Text: Genesis 2:18

Topic: Why we have sexual desire

Introduction

• We don't talk about sex much in the church, but everybody else does.
• Stats show that a majority have had premarital sex or extramarital affairs.

The church needs to talk more about sexuality because we are sexual beings.

• The best reason for the church to talk about it is because the Bible does.
• Nothing on earth could satisfy Adam's yearnings for a partner.
• Sexual yearnings aren't a part of the Fall; God created us that way.
• What our bodies yearn for is symptomatic of the yearning of our soul.

We all live with two bodies: the one we want and the one we have.

• We need to stop thinking we've got to change to be sexually attractive.
• We are sexual creations no matter what shape our bodies are in.
• Males and females are created from the same flesh (Genesis 2:2123).
• Our sexual impulses tell us we are not yet complete on our own.

Our sexual yearnings are essentially a yearning for God.

• And such a yearning makes sexual intercourse something of a sacrament.

Sacraments are visible signs of things that are eternal.

When we have sex, we're not just touching a body; we're touching a soul.

• Since sex is holy, the Bible teaches it should be confined to marriage.

Conclusion

• For the unmarried or the sexually unfulfilled, there are three things to remember:

While sexuality is essential to your created nature, sexual activity is not.

We can find complete joy in knowing God as our partner.

Most people who have extramarital sex aren't promiscuous, but lonely.