• Gender roles existed by divine plan BEFORE sin entered the world.
• SIN corrupted God’s divine plan for the sexes on earth.
• Redemption in Christ reaffirms the creation order.

— Genesis 1:26-27 NASB
— Genesis 3:16 NLT
— Ephesians 5:21-26 NLT

• Am I in DANGER of becoming DISQUALIFIED?
2 Timothy 4:7-8 NIV
Philippians 3:14-17 NIV

• Am I LEARNING from those who have SUCCEEDED or FAILED before me?
Colossians 3:5 NIV

• Am I keeping my GUARD up?
1 Corinthians 10:12-13 NIV

• In what ways am I disciplining my BODY for the sake of the Gospel and my own spiritual growth?

• What types of PRIZES am I striving to obtain?

• In what ways am I spiritually just “beating the air?”

• Love outranks liberty.

— 1 Corinthians 8:9 NIV
— Romans 14:15-21 NIV

• Learn to LEVERAGE your rights for the sake of LOVE.

• The BENEFITS of leveraging your rights:

• • It lends you MORAL AUTHORITY.
— 1 Corinthians 9:12 NIV

• • It HONORS all those for whom it is done.

• • It GLORIFIES GOD and BEARS MUCH FRUIT.

• Stay Put and Start Living!

• Stop LOOKING for LOOPHOLES and LICENSES!

— 1 Corinthians 7:7-9 ESV
— Matthew 19:10-12 The Living Bible

— 1 Corinthians 7:39-40 ESV

• STAY PUT and START LIVING.

— 1 Corinthians 7:17, 20 The Message
— 1 Corinthians 7:21-24 MSG

• Stop looking for LOOPHOLES and LICENSES.

• Know that your future heavenly DUTIES should help you settle your current earthly DISPUTES.

• Know that a LAWLESS LIFESTYLE signals a DARK DESTINY.

• Know that your earthly BODY has eternal VALUE.

— 2 Timothy 2:22 NLT
— 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5, 7-8 NLT

• Love exercises AUTHORITY that is not afraid to look like INTOLERANCE.

• Love involves PROTECTION that sometimes looks like ABANDONMENT.

— Proverbs 1:29-33 NLT
— 2 Corinthians 2:4 ESV
— 2 Corinthians 2:5 ESV

— 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15 NLT
— 2 Corinthians 7:8-10 ESV
— 2 Corinthians 2:6-8 ESV

• Get HUMBLE
— 2 Corinthians 6:4 NIV
— 1 Corinthians 9:16 NIV
— 1 Peter 4:10 NASB

• Stay HUNGRY
— Matthew 5:3-6 NIV

• Live in HARMONY

• What does it mean to be SPIRITUAL?
— Jude 1:17-21 NASB

• What does it mean to be WORLDLY?
— 1 Corinthians 3:14-15 NIV
— 1 PETER 1:23 - 2:2 NIV
— Ephesians 4:14 NIV
— Hebrews 5:12-14 NIV

• Look Back
— Hebrews 11:32-40

1. look at it
2. learn from it
3. let it go

• Look In
— Proverbs 28:13
— Psalms 32:1-5

• Look Ahead
— Philippians 3:13-14

• Look Up
— Galatians 2:20