1. FIRST CORINTHIANS How to Live in a Pagan World

2. 1 st Corinthians 6:12-20 12 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 13Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

3. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For "the two," He says, "shall become one flesh." 17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

4. 18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

5. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.

6. Two Mega-Themes In 1 st Corinthians Living as Christians in a pagan world.Living as Christians in a pagan world. Being the Church in a pagan world.

7. Living as Christians in a Pagan World 1.God’s People: Living as a Minority Group 1:18-2:16 2.Living as God’s People in a Litigious Society 6:1-8 3.Living as God’s People in a Sexually Immoral Climate 6:9-20 4.Living as God’s People in a Culture of Divorce 7:1-40 5.Living as Free People with a Cause 8:1- 9:23 6.Living as God’s People in an Idolatrous Age 9:24-10:33 7.Living Steadfast, Knowing How It Turns Out 15

8. Living as Christians in a Pagan World 1.God’s People: Living as a Minority Group 1:18-2:16 2.Living as God’s People in a Litigious Society 6:1-8 3.Living as God’s People in a Sexually Immoral Climate 6:9-20 4.Living as God’s People in a Culture of Divorce 7:1-40 5.Living as Free People with a Cause 8:1- 9:23 6.Living as God’s People in an Idolatrous Age 9:24-10:33 7.Living Steadfast, Knowing How It Turns Out 15

9. Living as God’s People in a Sexually Immoral Climate The Basic PrincipleThe Basic Principle 6:18 “Flee sexual immorality” Phillips: “Avoid sexual looseness like the plague!” Romans 13:14 “But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.”

10. Living as God’s People in a Sexually Immoral Climate One of 2 “Flees”:One of 2 “Flees”: 10:14 “Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.” 6:18, NKJV: “Flee sexual immorality”

11. Sexual Immorality and Freedom from the Law Free to be Free, Not Free to be EnslavedFree to be Free, Not Free to be Enslaved 6:12 “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.” NLT: “You may say, "I am allowed to do anything." But I reply, "Not everything is good for you." And even though "I am allowed to do anything," I must not become a slave to anything.”

12. Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality 6:13-20

13. 6:13, NLT “You say, ‘Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food.’ This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Purpose

14. They were made for the Lord6:13, NLT “You say, ‘Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food.’ This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them. But our bodies were not made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Purpose

15. 6:13, NLT “…the Lord cares about our bodies.” 6:14 “And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.” How Much the Lord Cares about Our Bodies

16. Its Union 6:15-17 The Wrong Kind of UnionThe Wrong Kind of Union Vs. 15-16, NAS95 “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, ‘THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.’” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality

17. The Right Kind of UnionThe Right Kind of Union Vs. 17, NAS95 “But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” Weymouth “But he who is in union with the Master is one with Him in spirit.” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Union 6:15-17

18. Flee6:18 “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Protection 6:18

19. 6:19, NLT “Or don’t you know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God?” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Indwelling 6:19

20. 6:19-20, NLT “…You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.” Our Human Body and Sexual Immorality Its Owner 6:19-20

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