The Dynamics of Sexual Temptation — Intimate Relationships
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Title: The Dynamics of Sexual Temptation — Intimate Relationships ------------------- Date: 3/31/2002
Keywords:
“intimacy” “relationships”
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temptation.
Passage: John 13:23*
There was reclining on Jesus' breast one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved.
Questions
1. How easy or difficult is it for you to express love and affection in your friendships?
2. Are your close relationships with others a help or hindrance in your spiritual growth?
Practical help
Close personal relationships are vital in the Christian life. God created us with legitimate needs for intimacy, and to deny these needs may make us even more vulnerable to sexual temptation. For married persons, intimacy with one’s spouse must be primary, of course. But married and single persons alike need healthy, godly relationships with others. Intimacy and sexuality are not the same.
A healthy, biblical view of loving intimacy allows us to relate in mutually upbuilding ways without romantic or sexual involvement. Read through the Gospels to see Jesus’ model in his close friendships.
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The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by
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