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 1 Corinthians 6, verses 12 through 20.

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 That's page 955 on the Pew Bible.

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 Let me encourage you to turn there

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 if you didn't bring a Bible this morning.

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 1 Corinthians 6, verses 12 through 20.

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 Let me read this text for us.

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 All things are lawful for me.

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 But not all things are helpful.

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 All things are lawful for me.

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 But I will not be dominated by anything.

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 Food is meant for the stomach, and the stomach for food,

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 and God will destroy both one and the other.

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 The body is not meant for sexual immorality,

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 but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

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 And God raised the Lord,

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 and will also raise us up by his power.

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 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?

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 Shall I then take the members of Christ

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 and make them members of a prostitute?

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 Never.

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 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute

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 becomes one body with her?

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 For as it is written, the two will become one flesh.

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 But he who is joined to the Lord

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 becomes one spirit with him.

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 Flee from sexual immorality.

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 Every other sin a person commits is outside the body.

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 But the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.

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 Or do you not know that your body is a temple

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 of the Holy Spirit within you,

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 whom you have from God?

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 You are not your own,

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 for you were bought with a price.

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 So glorify God in your body.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Our Father, how right it is to give you praise.

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 Lord, all creation praises you.

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 From the heavenly host down to the most microscopic

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 plankton in the bottom of the sea.

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 Lord, all is resounding with your praise.

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 So as we come before your word this morning, Lord,

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 we pray that you would free our minds from distraction

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 and give us clarity by your spirit

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 to listen to what this passage is saying,

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 that we might join in the glorifying work

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 of creation as your image bearers

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 and as those who have been loved and redeemed by Christ.

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 We ask this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Let's talk about sex, baby.

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 Let's talk about you and me.

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 Let's talk about all the good things

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 and the bad things that can be.

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 Let's talk about sex.

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 So sang Salt-N-Pepa right here on the New Haven Green

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 just a couple summers ago.

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 15,000 people.

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 Let's talk about sex.

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 But in the church, it seems like sex has been something

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 we haven't been so apt to talk about.

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 If you've been watching the farewell season of Downton Abbey,

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 think of the scene a couple weeks ago

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 between the butler, Mr. Carson,

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 and the cook, Mrs. Patmore.

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 Mr. Carson is about to marry one Mrs. Hughes,

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 and the anxious Mrs. Hughes has sent her good friend,

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 Mrs. Patmore, to Mr. Carson to ask on her behalf

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 if Mr. Carson wants a full marriage

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 with all that that entails.

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 And when Mrs. Patmore meets with Mr. Carson

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 and finally beats around the bush long enough

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 for him to catch her drift

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 of what she actually wants to talk about,

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 they both awkwardly turn away from each other

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 in their chairs,

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 speak about the subject in indirect references,

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 and raise their eyes to the ceiling,

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 wonderfully embarrassed.

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 It's a well-played scene.

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 But despite what many people think,

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 when the Bible speaks about sex,

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 and 1 Corinthians 6 is just one of many places,

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 there is neither the glib casualness of pop music

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 nor the stiff awkwardness of post-Victorian moralism.

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 You see, in the Christian view of things,

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 sex is neither a mere appetite to fulfill,

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 so long as there are mutually consenting parties,

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 nor is sex a taboo subject

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 that should fill us with embarrassment.

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 Rather, as we'll see in this passage,

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 the Christian view of sex rooted in the Bible

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 is full of glory.

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 A divine gift of a good creator

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 meant to show forth his kingdom

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 to be used in the way he intends.

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 And so, Paul will stay quite bluntly in verse 18.

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 Flee sexual immorality.

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 God's vision and purpose for sex

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 are so good and glorious

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 that you should run away

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 if you find yourself tempted to pursue anything

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 that falls short of it.

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 Like Joseph in Genesis,

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 sprinting away from the advances of Potiphar's wife,

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 flee sexual immorality.

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 But, of course, ours isn't the first period

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 in human history

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 that's experienced more than a bit of confusion

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 surrounding sex.

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 When you read a text like 1 Corinthians 6,

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 I don't know about you,

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 but it can be strangely comforting

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 to realize

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 that we're not the only ones

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 who've been a bit muddled

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 when it comes to understanding

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 what sex is really for.

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 In many ways,

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 we still haven't caught up

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 with the first century

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 when it comes to muddledness.

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 And so, there's no reason

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 for the church today to freak out.

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 The gospel was the power of God

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 for salvation then,

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 and it is still so today.

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 But for all that,

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 it does seem that the church in Corinth

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 was seriously failing

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 to grasp how the gospel

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 ought to shape our view of sex.

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 Verses 15 and 16 imply

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 that there were Christians in Corinth

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 who thought it was perfectly acceptable

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 to visit the local temple prostitutes

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 and not in order to introduce them to Jesus,

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 mind you.

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 But notice this.

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 They were failing to grasp

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 how the gospel shapes

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 our view of sex

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 because at a deeper level,

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 they were failing to grasp

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 what the gospel means

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 for our bodies.

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 Eight times in nine verses,

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 Paul mentions the body.

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 The whole passage will end,

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 glorify God in your body.

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 It's that positive vision

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 of God's glory

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 resounding through our bodily life

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 that Paul leaves ringing in our ears.

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 Yes,

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 flee sexual immorality

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 and do so

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 because you've been called

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 to something greater.

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 Glorify God

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 in your body.

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 So what does the gospel

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 have to say about our bodies

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 that will help us

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 think clearly

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 about God glorifying

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 sexual expression

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 and empower us

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 to live that way?

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 I think we see four things

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 in our text here before us.

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 A four-point sermon this morning,

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 not a three-point sermon.

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 Changing things up.

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 Four points in honor

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 of the four quarters

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 of the Super Bowl.

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 Here we go.

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 First,

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 glorify God

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 in your body

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 because your body

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 has a God-given purpose.

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 We see this in verses 12 through 14.

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 Explicitly at the end of verse 13.

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 The body is not meant

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 for sexual immorality

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 but for the Lord.

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 The body has a meaning.

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 Now the passage begins

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 with Paul quoting

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 some slogans

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 that some of the Corinthians

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 would have bandied about.

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 The first slogan

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 sort of marked off

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 in quotation marks there

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 was,

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 all things are lawful for me.

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 In other words,

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 you can hear the Corinthians

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 thinking,

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 we're not under the law anymore,

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 we're under grace.

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 So that means we have the right

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 to do all things,

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 right?

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 But Paul immediately

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 begins to sort of

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 pick apart

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 and deconstruct

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 their slogan-based

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 moral thinking.

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 All things are lawful

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 for me,

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 you say,

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 but not all things

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 are helpful,

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 are they?

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 And certainly

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 not all things

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 are liberating.

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 Some things

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 will make you

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 their slave.

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 They will dominate you.

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 The next slogan

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 goes something like this,

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 food is meant

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 for the stomach

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 and the stomach

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 for food.

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 Now in the Greek

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 manuscripts

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 of the New Testament,

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 there wasn't

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 any punctuation.

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 So we have to

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 actually decide

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 based on the context

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 and the language itself

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 where these slogans

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 kind of begin

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 and end

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 in the text.

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 And many commentators

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 think that the next line,

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 and God will destroy

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 both one and the other,

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 actually ought to be

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 included in the

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 quotation marks too.

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 And I actually think

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 they're right.

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 And so the Corinthian

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 slogan really runs

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 something like this,

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 food is for the stomach

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 and the stomach

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 for food,

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 and in the end

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 it doesn't really matter

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 because God's going

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 to do away

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 with all this

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 bodily material stuff

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 anyway.

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 So you see then

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 the underlying idea

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 that they had.

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 What we do

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 with our bodies

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 doesn't really matter.

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 If you're hungry,

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 you should eat.

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 If you're lustful,

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 you should have sex.

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 It's just a bodily appetite.

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 It doesn't really matter.

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 After all,

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 what God really cares about

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 are our souls

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 and all this bodily stuff

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 is going to go away

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 someday

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 anyhow.

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 And in many ways

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 we can think similarly

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 today,

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 can't we?

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 It's just sex.

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 What's the big deal?

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 Does God really care

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 what I do

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 with my body?

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 I mean,

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 we love each other.

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 And here's where

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 the gospel comes in.

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 In light of what God

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 has done in Christ,

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 friend,

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 your body

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 is not

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 meaningless.

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 It's not just

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 a collection

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 of atoms

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 and energy

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 with no purpose

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 and no future.

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 Your body

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 has a meaning.

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 It's actually

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 meant for something.

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 And not just

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 something,

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 but more specifically

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 someone.

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 Just who exactly?

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 The Lord.

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 The body

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 is not meant

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 for sexual immorality,

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 but for the Lord.

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 That is

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 the Lord Jesus.

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 And then Paul

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 goes one step further.

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 And the Lord

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 for the body.

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 In other words,

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 your body

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 was created

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 for the Lord

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 to serve him,

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 worship him,

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 love him.

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 And the Lord

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 came for you,

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 body and all.

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 Think about

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 the central message

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 of the Bible.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created humanity,

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 right?

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 Bodily.

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 And then

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 after the fall

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 had introduced

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 death and decay

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 and disordered desire

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 into the world,

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 when the fullness

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 of time had come,

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 Jesus in the incarnation

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 took on a human

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 body

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 to show

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 that God's

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 redeeming purposes

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 included our whole selves,

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 bodies included.

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 And in verse 14,

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 Paul goes on

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 and points

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 to the resurrection.

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 Just as God

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 raised the Lord Jesus

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 in the body,

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 he will raise us

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 to body and all.

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 And so despite

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 the Corinthian

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 slogan,

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 God

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 won't

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 simply destroy

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 one and the other.

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 He will raise

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 them up.

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 So it seems

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 your body,

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 Christian,

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 has a glorious

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 future.

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 From creation

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 to redemption

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 to resurrection,

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 our good God

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 has a purpose

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 for our bodies.

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 One writer

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 tells the story

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 of a student

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 friend of his

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 who never bothered

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 to buy a screwdriver.

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 Instead,

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 he just kept

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 a couple of

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 knives around,

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 a big one

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 and a small one.

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 The big knife

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 for the big screws,

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 the small knife

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 for the small screws,

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 and they could

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 pretty much

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 get the job done

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 when needed.

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 Sounds like

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 a classic

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 graduate student.

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 Except over time,

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 the knives

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 became bent

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 and dull,

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 losing their

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 usefulness

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 as knives.

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 And one day

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 when turning

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 a particularly

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 stubborn screw,

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 the knife blade

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 snapped

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 in three pieces,

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 cutting his

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 friend's hand

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 quite badly

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 in the process.

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 Knives are made

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 with a purpose.

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 There's a right way

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 to use them.

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 In this text,

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 Paul's trying

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 to get us

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 to see

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 what it means

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 to use the human

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 body in the right way

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 for the right purpose.

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 And that is a purpose

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 that comes from God,

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 the God who made us,

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 who took on flesh

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 to redeem us

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 and will one day

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 raise us in glory.

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 And when we face

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 temptation,

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 and when we need

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 to flee

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 sexual immorality,

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 whether it's

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 the temptation

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 to view pornography

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 on the internet,

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 whether it's

00:14:30.599 --> 00:14:31.159
 the temptation

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 to sleep

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 with your boyfriend

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 or girlfriend,

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 whether it's

00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:34.620
 the temptation

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 to have an affair

00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.740
 outside of your marriage,

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 whatever it is,

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 in the moment

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 of temptation,

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 it will do you,

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 friends,

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 much good

00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.060
 to speak this

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 very truth

00:14:45.040 --> 00:14:46.080
 to your hearts.

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 It's not

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 what I'm

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 meant for.

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 These things

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 are not

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 what I'm

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 meant for.

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 I am the Lord's,

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 the Lord is mine,

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 and I have a purpose

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 and a future

00:15:05.359 --> 00:15:06.459
 that makes the

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 fleeting pleasure

00:15:07.599 --> 00:15:08.899
 of this temptation

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 look no more

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 desirable in comparison

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 than lima beans

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 to a third grader.

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 I hated lima beans

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 as a kid.

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 I actually tried

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 feeding them

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 to my dog

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 under the table.

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 I got in really

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 big trouble

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 for that.

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 But seriously,

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 though,

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 isn't it true

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 that sometimes

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 we give in

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 to sexual sin

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 just because

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 we think

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 we don't

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 deserve better?

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 We think

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 we're failures,

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 we think

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 we're valueless,

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 purposeless,

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 meaningless,

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 and so we just

00:15:44.740 --> 00:15:45.240
 give in.

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 Friends,

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 it's not

00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:47.939
 what you're

00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:48.399
 meant for.

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 You are the

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 Lord's,

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 and if you

00:15:51.319 --> 00:15:51.839
 are His,

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:52.800
 one day

00:15:52.800 --> 00:15:53.440
 in the resurrection,

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 you will

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 radiate with

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 a beauty

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 that if we

00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:57.120
 could see it

00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:58.000
 now in this

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 life,

00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:58.899
 we would be

00:15:58.899 --> 00:15:59.440
 tempted to

00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:00.120
 fall down

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.000
 and to

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.560
 worship you

00:16:01.560 --> 00:16:02.180
 as a God.

00:16:04.780 --> 00:16:05.480
 The psalm

00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.040
 we read earlier,

00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.759
 Psalm 16,

00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.379
 was all about

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:08.320
 God not

00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:09.160
 abandoning our

00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:09.759
 souls and even

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.420
 our bodies

00:16:10.420 --> 00:16:11.040
 to the grave,

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.920
 but rescuing

00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:13.940
 them for glory,

00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:14.820
 to be in

00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:15.460
 communion with

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 Him where

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 there is

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:17.100
 pleasure

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.780
 forevermore.

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 That's what

00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:20.220
 you're meant

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:20.519
 for.

00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:23.420
 So glorify

00:16:23.420 --> 00:16:23.820
 God in

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.139
 your body

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.620
 because your

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.360
 body is full

00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.540
 of God-given

00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:27.360
 purpose.

00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:28.040
 It's meant

00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:28.460
 for the

00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:28.720
 Lord.

00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.460
 And that

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:31.820
 leads right

00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.100
 into our

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:32.780
 next point.

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 If our

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 bodies are

00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.100
 for the

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.560
 Lord and

00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:35.899
 the Lord

00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.420
 for our

00:16:36.420 --> 00:16:36.960
 bodies,

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.960
 then that

00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:38.340
 means that

00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:38.759
 we won't

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.120
 just share

00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.759
 a future

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.600
 union with

00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:40.820
 Him,

00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:42.379
 but that

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.320
 even now

00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.120
 we have

00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:44.840
 a present

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.759
 union with

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.060
 Him as

00:16:46.060 --> 00:16:46.320
 well.

00:16:47.740 --> 00:16:48.320
 And so the

00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.840
 second point,

00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:49.560
 verses 15

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:50.180
 through 17,

00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.679
 glorify God

00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:51.959
 in your

00:16:51.959 --> 00:16:53.559
 body because

00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:54.339
 your body

00:16:54.339 --> 00:16:55.159
 is a

00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:56.599
 member of

00:16:56.599 --> 00:16:57.219
 Christ.

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.379
 Paul begins

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.959
 with a rhetorical

00:17:00.959 --> 00:17:01.319
 question,

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.919
 do you not

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:02.299
 know?

00:17:03.979 --> 00:17:04.339
 This is

00:17:04.339 --> 00:17:04.839
 something they

00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.419
 should know.

00:17:05.919 --> 00:17:06.379
 Do you not

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.399
 know that

00:17:07.399 --> 00:17:07.960
 your bodies

00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.539
 are members

00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:09.039
 of Christ?

00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.460
 Now when we

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:09.919
 hear the word

00:17:09.919 --> 00:17:10.980
 member today,

00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:12.379
 we think of

00:17:12.379 --> 00:17:12.819
 voluntary

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:14.339
 association in

00:17:14.339 --> 00:17:15.059
 a social group

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.740
 or a political

00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:17.079
 party or a

00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:17.859
 mailing list,

00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.359
 what have

00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:18.500
 you?

00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:20.419
 But when

00:17:20.419 --> 00:17:20.919
 Paul uses

00:17:20.919 --> 00:17:21.439
 the word,

00:17:21.539 --> 00:17:22.079
 the image

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.899
 is much

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:24.000
 more intimate

00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.679
 and much

00:17:24.679 --> 00:17:25.459
 more graphic

00:17:25.459 --> 00:17:25.979
 than that.

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.599
 It literally

00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:27.399
 means a

00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.219
 body part.

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:29.799
 You are

00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:30.500
 the limbs

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.379
 and organs

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:32.299
 of Christ

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:32.979
 is how one

00:17:32.979 --> 00:17:33.479
 commentator

00:17:33.479 --> 00:17:33.899
 tries to

00:17:33.899 --> 00:17:34.319
 capture the

00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:34.599
 phrase.

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.339
 Paul will

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.679
 use this

00:17:37.679 --> 00:17:38.199
 metaphor again

00:17:38.199 --> 00:17:38.559
 in chapter

00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:39.379
 12 to talk

00:17:39.379 --> 00:17:40.059
 about unity

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:40.859
 and honor

00:17:40.859 --> 00:17:41.459
 in the

00:17:41.459 --> 00:17:42.159
 church family.

00:17:42.659 --> 00:17:43.240
 But here,

00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:43.899
 Paul is making

00:17:43.899 --> 00:17:44.619
 a point about

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.259
 sex.

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:47.619
 Now,

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.420
 in the

00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:48.799
 Corinthian

00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:49.279
 context,

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.900
 the particular

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.539
 issue was

00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:51.019
 sex with

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.379
 temple

00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:52.180
 prostitutes,

00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.879
 as we

00:17:52.879 --> 00:17:53.099
 mentioned

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.440
 earlier.

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.799
 And of

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:54.940
 course,

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:55.240
 there are

00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:55.900
 all sorts

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.519
 of things

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.379
 that are

00:17:57.379 --> 00:17:58.379
 wrong with

00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.099
 prostitution.

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.339
 Paul gets

00:18:00.339 --> 00:18:00.660
 that,

00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.480
 we get

00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.740
 that.

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:02.980
 But,

00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.119
 the point

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.480
 that Paul

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:04.819
 wants to

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 highlight here

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 is specifically

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 related to

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:07.940
 the meaning

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.559
 of sex

00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:09.240
 itself.

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 And that

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:11.460
 meaning is

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.160
 found in

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 the one

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 little phrase

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 in our

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.019
 passage,

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 one

00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.200
 flesh.

00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:19.819
 You see,

00:18:19.900 --> 00:18:20.039
 friends,

00:18:20.099 --> 00:18:20.579
 the biblical

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:21.220
 view of

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:22.019
 sex is

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 that it

00:18:22.379 --> 00:18:23.879
 exists for

00:18:23.879 --> 00:18:24.519
 more than

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.160
 mere pleasure

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.480
 on the

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 one hand,

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.220
 and for

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:27.720
 more than

00:18:27.720 --> 00:18:27.920
 mere

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.819
 procreation

00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.180
 on the

00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:29.460
 other.

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.000
 Ultimately,

00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:33.639
 sex is

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.559
 an expression

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:36.500
 and declaration

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:38.480
 and embodiment

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.759
 of a whole

00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:40.980
 life union

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.500
 with another

00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.000
 person.

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:43.900
 sex is

00:18:43.900 --> 00:18:44.119
 a way

00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.759
 of saying

00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.299
 to another

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:45.759
 person,

00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.740
 I'm committing

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.700
 my whole

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.500
 life to

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 you,

00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.240
 not just

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 physically,

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.000
 but in

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.720
 every way,

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.539
 socially and

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.079
 spiritually,

00:18:53.619 --> 00:18:54.799
 emotionally and

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.599
 financially and

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 so on.

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 As Paul quotes

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 Genesis to

00:18:58.380 --> 00:18:58.599
 say,

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.180
 the two will

00:18:59.180 --> 00:19:00.200
 become one

00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:01.400
 flesh.

00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:01.460
 flesh.

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.500
 But there's

00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.660
 another step

00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.880
 in the line

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:07.360
 of Paul's

00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:07.800
 thinking that

00:19:07.800 --> 00:19:08.280
 we have to

00:19:08.280 --> 00:19:08.640
 see.

00:19:10.080 --> 00:19:10.980
 This one

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.320
 flesh,

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:11.940
 whole life

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.759
 union that

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.320
 sex is

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:13.700
 meant to

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.480
 signify and

00:19:14.480 --> 00:19:14.940
 communicate

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:16.680
 is itself

00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:17.920
 meant to

00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:18.180
 be a

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.740
 reflection,

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:20.300
 a picture

00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:21.180
 of something.

00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:23.360
 Of what?

00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:26.459
 of the

00:19:26.459 --> 00:19:26.859
 deep,

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:27.779
 intimate

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.639
 union

00:19:28.639 --> 00:19:30.339
 that Christ

00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.259
 has with

00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.740
 believers.

00:19:33.719 --> 00:19:34.399
 Verse 17,

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:35.619
 he who is

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 joined to

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.159
 the Lord

00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:38.879
 becomes one

00:19:38.879 --> 00:19:39.500
 spirit with

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:39.740
 him.

00:19:40.719 --> 00:19:41.559
 That is

00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.659
 inseparably,

00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.039
 personally

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.199
 united.

00:19:46.419 --> 00:19:47.319
 United in

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.000
 such a way

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.379
 that the

00:19:48.379 --> 00:19:49.099
 union between

00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:49.679
 a husband and

00:19:49.679 --> 00:19:50.219
 a wife can

00:19:50.219 --> 00:19:51.240
 only be a

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.740
 reflection.

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:53.620
 Paul will

00:19:53.620 --> 00:19:54.120
 say as much

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:54.460
 again in

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:55.420
 Ephesians 5.

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.339
 Again,

00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:57.039
 in speaking of

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.539
 marriage and

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.779
 sex,

00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.240
 he'll quote

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.799
 Genesis 2,

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.240
 24.

00:19:59.539 --> 00:19:59.960
 A man shall

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.259
 leave his

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.620
 father and

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:00.980
 mother and

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.500
 hold fast to

00:20:01.500 --> 00:20:01.940
 his wife and

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.380
 the two shall

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.920
 become one

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:03.259
 flesh.

00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:03.920
 And then

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.680
 Paul says,

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.480
 this mystery

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.400
 is profound

00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.599
 and I'm

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.359
 saying that it

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.160
 refers to

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:11.200
 Christ and

00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.859
 the church.

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.460
 In other

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:14.059
 words,

00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:16.700
 marriage and

00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.339
 sex are

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:17.920
 meant to

00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:18.940
 point beyond

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:20.279
 themselves to

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.000
 a much greater

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.559
 reality.

00:20:21.740 --> 00:20:22.720
 to the

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.660
 unbreakable

00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.720
 union between

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.420
 Christ and

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.920
 the church.

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.480
 So you

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.620
 see,

00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:29.900
 this is why

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.880
 the biblical

00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.799
 sex ethic

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.779
 is what it

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.259
 is.

00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.680
 In

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.259
 redemption,

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.500
 God unites

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:38.799
 himself with

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.440
 that which is

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.359
 radically different

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:41.079
 than himself.

00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.380
 Us,

00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.539
 fallen and

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:44.440
 finite human

00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:44.940
 beings.

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.539
 And that

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.480
 union is

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.680
 forged wholly,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.680
 intimately,

00:20:49.680 --> 00:20:50.859
 and permanently.

00:20:51.740 --> 00:20:54.720
 And so in

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.019
 the Bible,

00:20:55.140 --> 00:20:56.019
 human marriage

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.839
 is a display

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:59.059
 and picture

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.599
 of that

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.200
 redeeming love

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.680
 of God.

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.000
 Marriage is

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.420
 the union

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.000
 between two

00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:04.440
 people who

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.099
 are different,

00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:05.779
 male and

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.160
 female,

00:21:06.620 --> 00:21:07.039
 and who

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.859
 give themselves

00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.259
 to one

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.039
 another wholly,

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.240
 intimately,

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:12.019
 and permanently,

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.859
 as long as

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.259
 they both

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.920
 shall live,

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.720
 the old

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.339
 vows say.

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:19.759
 So why is

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.259
 sex with a

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.959
 prostitute so

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.679
 unthinkable in

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.019
 light of the

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.319
 gospel?

00:21:22.699 --> 00:21:23.279
 Why is any

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.019
 sex outside of

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.579
 marriage so

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:27.119
 out of place

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.779
 in light of

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.259
 the gospel?

00:21:30.319 --> 00:21:31.359
 Because only in

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.099
 marriage does

00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.179
 sex say

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:34.220
 what it's

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.000
 supposed to

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.559
 say.

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:38.379
 That there is a

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.199
 God who loves

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.659
 us,

00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:41.740
 and has given

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.579
 himself wholly

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.419
 for us,

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:44.779
 and will

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.200
 never,

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.120
 ever forsake

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.460
 us.

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:50.860
 If you want

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.600
 to dive deeper

00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.400
 into the

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:53.019
 biblical vision

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.740
 for sex and

00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.620
 sexuality and

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:54.960
 gender,

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.640
 friends,

00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.180
 let me encourage

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.779
 you to come

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.560
 to this Sunday

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.240
 school class

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.740
 happening at

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.360
 nine o'clock

00:21:59.360 --> 00:22:00.420
 on Sundays.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.539
 Greg and

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.980
 others will be

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.900
 unpacking this

00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:04.519
 over the next

00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.160
 few months.

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:07.820
 But if what

00:22:07.820 --> 00:22:08.660
 Paul is saying

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.759
 about sex here

00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.460
 is true,

00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:11.400
 that it's

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.000
 ultimately a

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.380
 sign,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:13.360
 a display of

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.599
 the much

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.500
 greater union

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.119
 believers have

00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.539
 with Christ,

00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.339
 if that's

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.779
 true,

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:17.599
 then it means

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.419
 something very

00:22:18.419 --> 00:22:19.179
 practical for

00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:19.679
 those of us

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.019
 who are

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.379
 single.

00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:23.919
 Our culture

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.639
 tells us that

00:22:24.639 --> 00:22:25.599
 it's impossible

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:27.219
 to be a

00:22:27.219 --> 00:22:27.740
 fulfilled,

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.019
 flourishing human

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.119
 person apart

00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:31.119
 from active

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.099
 sexual expression.

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:34.500
 In other

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:34.799
 words,

00:22:35.179 --> 00:22:35.799
 if I'm not

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.459
 having sex,

00:22:36.719 --> 00:22:37.819
 I'm fundamentally

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.659
 missing out.

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.399
 Missing out not

00:22:40.399 --> 00:22:40.899
 just on having

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.659
 a good time,

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.859
 but on being a

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.659
 whole human

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.240
 person,

00:22:44.719 --> 00:22:45.019
 right?

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.979
 But in light

00:22:48.979 --> 00:22:49.459
 of the gospel,

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.059
 you see the

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:51.000
 single person

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.059
 who is in

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.740
 Christ,

00:22:53.479 --> 00:22:54.839
 the single

00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.519
 person who is

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.919
 in Christ

00:22:56.919 --> 00:22:59.719
 already enjoys

00:22:59.719 --> 00:23:01.299
 what sex is

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.359
 ultimately about.

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.339
 God's

00:23:03.339 --> 00:23:04.059
 love.

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.439
 It's like a

00:23:07.439 --> 00:23:08.759
 tourist standing

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.519
 atop the great

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.179
 wall of China

00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:11.579
 with the green

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.299
 hills rolling

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:14.039
 off in every

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.539
 direction,

00:23:15.479 --> 00:23:16.379
 but staring

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.939
 nose down,

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.639
 face buried

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:21.079
 in his or her

00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.939
 Rick Steve's

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.539
 guidebook,

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.719
 looking at a

00:23:23.719 --> 00:23:24.399
 picture of the

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.679
 thing.

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:27.500
 when it stands

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.100
 right there

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.660
 beneath their

00:23:28.660 --> 00:23:28.960
 feet,

00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:31.580
 if they just

00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:32.019
 lift their

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:33.180
 gaze and

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.900
 take it in.

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.259
 Sex is a

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:37.980
 glorious picture,

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:38.400
 yes,

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.960
 but it is still

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.400
 a picture,

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.759
 and you don't

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.380
 need the picture

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.259
 to enjoy the

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.000
 thing itself.

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.259
 Will you miss

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:49.440
 out if you're

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.900
 not having

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.360
 sex?

00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:52.379
 No.

00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.199
 You don't

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.759
 need sex to

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.119
 be a whole

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.839
 human person,

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.399
 which is to

00:23:58.399 --> 00:23:59.119
 say sex is

00:23:59.119 --> 00:23:59.819
 not God

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.899
 and never

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.500
 can be.

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.479
 And do you

00:24:04.479 --> 00:24:05.119
 want to know

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.979
 what will help

00:24:05.979 --> 00:24:06.879
 you flee

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:08.319
 sexual immorality?

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:11.339
 Grow in

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:12.199
 your intimacy

00:24:12.199 --> 00:24:13.579
 with the

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.240
 thing itself,

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.240
 with Christ

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.819
 himself.

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.619
 Why did he

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.099
 give us the

00:24:18.099 --> 00:24:18.459
 scriptures?

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.699
 So that we

00:24:19.699 --> 00:24:20.339
 could hear his

00:24:20.339 --> 00:24:21.319
 words again

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:22.159
 and again,

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.779
 and like

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.419
 lovers we

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.139
 could relish

00:24:24.139 --> 00:24:25.279
 every word

00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.059
 and know his

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.939
 voice and

00:24:26.939 --> 00:24:27.480
 know his

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.000
 presence.

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 Why did

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.339
 Jesus give us

00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:30.819
 the Lord's

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.059
 Supper?

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.659
 So that we

00:24:32.659 --> 00:24:33.339
 could touch

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.159
 and taste

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.819
 and hold

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:36.059
 something bodily

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.779
 that would

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:37.879
 speak powerfully

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.579
 to our hearts

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.980
 of what he's

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.819
 done for us.

00:24:41.459 --> 00:24:42.119
 In the Old

00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:42.419
 Testament,

00:24:42.639 --> 00:24:43.279
 sharing a

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.959
 meal was a

00:24:43.959 --> 00:24:44.679
 way to do

00:24:44.679 --> 00:24:45.720
 covenant renewal,

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.059
 to renew the

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.740
 promises and

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.679
 intimacy of a

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.699
 relationship.

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.720
 And here at

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.279
 this meal,

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.539
 the Lord,

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.139
 as it were,

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.859
 renews his

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.339
 covenant with

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.980
 all who've

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:56.339
 placed their

00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.959
 trust in him,

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.699
 who've been

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.799
 joined to him,

00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.519
 as verse 17

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.919
 says,

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.159
 through faith.

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.959
 So here then,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.139
 friends,

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.599
 is our second

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.000
 point.

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.220
 Glorify God in

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.799
 your body,

00:25:07.959 --> 00:25:08.639
 because your

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.259
 body is a

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.659
 member of

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.119
 Christ.

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.240
 And the

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.599
 third part

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.099
 follows right

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.519
 from it.

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:15.240
 again,

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.119
 our intimate

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.740
 union with

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.720
 Christ means

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:17.960
 that we're

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.339
 not just

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.940
 inseparably

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.799
 connected to

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.180
 him,

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.160
 but in a

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.059
 mysterious way,

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.339
 it means that

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.839
 by the Holy

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.379
 Spirit,

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.920
 God dwells

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.980
 in us.

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.019
 In verses

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:33.119
 18 and 19,

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.480
 then we have

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:33.779
 the third

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.099
 point.

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:35.200
 Glorify God

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.920
 in your body,

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.319
 because your

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.160
 body is a

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.440
 temple of the

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.079
 Holy Spirit.

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:43.059
 Now,

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.819
 everyone agrees,

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.240
 if you look

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.559
 down,

00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.119
 that verse

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:46.319
 18 is a

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:47.059
 tricky verse.

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.220
 On the

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.480
 surface,

00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.119
 Paul seems to

00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.539
 be saying

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.119
 that sexual

00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:51.619
 sins are

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.539
 somehow worse

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.279
 than other

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.759
 sins.

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.319
 But you know,

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:55.819
 the rest of

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.059
 the New

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.079
 Testament proves

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.460
 that that

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.159
 can't be what

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.899
 Paul is saying

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.179
 here.

00:25:59.659 --> 00:26:00.399
 Just last

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.659
 week,

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.220
 we saw that

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.519
 sexual

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.059
 immorality

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.819
 and greed

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.839
 and reviling

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.759
 and so on

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.299
 are all

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.819
 equally out

00:26:06.819 --> 00:26:07.299
 of place

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.799
 in God's

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.059
 kingdom.

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.839
 So what

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.359
 is Paul

00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:10.699
 saying?

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.119
 Well,

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.419
 if you look

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:13.639
 at the

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.139
 footnote

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.619
 in the

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.039
 ESV

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.319
 there,

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.500
 we could

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.980
 legitimately

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.579
 read the

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.000
 first part

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.179
 of the

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:18.619
 verse to

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.459
 simply be

00:26:19.459 --> 00:26:19.839
 saying,

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.559
 every sin

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.899
 a person

00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.459
 commits is

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.000
 outside the

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.240
 body.

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:23.659
 And that

00:26:23.659 --> 00:26:24.220
 sounds a

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.019
 lot like

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.399
 some of

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.539
 the

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.099
 Corinthian

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.019
 slogans

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.539
 that Paul

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.759
 was dismantling

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.439
 earlier in

00:26:29.439 --> 00:26:30.220
 the passage.

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.819
 In other

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.039
 words,

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.599
 what we do

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:31.899
 in our

00:26:31.899 --> 00:26:32.220
 bodies

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.519
 isn't

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.959
 really that

00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.359
 spiritually

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.959
 significant.

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.480
 And many

00:26:35.480 --> 00:26:35.919
 commentators

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.279
 have thought

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.939
 just that,

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.399
 that Paul

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.079
 is quoting

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.419
 and combating

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.779
 here,

00:26:39.839 --> 00:26:40.579
 yet another

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.199
 Corinthian

00:26:41.199 --> 00:26:41.859
 slogan.

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.720
 But,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.500
 if that's

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:45.779
 not the

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.139
 case,

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.579
 if the

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.419
 ESV has

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.859
 rendered the

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.679
 verse properly

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.220
 and many

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.019
 translations do

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.419
 it the same

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.740
 way,

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.679
 if this

00:26:52.679 --> 00:26:53.299
 isn't a

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.740
 Corinthian

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.240
 slogan,

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.599
 then it would

00:26:56.599 --> 00:26:57.079
 seem that

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.099
 Paul is not

00:26:58.099 --> 00:26:59.779
 saying that

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.679
 sexual immorality

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.480
 is worse

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.000
 than other

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.439
 sins,

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.500
 sins.

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.860
 But he

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.539
 is saying

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.980
 that it

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.559
 has its

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.180
 own sort

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.920
 of seriousness.

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.320
 It has

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.680
 its own

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.279
 particular

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.900
 sort

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.740
 of gravity.

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.259
 Sex is

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.779
 powerful.

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.440
 Signifies the

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:20.840
 whole life

00:27:20.840 --> 00:27:21.340
 union with

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.559
 another

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.019
 person.

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.880
 Signifies the

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.940
 redeeming union

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.580
 of Christ

00:27:25.580 --> 00:27:25.920
 with his

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.299
 church.

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.359
 church.

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.399
 church.

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.899
 And it

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.299
 does all

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.699
 this through

00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.000
 a very

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.839
 intimate and

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.979
 vulnerable use

00:27:30.979 --> 00:27:31.339
 of our

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.919
 God-given

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.539
 bodies.

00:27:34.699 --> 00:27:35.459
 Perhaps this

00:27:35.459 --> 00:27:35.859
 verse is

00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.559
 simply Paul

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.259
 being a

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.939
 realist.

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.139
 Sex is a

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.559
 great and

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.259
 powerful gift

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.099
 and precisely

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.579
 for that

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:42.979
 reason,

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:44.199
 its misuse

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:44.659
 can bring

00:27:44.659 --> 00:27:45.240
 great harm.

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:48.799
 A fire in

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.440
 a fireplace

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:51.059
 brings great

00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.859
 warmth and

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.460
 joy to a

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:52.740
 home.

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.819
 But a

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.339
 house on

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.680
 fire brings

00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.339
 great sadness

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.920
 and loss.

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:01.900
 But in the

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.480
 next verse,

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.920
 Paul turns

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.420
 toward the

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:04.779
 positive.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.720
 Again with a

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.359
 rhetorical,

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.420
 do you not

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:08.799
 know?

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.880
 Do you not

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.700
 know that your

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.759
 body is a

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.759
 temple of the

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.779
 Holy Spirit?

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:17.079
 Back in

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.460
 chapter 3,

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.319
 Paul called

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.079
 the Corinthians

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.779
 a temple of

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.319
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.980
 corporately,

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:22.099
 as a church

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.559
 together,

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:24.120
 but now he

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.920
 means it very

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.240
 much personally.

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.799
 Every individual

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.579
 who believes in

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.460
 Christ receives

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.099
 the indwelling

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.880
 presence of the

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:31.900
 Holy Spirit and

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.339
 as the end of

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.200
 verse 19 says,

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.220
 this comes as a

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.120
 gift from

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.680
 God.

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.000
 It's not

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.500
 something we

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.339
 have to earn.

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:41.400
 Notice Paul is

00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:43.259
 not saying here

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.299
 in this passage

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.039
 or anywhere

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.599
 in his

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.039
 writings.

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.299
 You must be

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.359
 moral so that

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.119
 the Holy Spirit

00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:49.819
 can dwell in

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.059
 you.

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.960
 He's saying the

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.319
 opposite.

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.099
 The Holy Spirit

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:56.359
 already dwells in

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.059
 you by God's

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.559
 grace.

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.720
 Therefore,

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.799
 be who you

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.159
 are.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:04.240
 Your body is

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.559
 a temple of

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.420
 God's own

00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:07.299
 spirit now

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.079
 already.

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.240
 Now live as

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.099
 if that's true.

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.639
 And of course,

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.180
 that means we

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.740
 ought to seek

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.779
 holy lives.

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.440
 But at a

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.900
 deeper level,

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.400
 friends, it

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.019
 means that we

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.060
 ought to live

00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:21.440
 without being

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.200
 haunted by

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.580
 shame.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.140
 You see,

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:26.940
 before you had

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.759
 done one

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:29.460
 thing right,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.500
 before you

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.360
 had made

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:34.019
 any progress

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.700
 in righteousness

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.279
 or holiness,

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.900
 when you were

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.860
 still utterly

00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:39.599
 dead in sin,

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.899
 Christian brother

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.379
 or sister,

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.419
 God took up

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:44.379
 residence within

00:29:44.379 --> 00:29:45.539
 you by his

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.219
 Holy Spirit.

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:48.279
 He looked at

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.799
 you and said,

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:49.719
 by virtue of

00:29:49.719 --> 00:29:50.379
 what Christ

00:29:50.379 --> 00:29:51.339
 my son has

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.659
 done,

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.959
 I'm coming to

00:29:52.959 --> 00:29:53.359
 live there

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:54.159
 permanently.

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.519
 I'm making it

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:56.039
 my home.

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.279
 And so he will

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:00.079
 do for everyone

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.699
 who trusts in

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.039
 Christ.

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.099
 Maybe you're here

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.879
 this morning and

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:06.000
 you've not been

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.180
 fleeing sexual

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.859
 immorality.

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.299
 Maybe you've

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.140
 fallen into it

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.180
 time and

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.240
 time and

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.460
 time again.

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.960
 And as a

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:18.059
 result, shame

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:20.000
 lingers in

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.619
 every corner

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.339
 of your life.

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.299
 And you feel

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.940
 that if someone

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.279
 really saw you,

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.319
 they wouldn't

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.920
 love you.

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.859
 And if someone

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:30.039
 loved you,

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.980
 they couldn't

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.539
 have really

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.200
 seen you.

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:35.559
 But listen to

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.140
 the good news

00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.680
 this morning.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.980
 No matter

00:30:38.980 --> 00:30:40.480
 how impure

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.559
 and uninhabitable

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.980
 you may feel,

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.039
 if you've

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.500
 placed your

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.059
 trust in

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.460
 Christ,

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.720
 God himself

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:50.519
 has taken

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.840
 up residence

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.440
 within.

00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.440
 You are

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.460
 a temple

00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:57.000
 of the Holy

00:30:57.000 --> 00:30:57.500
 Spirit.

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.059
 The same

00:30:59.059 --> 00:31:00.100
 Spirit who

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.440
 when he

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.259
 descended on

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.579
 the Old

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:01.900
 Testament

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:03.359
 temple made

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.859
 it so that

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.640
 the priests

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.299
 couldn't even

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.559
 stand up

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.379
 because his

00:31:07.379 --> 00:31:07.980
 presence was

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.940
 so overwhelming

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.740
 and so

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.319
 glorious.

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.839
 That's who's

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.259
 in you.

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.740
 That's who

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.279
 you are.

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.240
 Not a

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.720
 mistake.

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.500
 Not a

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.900
 failure.

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.079
 Not an

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.500
 addict.

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.019
 Not a

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.539
 boarded up

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.079
 home on

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.319
 the edge

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.799
 of town

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.299
 where no

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.660
 one wants

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.160
 to live

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:25.759
 but a

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.240
 temple of

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.579
 the Holy

00:31:26.579 --> 00:31:27.140
 Spirit.

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.440
 So from

00:31:30.440 --> 00:31:31.039
 now on,

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:32.819
 come live

00:31:32.819 --> 00:31:33.299
 that way.

00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.579
 Come live

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.059
 that way.

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.160
 Be who

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.599
 you are.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.839
 Come clean

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.099
 where you

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:41.379
 need to

00:31:41.379 --> 00:31:41.960
 come clean.

00:31:43.799 --> 00:31:44.500
 There's no

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.079
 shame here.

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.400
 Break off

00:31:47.400 --> 00:31:48.160
 relationships

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:48.640
 that you

00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:49.039
 need to

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.640
 break off.

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.099
 He'll

00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.480
 strengthen

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.779
 you.

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.259
 He'll be

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.700
 with you.

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.500
 Stop

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.299
 living together.

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.339
 It'll be

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.720
 worth the

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.220
 cost and

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.619
 the weight.

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:01.819
 get rid

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.599
 of technology

00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:02.979
 where you

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.319
 need to

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.599
 get rid

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.739
 of

00:32:03.739 --> 00:32:04.359
 technology.

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.459
 You don't

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:07.079
 really need

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.679
 a smartphone

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:11.139
 despite what

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.479
 the world

00:32:11.479 --> 00:32:12.039
 might say.

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.939
 Don't let

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:17.299
 guilt and

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.479
 shame and

00:32:18.479 --> 00:32:19.919
 fear hold

00:32:19.919 --> 00:32:20.459
 you in their

00:32:20.459 --> 00:32:21.619
 grip anymore.

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:24.979
 glorify God

00:32:24.979 --> 00:32:25.239
 in your

00:32:25.239 --> 00:32:25.599
 body.

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.439
 Your body

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:27.699
 has a

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.079
 God-given

00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.619
 purpose.

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:29.819
 It's a

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.279
 member of

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.719
 Christ and

00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.019
 it's a

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.459
 temple of

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:32.799
 the Holy

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.239
 Spirit.

00:32:36.899 --> 00:32:37.539
 But there's

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:37.959
 one more

00:32:37.959 --> 00:32:38.439
 point that

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:39.000
 Paul makes.

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.879
 One more

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:41.579
 reason to

00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:42.839
 glorify God

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.139
 in our

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.619
 bodies.

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:44.739
 And this

00:32:44.739 --> 00:32:45.119
 fourth and

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.659
 final reason

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.559
 simply put

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.500
 is the

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.879
 cross.

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:50.000
 you're

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.460
 not your

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.760
 own.

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.120
 For you

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.560
 were bought

00:32:52.560 --> 00:32:52.840
 with a

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.240
 price.

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.420
 So glorify

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.940
 God in

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.380
 your body.

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.280
 You see

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:56.820
 underneath the

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.160
 Corinthian

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:57.900
 attitude towards

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.520
 sex and

00:32:58.520 --> 00:32:58.940
 the body

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.260
 was the

00:32:59.260 --> 00:32:59.720
 belief that

00:32:59.720 --> 00:32:59.940
 at the

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.240
 end of

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.640
 the day

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.300
 what they

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:01.680
 did with

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.140
 their bodies

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.600
 was really

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:03.040
 their own

00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:03.600
 business.

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.300
 But when

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:06.720
 we take

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.380
 that attitude

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.940
 and bring

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.220
 it into

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.560
 the light

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:08.760
 of the

00:33:08.760 --> 00:33:09.320
 gospel we

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:09.820
 see that

00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.100
 it just

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.540
 can't be

00:33:10.540 --> 00:33:10.860
 so.

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.220
 We don't

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.680
 belong to

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.080
 ourselves

00:33:14.080 --> 00:33:14.520
 anymore.

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.280
 We belong

00:33:16.280 --> 00:33:16.840
 to Christ.

00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:19.080
 You see

00:33:19.080 --> 00:33:19.560
 because of

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.280
 sin friends

00:33:20.280 --> 00:33:20.880
 we lived

00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:21.460
 under a

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.880
 debt that

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:22.160
 we could

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.880
 never pay.

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.560
 And that

00:33:24.560 --> 00:33:25.420
 debt grew

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.420
 greater every

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.240
 second of

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.220
 every day

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.280
 infinite upon

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:30.180
 infinite upon

00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:30.660
 infinite.

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:32.040
 A debt that

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:32.520
 held us

00:33:32.520 --> 00:33:33.620
 wholly under

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:34.200
 its power

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.240
 body and

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.760
 soul.

00:33:37.260 --> 00:33:37.740
 You might be

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.120
 here this

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:39.080
 morning living

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.580
 under this

00:33:39.580 --> 00:33:40.480
 debt maybe

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.040
 without even

00:33:41.040 --> 00:33:41.940
 realizing it and

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.640
 you wonder why

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.440
 there's a weight

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.400
 on everything

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.380
 you see and

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.360
 experience and

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.700
 know.

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:51.980
 But there

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.500
 is one who

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:54.240
 came who

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.760
 was able to

00:33:54.760 --> 00:33:56.080
 pay the

00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:58.180
 price to

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.400
 lift the

00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.360
 debt and

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:01.780
 he was not

00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:03.480
 just able but

00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:04.380
 willing to do

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.740
 so.

00:34:05.820 --> 00:34:06.840
 To redeem

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:08.559
 us he gave

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.079
 up his own

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:11.680
 body to

00:34:11.680 --> 00:34:12.200
 die on a

00:34:12.200 --> 00:34:13.740
 cross to

00:34:13.740 --> 00:34:14.700
 pay our

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.500
 debt of

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.079
 sin in

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.119
 our place.

00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.340
 And now in

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.980
 light of what

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.539
 he's done

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:23.400
 we're

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.400
 gloriously not

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.779
 our own

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.139
 anymore.

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.799
 He bought

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.099
 us for

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.699
 himself and

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.319
 we belong

00:34:28.319 --> 00:34:28.779
 to him.

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.960
 If you're

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.199
 new to

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.579
 Christianity

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:32.239
 this is

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:32.719
 really the

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.420
 point around

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:34.380
 which everything

00:34:34.380 --> 00:34:35.779
 else turns.

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:36.819
 Christ

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:38.039
 crucified.

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.440
 God

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.400
 the fact

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.759
 that we

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:41.239
 are so

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:42.900
 sinful that

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.599
 the perfect

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.279
 son of

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.900
 God had

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.440
 to pay an

00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.219
 infinite price

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.739
 for us his

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.300
 own blood.

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.500
 But the

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.920
 fact that we

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.779
 are so loved

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.759
 and accepted

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.619
 that he

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.259
 gladly paid

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:54.759
 it out.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.340
 Becoming a

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.980
 Christian putting

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.779
 your trust in

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:00.500
 Jesus Christ

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.279
 means embracing

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.219
 these two

00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.900
 realities that

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.599
 flow forth from

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.460
 the cross that

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.739
 we are

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:06.159
 simultaneously sinful

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.359
 and accepted.

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.379
 And it means

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:09.219
 entrusting your

00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:11.139
 whole life to

00:35:11.139 --> 00:35:11.599
 him.

00:35:14.099 --> 00:35:14.879
 The great

00:35:14.879 --> 00:35:15.759
 lifter of our

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.059
 debt.

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.159
 The great

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.679
 purchaser of

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.579
 our lives body

00:35:20.579 --> 00:35:21.119
 and soul.

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.659
 And he

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.199
 becomes the

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.599
 Lord of your

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.980
 life.

00:35:25.859 --> 00:35:26.799
 You listen to

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.599
 what he says in

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.219
 his word.

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.940
 And by the

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.759
 indwelling power

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.399
 of the spirit

00:35:31.399 --> 00:35:31.879
 you're changed

00:35:31.879 --> 00:35:32.659
 more and more

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.480
 to become like

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.739
 him.

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.379
 And you become

00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:35.920
 a part of his

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.599
 people in the

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.019
 world.

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.280
 The family of

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:38.500
 God.

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.119
 The church.

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.980
 Of course the

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:42.720
 thought of being

00:35:42.720 --> 00:35:44.220
 no longer your

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.900
 own as Paul

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.380
 says at the end

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.099
 of verse 19

00:35:47.099 --> 00:35:47.860
 can sound a bit

00:35:47.860 --> 00:35:49.079
 scary or

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.860
 threatening can't

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.019
 it?

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.840
 And yet to come

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.420
 under the

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.039
 lordship of

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:56.019
 Christ even

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.820
 when it comes to

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:58.039
 how we use our

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.840
 bodies is the

00:35:59.840 --> 00:36:00.760
 most liberating

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:01.619
 thing there is.

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:02.940
 If it's true

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.840
 that Jesus Christ

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.519
 is our loving

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.280
 creator and

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:05.900
 redeemer then

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:07.440
 surely belonging

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.640
 to him and

00:36:08.640 --> 00:36:09.260
 doing what he

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:10.180
 says and trusting

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:11.100
 him is the most

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:11.860
 liberating and

00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.560
 joyful thing we

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:13.240
 could possibly

00:36:13.240 --> 00:36:13.680
 do.

00:36:15.580 --> 00:36:16.600
 Because he gave

00:36:16.600 --> 00:36:17.260
 his body for

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:17.960
 us we can

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:19.120
 gladly and

00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:20.460
 safely give our

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.320
 bodies to him.

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.680
 If he was

00:36:23.680 --> 00:36:24.519
 willing to go to

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.420
 the cross for me

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.980
 and love then

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.540
 surely I can

00:36:26.540 --> 00:36:27.400
 trust him with my

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.380
 everything body

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.920
 included.

00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:37.880
 God's

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.619
 God's

00:36:38.619 --> 00:36:38.659
 purpose.

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.099
 Because it's a

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.119
 member of

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.619
 Christ.

00:36:43.740 --> 00:36:44.519
 Because it's a

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.079
 temple of the

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:46.159
 Holy Spirit and

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:47.019
 ultimately because you

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.860
 were bought with a

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.840
 price because of all

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.539
 that brothers and

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:51.059
 sisters flee sexual

00:36:51.059 --> 00:36:52.720
 immorality and

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:54.180
 instead glorify God

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.940
 in your body.

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:57.840
 flee sexual

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.619
 immorality not

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.280
 because sex

00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:00.380
 itself is awkward

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.019
 or dirty or

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.960
 taboo but because

00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:03.480
 God's vision and

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.240
 purpose not just for

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.980
 sex but for our

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:07.820
 very bodies is so

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:08.740
 much more glorious

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:10.300
 and satisfying.

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:15.380
 And as we do so the

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:19.280
 world will see in us a

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:20.600
 different way of

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.240
 thinking about our

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.600
 bodies.

00:37:22.580 --> 00:37:23.580
 And the world will see

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:24.400
 in us a different way

00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:26.220
 of living as embodied

00:37:26.220 --> 00:37:27.900
 people in community.

00:37:29.640 --> 00:37:33.200
 And by God's grace it

00:37:33.200 --> 00:37:34.560
 will draw them to know

00:37:34.560 --> 00:37:36.260
 and trust the risen Lord

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:37.460
 Jesus for themselves.

00:37:38.580 --> 00:37:40.000
 The one who gave up his

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:42.920
 body for us so that

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.699
 our bodies might be

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:44.619
 raised with his.

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.719
 Let's pray.

00:37:57.840 --> 00:37:58.780
 Oh Father we come

00:37:58.780 --> 00:38:00.320
 before you this

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:02.760
 morning having thought

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:04.579
 about these words of

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.659
 your Apostle Paul to

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:07.539
 glorify you in our

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:08.019
 bodies.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.099
 grace.

00:38:09.619 --> 00:38:10.179
 And we want to

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.940
 pause and confess

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:12.019
 this morning God

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:14.139
 that that is often

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.400
 so hard.

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.340
 And Jesus we

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.820
 recognize that there

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.460
 is no difficulty,

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.139
 no sin,

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:27.920
 no temptation,

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:30.019
 no hardship that you

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.380
 yourself did not know

00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:33.019
 in its full measure

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.860
 and full weight

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.860
 of your grace.

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.559
 During your earthly

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:37.120
 ministry.

00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:41.720
 And so we find in you

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.740
 Lord our refuge

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:44.620
 and our shield

00:38:44.620 --> 00:38:45.680
 and our strength.

00:38:50.099 --> 00:38:51.360
 Fill us anew with your

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:52.200
 Holy Spirit

00:38:52.200 --> 00:38:54.539
 that we might live out

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.340
 the vision of this

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.960
 passage.

00:38:57.660 --> 00:38:59.120
 And God build us

00:38:59.120 --> 00:39:00.640
 into a community

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:03.500
 of love and grace

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.379
 and truth.

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:08.179
 Make us into a church

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.599
 family where living

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:11.019
 this kind of life

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:12.019
 makes sense.

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.440
 Where there is

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:18.379
 fellowship and

00:39:18.379 --> 00:39:19.359
 friendship and

00:39:19.359 --> 00:39:19.839
 communion.

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:24.500
 Where there is love

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.139
 and acceptance.

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:30.099
 God I pray for those

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:31.460
 who are undergoing

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.759
 conviction of sin

00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:33.359
 this morning.

00:39:34.359 --> 00:39:35.339
 Areas of their life

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:36.319
 that they need to be

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:37.379
 fleeing from.

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:39.000
 Oh God I pray that

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.599
 you'd give them the

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:41.099
 strength to do just

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.460
 that.

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.420
 Give them the courage

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.379
 to reach out to a

00:39:44.379 --> 00:39:45.819
 Christian friend

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:47.279
 who can help them

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.579
 in that fleeing.

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:51.779
 And help them to

00:39:51.779 --> 00:39:52.940
 grasp the positive

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:54.139
 vision that you have

00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:55.199
 for them.

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.519
 Whether they be

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.119
 single.

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:58.339
 Whether they be

00:39:58.339 --> 00:39:58.960
 married.

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.779
 Whether they expect

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:03.739
 and hope one day

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:04.960
 to be married.

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:06.079
 Whether they expect

00:40:06.079 --> 00:40:07.739
 and realize that they

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:09.139
 will live a life

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:10.400
 of singleness all

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.000
 their days.

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.279
 Oh God help them

00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:15.539
 to see the glory

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:17.559
 of living for you.

00:40:19.279 --> 00:40:20.599
 Help us to glorify

00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:21.480
 you God in our

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:21.920
 bodies.

00:40:23.379 --> 00:40:23.839
 Amen.

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:26.139
 Amen.

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:27.539
 Amen.

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.639
 Amen.

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.960
 Amen.

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.059
 Amen.

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.900
 Amen.

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.039
 Amen.

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:32.539
 Amen.

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.139
 Amen.

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.379
 Amen.

00:40:33.379 --> 00:40:35.359
 Amen.

00:40:35.379 --> 00:40:35.859
 Amen.

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:38.119
 Amen.

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:45.359
 Amen.

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:45.879
 Amen.

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:49.819
 Amen.

00:40:49.819 --> 00:40:50.980
 Amen.

00:40:51.039 --> 00:40:51.219
 Amen.

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:52.219
 Amen.

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.000
 Amen.

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.699
 Amen.

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:54.980
 so

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:25.699
 so

00:41:53.699 --> 00:42:23.679
 All right.

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:26.859
 lay chin