Worship Center
Deal With It - Part 6: "Yes, It Is A Big Deal"
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Worship Center
2384 New Holland Pike, Lancaster, PA 17601, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 11:00 AM
Monday 7:00 PM
1. Sex is a sacred gift created by God.
Genesis 2:21-25 NLT
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed.“ This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’because she was taken from ‘man.’” 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. 25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man. 23 “At last!” the man exclaimed.“ This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman,’because she was taken from ‘man.’” 24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one. 25 Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.
Intimacy is fueled by exclusivity.
2. Following Jesus is a new way of living that influences every area of life.
Hebrews 13:4 MSG
Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.
Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.
John 8:1-11 NLT
1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” 6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” 11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” 6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” 11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
Legalism chooses to focus on the broken laws first. Jesus chooses to focus on the broken heart first.
3. Honoring God's design for relationship is for our benefit.
Celebrate and Care:
Have each person share a high and low from this past week
Have each person share a high and low from this past week
Big Idea:
Sex is a sacred gift created by God. Following God’s design for relationship is for our benefit.
Sex is a sacred gift created by God. Following God’s design for relationship is for our benefit.
Open Up:
What are some things you might desire that you know are not good for you?
What are some things you might desire that you know are not good for you?
Discuss:
Choose one or two questions for your group to discuss as time allows.
- On a scale of 1-10 how comfortable are you talking about sexual issues? Has that number grown or shrunk in the last five years?
- How has our society shifted its views on sex?
- Pastor Matt said, “Legalism chooses to focus on the broken laws first. Jesus chooses to focus on the broken heart first.” What would it mean to focus on the broken laws first?
- What do you think it looks like to focus on broken hearts first?
- Why is sex a sacred gift from God?
Choose one or two questions for your group to discuss as time allows.
- On a scale of 1-10 how comfortable are you talking about sexual issues? Has that number grown or shrunk in the last five years?
- How has our society shifted its views on sex?
- Pastor Matt said, “Legalism chooses to focus on the broken laws first. Jesus chooses to focus on the broken heart first.” What would it mean to focus on the broken laws first?
- What do you think it looks like to focus on broken hearts first?
- Why is sex a sacred gift from God?
Engage:
Spend 1-2 minutes in silence with these questions then share your thoughts. As always, please be conscious of how best to process the Engage questions.
- Read 1 Corinthians 6:18-20.
- Ask God how you might need a shift in your mindset toward sex?
- Are there any lifestyle choices you need to change in response to the mindset shift?
Close together in prayer.
Spend 1-2 minutes in silence with these questions then share your thoughts. As always, please be conscious of how best to process the Engage questions.
- Read 1 Corinthians 6:18-20.
- Ask God how you might need a shift in your mindset toward sex?
- Are there any lifestyle choices you need to change in response to the mindset shift?
Close together in prayer.