Today on NoCo, we listen in to the continuation of a 2011 message that Pastor Mike recently preached at Bethlehem Bible Church in West Boylston, MA. Pastor Mike preaches verse-by-verse, so please open up your Bible to 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and follow along. The Bible is appropriate for every age group. What does God the Creator say about sexual immorality and sexual morality? 1 Corinthians 6:12-20: All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything. Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food-and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, The two will become one flesh. But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Ways To Overcome Sexual Temptation and Sexual Immorality: Review from last week 1. Rehearse the Gospel. 2. Do not rationalize your sexual sins (or any sin). 3. Read your Bible more-saturate your mind with the Word of God. New this week: 4. View the body properly. You need to study the body properly. Look how many times the word body is mentioned in 1 Corinthians 6: 12-20 : All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything. Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food-and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, The two will become one flesh. But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him. Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. Six reasons in light of this section that you have to think properly about your body so that you can remain pure: 1. Your body is for the Lord (v.13). God gave you a body so that you could worship Him and serve others. He did not give us a body so that we could use it in a sexual immoral and filthy way. The instrument that God gave us to worship Him should be clean and pure. Our body is not ours and thus we cannot be ruled by our hormones. 2.Your body will be raised up one day (v.14). If you struggle with pornography you need a good dose of the Resurrection. Do not defile your body that will be raised up one day. 3. Your body is a member of Christ (v.15-17). Listen in next week for the continuation of this sermon...