What Does Jesus Say About Sex? | Matt. 19:4-6 & 1 Cor. 6:9-20 | Chapel Hill Church Gig Harbor

Our culture is saturated with messages about sex — that it defines you, fulfills you, and that restraint is oppressive. But if that vision is right, why are so many people left with confusion, regret, and shame? Maybe there’s a better way.
In this first message of our new series, Questions We’re All Asking, Pastor Ellis tackles one of the most asked questions of our time: what does Jesus actually say about sex? Not what the culture says. Not what you’ve been told the church says. What Jesus says.
From Matthew 19 and 1 Corinthians 6, we find that Jesus doesn’t just tell us what to avoid — he shows us a design. And Paul gives us three reasons why that design matters:

1. Doing what you want won’t set you free: Christian freedom isn’t the freedom to follow every impulse. It’s the freedom to refuse what would enslave you.
2. You can’t separate “you” from your body: Your body is not temporary packaging for your real self. God is going to raise it. What you do in your body shapes you.
3. Sex unites you to another person: Sex is not just physical. It is personal, spiritual, and creates a bond that is difficult to undo.

If you’re carrying shame from past sexual failure, or if you’ve never heard this topic handled with both honesty and compassion — this message is for you.