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Human sexuality

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  1. Worldview
    1. Ontology
      1. natural
        1. Natural things
          1. Types of natural things
            1. animate objects
              1. Humans
                1. Origin of humans
                2. Purpose of humans
                3. Nature of humans
                4. Abilities of humans
                5. Relationship between God and humans
                6. Human relationships with one another
                7. Delights and pleasures of humans
                8. Human sexuality
                  1. Purposes of human sexuality
                    1. Human sexuality is primarily about God
                      1. Human sexuality exists so there would be language and ideas to help us understand God
                      2. Human sexuality exists for God’s glory
                    2. Human sexuality is about the marriage relationship (though not primarily)
                    3. Human sexuality is about pleasure (though not primarily)
                    4. Human sexuality is about reproduction (though not primarily)
                  2. Owners of human sexuality
                    1. Human sexuality ultimately belongs to God
                    2. Human sexuality also belongs – in certain ways – to humans [as a loan/stewardship, and in part]
                      1. A person’s sexuality belongs (for protection) to their family while they are growing
                      2. A person’s sexuality belongs (in part) to themselves
                      3. A person’s sexuality (if they are married) belongs in part to their spouse
                  3. Nature of human sexuality
                  4. Capabilities of human sexuality
                  5. Contemporary trends in human sexuality
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from Sex and the Supremacy of Christ intro (Justin Taylor):

• Sex is created by God (“by him all things were created”—Col. 1:16).
• Sex continues to exist by the will of Christ (“in him all things hold together”—Col. 1:17).
• Sex is caused by God (he “works all things according to the counsel of his will”—Eph. 1:11).
• Sex is subject to Christ (“he put all things under his feet”— Eph. 1:22).
• Christ is making sex new (“Behold, I am making all things new”—Rev. 21:5).
• Sex is good (“everything created by God is good”—1 Tim. 4:4).
• Sex is lawful in the context of marriage (“all things are lawful”—1 Cor. 10:23).
• When we have sex, we are to do it for the glory of God (“whatever you do, do all to the glory of God”—1 Cor. 10:31).
• Sex works together for the good of God’s children (“for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose”—Rom. 8:28).
• We are to thank God for sex (“nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving”—1 Tim. 4:4).
• Sex is to be sanctified by the Word of God and prayer (“everything . . . is made holy by the word of God and prayer”— 1 Tim. 4:4-5).
• We must be on guard not to be enslaved by sex (“I will not be enslaved by anything”—1 Cor. 6:12).
• We are not to grumble about sex (“do all things without grumbling”—Phil. 2:14).
• We are to rejoice in the Lord during sex (“rejoice in the Lord always”—Phil. 4:4).
• We are to be content in sex (“having all contentment in all things at all times”—2 Cor. 9:8 mg.).
• We are to practice and pursue sexual relations in holiness and honor (“each one of you [is to] know how to control his own body [KJV: “possess his vessel”; RSV: “take a wife for himself”] in holiness and honor”—1 Thess. 4:4).
• Spouses are not to “deprive one another [sexually], except perhaps by agreement for a limited time,” that they might devote themselves to prayer (1 Cor. 7:5).
• But then they are commanded to “come together again [sexually], so that Satan may not tempt [them] because of [their] lack of self-control” (1 Cor. 7:5).
• In this fallen age, sex is both pure and impure—“To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled” (Titus 1:15).

 

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