Sex is a Community Matter

Aug 28, 2022    Trent Casto

This passage teaches us that sexual matters are not isolated from the rest of life, and as God’s covenant people we are called to live with sexual integrity of heart and body.

Sermon Outline:
I. Sexual Integrity is a Community Matter
II. Sexual Sin is a Community Matter
1. A Case of Adultery
2. A Case of Implied Consent
3. A Case of Sexual Assault
4. A Case of Seduction
III. Redemption After Sexual Sin is a Community Matter

Sermon Discussion Questions:
1. Do you agree with the basic premise of today’s message that sex is not simply an individual matter, but a community one? Why or why not?

2. What do the various penalties in this passage reveal to us about how God views sexual integrity? We are not called to reinstitute these penalties from the law, but how can we begin to think about matters of sexuality with the same kind of gravity reflected in the Bible?

3. If we have sexual sin we are not repenting of in our own life, how should we deal with it? How should we approach a brother or sister in Christ living in sexual sin? Why should we approach them about it at all?

4. How should we respond to a brother or sister in Christ who has come to confess sexual sin to us? How does the gospel enable us to forgive those who have sinned against us sexually?