The issue of purity
1. Gods plan
- not one time (v.3)
Fornication- all immoral sins (porn)
- anything that provokes sexual desires which cannot be righteously fulfilled (porneia)
Uncleanness- moral purity
Covetousness- greediness
Filthiness obscenity
Foolish talking- unwise talk
Jesting- vulgarity
- not one idol (3,5)
- not one deception (6)
- not one fellowship (11)
- a close relationship
- not one word (12)
2. Our problem
- we have a problem with lust
- a desire for something you can't rightly have (lust)
- we have a problem with wrong thinking
- porn is harmless entertainment
- images on a screen are just objects to fulfill sexual desires
- love is love
- only people with perfect bodies are attractive
- same sex attraction means you are gay
- how you feel is more important than what you are
- homosexuality is harmless
- you should be able to do what you want to do
- we have a problem of being influenced by the lifestyle around you
3. Our hope
Gods prescription
- the power of Gods Word (19)
- drastic obedience
Prov. 8:13, ps. 101:3; 119:4, 128
- remove, resist, reprove, redeem (3-5, 7, 11, 16)
- Spirit dependent living (18)
- the power of thankfulness (20)