Bought with a Price: Glorify God with Your Body

In this part of the sermon: Martin notes that Paul addresses fornication in 1 Corinthians 6, a pervasive issue in Roman culture and among Corinthian believers. He critiques simplistic modern antidotes (demon…

Martin contrasts the common modern idea of casting out a 'demon of lust' for sexual sin with Paul's complex, multi-strand biblical antidote, highlighting the lack of demonic suggestion in Paul's treatment.

that he did not have a simple one-strand antidote to the sin of fornication unlike many in our day who would say if a man is a Christian and he is struggling with the sin of illicit sexual activity he has some demon of lust and he has some demon of lust and that that demon of lust ought to be identified named and cast out and when it is he will be delivered from any real ongoing struggles with the sin of fornication well there is not the slightest suggestion in Paul's treatment of this subject in a context in which it was a chronic problem that there was demonic activity involved there is not ...

5:20 - 6:45 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin notes that Paul addresses fornication in 1 Corinthians 6, a pervasive issue in Roman culture and among Corinthian believers. He critiques simplistic modern antidotes (demon…

He contrasts the idea that sexual impurity stems from a lack of 'higher Christian experience' (Wesleyan perfectionism or intense Holy Spirit baptism) with Paul's teaching, which offers no such suggestion.

that he did not have a simple one-strand antidote to the sin of fornication unlike many in our day who would say if a man is a Christian and he is struggling with the sin of illicit sexual activity he has some demon of lust and he has some demon of lust and that that demon of lust ought to be identified named and cast out and when it is he will be delivered from any real ongoing struggles with the sin of fornication well there is not the slightest suggestion in Paul's treatment of this subject in a context in which it was a chronic problem that there was demonic activity involved there is not ...

5:20 - 6:45 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: Martin notes that Paul addresses fornication in 1 Corinthians 6, a pervasive issue in Roman culture and among Corinthian believers. He critiques simplistic modern antidotes (demon…

Martin uses the analogy of people flocking to easy answers for sexual impurity (casting out demons, special experiences) to highlight the human desire for a simple solution, which the Bible does not offer.

one note answer it is a complex intricate cord of biblical truths truths that must first of all come to the enlightened understanding through the ministry of the Holy Spirit which must then be believingly embraced by the child of God and then practically implemented in terms of the demands which those who are born of the Holy Spirit and those truths make upon the believer now that's not a simple answer and this is why people flock to those who say are you weary of your struggles with sexual impurity here is the answer let's name the demons of lust and cast them out and you'll be forever delive...

8:12 - 9:39 Read in full sermon

The point: Recognize that as a Christian, you are in no sense to regard yourself as your own property; you are not free to choose what to do with your body, appetites, or the ends and standards of your life.

He contrasts the modern emphasis on 'doing your own thing,' 'self-realization,' and 'self-actualization' with the radical biblical affirmation 'You are not your own,' showing how counter-cultural this truth is.

affirmation with which they begin you are not your own to every Corinthian believer the apostle makes this very solemn searching affirmation you are not your own now in the day when men are constantly being urged to do their own thing to be their own person where self realization and self actualization and self fulfillment and self expression are the gods of modern man to be told you are not your own is nothing short of radical but that's exactly what the text says and that the apostle affirms this in this setting with reference to the sin and problem of fornication in particular that it is no...

15:32 - 16:59 Read in full sermon

Driving home: If he should lay down his life to pay the price of his own life's blood purchasing us at the price of his own agony upon the cross surely it is reasonable that all those thus purchased should say here Lord I give myself …

Martin quotes the hymn 'Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all' to illustrate the reasonable response of a purchased soul to Christ's sacrifice.

as the Lord Jesus God incarnate the God man the one who described in Philippians chapter 2 emptied himself taking the form of a servant if he should lay down his life to win us back to God if he should lay down his life to pay the price of his own life's blood purchasing us at the price of his own agony upon the cross surely it is reasonable that all those thus purchased should say here Lord I give myself away is all that I can do love so amazing so divine not only demands but shall have my life my all Romans 14 tells us that this was one of the very explicit purposes that our Lord had in his ...

27:06 - 28:34 Read in full sermon

The point: Come to grips with the reality that as a Christian, you are not your own property, and all your bodily appetites, passions, faculties, and energies are not self-determining.

He recounts Paul and Silas singing praises to God while in stocks and lacerated at Philippi, demonstrating how Paul magnified Christ in his body even in suffering and restraint.

me to live is Christ as the focal point of my life. How do I live out my life but in a bodily existence? Therefore, if my passion to please and honor and glorify Christ is something more than a passing devotional notion, Christ must be magnified in my body. If my body must be confined within a house arrest circumstance, in that setting, I want Christ magnified in my body. In my reaction to my captors, I want to magnify Christ in my body. When that very body was placed in stocks and its back was lacerated there at Philippi, He had the same passion that Christ be magnified in that body. And thou...

37:19 - 38:32 Read in full sermon

The point: Reject 'bogus' substitute Christian faith that offers an easy way out without demanding complete self-giving, and instead embrace biblical Christianity where salvation in Christ leads to giving oneself completely to Him.

Martin describes a 'bogus' substitute Christian faith that suggests doing your own thing and occasionally thinking about Jesus will fix everything, contrasting it with biblical Christianity's demand for complete self-giving.

Make God grant That for us as the Lord's people There will be a fresh And a joyful Reality We are not alone You've been bought with a price And that our deepest passion and longing Is that the God who bought us Would be our God Would be glorified in these bodies While we yet serve him in this life In our bodily existence And then to know That in the resurrection We shall be given a body In which we will serve him Without weariness Without sickness and disease And pain And without even the need for sleep For there shall be No night there And the scripture says They shall serve him Day and night...

48:04 - 49:32 Read in full sermon