Bodily Freedoms 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Bodily Freedoms I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan “Freedom is the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action.”- Webster’s “As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.” - Pythagoras “Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.” - Dyer

Bodily Freedoms “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and pursuit of Happiness.” - Declaration of Independence I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan B.American Slogan

Bodily Freedoms “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? … What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace?”- Romans 5:20-6:1, 15 I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan B.American Slogan C.Paul’s Correction

Bodily Freedoms Freed from what? “May it never be … knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died is freed from sin.” - Romans 6:2, 6-7 I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan B.American Slogan C.Paul’s Correction

Bodily Freedoms Freed to what? “Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became … slaves of righteousness.”- Romans 6:16-18 I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan B.American Slogan C.Paul’s Correction

Bodily Freedoms “Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God.” - 1 Peter 2:16 “Do we not have a right to eat and drink … to take a believing wife … to refrain from working? … Nevertheless, we do not use this right … so that we will cause no hindrance to gospel.” - 1 Cor. 9:4-6, 12 I.Re-defining Freedom (6:12) A.Corinthian Slogan B.American Slogan C.Paul’s Correction D.Maturity’s Use of Freedom

Bodily Freedoms “The man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’”- Genesis 2:23 “Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.”- Genesis 2:7 I.Re-defining Freedom II.Re-defining Bodily Freedom A.Corinthian Slogan B.Paul’s Correction: Body not for immorality 1.God Created Body and Soul Good

Bodily Freedoms “It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.” - 1 Corinthians 15:42-43 I.Re-defining Freedom II.Re-defining Bodily Freedom A.Corinthian Slogan B.Paul’s Correction: Body not for immorality 1.God Created Body and Soul Good 2.God Will Resurrect the Body

Bodily Freedoms I.Re-defining Freedom II.Re-defining Bodily Freedom A.Corinthian Slogan B.Paul’s Correction: Body not for immorality 1.God Created Body and Soul Good 2.God Will Resurrect the Body 3.Immorality Creates Division

Bodily Freedoms “The most striking shift in teenage and twenty something sexual behavior in the last decade is the disconnect between sex and emotional involvement … In the NBC/People poll, almost half of young teens said their sexual contact was outside of a relationship. A 2001 study found that 60% of high school juniors who’d had sex had done it with someone who was no more than a friend.” - Jean Twenge

Bodily Freedoms I.Re-defining Freedom II.Re-defining Bodily Freedom A.Corinthian Slogan B.Paul’s Correction: Body not for immorality 1.God Created Body and Soul Good 2.God Will Resurrect the Body 3.Immorality Creates Division 4.Immorality Creates Damage

Bodily Freedoms I.Re-defining Freedom II.Re-defining Bodily Freedom A.Corinthian Slogan B.Paul’s Correction: Body not for immorality C.Maturity’s Use of the Body 1.Freedom From Addiction 2.Freedom to Glorify God with Our Body