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Chapter 1: X3pure SeriesIn The Beginning


The Garden of Eden


• The only place in the Bible where we see a relationship in a perfected state

The Garden of Eden


• The only place in the Bible where we see a relationship in a perfected state

• Adam & the Woman

The Garden of Eden


The Purpose of Sex


• What’s the purpose of sex?

The Purpose of Sex



The Purpose of Sex

• Physical release?



The Purpose of Sex

• Physical release?

• This is a benefit of sex, but not the purpose


The Purpose of Sex


• The purpose of sex is oneness

The Purpose of Sex



The Purpose of Sex

• Tim Allen Gardner, Sacred Sex



The Purpose of Sex


• We try to separate our sexuality from our total being



The Purpose of Sex


• We try to separate our sexuality from our total being

• Sexuality should be addressed from day one


Re-Teaching Sexuality: Brought, Not Found


• “He who finds a wife finds a good thing.” Proverbs 18:22





• Adam didn’t find the woman. She was BROUGHT to him




• Adam didn’t find the woman. She was BROUGHT to him

• You can find something accidentally



• God told Adam He would create a help mate for him




• God brought Eve while Adam was in an unconscious state





• He brought her to Adam (Genesis 2:18)





• He brought her to Adam (Genesis 2:18)

• God is using this time to make you the perfect help mate for your covenant partner


Sex Makes You One


• “They were naked and not ashamed.” Genesis 2:25

Sex Makes You One



Sex Makes You One

• There is so much shame now attached to sexual activity



Sex Makes You One

• There is so much shame now attached to sexual activity

• The shame began in Genesis 3: “Who told you that you were naked?”


Sex Makes You One


• The consequences of sex do not change just because the circumstances do

Sex Makes You One


• The consequences of sex do not change just because the circumstances do

Sex Makes You One

• We become one with who we sleep with (1 Corinthians 6:15-16)


Sex Makes You One


• We experience shame directly from the sexual choices we’ve made

Sex Makes You One



Sex Makes You One

• Covenant: With God’s blessings



Sex Makes You One

• Covenant: With God’s blessings

• With covenant there is a different level of protection that you have than when you’re outside of covenant


The Woman as Helper


• In the garden, the woman was described as a Helper

The Woman as Helper


• In the garden, the woman was described as a Helper

The Woman as Helper

• It’s pivotal to find out what a man’s purpose is before you decide to align your purpose with his


The Woman as Helper


• Adam named Eve twice

The Woman as Helper



The Woman as Helper

1) In the garden: Woman Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh. I will call her woman because she was taken out of man. (Genesis 2:23)



The Woman as Helper


2) After sin: Eve I will call her Eve, the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20)



The Woman as Helper


2) After sin: Eve I will call her Eve, the mother of all living. (Genesis 3:20)

• There was brokenness from the very beginning


The Woman as Helper


• We as women were made to help

The Woman as Helper



The Woman as Helper

• Either we will help a man to heaven or we will help a man to hell



The Woman as Helper

• Either we will help a man to heaven or we will help a man to hell

• “Hell is truth seen too late”


The Power of Temptation


• We all have a tree like Eve did



• We all have a tree like Eve did


• The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat and that it would make her wise, so she tool some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her and he ate it. (Genesis 3:6)


• “We only get tempted if its tempting”





• Sexual experiences are good





• Then their eyes were opened to good and evil. (Genesis 3:7)





• Then their eyes were opened to good and evil. (Genesis 3:7)

• There are certain consequences to sex that God never intended for our lives


The Curses


• For Eve: Pain in childbirth and a desire for her husband

The Curses



The Curses

• This is not about a journey to perfection. This is a journey to purity.



The Curses


• For Adam: He would have to toil in the field and sweat



The Curses


• For Adam: He would have to toil in the field and sweat

• Don’t take on more curses than you’re called to


The Benefits of Touching and Agreeing



• How can two walk together unless they be agreed? (Amos 3:3)




• Mind, body & spirit





• God is in the midst when two touch and agree. (Matthew 18:19-20)





• God is in the midst when two touch and agree. (Matthew 18:19-20)

• “Sex is as much of a spiritual mystery as it is a physical fact.”

1 Corinthians 6:16


Concluding Chapter 1


• Do a study on some of the women who suffered from the sexual brokenness of sin:





- Sarah- Lot’s daughters- Leah- Dinah- Delilah- Bathsheba- Gomer




- Sarah- Lot’s daughters- Leah- Dinah- Delilah- Bathsheba- Gomer

• The Bible is full of women who are just like us

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