Lakita Garth - The Naked Truth Students Guide

2007 Lakita Garth

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Revell edition published 2014

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For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. The man and the woman were both naked, and they felt no shame.

GOD (GENESIS 2:24-25)

Pick almost any movie made for teenagers and adults (PG-13 or R) and you are guaranteed to see someone in bed or in the shower with someone else. Most of us have watched intimate encounters on television and in the movies for much of our lives.

By the time most of us are in high school, we begin to wonder, What would it be like to have an intense romantic relationship? Will I ever fall in love and have great sex?

Theres a reason sex is such a big part of our culture: God made us not only to want sex but also to enjoy sex for a lifetime.

From the very beginning, God created man and woman to enjoy each other. We were shaped to find pleasure in the opposite sex: their bodies, their minds, and their spiritual lives. We were created to fully know someone and to be fully known.

Gods plan for you includes a great, satisfying andyes!amazing sex life. Do you want to know Gods plan for a great sex life?

Now its time to meet Lakita! In each lesson you will have a chance to hear from Lakita Garth, who has lived her life following Gods call to abstain from sex until marriage. As you watch this video, write down any questions or thoughts that come to you in the journal space provided below. Enjoy the video!

Take a moment to talk with your leader and others in the group about questions and comments you have after watching the video.

Whether we realize it or not, all of us have an opinion about sex. Below are some typical comments you might hear people say about sex before marriage:

Other people may contract a sexually transmitted disease, but it wont happen to me; Ill be careful.

Sex is just for having babies, its not something to enjoy.

Oral sex and touching are a safe way to show love physically without actually having sex.

Condoms are the best way to practice safe sex.

If Ive already had sex, theres really no good reason to not have sex before marriage since Im no longer a virgin.

If Im dating the person I know Im going to marry, then its okay to have sex because they will eventually be my spouse.

Everybody, except for really religious or ugly people, enjoy sex.

Sex just happens.

Are these statements, ideas and assumptions true? Yes, no, maybe? The problem with discovering truth is that sometimes a lie wears a mask that looks a lot like the face of truth. In fact, a really good lie needs to have some truth in order for it to be believable.

Check out the situations below and think about what seems true and what seems like a lie.

Bobby and Sharon were celebrating their one-month anniversary since they began dating. One night, after going to see a movie, Sharon told Bobby that her roommate had gone home for the weekend and that they had her dorm room to themselves. Bobby and Sharon started making out and pretty soon found themselves wanting to go all the way. Sharon said they had better not because she didnt want to get pregnant. Bobby said, We wont do this all the time. We love each other and this is our anniversary. After all, its not likely that youll get pregnant if we do it just once. It cant happen to us.

What seems true about Bobbys opinion?

What seems untrue about his opinion?

Katrina had lots of questions about sex. She had just attended a Christian retreat with her church group and the speaker told them to just say no to sex. In fact, he told them that listening to hip hop, watching music videos and viewing R-rated movies was evil. The problem was, Katrina was curious about sex even though she knew that God intended for her to wait until she was married. So, she talked to her older cousin, Regina, who was living with her boyfriend. Regina laughed when Katrina told her about the guest speaker at the retreat. Regina pointed out, Having sex before you are married prepares you to have a better and more satisfying sex life with your future spouse because you have more practice.

What seems true about Reginas opinion?

What seems untrue about Reginas opinion?

Everyone has an opinion about sex. Many of us grow up in church learning that sex before marriage is wrong, yet most of the time its never explained why its wrong. Sex and drugs are often under the category of just say no. If our parents are single and have an active dating life, we might learn that sex outside of marriage is acceptable, as long as you love each other, are in a committed relationship or if you do it responsibly.

How do you know whats really true about sex?

Thats what we are going to be studying for the next eight weeks. You are going to learn to know the difference between truths and lies that are wrapped in truths clothing to deceive people.

Now lets take a look at a couple of stories from the Bible in which someone needed to decide the difference between the truth and a lie.

What would paradise look like to you? How about eating all the food you want, having great weather, walking close with God, and being able to run around completely naked with the person created especially for you? In fact, you would feel so loved and accepted by God and the other person that you would not feel any sense of embarrassment or shame. Well, thats what it was like for the first man and woman.