God’s Gift of Sex Part 2 of 5

March 16, 2025•2 min read

SEX IN MARRIAGE

God’s Gift of Sex (Part 2 of 5)

Genesis 1:26; 2:7, 18-24; 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

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INTRODUCTION

“Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. … Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him … but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. … The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. And the man said, ‘This is more like it!” 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.’ For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis 1:26a; 2:7, 18-24)

I. __________ did God make sex?

A. To Promote _________ Gen 2:24; Mat 19:5-6; Mk 10:8; Eph 5:31

B. To Provide ___________ Prov 5:18-19

C. To Produce ___________ Gen 1:28

II. Three keys to sexual ______________

A. The Right ___________ 1 Tim 4.4; Prov 5:18; 1 Cor 6:20

B. The Right ____________ Song of Solomon 6:12; 2:4; 5:1; 1:15-16; 4:9, 11; 2:6; 7:12; 1:12-13; 4:1-6; 8:6; 2:16

C. The Right ____________ 1 Cor 7:3-5; 1 Pet 3:7

“The husband should not deprive his wife of sexual intimacy, which is her right as a married woman, nor should the wife deprive her husband. 4 The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband also gives authority over his body to his wife. 5 So do not deprive each other of sexual relations. The only exception to this rule would be the agreement of both husband and wife to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time, so they can give themselves more completely to prayer. Afterward they should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt them because of their lack of self-control.”