The Basics of Biblical Counseling - Biblicalcounselingonline.org
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Solving Marriage Problems: Sex I. Introduction: The Key to Sexual Purity. Pr. 4:23 II. God Created Sex. Gen. 2:24 1:27-28 A. Sex is part of God s perfect creation. Gen. 2:25 B. Why did God create sex? 1. An expression and enhancement of marital oneness. Gen. 2:24 4:1 2. God s chosen means to enable mankind to fill the earth. Gen 1:27-28 Ps. 127 3. For the enjoyment of husband and wife. Deut. 24:5 Pr. 5:18-19 Heb. 13:4 Song of Solomon 1:2,13-16 7:1-10 4:1-7 5:10-16 III. God s Design forSex is Violated by any Expression Outside of the Marriage Covenant. Ecc. 7:29 Rom. 1:18-32 A. Adultery. Ex. 20:14 Mt. 19:9 I Cor. 6:16 Pr. 7:27 6:24-35 Gen. 39:9. B. Fornication. I Cor. 6:9 Heb. 13:4 1. Taking the privileges of the marriage covenant without accepting the responsibilities. 2. Stealing from your future spouse and the future spouse of your partner in sin. I Cor. 7:4 3. Sexual sin is not restricted to going allof the way . 4. Those who are courting or engaged need to be especially careful! You are not married until the covenant has been formally established! 5. Premarital promiscuity can adversely affect your marriage. Num. 32:23 C. Homosexuality. Lev. 18:22 20:13 I Cor. 6:9 Ro. 1:26-27 Gen. 19:5 Ezek. 16:48-49 Jude 7 Dt. 22:5 I Tim. 1:10 II Pet. 2:6 D. Lust. Mt. 5:27-28 Job 31:1,9 Pr. 7:25 6:25 II Tim. 2:22 E. Other sexual sins: polygamy and bestiality. Mt. 19:5 Lev. 18:23 20:15-16 Ex. 22:19 F. Self-centered hedonism. 1. Even in marriage: sex can be misused: idolatry and perversion. 2. Wrong ideas about sex will damage your marriage. G. God Brings Many Consequences to Sexual Sin. Num. 32:23 Pr. 6:25-25 5:10-14,21-23 7:22-27 Ps. 32:3-4 I Cor. 6:9-10 IV. How Can You Make YourSexual Relationship in Marriage All that it Should Be? A. Strive for God s ideals for your marriage. 1. Almost all sexual problems in marriage are merely symptoms of other problems. 2. You have entered into an unconditional lifelong covenant of commitment. Ge. 2:18-25 3. The husband is the initiator in love, sacrificially giving himself to his wife. Eph. 5:25-33 I Pet. 3:7 4. The wife joyfully accepts her role and submits to her husband s leadership. Eph. 5:22-24 I Pet. 3:1-7 5. Both strive for open communication: listening and speaking in love. Ep. 4:29 119
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