On a new page, miss the top two lines and list as many different things that people love as you can.

Love, Relationships and Sex To understand why God gave us relationships To understand the purpose of sex and that it is a gift from God To have the opportunity to ask questions about this subject

Christian Love There are 4 types of love Philos- Brotherly love (friend and family love) Eros love- Sexual love for a partner/spouse Storge- The love of an object or thing Agape- Christian love of everyone Christians consider love to be very important. It is the meaning of life for them. God created out of love and so it is no coincidence that people are literally made through a physical expression of love.

Christian Love What are the 4 types of Christian love? Philos- Brotherly love (friend and family love) Eros love- Sexual love for a partner/spouse Storge- The love of an object or thing Agape- Christian love of everyone Do you think one is more important than the others? Explain your answer.

Relationships Christians teach that God created us as people who naturally want relationships with each other. A good example of this is the account of Adam and Eve.

Genesis 2:7 And man became a living being. Genesis 2:7 And Yahweh God formed man from the dirt of the ground. Genesis 2:7 And man became a living being.

Genesis 2:18 Then Yahweh God said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone.  I will make him a helper—his counterpart.'

Genesis 2:21 Then Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man Genesis 2:21 Then Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man.  And while he slept, he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place .

Genesis 2:22 And from the rib Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman.

Genesis 2:22-23 He brought her to the man, and the man said, 'This at last is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh!  She will be called woman, because she was taken out of man.'

24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, they become one flesh.

Relationships List as many benefits as you can of being in a relationship. What do you think it means when it says they became “one flesh” ? What things does this teach us about: Sex Marriage

The Image of God Read page 68 Fill in the spaces on page 68 Complete “True or False” on page 69.

Sex So sex is not something dirty or wrong. When it is used in the right way it is something that binds two people together to become one flesh and makes them closer. So God gave us sex to deepen our marital relationships and to allow us to create children through that love.

Relationships before marriage Group work Appoint a scribe to note the answers to: Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question4 Question 5 Question 6

Relationships before marriage List as many differences as you can between relationships between people in year 8 and relationships between adults. Why do you think many people have a few relationships before they get married? Why do some people think it is better to wait until they are married before having sex? Give as many reasons as you can. What do you think films and TV programs teach us about sex?

Relationships and Sex Why do you think God gave us the ability to have relationships? How do you think God wanted sex to be used? Write down any further questions that you have.