today on Summit Life with JD Greer. Marriage is honorable. The bed is undefiled. But those who

participated in that outside of that marriage covenant, God will judge. That means sex during

the engagement stage. It means sex during the serious dating stage. That kind of oneness is to be

experienced only after the indesolvable covenant of marriage has been made.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, author, and theologian JD Greer. As always, I'm your host

Molly Vitavitch. Today we're starting a new teaching series called From the Beginning.

And over the next few weeks, we'll dig into scripture for clarity and direction on sexual

expression and healthy relationships. The truth is, 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. And God has a lot to say about it, so we need to pay

close attention and follow his lead. So grab your Bible. We're jumping into the deep end right out

of the gate with a message from Pastor JD titled The Power of Sex.

One of the legendary stories around here seems to be about a word guess that I committed while

preaching about sex. People that have been around here for a while now just refer to it as the

sex and the fireplace story. But if you're new here, you're like, what are you talking about?

So I was explaining how because sexuality is one of the greatest gifts that God gave to the

human race, it had incredible power to bless. But the flip side is as incredible power to

destroy. And I said, it's like fire. You know, fire, do you want fire in your house? In your answer

ought to be, it depends on where you put it. Fire in the fireplace is awesome. Fire in the sofa,

not so much. But instead of saying that, I said sex and the fireplace is awesome. And I didn't

realize what I said, no people will begin to laugh. And it probably would have been fine if I'd

had just left it there. But no, I had to say whatever the first thing that popped into my mind was.

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