A Gift with a Purpose
By Design - Part 1
August 10, 2025
The beauty, wonder, and power of sex point to God’s brilliance, goodness, and design.
“So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” Genesis 1:27 (NLT)
“18Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.’ 19So the Lord God formed from the ground all the wild animals and all the birds of the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would call them, and the man chose a name for each one. 20He gave names to all the livestock, all the birds of the sky, and all the wild animals. But still there was no helper just right for him. 21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep (tardemah). While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs (ṣēlāʿ) and closed up the opening. 22Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and He brought her to the man. 23‘At last!’ the man exclaimed. ‘This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called “woman,” (ishah) because she was taken from “man.”’ (ish)” Genesis 2:18-23 (NLT)
“5And he said, ‘This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined (dābaq) to his wife, and the two are united into one (basar eḥad).’ 6Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.” Matthew 19:5-6 (NLT)
“Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame.” Genesis 2:25 (NLT)
“Then God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and multiply.’ … ” Genesis 1:28 (NLT)
Sex is God’s idea.
Sex is a gift from God to us.
Sex is wonderful, purposeful, and sacred.
From the very beginning, sex was intentionally designed to be beautiful and powerful within the security of marriage between a man and a woman.
How you view sex shapes every decision you make about it—for better or for worse.
What is God asking you to do with what you’ve heard today?
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