true life, the truth on sex....

Week 2 – What The Bible Says About Sex....

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”....

John 8:31-32 NLT....

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Which do you trust? The world’s way or God’s way? Human reason or God’s revelation?....

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LOVE & INTIMACY BECOME A MASQUERADE THROUGH…....

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1. Sex outside of marriage....

Honor marriage, and guard the sacredness of sexual intimacy between wife and husband. God draws a firm line against casual and illicit sex.....

Hebrews 13:4 The Message....

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2. A same sex physical relationship....

They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.....

Romans 1:25-27 NLT. ....

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3. A fantasy- filled life....

“You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery. ’But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your hand—even your stronger hand—causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.....

Matthew 5:27-30 NLT....

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FINDING THE LOVE & INTIMACY YOU’RE LONGING FOR....

Don't be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, he will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All he'll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God's Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.....

Galatians 6:7-8 The Message....

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1. Begin by experiencing God's love....

And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.....

Ephesians 3:18-19 NLT....

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2. Learn to express real love....

Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.....

Ephesians 5:1-2 The Message....

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3. Pursue a lifestyle that values and honors obedience ....

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.....

Romans 12:1-2 NLT....

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