Re-storied: Understanding Sexuality t
hrough the biblical story
Kristi Schliep
11/5/23
Read John 1:14-17
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Read Genesis 1:26-28 & Genesis 2:18-25
Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Kristi challenged us to spend time in the story of Jesus.
End in prayer for your FRANCES - friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors, co-workers, enemies, strangers to come to know Christ. Spend time praying especially for those who are trapped in sexual sin and for them to come to know Jesus.
hrough the biblical story
Kristi Schliep
11/5/23
- What stuck out to you from Kristi’s sermon?
- What was a new or a different perspective on the topic of sexuality?
Read John 1:14-17
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- Jesus fulfills grace & truth - Why is it hard to reconcile grace and truth?
- Which one do you typically lean towards?
- Which one do you need more of in the conversation around sexuality - grace or truth?
Read Genesis 1:26-28 & Genesis 2:18-25
- Why were humans created in Genesis?
- What is the purpose of human sexuality?
- How has the fall distorted our world’s view and our view of sexuality?
Read 1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
- What makes it easy for us to judge others for their sexual sin?
- Why is the church known for rejecting those who struggle with certain sexual sins?
- What does 1 Corinthians tell us about those who struggle with sexual sin?
- You were washed, sanctified, justified by Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit - Which of the 3 descriptions do you resonant with the most?
Kristi challenged us to spend time in the story of Jesus.
- Have you thought about your life as a story and how it gets absorbed into the story of Jesus?
- How does this view of the gospel as a story change your view of sin?
- How does it change your view of sharing the gospel?
End in prayer for your FRANCES - friends, relatives, acquaintances, neighbors, co-workers, enemies, strangers to come to know Christ. Spend time praying especially for those who are trapped in sexual sin and for them to come to know Jesus.