WGHATC #10 - Free and Bought
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
Dr. Kurt Bjorklund
Part of What God Has Against the Church—January 8 - March 13, 2022
March 11, 2022

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Free and Bought

Date: March 12-13, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Kurt Bjorklund
Series: What God Had Against the Church
Message: #10 - Free and Bought

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Scripture

12 “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never! 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.” 17 But whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. —1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (NIV)

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Study Guide

Step One: Read and Pray
Read 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 and pray for your study time.

Step Two: Discuss

  1. What stood out, challenged, encouraged, or confused you the most in this past weekend’s teaching?

  2. Look again at verse 12. In your own words, what do you think this verse means and how would you explain it to somebody?

  3. Moment of honesty. What addictive agents are you most susceptible to? When are you most likely to use such addictive agents to address unmet needs?

  4. Reflecting on verses 18-20, what do we learn about sexual sin that causes Paul to tell us to specifically “flee” from it?

  5. Read Romans 6:15-18. In what ways does our understanding of both grace and righteousness begin to free us or allow us to begin to “flee” from sin?

  6. Looking back at the weekend message, what does it look like to be “Free yet Bought”?

Step Three: Close in Prayer