Faith Killers: Sexual Immorality

Faith Killers: Sexual Immorality

Pastor Alec Shimizu

August 31, 2025

What we believe about sex directly affects our sexual .

“Everything is permissible for me”— but not everything is beneficial.

“Everything is permissible for me”— but I will not be mastered by anything.

1 Corinthians 6:12 (NIV)

If sex is our master, are we truly in Christ?

If sex is our master, is it to us?

(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food” — but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

1 Corinthians 6:13 (NIV)

Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.”

1 Corinthians 6:15-17 (NIV)

The two will become one flesh. 1 Corinthians 6:16 (NIV)

We must never have physical oneness without oneness.

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Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (NIV)

Discussion Questions:

1. What was a key point or idea from the message that stood out to you?
2. Paul taught that sex can become a “master” in people’s lives. In what ways can a desire or an activity become a master over us, taking away our freedom in Christ? How might we regain our freedom?
3. God never intended for sex to just be a physical act. He intended it to be a joining of two ‘somas’ or two entire lives. Does this change your view of casual sex or sex outside of marriage? Explain.
4. In 1 Corinthians 6:18, Paul commands us to “flee from sexual immorality.” Why is fleeing so crucial when dealing with this specific sin as opposed to other sins? What does it mean to “flee” in our modern context, especially in our digital age?
5. Paul concludes 1 Corinthians 6:20 by saying we were “bought at a price” and should therefore “honor God with your body.” What might it look like to honor God with your body on a daily basis?