“Honouring God Bodily amongst Sexual Wickedness”
Jan.11, 2009 1Cor.6:9-20 Play
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● Corinth - Then and Now
○ “Corinthianizing” today
● Accentuate the Positive: God’s Wholesome Good
Intention
○ for the married - enjoyable
physical intimacy, free from anxiety/competition (Gen 1:27-28,31,
2:22-25; Prov 5:18f; SoS; Eph 5:28)
○ for the single - concerned about
and devoted to the Lord in body and spirit, needs met (1Cor 7:8,32,34)
○ free from sin’s mastery (6:12) -
a responsive cookie
○ experiencing oneness with Jesus
in body and spirit (6:13,17,19) - e.g. handsfree cycling
○ honouring God as those redeemed
at a cost, washed, and filled (6:20, 11)
● Eliminate the Negative: Immorality’s Invasiveness
○ Destructive Cords (Proverbs
2:16-19; 5:3-[22]23; 6:23-35; 7:6-27)
○ Corrupting Fungus (1Cor 5:6-8)
○ Pollution from which to be
Washed (6:11)
○ Amputation from Christ (6:15)
○ Self-sabotage: an Alien Body
(6:18)
○ Desecration of the Living Temple
(6:19) - e.g. public monuments
● Not Our Own – Bought with a Price