Flee From Youthful Lust/Purity is Possible
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Objective:
Objective:
To teach and convince that purity is possible, and why it is important to find Christ young ( 2 Timothy 2:22). To convince youth that sexual sin is by far the most dangerous addition one can fall into. To help our youth strategize different ways to avoid the pitfalls of sexual immorality.
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
Diagnosis: We live in a society that tells us to do as you feel. A society that tells you gender is fluid, that love is love, no matter if it is same sex, that sex is okay if you are boyfriend & girlfriend, and that if you are a virgin then you are not sexually active. These lies are damaging to this generations youth. However, the biggest lie is the lie that you have time to get it together, or rather the lie that youth hear daily ( your still young). Sin doesn’t discriminate because of age, and if not careful a young sinner will find out just how hard it is to shake of sin when they become old regardless of Salvation. An old Theologian name J.C. Ryle once said this “ Young men, do not be deceived. Don’t think you can , at will, serve lusts and pleasures in your beginning,and then go and serve God with ease at your latter end”.
Is Purity Possible?
Is Purity Possible?
The answer is yes, but the real question is how? Were do we start, when do we start, and how do we start? However, before we start we must ask what is the biblical definition of sexual sex purity.
Sexual Purity: Honoring and pleasing God with the body and mind by avoiding and fleeing from sexual sin
So based on the definition of sexual purity how many of you are sexually active?
I would assume that a lot of individuals get being a virgin and sexually active confused. When I ask youth if they are sexually active, they usually they all say no. They naturally assume since they haven’t had intercourse then they are not sexually active. So now we must define sexually active in a Godly context.
Sexually active: Any lustful thought or action that goes outside of the naturally God ordained design or biological context.
Read Scripture: Matthew 5:28
But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You know the next commandment pretty well, too: ‘Don’t go to bed with another’s spouse.’ But don’t think you’ve preserved your virtue simply by staying out of bed. Your heart can be corrupted by lust even quicker than your body. Those leering looks you think nobody notices—they also corrupt.
Now lets ask that question again, are you sexually active.
Our minds can easily become the devils playground. This is why we must know where to start when it comes to the idea of sex.
What is the purpose of sex and why did God create it
God created sex to speak to that of his glory. Remember God’s glory becomes before all things. So sex done right brings Glory to God. However, God’s glory goes hand and hand with his purpose. God’s glory is highlighted when God’s purpose is being attempted and is being fulfilled. God’s purpose for sex is reproduction of his image. However, God’s glory is only displayed when sex is done in its proper context (Marriage), however, God’s purpose can still be fulfilled outside of marriage. Homosexuality, is an abomination because it dishonors both God’s glory (design) and his purpose.
The bible says in Genesis 1:27-28 and Genesis 2:24 that God clearly made man for women, and he gave them a command to multiply. This command was given with the knowledge that only a man and a women can multiply.
We get off track in life because of Satan’s seeds of __________. We get a glance of this in Genesis 3: 1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
So, Satan would clearly plant the seed of love is love.
God has a plan in the area of sex, or better yet a solution. God wants us to ________ to after the wedding to engage in sexual activity. Read Hebrews 13:1 and 1 Corinthians 7:9
But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
How do we start pursing God’s plan for sexual Purity? We must _______ from sexual temptation. Read Genesis 39: 7-13
And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and he has put everything that he has in my charge. He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God?” And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he would not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.
But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, she caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,
Run, Run, Run
Run, Run, Run
Running is not just and offense tactic, but it is also defensive. We must run from all forms of __________.
Pornography
Sexual Music
Highly Sexual active Friends
Too many unsupervised stolen moments.
An overload of Social Media
An Unsaved boyfriend or girlfriend
Sexting or sexual conversations
Experimenting
Things that would alter your state of thinking ( Not being sober minded).
When we run from these things, it is because we don’t want to be tempted. Temptation will make hard for us not to _________ against God.
God wants us to ________ Godly virtues. Read 1 Timothy 2:22 and 1 Timothy 6: 11-12
But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
Now the question is how do we start, or the better question how do we not start? The idea of fighting a battle is to be prepared before the battle. Here is some advice that can help
Honest Parents
Honesty with yourself
Non-negotiable boundaries.
Stay and God’s word and remembering if you love him your keep his commandments
Hanging with friends that have the same mindset to maintaining purity
Understanding true love (Mind, Body, and Soul). If I love you the way God commands, then I wouldn’t want to jeopardize your soul. To the young men in the class remember that if you are involved with a young lady, then you have a responsibility to present her blameless.
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In conclusion : The cure for sexual purity is marriage and environment. The odds for staying pure has a lot to do with your environment. I will be honest, if you grow up in a household that doesn’t practice and expect Godly principles to be upheld then sexual purity will be challenging. If your environment is Godly, then reach out to your friends that do have this structure. In addition, don’t date to much, begin to look for a equally yoked mate young. The average adult will have 4-8 sexual partners before they get married. This means the first person you have sex with you will not marry.