Live a New Life

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Live a New Life! Sex as God intended Eph. 5
1 - 14
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God our Creator

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Genesis 2 in the beginning
Well done good and faithful servant

• This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my
  fleshTherefore shall a man leave his father and
  his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife and
  they shall be one flesh.
• To cleave - to stick together like glue.
• A picture of unity.
• Becoming one - delighting in sexual intercourse

Well done good and faithful servant
You wicked and lazy servant!
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Be imitators of God
Well done good and faithful servant

• Live a life of love
• Sex without love is meaningless
• Its self gratification
• Its abuse

Well done good and faithful servant
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True Love

• Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
  it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not
  rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
  angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does
  not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
  always perseveres. Love never fails.

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Be on your guard

• Anthony Keidis of the band the Red Hot Chilli
  Peppers said seeing women as sex objects or
  imagining there is always a better one around the
  corner is crippling.

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What we are for

• we are for sexual purity
• we are for living up to Gods standards

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Key Verses to remember

• Be imitators of God and live a life of love,
  just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for
  us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
  (Eph 1 1,2)
• For all have sinned and fallen short of the
  glory of God. (Rom. 3 23)
• Bless the Lord O my soulwho forgives all your
  sins...who redeems your life from the pit (Ps.
  103)

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His Promise

• For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
  so great is his love for those who fear him as
  far as the east is from the west, so far has he
  removed our transgressions from us. (Ps 103
  11,12)