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Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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God's Design: Heterosexual Monogamous Marriage 0:10 Well, welcome to chapter 15. We're talking about the book reverse from Culturally Woke to Biblically Awake. We're talking in chapter 15 about the topic of sexuality.0:22 A number of years ago, quite a few years ago when my kids were at home when they were teenagers, I was asked by a publisher, a guy who was writing his own book with a lot of quotes, the book of quotations.0:35 And so he sent a letter out to a whole bunch of us saying, hey, give me your top 15, 20 quotes or so. And so I did that, and, I forgot about it quite frankly. And I0:46 I I I I sent about maybe 20 different quotes from me. Well, did he use any of them? No. Oh, except for 1. 1 that I thought he would not use. There was 1 that had to do with0:58 sexuality. And the quote was simply this. It was come came from a sermon I preached. I said sex was God's idea and 2nd to salvation is the best idea he ever had. Now when it came1:10 through in that book, I thought, oh my goodness. My teenagers thought that was hilariously funny, that their dad was gonna be remembered for this. But1:22 that quote got picked up by another magazine. And it went there it went a number of places. And my kids were roaring laughing at their dad, thinking how hilarious that all I'm gonna be remembered for is this this 11:34 quote. But the truth is, God is the 1 who came up with the idea of sexual expression. There's something about our sexuality and our spirit that is so intertwined1:45 as 1, that when we tamper with our sexuality and violate God's sexual ethics, what the scripture says, it does enormous harm1:57 to our spirits. In contrast, we live out God's ways, his ways, then we have the blessing of his life upon us. This chapter is2:09 titled, it's kind of a painful title, Sexual Chaos. Doesn't sound very good, does it? The fact is that sexual pornography, violations of God's ways, has been around for2:21 a long time. The Greco Roman Empire was filled with it, for example. A scripture has examples of people who violated God's ways. Historically, the Holy Roman Empire2:33 began to put much more value on biblical sexuality instead of people just indulging themselves. And we had a a regrouping of biblical truth,2:46 at least on the surface of what the biblical ethics was on the issue of sexuality. But a great anti sexual revolution, by anti, I mean anti God's understanding2:57 of sexuality, began in the 17 hundreds with Jean Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau felt that unrestrained pleasure was the pinnacle of human happiness. Anything 13:09 wanted to do sexually, that was simply acceptable. And so limits, sexual limits, and sexual boundaries, simply disappeared. We come to our present world, and we find ourselves in3:21 an environment where people who pride themselves on being homosexual, bisexual, transgendered, and the list goes on, walk3:33 in pride praise on the streets of our city, flaunting that was used to be hidden in back bedrooms and unknown to the culture. And it's interesting3:45 it's interesting for to me to hear organizations like Gays Against Grooming. There's 1 particular very prominent figure that's in the news from time to time who is an3:57 outspoken homosexual who stands in opposition of grooming. And I want to say to this person, wait a minute. You don't get to decide where the moral laws are. In her4:09 world, she's saying, okay. My homosexuality is okay. But you grooming children for homosexuality is not because age of consent. But4:21 I wanna point out what makes this wrong is the same thing that makes this wrong, and that's the word of God. You can't decide where you're going to draw the line. The temptation of every person is4:32 draw the line to include whatever they're doing as being acceptable, and what other people doing is not acceptable. What the same thing that makes grooming a child wrong is what is4:44 also wrong for homosexuality itself. It's against God's pattern. It's against God's ways, and it brings harm that individual and others around it. Tragically, we have4:56 watched even businesses, the the commercial area, also support these parades in our streets, so called pride parades. The good news is within recent5:08 years, finally, we're starting to see companies draw back from that. But for a number of years, we've seen major well known stores. They even have tuck friendly swimsuits,5:21 whatever in the world that is, and we know what that's for. The gay pride's praise, the kind of people bragging about even you think of of young girls sexting5:33 or bragging about body count. That's what I mean by sexual chaos in our culture. The painful reality is that robs those very people from what they want most.5:45 And that is the joy and the delight of sexual intimacy, which comes only by being within the framework of marriage in terms of long term satisfaction.5:57 I guess what I'm saying is very simply is God's pattern for sexuality is the pattern. Why? Because he knows best. He made us. He wired us.6:09 He wrote the owner's manual for our bodies. God desires this to be experienced sexual blessing. And what is that? That's within the framework of covenantal6:21 marriage. He established that within the 2nd chapter, 1st and 2nd chapter of Genesis. It's called the law of 1st things. Whatever's listed early must be important. The law of 1st things.6:33 Genesis chapter 2, a step that early in the Bible establishes the nature of marriage. And a man shall leave his father and mother and shall cleave to his to his wife. And6:45 God ordained heterosexual, monogamous marriage. Why? Is it because he's some kind of a killjoy? No. He wants you to have maximum6:57 sexual fulfillment. God wants you to have maximum sexual pleasure. And you can only have that within the framework of what he has described7:09 as appropriate and acceptable within heterosexual, 1 man, 1 woman marriage, and being totally faithful to each other. Even even in the7:21 New Testament when it speaks about Sodom and Gomorrah, for example, known for its homosexuality. And by the way, we'll talk about this later on another video. The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not the sin of7:32 inhospitality, as people try to say. It was the sin it included some of that, but it was the sin of homosexuality. And even in Jude, verse 7, there's only 1 chapter in the7:44 book of Jude, New Testament. Verse 7. It speaks specifically and identifies the nature of the sin in Sodom and Gomorrah, the perversion of what God's perfect pattern is.7:56 Paul addressed this. He addressed this repeatedly, the issues of sexual impropriety. And I wanna, again, beat the drum on this. God is not some kind of a cosmic8:08 killjoy. He wants you to have ultimate sexual satisfaction. Who are the most sexually satisfied people in the world? Those that are married. 1 man, 18:20 woman, marriage relationships, monogamous. God established clear boundaries. And he made a list of the things that are not acceptable, that are harmful to sexuality. For8:31 example, in Leviticus 18, he called out the issue of incest. He called out sodomy in Leviticus 18. Bestiality in Exodus8:43 19. Rape in Deuteronomy 22. Adultery in Exodus chapter 20. Premarital sex, fornication is8:55 clearly condemned in 1st Corinthians 6. Addressing enclosed of the opposite sex in Deuteronomy 22. The list goes on, but the Bible is crystal clear. ForSexual Chaos in Culture 9:06 maximum sexual expression and fulfillment, you stay within the framework 1 man, 1 woman marriage within the context of covenant, monogamy.9:18 Some of the abortions that we see in our countries are done for the purpose of covering the sins of those who who function sexually outside of the scope of marriage. Let me go back9:30 again. The most sexually fulfilled people are those who enjoy physical intimacy, husband and wife together in a sanctified, holy9:42 relationship. That's how God sees it. He loves you. He cares for you, and he's prescribed how you can have maximum sexual fulfillment9:54 by following his way. And that takes us from being culturally woke to biblically awake.10:03 Let us pray. Father, in today's culture and chaos, it can be difficult to remember that you desire holiness in our lives.10:15 You desire righteousness and that you, God, will will cover us with protection and keep us in purity so that we may have relationship with10:27 you and and open access to your throne room. We thank you, father, for it is your will for us to be holy and to resist all sexual10:38 sin. Allow us to pursue your will for our lives with sincere determination. When the prophet came to David after he had10:50 committed adultery with Bathsheba, David said, have mercy on me, oh God, according to your unfailing love. According to your great compassion,Maximum Fulfillment in God's Way 11:02 blot out my transgressions, wash away my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. We are so grateful for your forgiveness, God, that we can always come to you, that11:14 you can deliver us, that you can repair us, that you can bring us forward, God, to a new level of excellence through your Holy Spirit. And we thank you for the giftsPrayer for Purity and Forgiveness 11:26 and callings that are upon our lives, that they will be preserved in holiness. In Jesus' name, Amen.11:35 We hope you enjoyed the video. Thank you so much for watching. Hey, don't forget to check out the discussion questions that are attached. Have a fun time studying and we will see you in the next chapter.In this video 0:00 God's Design: Heterosexual Monogamous Marriage9:00 Sexual Chaos in Culture11:00 Maximum Fulfillment in God's Way11:15 Prayer for Purity and Forgiveness
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