other campuses we're going to be talking today if you look at the notes that

hopefully received when you came in about sexuality and our culture and

specifically diving into LGBTQ type terms at different points and I just want to say that at the start because I'm

always encouraging parents to bring their children with them to worship but today

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