Jim's Marriage Guardrails: Don't Do This | More Than a Game | Week 3

Main message: The sermon called Christians to resist sexual temptation by fleeing sexual immorality, honor God's design for marriage (one man, one woman, exclusive sexual union), and pursue repentance, forgiveness, and healthy boundaries when sin has occurred.

Key points:

• Temptation is universal, but God is faithful and provides a way of escape so we can choose not to sin (1 Corinthians 10:13).
• Biblical command: "Flee sexual immorality" — proactively run from situations that lead toward sexual sin (1 Corinthians 6).
• Sexual immorality (porneia) is any sexual activity outside the covenant of heterosexual marriage; pornography, adultery, affairs and lustful fantasizing are all condemned and equally serious before God.
• Sexual sin has uniquely devastating consequences for spouses, children, and families — it's not isolated to just the people directly involved.
• Forgiveness is commanded and modeled by Jesus, but true forgiveness includes repentance, accountability, new boundaries, and an end to putting oneself back at risk.

Scriptures mentioned: 1 Corinthians 10:13, 1 Corinthians 6, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 5:27-28