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Big Idea: Only the Gospel can free you from your flesh.1 Corinthians 6:12-20I. Your body no longer belongs to you1 Corinthians 6:12-14“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything. “Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food,” and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. God raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by his power.II. …because you are Christ’s body.1 Corinthians 6:15-17Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not! Don’t you know that anyone joined to a prostitute is one body with her? For Scripture says, The two will become one flesh. But anyone joined to the Lord is one spirit with him.III. But your body still matters. 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee sexual immorality! Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the person who is sexually immoral sins against his own body.IV. So, fill your body with what matters most.1 Corinthians 6:19-20Don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. So glorify God with your body.Next Steps: Believe: I surrender my body and my soul to Christ today.Become: I surrender my body to Christ all over again today.Be Sent: I will be his body to someone far from Christ this week.Discussion Questions: If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? Why?Are there some religious rules you no longer feel like you need to follow? If so, what and why?Did someone see your good deed and praise your Father in Heaven last week (Matthew 5:16)?How exactly does Christ change a person when they become a Christian? (I.E. looks, personality, desires, habits, etc.)Is there a habit that we can pray for Jesus to give you the power over? How will you surrender your flesh to the Holy Spirit this week?Pray for the Holy Spirit to have greater control over your flesh this week.