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Notes: How to Overcome Lust and Protect Your Mind
Greg Laurie
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Series: Salt and Light
Matthew 5
Music: Harvest Worship Band
https://www.harvest.org/watch-and-listen/webcast/watch/how-to-overcome-lust-and-protect-your-mind
We are all tempted.
Sin doesn’t always show itself as sin. It shows itself as an opportunity.
The devil will make a sin look as the best experience you will ever have.
The devil tries to tempt us, it is not a sin to be tempted.
If your under spiritual attack, that could indicate that you are on the right track. Where there is no desire, there is no temptation.
We play a role in temptation.
James 1:14-15 NLT
[14] Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. [15] These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
5 Steps of Temptation:
We are all tempted.
1. The temptation itself
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
[13] The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
It’s not the bait that constitutes temptation, it’s the bite.
2. You are under it’s desire and enjoying the experience.
3. You are almost hooked.
4. You are in sin.
Sin can be fun, other times there isn’t.
5. Then the ramifications come.
You are separating yourself from God.
You have to restore yourself with God.
1 John 1:9 NLT
[9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
2 Corinthians 11:3 NLT
[3] But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
2 Corinthians 10:4 NLT
[4] We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
What did Jesus say:
Matthew 5:27-28 NLT
[27] "You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must not commit adultery.' [28] But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You have to keep your guard up at all times.
David experienced this with Bathsheba. David just kept doing more bad things. It all started with a thought.
Your sin will find you out. It all starts in your mind.
Take practical steps. If you are watching a movie and something comes on that you shouldn’t be watching, then turn it off or walk out of the room.
This includes conversations with the opposite sex, or even texting.
T.H.I.N.K. before you speak: Is it true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind
Greg Laurie
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Series: Salt and Light
Matthew 5
Music: Harvest Worship Band
https://www.harvest.org/watch-and-listen/webcast/watch/how-to-overcome-lust-and-protect-your-mind
We are all tempted.
Sin doesn’t always show itself as sin. It shows itself as an opportunity.
The devil will make a sin look as the best experience you will ever have.
The devil tries to tempt us, it is not a sin to be tempted.
If your under spiritual attack, that could indicate that you are on the right track. Where there is no desire, there is no temptation.
We play a role in temptation.
James 1:14-15 NLT
[14] Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. [15] These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
5 Steps of Temptation:
We are all tempted.
1. The temptation itself
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
[13] The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
It’s not the bait that constitutes temptation, it’s the bite.
2. You are under it’s desire and enjoying the experience.
3. You are almost hooked.
4. You are in sin.
Sin can be fun, other times there isn’t.
5. Then the ramifications come.
You are separating yourself from God.
You have to restore yourself with God.
1 John 1:9 NLT
[9] But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
2 Corinthians 11:3 NLT
[3] But I fear that somehow your pure and undivided devotion to Christ will be corrupted, just as Eve was deceived by the cunning ways of the serpent.
2 Corinthians 10:4 NLT
[4] We use God's mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments.
What did Jesus say:
Matthew 5:27-28 NLT
[27] "You have heard the commandment that says, 'You must not commit adultery.' [28] But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
You have to keep your guard up at all times.
David experienced this with Bathsheba. David just kept doing more bad things. It all started with a thought.
Your sin will find you out. It all starts in your mind.
Take practical steps. If you are watching a movie and something comes on that you shouldn’t be watching, then turn it off or walk out of the room.
This includes conversations with the opposite sex, or even texting.
T.H.I.N.K. before you speak: Is it true, helpful, inspiring, necessary, kind
Matthew 5:29 NLT
[29] So if your eye-even your good eye-causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Jesus is not speaking literally. Even if you gauged out your right eye, you could still sin with your left eye.
He is saying, anything that morally or spiritually traps us or causes us to sin or stay in sin, it should be eliminated quickly and totally.
Do whatever it takes to eliminate the temptation and sin from your life.
The best defense we have is the word of God.
Psalm 119:11-12 NLT
[11] I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. [12] I praise you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.
Psalm 119:111-112 NLT
[111] Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart's delight. [112] I am determined to keep your decrees to the very end.
Memorize verses.
1 Corinthians 10:13 NLT
[13] The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
Whenever you are tempted, there is always a way out.
“The expulsive power of a new affection.”
The new affection is Jesus Christ.
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