Lust or Purity
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Thes 1:1-8
Purity
is God’s will for you (1-3)
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Sanctification
(holiness) not fornication (sexual sin)
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Society
today and in biblical times is dirty (incest, homosexuality, bestiality,
adultery)
o
If
lust ended our economy would take a nosedive
o
Russian
man who built a special coffin to take his porn with him.
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A
growing number of divorces from porn addiction
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Most
children have been exposed to pornography by age 10
§
Phil Burress: Found a pornographic magazine when he was
young. "For 25 years, he says, his
waking hours were dominated by the need to view pornography. It destroyed his
ability to be a loving husband, cost him financially and kept him emotionally
estranged from people who should have been close." Twice-divorced. Now free!
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Sex
is not unholy. The marriage bed is honorable
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Please
God by being pure
Satisfaction
is God’s will for you (4-5)
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God
doesn’t want you to be ruled by passionate lusts
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God
created sex
o
Unconditional
love in marriage is the goal of our natural desire for physical union
o
Married
people are more satisfied with sex (statistically)
o
Selfless
union is to overflow into new life (babies)
o
Lust
replaces the natural desire for love
o
Lust
is selfish rather than selfless
o
Lust
is "love" without selflessness
o
Lust
can never produce the unconditional love marriage is about
§ Wilt Chamberlain (basketball
star) said he slept with 20,000 women but said he’d trade them all for one
woman that he wanted to stay with forever.
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An
itch that the more you scratch it the worse it gets
o
Perpetuates
the division created at the fall
o
Addiction
happens quickly and easily
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Satisfaction
in purity is God’s plan for your life
God
will punish lust (6-8)
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Do
not cross the lines!
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Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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Looking intentionally
lustfully, let alone touching, crosses the line.
o
Intentionally attracting looks
of lust crosses the line.
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Tape
loses its stickiness and hurts when removed – sex is like that tape
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This
message is from the Lord and carries his authority
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God
has called you to be clean
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Guard
your children – filter your internet
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No
private internet access
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Careful
about movies
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Avoid
chat rooms
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Books
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