Moral Boundaries — Sex in Context
Greetings, everyone! It’s been a while since I updated our blog with the latest happenings. I’ve been wearing a few too many hats, but I think I’ve hit my stride again and it should be easier to stay on top of things. Enough excuses…
The last couple of Download sessions we’ve been discussing the issue of Moral Boundaries, specifically in regard to sex and intimacy. Here’s a quick run-down of what the series has/will cover.
Paving the Way for Intimacy — In our first session, we discussed the fact that God created sex and our desire for it, and that He wants our experience of it to be the best that it can be. We also covered the relationship between sex and intimacy, and how sexual impurity now can diminish our capacity for intimacy later. Finally, we explored the ideas that sex is more than just physical, it is relational, which is why it is impossible to just “have sex,” and that we are each designed to be united with only one person.
Abstinence and the Culture of Lies — In our next session, we discussed what it means to be sanctified and why God asks us to wait. We looked at how young men have a tendency to focus on the physical side of a relationship and that to have great relationship (and great sex), we have to learn to balance the physical and relational. For the young women, we looked at how they tend to focus on the relational side, and will use the physical to secure commitment, however, this actually leads to a loss of security, sense of self-worth and self-respect. Next, we looked at our society’s one-sided, physical view of sex. We dissected six underlying themes that are woven throughout our culture, entertainment, & media and exposed them for the fallacies that they are. Finally, we discussed the danger of taking sex outside of the context that God designed for it, the marital relationship.
Walking the Line — In our last session, we will discuss how to interact with members of the opposite sex without placing yourself in dangerous positions. We will look at how the boundaries we set for ourselves will determine the arena and intensity of our temptation, as well as what the consequences will be if we give into the temptation. To finish out the series, we will discuss how moral boundaries shape the story of our lives, and what the narrative will be that we share with our future spouses.
