September 14 “For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.” (Ephesians 5:5) When you view pornography and lust after women (or men), is that not coveting them …
September 13 “Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? Those who linger long over wine, those who go to taste mixed wine. Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it …
August 23 Overcoming Immorality, Pornography, and Lust – Part XV – Critical Transformations “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” (Romans 12:2) If someone is struggling with habits of immoral behavior, lust, viewing pornography, and the like, …
August 22 “Therefore, what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.” (Romans 6:21) The second question of “Why” is “Why should I not participate in immoral activities?” This includes any sins of the …
August 21 “For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am doing the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15) Yesterday, we started a discussion of two sides of the question “Why?” Why am I doing immoral activities, and why should I not be doing …
August 20 “For that which I am doing, I do not understand; for I am doing the very thing I hate.” (Romans 7:15) In trying to understand our sinful behaviors, I think it is helpful to reflect on the question of “Why?” This will be a question that …
August 18 “Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry, for it is on account of these things that the wrath of God will come.” (Colossians 3:5-6) Immoral Sins of the Mind: decisions to …
August 16 “’You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery”; but I say to you, that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.’” (Matthew 5:27-28) “’But the things that proceed out of …
August 13 “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; and that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that …
August 12 “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who …