Counseling: Sexuality Flashcards
God created male and female
Mathew 19:4
Gen 1:27
The importance of these verses in terms of anthropology is that the definition of man does not start with man, but with God. It is God who creates, orders, assignes, names, and defines humans. In other words, man cannot define himself or his own gender, because man is not God.
Humans are unique
Science claims that we are nothing but animals, yet God created us distinct from animals, Gave them tasks and responsibilities, and crowned us with glory, and made us coheirs of the kingdom
Humans have dignity, worth, and purpose
Psalm 8:4-5
Psam 8:14-17
Biological distinctions between male and female
- Chromosonal differences: Female xx, Male xy
- Epgignetic process of imprinting that occurs in zygotes, create thousands of genetic differences between male and female, at conception, before birth
- Differences in sex organs
- Differences in reproductive systems (Gen 3:16)
5 Indirect differences (1 Peter 3:7)
- Hormonal differences: Androgens and Estrogens
Theological differences between man and woman
Gen 1:2, 1 Cor 11:8-9
Man
- Formed from the dust
- Tasked to Cultivate and keep
- Placed in Garden and Gave Names
- Responsible Leader (1 Timothey 3:1-10, 12:13, Titus 1:5-9))
- Sacrificial Protector (Ephesians 5:25-31, 1 Peter 3:7)
Woman
- Formed from Adam’s rib
- Task to be a helper/influencer
- brought to man and Given a Name
- Co-Laborer (Ephesians 5:15-24; 1 Timothy 3:11)
- Industrious Contributor(Proverbs 31:10-31, Titus 2:3-5)
Husbands are to lead their wives in…
Lead the wife and home in Christian love, devotion, and worship.
The husband sets the tone
How does man sinfully reject Gods created order?
Hormone therapy
Sex Change surgeries
Self Affirmation
Medical treatment of Gender dysphoria
- Puberty Blockers
- Cross-sex Hormones
- Surgical removal of breasts and/or reproductive organs
- Cosmetic operations
Through these treatments, the natural development of the child is arrested
Does gender reassignment surgery improve the mental health of those suffering from gender dysphoria?: The Sweden study (Legacy of sex-Reassignment Surgery)
A study conducted over a period of 15 years, on those who received gender reassignment surgery.)
- Suicide rate rose 20 times that of comparable peers
- increased risk of suicide attempts
- Increase risk of phychiatric inpatient care
Truths about gender reassignment surgery
- Sex change is physically impossible, gender is in every cell of our body (chromosomes)
- Sex or Gender, is a bodily reality, not assigned or reassigned, it is not socially constructed
- Medical science cannot answer questions about meaning or purpose, or morality
- Health care (including mental health) now serves primarily as a means to fulfilling patients desires (whatever they are)
Man’s sinful conclusion about gender identity
Personalizing and socializing sexuality
Gender identity
- a person’s inner sense of being male or female
- Develops during childhood as a result of parental rearing practices and societal influences and strenghtended by puberty and hormonal changes
- Can be different from one’s sex at birth
- determined by how one perceives oneself, or what one calls oneself
- who one knows oneself to be
Sexual orientation
- who one is attracted to
Gender Fluidity
- Gender is not fixed and shifts or changes with circumstance
- 100’s of gender identities and different pronouns
God’s design for sexual practice
Marital Monogamous heterosexuality
1 Sex is God’s idea
- Man alone was “not good” ()
- God mandate the means
- Male and Female
- Suitable and compatible
- Corresponding (Humans), but different (Gender) - God declared in good (Gen 1:27-31; 1 Tim 4:4-5)
- Sexuality came before the fall and before sin
- All things created by God are “good”
4 Marriage is the proper context (Hebrews 13:4, Matthew19:6, Leviticus 16:20))
- For physical union and intimacy (Genesis 2:24; Mathew 19:5-6; Mark 10:8)
- It is about Giving and not Getting (1 Corinthians 7:2-5)
- To protect against fornication and adultery
- Also for procreation (Genesis 1:22, 28; 9:1))
Is sex purely physical?
NO
sex is both physical and spiritual (1 Cor 6:13-16)
Is sex the purpose of marriage?
No
John 4:16 -18
Why is sex outside of marriage a bad idea?
This leads to conflict and consequences
1 Thess 4:1-8
Should sex be celebrated?
Yes, withing marriage
Prov 5:15-23
