Beyond the Gospels: Corinthians
Read: 1 Corinthians 7:1-16
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God has a way and a not the way for everything. Even sexuality. And the only safe God-honoring way for sex to happen is within the boundaries of marriage: one man, one woman.
Sex is an amazing gift from God. He came up with the idea and therefore knows the way He intends for us to practice it for our good and His glory. Anything outside His way, off-course of His well-defined plan, leaves a path of destruction in its wake.
The primary benefit of sex is the unique bonding of a husband and wife together in relationship. The two become one (Genesis 2:24). When sex happens outside a committed loving marriage it leads to unwanted children, abortion, disease, heartache, insecurity, divorce, broken homes…
The relationship between husband and wife is the most sacred relationship we can experience. It is the picture God uses to explain His relationship with His Church.
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