The Sexual Body (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)

One slogan that captures the spirit of the age is “My body, my choice.” The idea that our body belongs to us and we can with it as we please is the driving force behind the abortion movement, the LGBTQ+ movement, and physician assisted suicide. But this is not an idea that began in the sexual revolution of the 1960s. This idea is as old as sin itself, and Paul addresses it in his letter to the church at Corinth. In this sermon, pastor Mitch helps us see that sexual sin is inconsistent with God’s design for the body and that the body is for the Lord. As Paul puts it, “you were bought with a price. So, glorify God in your body” (1 Cor. 6:20). The Christian life is a life of obedience carried out in and with a body created in God’s image. Therefore, what we do with our bodies matters