Everyone is tempted. Jesus was tempted and yet did not sin. However, most people are not comfortable knowing that those sins tempt their spiritual leaders who may have committed those sins recently. Jesus warned about looking to lust after others because this means that adultery is within one’s heart. How did the first Christians address lust and sexual sins? Did they have to face pornography? In the Bible, the apostle Paul addressed the Christians at Corinth who were once adulterers, sexual immoral, homosexuals, and effeminate. Paul exhorted these Christians to remain pure and avoid these sins that are contrary to the kingdom of heaven. Christians are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor 6). This study focuses on the definitions of sins and “pornography,” the sin of looking to lust, how to prevent and overcome sexual sins.

Scripture Reading: Matthew 5:27-30 (read by Jimmy Sullivan)

Lesson by Scott Shifferd

Recorded September 4, 2016 at the Dean Road church of Christ in Jacksonville, FL