Immorality vs. Purity

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Immorality vs. Purity

• While it is true that not all immorality is
  sexual in nature, it is also true that neither
  can these two terms be completely isolated from
  one another biblically.
• Weve spent a couple of lessons dealing with
  immorality generally and its opposite
  specifically- Purity.
• Purifying our hearts, minds, conscience,
  language, and bodies.

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Sexual Immorality

• Is there any form of immorality with which we are
  more confronted than that of sexual immorality?
  Think about it
• What product is sold without a sexual slant to
  the advertising?
• What day goes by in which we dont hear of some
  sexually-based crime?

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Sexual Immorality

• What TV show can you watch without sexually-based
  jokes, situations, premises, or demonstrations?
• It has even been a mainstay of government and
  religious legislation for the last several years.
  
• Many forms of safe sex are touted rather than
  no sex or abstinance.

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Sexual Immorality

• There are a couple of things we must be willing
  to acknowledge before we can be effective in
  dealing with these issues
• 1) the pervasive nature sex in our culture
• 2) the fact that as these issues have changed
  our society, they have also had influence within
  the Church.
• 3) the Church not only can, but must return
  purity, 1Cor.69-10.

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Sexual Immorality

• How has sexual immorality influenced the
  Church?
• 1. We no longer have the proper attitude toward
  sexual immorality.
• With regard to fornication/adultery, Heb.134
  Matt.532 Matt.199.
• With regard to immodest/improper dress, 1Tim.29
  1Pet.33.
• With regard to our children, Eph.64.
• With regard to our personal purity, 1Thess.43-6
  Matt.528.

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Sexual Immorality

• How has sexual immorality influenced the
  Church?
• 2. We no longer have the proper action toward
  sexual immorality.
• What happened to flee immorality ? 1Cor.618
• Our stance seems to have become more of a passive
  tolerance- an I dont participate but neither do
  I condmen others who do approach. Cf.
  Eph.55-14
• We may not actively participate but are we all
  to willing to watch and laugh along with others
  who do because It doesnt affect me? Dont kid
  / deceive yourself.

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Sexual Immorality

• How has sexual immorality influenced the
  Church?
• 2. We no longer have the proper action toward
  sexual immorality.
• If we do not endeavor to keep our homes pure,
  exactly how is it that we plan to keep ourselves
  and our children pure?
• We even attend events and frequent places which
  promote immoral behavior. Many festivals are
  nothing more than drunken feasts where every
  encouragement is provided to act upon improper
  thoughts and motives.

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Sexual Immorality

• So, what are we going to do about it?
• 1. If its true, we are going to acknowledge that
  we have become spiritual adultresses, James 44.
• 2. We are going to change our improper motives,
  James 43.
• 3. We are going to change our imporper desires,
  James 44.
• . We are going to change our improper
  submission, James 45-10.
• We are going to purify our hearts, minds,
  bodies!

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