> You are not your own, 20 for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

> -- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (ESV)

# 1. Sex in marriage is to foster holiness

> But from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ 7 ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, 8 and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh.

> -- Mark 10:6-8 (ESV)

# 2. Sex in marriage should reflect the selflessness of Christ

> 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

> -- Philippians 2:3-4 (ESV)

# 3. Sex is not ultimate

# 1. Your body has tremendous significance to God

> For we all must appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. — 2 Corinthians 5:10 (ESV)

> In this purpose-driven view, there is no dichotomy between body and person. The two together form an integrated psycho-physical unity. We respect and honor our bodies as part of the revelation of God’s purpose for our lives. It is part of the created order that is “declaring the glory of God. — Nancy Pearson

# 2. Your body is forever connected to God

# 3. Your body is meant to worship God

> Sex is like fire. Inside the fireplace, it keeps us warm. Outside the fireplace, it burns the house down. — Ray Ortlund

# 1. Fatherly Admonishment

> There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself: an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.

> — Antisthenes

# 2. Fatherly Example

> In effect, he says that all their errors and mistaken ways are due not to deliberate rebellion but to the fact that they have forgotten. That is so true of human nature. So often, it is not that we rebel against Christ; it is simply that we forget him. So often, it is not that we deliberately turn our backs upon him; it is simply that we forget that he is in the scheme of things at all. Most of us need one thing above all—a deliberate effort to live in the conscious realization of the presence of Jesus Christ. It is not only at the sacrament but at every moment of every day that Jesus Christ is saying to us: ‘Remember me.’

> — Brian Rosner

> He does not expect them to suffer in the exactly the same way he does; he does not demand that they all become apostles or plant churches in distant lands. What he does expect of them is that they will imitate his values, his stance with respect to the world, his priorities, and his valuation of the exclusive centrality of the gospel of the crucified Messiah.

> — DA Carson

# 3. Fatherly Discipline

# A Right Perspective on Leaders (v1-5)

> Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. — James 3:1 (ESV)

# A Right Perspective on Congregations (v6-13)