1.Declaration-An explicit, formal announcement, either oral or written. Law
a. A formal statement by a plaintiff
specifying the facts and circumstances constituting his or her cause of action.
b. An unsworn statement of facts that is
admissible as evidence.
Lamentations 1:9 “She defiled
herself with immorality and gave no thought to her future. Now she lies in the
gutter with no one to lift her out. "LORD, see my misery," she cries.
"The enemy has triumphed."
• Immorality(sin, wickedness,
corruption, dishonesty) will leave you future less.
• Hollywood parties like a rock star
yet we seemingly never hear the stories of depression, loneliness, suicide,
sadness, nervous breakdowns, and destruction.
o They show us the pictures of what
sells and Selfishness sells.
o Momentary happiness sells.
o Heart doesn’t sell anymore.
o Character, integrity, truth, purity,
and Godliness don’t sell.
• They barely exist.
o Partying sells, sex sells, immorality
sells, destruction sells, and we are buying.
• Some of the church feels they can
live like they, want, hurt who they want say whatever they want, drink, smoke,
sleep with whomever they want and then there be no repercussions.
o But that is just not the truth of God
or God’s word.
Galatians 6:5 “For we are
each responsible for our own conduct. 7 Don't be misled—you cannot
mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. 8 Those who
live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest decay and death from
that sinful nature. But those who live to please the Spirit will harvest
everlasting life from the Spirit. 9 So let's not get tired of doing what is
good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't
give up.”
• We have to commit to the process of
God.
o I am responsible to God for my own
conduct.
• Commit to the process of change.
• Change takes time.
• Life alteration takes time.
• Commit to the process of God’s word.
• Commit to worship.
• Commit to prayer.
o I will be judged by God for every
word, every action, and every deed.
o God’s heart beats justice.
• Justice- the quality of being just,
impartial, or fair, conformity to truth, fact, or reason.
• I am not perfect but I am not what I
use to be…
o Hopeless, helpless, I felt like no
one loved me which made me feel homeless, lost and distant from God.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know
the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans for good
and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.”
2.God’s heart for my future I believe is filled with blessings
and not curses.
c. God’s desire is not to punish you, hurt you, hate on you He has
plans that are good.
d.God wants to ruin all my fun.
e. That’s not true God wants you to have a rich and satisfying
life.
i. Rich and satisfying is not unethical,
illegal, or immoral.
John 10:10 “The thief's
purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and
satisfying life.”
f. God’s heart for your future is bright.
g.God’s heart for my future I believe is filled with the impossible.
h.God’s heart for your future is unimaginable.
i. It will have problems it will have
difficulties, it will not always be Disneyland when you live life as a
Christian.
i. God’s heart for my future would astound, astonish, shock, and
utterly overwhelm me if I knew what God had planned for me.
2.Friends Without Benefits by Ron Luce.
i. On average, a sexual scene occurs on
TV 6.7 times per hour during the regular family viewing hours.
j. In fact, on MTV there are 3,000
sexual references each week.
i. Think about that: 3,000 messages a
week telling us in subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways how we should
think about sex and how we should be involved in it right now before we’re married.
k. People declare, “Sex is just what people
do-particularly young people with raging hormones.
i. So let’s get this straight: We can train our dog not to go to the
bathroom inside the house, but we can’t train ourselves to say no?
l. The broader picture is that those in
the media who produce content for teens (such as those at MTV) have a picture
of what they want to make young people into.
m.
For guys,
this picture is a “mook”/pimp-a gross and immature perverted
young adolescent.
i. Somehow, they claim, acting this way
will make you feel like a man.
ii.
It is as
if they are trying to train you to be a dog.
n.Ladies they have a word for you, too:”midriff.” Slore-slut whore combo
i. They want you to act older than what
you are, strut what you have, and turn the guys’ heads, as if somehow that will make you feel more
important and valued.
ii.
Once you
have given away everything you can possibly give away-your body, emotions,
heart, purity, modesty,-you will still feel empty and used by guys, used by the
culture, and used by society.
o.You would think that with all these
messages floating around we would have a very happy and satisfied culture.
p.However, this is simply not the case.
q.In fact, the data shows that people
who sleep around and do what the culture tells them to do tend to be far less
happy than those who have been married for several years and stayed true to
having sex only with each other.
i. We see more heartbreak, diseases and
brokenness than ever before.
r. You don’t even have to look at the data-just look at all the
stories, the tear stained eyes of the families who have been broken up, and the
romances that have been shattered after everybody has given to each other all
the sexual intimacy they can possibly give.
i. Whatever the culture is telling us,
the answer is obvious: there must be a better way.
3.You have been given sexual passion in
order to express your love in a passionate way to the one you marry.
i. Any other way of releasing that
sexual passion robs the person you will marry one day of that love.
j. It belongs only to him or her.
k. Practicing self-control in this area
of your life will help you ensure that you will have an amazing sex life once
you are married.
4.What teens wish their parents had
told them about sex?
i. The struggles were not addressed. I
wish my parents would have told me how hard it is to remain pure. I wish they
would have told me how they overcame their own temptations at my age or how
they failed.
j. I wish they would have told me how
easy it is to slip and go from making out to losing your virginity. No one ever
explained to me how fast and crazy it can be with all your hormones going.
k. There was no talk. I wish I would
have known the importance of purity.
Job 31:1 1 "I made a covenant with
my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.”
5.My declaration to the world is sooooo
important!!!
i. My relationship to my wife and children
is the greatest witness I have to the world of my love for Christ.
j. Love your family then you love your
God.
i. The enemies plan for you is to divide
and conquer.
ii.
Are you
ready to combat him for your future, your purpose, your destiny?
James 4:7 “So humble
yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
bb.
Every
other sin you can speak the faith filled words “Resist the devil and he will flee.”
i. But when it comes to sexual sin it
says You run, You flee, you can not handle this stuff.
Romans 7:14 “So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and
good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. 15 I don't
really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don't do it.
Instead, I do what I hate. 16 But if I know that what I am doing is
wrong, this shows that I agree that the law is good. 17 So I am not the one
doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 18 And I know that nothing good lives
in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can't.
19 I want to do what is good, but I don't. I don't want to do what is wrong,
but I do it anyway. 20 But if I do what I don't want to do, I am not
really the one doing wrong; it is sin living in me that does it. 21 I have discovered
this principle of life—that when I want to
do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. 22 I love God's law with all
my heart. 23 But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. 24 Oh, what a miserable person I am!
Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? 25 Thank
God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it is: In my mind I
really want to obey God's law, but because of my sinful nature I am a slave to
sin.”
1 Corinthians 6:18 “Run from
sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For
sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.”
2.Pornography in our day and age is
massive.
bb.
Sexual
immorality in our day and age is in this nation is massive.
cc.
The
addiction rate in America is about 10% of the general population struggle with
pornography.
i. If we were to compare that with other
forms of addiction like, drugs, gambling, alcoholism, hey 10% is by far the
biggest addiction know to man.
ii.
When it
comes to Christian families that statistic 10% jumps to a whopping 47% nearly 5
times the nations rate comparing us inside the church to those outside the
church.
1.1 in 3 are female.
2.Every day people say what’s the big deal, “make love not war man.”
3.But those inside the church and it’s influence we know that we know that
we know this is wrong and destructive.
Romans 12:2 “Don't copy
the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new
person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will
for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Ephesians 6:10
“A final word: Be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able
to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we are not fighting
against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the
unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil
spirits in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor
so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the
battle you will still be standing firm. 14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth
and the body armor of God's righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the
peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared. 16 In
addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows
of the devil. 17 Put on salvation as your helmet, and take the sword of the
Spirit, which is the word of God.”
ee.
Make a
declaration tonight.
ff.
Make a law
tonight in your life and declare it. I take my stand.
gg.
Make a
formal statement tonight in the face of your enemy.
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