From This Day Forward: Stay Pure

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD—4

STAY PURE

1. SEEK GOD
2. FIGHT FAIR
3. HAVE FUN
4. STAY PURE
5. NEVER GIVE UP

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.  Hebrews 13:4

WHY IS IMPURITY IN MARRIAGE INCREASING?

• MORE TEMPTATIONS TODAY THAN IN THE PAST.

• PEOPLE ARE GETTING MARRIED LATER.

• GROWING SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT.

INWARD AND OUTWARD PURITY

1. OUTWARD PURITY: THE BEHAVIOR.

But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity… Ephesians 5:3

Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house. Proverbs 5:8

Flee from sexual immorality…19 You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.  1 Corinthians 6:18, 19-20

2. INWARD PURITY: THE HEART.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word. 10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. 11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. Psalm 119:9-11

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28

THREE RESPONSES TO IMPURITY

1. DEFENSIVENESS
2. REMORSE
3. REPENTANCE

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Corinthians 7:10

TALK IT OVER

• How might you be compromising your purity and putting yourself at risk?                         
• Share a time when you dealt with impurity. How did you deal with it and what did you learn from your experience?       
• What outward or inward changes do you need to make to ensure you live a life of purity?