Session 1 God’s Design for Gender and Sexuality Primary texts: 1:26–31; 2:18–25 Opening Illustration Imagine a highly advanced machine—perhaps an aircraft navigation system or a complex surgical device. Such a machine does not come without instructions. The manufacturer provides a manual explaining: how the machine was designed to operate how its parts work together what will happen if the system is misused Now imagine someone throwing away that manual and saying: “I will decide how this machine should function.” The result would not be freedom—it would be malfunction and destruction . That picture describes our culture today. Humanity has attempted to disconnect identity, gender, and sexuality from the Creator who designed them . Instead of asking, “What did God intend?” the modern question has become, “What do I feel?” The result is confusion: confusion about gender confusion about sexuality confusion about marriage confusion about identity But the Christian faith begins...