God’s Wisdom About Sexuality

The Pursuit of Wisdom
God’s Wisdom About Sexuality

I. Introduction

A. Proverbs 30:18-19 (NAS) ¹⁸There are three things which are too wonderful for me, four which I do not understand: ¹⁹The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent on a rock, the way of a ship in the middle of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid.

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B. Proverbs 5:18-19 (NAS) ¹⁸Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. ¹⁹As a loving hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; be exhilarated always with her love.

1. Part of the wisdom of Proverbs is—if you’re married—God wants you to develop your marriage to the of physical intimacy possible.

2. Our world badly needs to see couples who are still in the spouse of their youth!

C. Proverbs 22:6 (NAS) Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

1. Parents, make sure you’re talking to your kids about and values.

D. Proverbs 6:27-29 (NLT) ²⁷Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire? ²⁸Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? ²⁹So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.

E. I Thessalonians 4:3 (NAS) For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality.

1. What happens to our affects our soul!

2. is not just a piece of paper! It’s a !

3. To seek to follow Jesus with your body—with your choices—is a noble thing—and it’s to God.

F. Proverbs 7:15-23 (NLT) ¹⁵“You’re the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are! ¹⁶My bed is spread with beautiful blankets, with colored sheets of Egyptian linen. ¹⁷I’ve perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. ¹⁸Come, let’s drink our fill of love until morning. Let’s enjoy each other’s caresses, ¹⁹for my husband is not home. He’s away on a long trip. ²⁰He has taken a wallet full of money with him and won’t return until later this month.” ²¹So she seduced him with her pretty speech and enticed him with her flattery. ²²He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter. He was like a stag caught in a trap, ²³awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

1. “If you’re in pain of some kind—the pain of a difficult marriage—the pain of feeling lonely or isolated—having is not the answer to your pain!”

2. Sexual immorality and affairs always begin in your .

3. What you think about, you eventually feel. What you feel, you eventually .

G. Proverbs 7:22-23 (NLT) ²²He followed her at once, like an ox going to the slaughter or like a trapped stag, ²³awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life.

H. Matthew 5:27-28 (NLT) ²⁷“You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’ ²⁸But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

1. Jesus is telling us that of us have fallenness and junk inside of us!

2. If anybody thinks they’re sexually —because they’ve avoided committing physical adultery—they need to think again!

3. Churches ought to be places of —especially in the area of .

4. The Church ought to be a place where people can know we’re all in the same boat. We’re all who need !

II. Conclusion