Evergreen Christian Community

1 Corinthians 6:12-7:1; 7:27-31 THE BIG IDEA: Christian hope radically shapes our views and practice of sex, singleness, and marriage. 1. A Revolutionary View of Sex: Two Views About Sex: 1) I have the right to feed my appetites however I please. 2) Sex is dirty and bad. ● The key to the whole subject is DESIGN. (v13) ○ Sex is designed to do this: THE FULL GIVING OF ONESELF TO ANOTHER. ■ Not a defiling but necessary mode of PROCREATION. ■ Not just an appetite for self-gratification or satisfaction. ■ It is SELF-DONATION- To give yourself so deeply that it results in personal transformation. 2. A Revolutionary View of Marriage and Singleness: ● MARRIAGE is a one-Soma reality that mirrors and demonstrates THE ONE SPIRIT REALITY we can have with God. ● MARRIAGE is full of TROUBLES and SUFFERING. (v27) ● SINGLENESS is a valid option for a FULL and POWERFUL LIFE. 3. Rock Solid Guidance for Navigating Your Sexual Life: ● What God has DONE ● What God is DOING ● What God WILL DO RESPONSE: ● Anchor your personho