Slides: God’s Creational Design
Ministering with Victory Over Sexual Sin
Henry Reyenga
God’s Creational Design
Henry Reyenga
God’s Creational Design
God created humanity with the desire for sexual intimacy to populate the earth. He created sexual intimacy to be practiced in a life long marriage.
Genesis 1:28 God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.”
Genesis 2:24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Creational Hardwired Design
Wisdom to Create, Produce, Work, Thrive, and Survive
Genesis 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Eating
Genesis 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;
Being Together in Intimacy
Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
God’s Hardwiring Design for our Bodies and Spirits
Working, Creating, and Subduing
Eating and Drinking
Intimacy
All of this is wonderful if love and service is the operating system of our souls.
Pleasurably Hardwired
Deep in our brain hardwiring, we find pleasure (the release of dopamine) when our work is getting done, our stomachs are filled, and our intimacy needs are being met.