Crossroads (Week 15) - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (Part 1)

This week, we’re in the latter part of 1 Corinthians chapter 6, looking at a subject that the church is often slow to speak about, sexual sin within the church. The culture in ancient Corinth, like our culture today, was obsessed with sex. As Pastor Clay is going to explain today, sex is not bad. In fact, sex is good. But, it is also powerful. That’s why God gave us parameters for our sexuality. Today’s culture says those parameters are restrictive, and we should be free to indulge our sexuality any way we choose.

The church in Corinth seemed to see no problem with professing faith in Jesus, and at the same time indulging in sexual practices outside of those between a husband and wife. Paul has a serious warning for all followers of Jesus; when it comes to our sexual practices, or anything else, we can believe and follow Jesus, or we can believe and follow the ways of the world, but we can’t do both.