"The Whole Truth On Display"

ImNotBuyingIt.com Video from Granger Community on Vimeo.

I've been amazed at the reticence some express regarding the church's teaching on sex. The Bible has such wonderful help, instruction and direction for men and women all over the world. Clear counsel from God's Word builds faith. It enables us to walk by faith (taking into account the realities that are unseen) and not by sight. People don't have to buy "the lie." Sexual promiscuity and license won't bring abundant lie. Living God's Way with sexual integrity does.

Watch this media my friend Dustin Maust created. We played it during our weekend service.

Maybe it will help you see why churches need to bring God's Truth to bear on this crisis of culture. Maybe it will help you see why churches must clarify the Way God purposes for us all. If churches stop teaching God's plans and purposes the stats you see in this video will become ever more severe.

Everyone needs the light of God's Truth, even if some are now stone-blind to it.

2 Corinthians 4:1-4  - Since God has so generously let us in on what he is doing, we're not about to throw up our hands and walk off the job just because we run into occasional hard times. We refuse to wear masks and play games. We don't maneuver and manipulate behind the scenes. And we don't twist God's Word to suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we do and say out in the open, the whole truth on display, so that those who want to can see and judge for themselves in the presence of God. If our Message is obscure to anyone, it's not because we're holding back in any way. No, it's because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won't have to bother believing a Truth they can't see. They're stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we'll ever get.

Comments

[Steve]

Pastor Beeson,
It's too simplistic to say that those who are critical of the "sex sells" series are just reticent because you are teaching about sex. It is not simply that you are talking about sex. Teaching about sexual ethics is fine and great, but if you are going to preach from scripture and all scripture testifies of Christ then shouldn't any talk of how we have transgressed sexually address the issue of how our sexual indiscretions are a sin against our Savior Christ Jesus? The video you provide is powerful and indeed makes a startling testament to how we have violated our Lord's perfect standard, but so often the focus of churches like Granger seems to be on how our sins affect our culture and those around us; which of course is vital to speak about when proclaiming God's law. Indeed it brings God's law out in a very personal and real way, but ultimately our transgressions need to be exposed as transgressions not only against our neighbor but against God. More often than not, a failure to do that, leads to a failure to proclaim Christ and Him crucified and thus a failure to put "the whole truth on display" as the passage from 2 Corinthians that you cited states.

[Jay Brock @ The Sex Rev]

Mark, I'm glad that you're bringing this into the light at your church. I had a conversation with my wife today about a local church near us that has a serious problem with sexual sin in their college-age kids...more than 50% lead MASSIVE double lives. My guess is that the pastor rarely addresses the issue or calls people to account.

Thanks for being brave, and for providing us with resources to help those around us, even all the way up here in Canada! Be blessed this week Mark.