1. the case for
Ephesians 5:3-7

2. Saint Godric of Finchale
“Lust is the ape that incessantly chatters in our loins. Tame him as we will by day, he rages all the wilder by night. Just when we think we’re safe from him, he raises up his ugly head and smirks, and there’s no river in the world flows cold and strong enough to strike him down. Almighty God, why have you given us such a despicable toy?”
Saint Godric of Finchale

3. God created our sexuality…
to bring a special pleasure to His special creature.
to draw men and women together in marriage.
to build a special, emotional bond between a husband and wife.
as a means of a husband and wife showing their love to one another by serving and pleasing each other.
to produce children within the context of a marriage.

5. God created our sexuality…
to bring a special pleasure to His special creature.
to draw men and women together in marriage.
to build a special, emotional bond between a husband and wife.
as a means of a husband and wife showing their love to one another by serving and pleasing each other.
to produce children within the context of a marriage.

7. God created our sexuality…
to bring a special pleasure to His special creature.
to draw men and women together in marriage.
to build a special, emotional bond between a husband and wife.
as a means of a husband and wife showing their love to one another by serving and pleasing each other.
to produce children within the context of a marriage.

9. God created our sexuality…
to bring a special pleasure to His special creature.
to draw men and women together in marriage.
to build a special, emotional bond between a husband and wife.
as a means of a husband and wife showing their love to one another by serving and pleasing each other.
to produce children within the context of a marriage.

11. God created our sexuality…
to bring a special pleasure to His special creature.
to draw men and women together in marriage.
to build a special, emotional bond between a husband and wife.
as a means of a husband and wife showing their love to one another by serving and pleasing each other.
to produce children within the context of a marriage.

13. Ephesians 5:3
sexual immorality - Greek, porneia, general term for all sexual sin
impurity - Greek, akatharsia - general word for sinful behavior, contextually it is speaking about sexual impurity
greed = covetousness / not being content with what you have / wanting more than you have been allotted by God Exodus 20:17

14. Morality vs. Ethics

15. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee from sexual immorality Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

16. James 3:9
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

17. Matthew 12:31
Every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

18. Used improperly, sexual involvements can
retard the development of sexual self control.
weaken or destroy a marriage and family.
lead to addictive sexual behaviors.
produce pain, guilt, shame and self-disrespect.
lead to unwanted pregnancies.
lead to a sexually transmitted disease.
lead to God’s judgment upon our lives.

20. Go and sin no more.