Fighting Fair - This Profound Mystery - Week 5 - Sermon - Matt Chandler - 5/5/24

Song of Solomon 5:1-6
Whether single or married, you can only truly understand yourself as you develop your relationship with God and others. Conflict with close friends and spouses holds a mirror up, helping us to grow in maturity, and to reflect Christ’s covenantal faithfulness in our relationships.
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[@lynnshii6737]

Two ticks no dog analogy...love it

[@danieldowdell9831]

Good Today ! __ " Jesus the Christ of GOD ", a simple trueth easily found in the early Writings of the Jewish Be-Livers of the " Way, Trueth, Life ". ___ humbly , neighbour daniel

[@robjvmedia260]

To invoke Jesus' perfect singlehood as an argument against the "necessity" of sex within a MARRIAGE is a most destructive thing to do from the podium. The Bible speaks very clearly on the prominence of sex within marriage; so we don't need to construe a theology of marital sex from Jesus' singleness.

[@Parlaypigeon]

That’s not at all what he was saying, sex is not the pinnacle of a relationship is what he was getting at- Jesus had the deepest relationships- and didn’t need sex to accomplish it- it’s a shadow not the substance-
This thought has helped me understand this concept best- we are not physical beings having a spiritual experience- but rather we are spiritual beings having a physical experience- this is why Jesus in the sermon on the mount takes the problems of the flesh and makes them about the heart- sex is the physical outward act of a deep spiritual love between two people- the spiritual is greater than the physical

[@robjvmedia260]

@@Parlaypigeon Still, I think you're making the same error as Matt (given I properly understand what he meant in the first place) in that you're using the quality of Jesus' friendships as a measure of the place of sex within a marriage. If Matt were addressing singles in a sex-saturated culture, then his argument would be relevant, but this was a marriage series. Think of it this way: you no doubt have heard plenty of sermons citing the depth of David and Jonathan's friendship, but have you ever heard it cited with regard to married couples - especially with regard to the place of marital sex? I've been a believer for almost all of my life, and I can't think of one instance. It's not that to do so would be wrong but out of place. Lastly, regarding your "sex is the shadow" comment, I disagree. Marital sex is not a shadow but a catalyst. When enjoyed rightly between husband and wife, unlike anything else can, it produces love on top of love that manifests in greater charity, greater fidelity, greater service, and more oneness each time the couple abandons themselves to one another. It's not some passive effect or byproduct; it's essential to flourishing.