Maximizing your Health
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
I. “Body” Approaches
NOTE: Freedom is solely a gift of Grace.
Negative Approach 1 - Body Abusers.
1 Corinthians 6:12 - "’All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial.”
NOTE: The Body Abuser attitude... Selfishness.
Negative Approach 2 - Body Indulgers.
1 Corinthians 6:12b - "’All things are lawful for me,’ but I will not be dominated by anything.”
NOTE: Body Indulgers are driven by instincts.
Negative Approach 3 - Body Haters.
1 Corinthians 6:14 - “God raised the Lord and will also raise us by his power.”
NOTE: The Body Haters belief...the body is a nuisance.
Positive Approach 1 - Body Stewards.
1 Corinthians 6:19 - “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own?
Application: Your body is sacred ground, and you are the property manager.
II. The Maximizer’s Keys to Health
Key #1 - Avoid toxicities.
1 Corinthians 6:18 - “Shun fornication! Every sin that a person commits is outside the body; but the fornicator sins against the body itself.”
Bumper Sticker: When all else fails... run away.
POINT: When we give in to temptation, we not only defile our bodies...we sacrifice our souls.
Application: True freedom allows us to master our instincts rather than our instincts mastering us.
Key #2 - Develop a strategic partnership with God.
1 Corinthians 6:17 - “Anyone united to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.”
Question: What alliances are you forming?
Application: God invites you to be his partner for life.
Key #3 - Honor God in everything.
1 Corinthians 6:20 - For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
Thomas Carlyle – “Show me the man you honor and I will know what kind of man you are.”
POINT: Jesus invested everything for your freedom.
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