Big Thought: As followers of Jesus, under His authority we are to war against the sin of , and, instead, walk in .
I. Under the of Jesus.
II. Jesus declares lust to be a form of .
III. Jesus pronounces the extreme of lust.
Sources of our :
1. Our .
Matthew 15:18-20a (ESV) – But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person.
2. Our .
Matthew 6:22-23 (ESV) – The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
3. Our .
OPERATIONS ORDER:
1. :
The slow deaths porn brings:
a. Slow death of a heart for God.
b. Slow death of marriages.
c. Slow death of healthy sexuality.
d. Slow death of a heart to serve God.
2. Enemy Actions: establishes roots or in our lives to protect our sin.
3. Mission: To the strongholds of lust the enemy holds in our hearts through the power of the Spirit and the Word of God.
4. Execution: this is our plan.
of Porn Addiction:
1. Life in a society.
a. Solution: Pursue .
2. The brain.
a. Solution: Renew the .
Romans 12:2a (ESV) – Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…
To overcome, you’ve got to B.R.A.C.E.
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R –
Matthew 5:8 (ESV) – Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Romans 6:10-11 (ESV) – For the death He died, He died to sin, once for all, but the life He lives He lives for God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
2 Peter 1:4 (ESV) – He has granted to us His precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV) – No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation He will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
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E –
3. .
a. Solution: Develop authentic / accountability.
James 5:16 (ESV) – Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
4. Negative .
a. Solution: emotions.
5. .
a. Solution: Live out your in Christ.
Ephesians 4:22-24 (ESV) – To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
6. .
a. Solution: Replace with truth.