Part 9: What the Church Must Know About Sexual Immorality

This exploration of 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: sexual immorality will cost us far more than we ever imagined. Drawing from Paul's letter to the Corinthian church, we're reminded that while we've been washed, sanctified, and justified through Christ, our actions in the body still matter deeply. The message challenges the cultural lie that what we do physically has no spiritual consequences. Paul's rhetorical questions—'Do you not know?'—aren't meant to shame but to awaken us to three crucial truths: our bodies are members of Christ, sexual activity creates a profound bonding, and our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. The neurological reality of how intimacy bonds us to people and experiences reveals God's genius design for marriage while exposing the devastating effects of sexual sin outside those bounds. This isn't legalism; it's a loving truth. The goal of Christian life isn't merely to stop sinning but to glorify God, and we cannot glorify Him while caught in sexual immorality. Yet there's tremendous hope: the same grace that saved us can set us free. Victory comes not from trying harder but from surrendering completely and finding greater satisfaction in our relationship with God than in temporary pleasures.