#4 – Holy Sex – Part 1

In Love for Life

Building or Rebuilding a Great Marriage

Mike Mazzalongo

If God created sex as a gift to married people

why is sex such a struggle?

1,000 Years of History…

• Necessary Evil – R.C.

1,000 Years of History…

• Necessary Evil – R.C.

•Blessed in marriage - Protestant

1,000 Years of History…

• Necessary Evil – R.C.

• Blessed in marriage – Protestant

•Wonderful gift - Moderns

1,000 Years of History…

• Necessary Evil – R.C.

• Blessed in marriage – Protestant

• Wonderful gift – Moderns

•METTA SEX

God designed sex to be an encounter with the

Divine.

Sex as Holy

1.Created by a Holy God

Sex as Holy

1.Created by a Holy God

2.Holy by design

Sex as Holy

1.Created by a Holy God

2.Holy by design

3.Specific Purposes

Specific Purposes of Sex

• Create the “One flesh” experience

Genesis 1:24

Specific Purposes of Sex

• Create the “One flesh” experience

• Represent the Christ/Church relationship – Eph. 5:31-32

Specific Purposes of Sex

• Create the “One flesh” experience

• Represent the Christ/Church relationship

• Procreation – Gen. 1:28

Specific Purposes of Sex

• Create the “One flesh” experience

• Represent the Christ/Church relationship

• Procreation

• Worship – I Thess. 5:18

We shouldn’t be afraid to discuss what God wasn’t

ashamed to create”

Dr. A. Gardner“Sacred Sex” p. 15

The Deeper Meaning of Sex

It is only in the sexual union of both male and

female that the full image of God is represented.

Gen. 1:27

27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

If Oneness = Image of God

If Oneness = Image of God

And Sex = Ones in Marriage

If Oneness = Image of God

And Sex = Ones in Marriage

Then Sex = Image

It’s not how intensely you feel

in human sexuality, It’s what the total

experience is supposed to represent.

How Does This Truth Serve Us?

How does it serve us?

1.Reveals

How does it serve us?

1. Reveals

2.Frees

How does it serve us?

1. Reveals

2. Frees

3.Opens

Next Week

Is All Sex Holy?