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Matthew Mark Luke John Acts Romans 1 & 2 Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians

Luke 14 & 15

tohu wa bohu

Colossians 3: 4 when Christ who is your life appears then you also will appear with him

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Colossians 3: 1 -4 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Philippians 4: 8 -9 MSG Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious —the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

Philippians 4: 8 -9 MSG Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.

Hebrews 11: 1 Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

Colossians 3: 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3: 6 -8 Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these:

Colossians 3: 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

Colossians 3: 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

greed crave

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Boundar ies

If the ratio of the “gravitational force constant” to the “electromagnetic force constant” differed by any more than one part in 1040 no carbon based life form would be possible – anywhere.

If the “space energy density constant” (the ratio of the expanding universe to density, differed by one part in 10120 stars and planets of the sort that could potentially sustain life could not form.

anthropic principle

Genesis 1: 2 Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water.

Genesis 1: 2 ובהו תהו היתה והארץ void formless was earth the The earth was without shape and empty

ובהו תהו tohu wa bohu

Jeremiah 4: 23 I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void NIV I looked at the earth—it was back to pre-Genesis chaos and emptiness. MSG

Genesis 1: 3 -5 And God said, “Let there be light, ” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day, ” and the darkness he called “night. ” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Genesis 1: 6 -8 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water. ” So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. God called the vault “sky. ” And there was evening, and there was morning— the second day.

Genesis 1: 9 -10 And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear. ” And it was so. God called the dry ground “land, ” and the gathered waters he called “seas. ” And God saw that it was good.

Psalm 104: 7 But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight

Genesis 6: 5 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

Genesis 6: 4 In those days… giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

Genesis 6: 6 So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart.

Genesis 7: 11 on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened

God’s boundaries are put in place for the well-being of us and everything else

porn

sex

USA statistics 35% of children now live in one parent homes 19 million sexually transmitted infections each year half of them in people between age 15 & 24 1 in 5 people under the age of 30 has a sexually transmitted disease severe clinical depression is 2 x as likely among porn users vs non-porn users

3 neural chemicals dopamine oxytocin vasopressin dopamine

Bond Bond rip apart rip apart

3 neural chemicals dopamine oxytocin vasopressin dopamine

when two people come together it creates a one flesh relationship

1 Corinthians 6: 16 Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh. ”

updated pre-marriage preparation course Make them listen to one another eat a bowl of cereal. Setting thermostat temperature. Have couples try assembling a piece of IKEA furniture together. Make them watch each other load a dishwasher.

updated pre-marriage preparation course Have couples define when they consider a tube of toothpaste to be empty. Find out if one of them is a “snooze button” person. Make the couple take a road trip together with a cellphone-jammer in the car. Have them figure out which way the toilet paper goes on the reel.