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 Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus

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 that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God,

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 just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.

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 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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 For this is the will of God, your sanctification,

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 that you abstain from sexual immorality,

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 that each one of you know how to control his body in holiness and honor,

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 not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God,

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 that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter,

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 because the Lord is an avenger in all these things,

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 as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

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 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness.

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 Therefore, whoever disregards this disregards not man,

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 but God who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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 Amen.

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 We've reached a significant turning point in Paul's first letter to the church in Thessalonica.

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 He is moving here from his desire for the Thessalonians to continue in the faith

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 to now focusing in on specific instructions for continuing in obedience.

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 So for the first three chapters, he's really zeroed in on his desire for them to stay faithful,

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 to persevere in the gospel.

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 And now that Timothy has returned with his report

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 and their faith in the gospel and their perseverance in the gospel has been confirmed,

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 Paul now transitions to speak of a different type of continuance.

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 He speaks of how they must continue in obedience to the Lord.

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 And those two ideas are intentionally ordered in the letter.

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 They're also necessarily linked,

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 which is made clear in the opening words of verse one.

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 Paul says,

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 Finally then, brothers.

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 Finally, not being an indication that he's closing the letter,

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 but that he's drawing some conclusions based on everything that he has just said.

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 Finally then, brothers.

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 And he moves on with his instruction.

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 And Paul's instructions and teaching from here to the end of the letter

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 are based on their understanding of and belief in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And this is an essential pattern that we actually find in the New Testament.

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 Paul speaks to them in this passage as speaking to those who have received salvation,

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 not as if they are those he hopes will receive salvation.

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 And that is a necessary structure for us to pay attention to.

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 If you're not a Christian today, I'm glad that you're here,

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 but I don't want you to misunderstand this text

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 since we're parachuting in to a portion of the letter.

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 And you may not be aware of what he's just said before.

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 Please don't take the instruction of Paul in these eight verses

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 as the means of becoming a Christian.

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 That's not what this is.

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 No, obedience doesn't create a Christian.

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 It reveals one.

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 And to become a Christian,

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 you must trust in Jesus Christ alone for forgiveness and life.

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 And truly, you must understand your sin before God

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 and the judgment against you as a result of your rebellion against him

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 and turning from that sin to faith in Christ.

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 But I don't want you to come to this text

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 and this focus we have on Christian instruction.

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 I don't want you to come to it and think that,

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 well, if I just live with the kind of morality that Paul mentions here,

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 then that is the thing that will make me acceptable to God

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 and earn me eternal salvation.

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 That's not true.

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 And that's not the point that Paul is making here.

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 And we know that because there's three chapters worth of gospel emphasis

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 leading all the way up to this instruction.

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 So when Paul instructs them on how to live in righteousness,

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 he instructs them as those who have already received salvation,

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 not those whom he hopes will receive it through their obedience.

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 Belief always affects behavior.

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 And we should not be surprised that following Jesus

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 involves submitting to his authority over our lives.

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 And again, while godly behavior does not contribute to our salvation,

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 it is actually a consequence of it.

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 And that is one of the things that comes immediately to the surface

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 as we begin this text.

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 Now, the opening verses of chapter 4 make this truth actually abundantly clear.

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 The text begins Paul's instruction regarding Christian behavior,

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 and it emphasizes holiness, righteousness, purity

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 as God's divine will for his people.

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 In fact, Paul actually goes above and beyond to stress

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 that the commands in this text do not originate with him,

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 but they actually originate with God

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 and are simply delivered through him as God's messenger.

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 Their holiness is God's desire,

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 and it is to the Lord that they will answer.

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 Let's just trace this.

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 In the text, verse 1, he says,

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 we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus.

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 In other words, we're saying these things with his authority.

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 Again, in verse 1, how you ought to walk to please God.

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 In other words, your desire, Thessalonians,

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 should not be just to please Paul.

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 This doesn't originate with me.

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 We want you to please God.

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 This is his will for your life.

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 Verse 2, the instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

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 In other words, he's just repeating what Jesus taught.

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 Verse 3, this is the will of God.

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 Verse 5, not like the Gentiles who do not know God.

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 Verse 6, the Lord is an avenger in all these things.

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 Verse 7, God has called us in holiness.

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 Verse 8, disregards God who gives his Holy Spirit.

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 Now, what am I saying?

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 The bottom line is, God calls his people,

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 those whom he saves by faith in Jesus Christ,

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 to be holy.

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 Our faith in Christ dramatically affects our behavior before Christ.

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 And how we live matters to God.

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 Matters.

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 He instructs us about his will,

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 and he enables us by the power of his Holy Spirit

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 to perform his will,

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 breaking us free from the bondage of our sin.

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 Now, two instructions flow out of Paul's argument in the text.

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 The first is broad, general.

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 Christians should seek to please God.

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 The second instruction is narrow and specific.

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 Christians should seek to please God through sexual purity.

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 And then he concludes at the end

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 that rejecting this instruction for purity

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 is tantamount to rejecting God himself.

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 Okay?

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 So that's the aim of what we're doing.

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 We want to see the broad instruction

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 that our aim as God's people

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 should be to please God in all things.

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 We want to see the narrow instruction

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 that God calls us to obey him in specific things.

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 And in this text, that's sexual purity.

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 And then we want to understand concluding thoughts

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 that if we disregard this instruction on sexual purity,

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 we disregard God.

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 So let's first look at the broad instruction.

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 Christians are called to please God.

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 They're called to please God.

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 Look at verses one and two again.

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 Finally then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus

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 that as you received from us how you ought to walk

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 and to please God, just as you are doing,

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 that you do so more and more.

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 For you know what instructions we gave you

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 through the Lord Jesus.

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 Now this first instruction for living as a Christian

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 is broad, isn't it?

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 He doesn't address any specific area of life here.

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 He considers godliness holistically.

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 Righteousness holistically.

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 There is an urgency to what he's saying.

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 He literally uses the term urge here.

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 But there's also divine authority behind what he's saying.

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 He urged them in the Lord Jesus

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 with instructions that came from the Lord Jesus.

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 But what is it exactly that Paul is instructing them

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 with the authority of Christ to do?

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 Well, very simply, he instructed them to live a life

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 that pleases God.

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 Live a life that pleases God.

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 In other words, before he confronted any specific area

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 of sin in their lives, he begins his argument by saying

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 that their entire lives were to be oriented

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 to glorifying and obeying God.

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 A necessary starting point for any of us.

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 Before we ever dive into specific areas of our lives

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 that we need to correct or change or transform

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 in obedience to God, we need to start from the understanding

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 that we're actually called just to obey God

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 with all of our lives.

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 That there is no part of our life

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 that God does not care about.

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 And of course, if you're a Christian,

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 you should understand this to be God's purpose

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 in saving you.

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 He created each of us in his image

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 so that we might display his glory

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 in the created world.

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 However, because of our sin,

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 that image is marred.

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 We all fall short of God's glory.

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 So what did God do?

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 He sent his son in human flesh,

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 Jesus Christ, to do what?

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 To redeem us from sin

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 and to restore us to glory.

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 By the blood of Christ, our sins are forgiven.

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 And by the power of his spirit,

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 God breaks us free from the bondage of sin

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 so that we might indeed please him,

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 fulfilling the purpose for which he created us,

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 his own glory.

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 This is the transformational work

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 that God does in those who trust in Jesus.

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 And pleasing him in all of life

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 should be our desire

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 and it should actually be our delight.

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 We are saved by faith unto works,

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 which is made clear for us in Ephesians 2.

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 Paul says,

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 for by grace,

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 you have been saved through faith.

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 This is not your own doing.

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 It's the gift of God,

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 not a result of works,

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 so that no one may boast.

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 But then he follows that up with,

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 but you are his workmanship,

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 created in Christ Jesus

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 for good works,

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 which God prepared beforehand

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 that we should walk in them.

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 Now there's two implications

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 of Paul's opening instruction

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 that I want to highlight

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 before we get to his narrow instruction.

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 The first thing I want you to understand here

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 or see here is the reality of progress.

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 The reality of progress.

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 Look at what Paul says.

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 As you receive from us

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 how you ought to walk and to please God.

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 And then notice what he says.

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 Just as you're doing,

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 that you will do so more and more.

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 There's progress here, isn't there?

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 Based on Timothy's report,

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 Paul recognized that the Thessalonian Christians

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 were indeed actively seeking

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 to please the Lord with their lives.

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 They received Paul's instruction from the Lord.

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 They received it as from the Lord.

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 And they were presently aiming

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 to please God in the way that they lived.

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 What Paul urged them to do in this moment

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 was to increase in that godliness

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 more and more.

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 In other words, he says,

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 you're pursuing God.

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 You're pursuing obedience now.

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 You're doing it.

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 We praise the Lord for that.

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 Keep doing it.

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 Do it more.

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 This introduces us to the reality

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 of progress in the grace of God.

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 Holiness, it's a lifelong work of God's grace.

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 We should expect to grow in it.

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 We should expect that

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 in the progressive work of God's grace

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 that we're more obedient to the Lord today

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 than what we were a year ago

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 or five years ago

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 or 10 years ago.

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 But there's another side to this, isn't there?

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 The reality of progress

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 might bring comfort,

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 at least in this regard,

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 that we ought not be surprised

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 that we do indeed still fail.

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 God calls us to pursue holiness.

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 But in the end,

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 he is the one

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 who will bring it to completion.

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 And we see that finally in chapter five.

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 If you just set your eyes on it.

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 In Paul's prayer at the end of the letter

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 in verse 23 of chapter five,

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 now may the God of peace himself

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 sanctify you completely,

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 make you holy completely.

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 Bring this work of grace

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 that he's started in your life.

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 May he bring it to full completion.

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 When?

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 At the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And then just to make sure

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 that they understood

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 the comfort of that statement,

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 he follows it up by saying,

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 he is faithful.

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 He will do it.

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 I hope that's an encouragement to you.

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 I hope it's an evaluative tool

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 that you examine your life

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 and hopefully there's a progress

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 of grace and obedience there

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 since the day that you came to Christ.

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 But I hope it's a comfort to you

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 to know that you're not

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 going to be perfect today

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 and you're not going to be perfect tomorrow

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 unless tomorrow is the time

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 that the Lord returns.

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 He is doing this work.

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 He is faithful to do it.

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 And one day he's going to complete that work.

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 And we should rest in that

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 as we pursue it in our daily lives.

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 So the reality of progress.

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 I also want you to see here

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 the necessity of Christian community.

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 The necessity of Christian community.

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 Now I want to belabor the point

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 because we've talked about it a lot

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 in the previous chapter.

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 But just as God used Paul and his team

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 to strengthen the faith of the Thessalonians,

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 he uses them here

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 to increase their obedience as well.

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 As we discovered in chapter 3,

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 verses 11 to 13,

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 Paul expected that through their ministry

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 to one another,

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 God would establish the church

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 in holiness

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 until the return of the Lord.

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 Just set your eyes on it again

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 in chapter 3 and verse 12.

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 May the Lord make you increase

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 and abound in love for one another

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 and for all as we do for you

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 so that through your love for one another,

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 he may establish your hearts

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 blameless in holiness

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 at the coming of the Lord.

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 Our sanctification is a progressive work

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 of God's grace

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 that God accomplishes,

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 in part at least,

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 through our ministry to one another.

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 We need one another in this.

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 When our feet begin to slip

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 in a particular area,

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 we need Christians

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 who love God

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 and love us

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 to come alongside of us

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 let me just remind you

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 to walk to please God.

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 Isn't that the work that God does?

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 Isn't that how he uses us

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 in one another's lives?

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 Now, the church didn't need for Paul

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 to rehearse every instruction

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 that he had given them before.

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 I think that's the implication of verse 2.

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 He says,

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 you know what instructions we gave you.

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 You're aware of those things.

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 Keep doing them.

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 Keep growing in them.

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 But there were some areas

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 he believed needed to be

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 specifically addressed

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 for this church.

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 And that brings us

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 to the narrow instruction

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 of the next few verses.

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 Let's look at it together.

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 The narrow instructions.

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 What is it?

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 Christians are called to please God

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 in sexual purity.

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 Now, in verses 3 to 7,

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 Paul moves from this broad instruction again

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 to please God holistically

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 to a narrow instruction

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 to please God specifically.

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 And the specific area of holiness

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 he addressed

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 is sexual purity.

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 But significant to the way

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 he addresses it

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 is that he confronted the issue

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 by bookending it

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 with two explicit statements

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 of God's will

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 for their holiness.

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 He does the sandwich effect here,

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 doesn't he?

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 He starts with God's desire

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 for their holiness.

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 He ends with God's desire

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 for their holiness.

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 And sandwiched in between

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 those two affirmations

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 is the instruction

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 on sexual purity.

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 Just look at verse 3

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 and verse 7.

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 He says,

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 for this is the will of God.

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 This is God's will.

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 Your sanctification.

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 Verse 7,

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 God has not called us

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 for impurity.

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 God's will,

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 God's call,

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 is holiness.

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 Now, what's translated

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 in verse 3

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 as sanctification

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 and translated

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 as holiness

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 in verse 7,

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 it's the same exact word.

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 Same exact one.

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 It refers, of course,

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 to the concept

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 of moral purity.

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 And in the broad sense,

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 holiness refers

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 to a life

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 that is set apart

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 for God's glory.

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 That's a part

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 of that transformational

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 work in the gospel.

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 God takes a sinner,

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 he redeems the sinner,

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 and he transforms

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 the sinner,

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 sets them apart

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 for his own glory

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 to display his glory

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 to the watching world.

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 Paul uses the term here

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 narrowly

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 to refer specifically

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 to sexual purity.

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 So on the front end,

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 he reminds us

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 that holiness

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 through sexual purity

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 is God's will.

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 And on the back end,

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 his charge is followed up

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 with the assertion

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 that in calling us

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 to salvation,

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 God doesn't call us

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 to impurity,

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 but to holiness.

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 What am I saying?

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 As a Christian,

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 God calls you

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 to live a life

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 that is pleasing to him.

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 and living in sexual purity

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 is one such way

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 that we fulfill

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 his divine will.

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 It's not an option.

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 It's not a request.

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 It is the explicit command

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 of God

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 for our lives.

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 and if you are

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 indeed a Christian,

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 that will mean something

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 to you

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 as you come

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 to this text.

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 Now,

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 I probably don't have

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 to convince you

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 of the relevance

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 of this instruction

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 for us today.

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 The dominant thought

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 in our day

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 is not only

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 that sexuality

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 is a matter

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 of preference,

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 but that is

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 an issue

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 of identity.

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 It's understood

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 by many

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 not simply

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 as something

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 an individual

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 does,

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 but as crucial

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 to who they are

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 as a person.

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 So,

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 to acknowledge

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 certain sexual behaviors

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 as sins

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 against God

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 is received

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 immediately

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 as a personal attack

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 against the individual

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 himself.

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 This is a corrupt

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 worldview.

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 We understand that.

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 But the corruption

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 of it

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 has actually

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 infiltrated the church.

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 There's many

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 professing Christians

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 who are actively

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 waging war

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 against the will

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 of God

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 that they claim

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 to know

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 and worship.

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 It is to the Christian

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 who excuses

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 and engages

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:43.740
 in sexual sin

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 that God

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 aims his words

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 in this text.

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 And the instructions,

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 there's three elements

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:51.900
 to them,

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 each expanding

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 a little bit further

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 on the previous one.

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 The first one

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 is this.

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 God's call

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 to abstain

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:02.299
 from sexual sin.

00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:04.319
 God's call

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.160
 to abstain

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:06.380
 from sexual sin.

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.119
 Look at verse 3.

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 For this

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.899
 is the will

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.399
 of God,

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:12.259
 your sanctification,

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:12.899
 your holiness,

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.579
 your purity.

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.799
 Number one,

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:17.219
 that you abstain

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:19.019
 from sexual

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.759
 immorality.

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.959
 Now,

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.739
 this needs

00:22:22.739 --> 00:22:23.479
 a point of clarity,

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.000
 doesn't it?

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.979
 The command

00:22:26.979 --> 00:22:27.339
 here

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.599
 is not

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.759
 to abstain

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.679
 from sex.

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.439
 That's not

00:22:31.439 --> 00:22:31.919
 the command.

00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.199
 Christians

00:22:33.199 --> 00:22:33.899
 through the centuries

00:22:33.899 --> 00:22:34.679
 have mistook

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.140
 this

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 and they have

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.100
 treated sex

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:38.080
 as if it's a disease,

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.320
 as if it's a problem

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:41.220
 that by its nature

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.320
 is something wrong

00:22:42.320 --> 00:22:42.880
 and dirty.

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.880
 That is not

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.440
 what the scripture

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.440
 teaches at all.

00:22:46.180 --> 00:22:47.380
 The call

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.120
 for abstention

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.039
 is not from sex

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.620
 itself.

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.360
 It is from

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:52.420
 sexual behavior

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.160
 that is out

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.860
 of line

00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:55.539
 with God's

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.220
 design

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.759
 and therefore

00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.960
 disobedient

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.940
 to God's demands.

00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.060
 Now,

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.740
 to understand

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.559
 the prohibition

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.940
 fully,

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:04.680
 we need to

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.720
 grasp the fact

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.740
 that sex

00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.720
 is God's idea

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:10.220
 and he has

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.160
 given it to mankind

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.940
 as a wonderful

00:23:11.940 --> 00:23:12.519
 blessing.

00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.380
 He created it

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.359
 as a conduit

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.539
 for human

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.079
 pleasure,

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.640
 for procreation

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:23.220
 and also

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.579
 for promise.

00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:27.500
 But he also

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.880
 set the terms

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.259
 for how this

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.980
 blessing is to

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.620
 be enjoyed.

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.359
 And I want

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:33.920
 to just point

00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:35.039
 out three

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.960
 dynamics of

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.960
 God's design

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:38.720
 from creation.

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 And I'll just

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.680
 get you started

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.359
 on this and

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.799
 you can run

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.220
 with it in

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.859
 your own study.

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.359
 First,

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.759
 I want you

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.180
 to notice

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.779
 that God

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.420
 sets the

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.000
 parameters

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.559
 biologically.

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.000
 He sets

00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.720
 the parameters

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.720
 biologically.

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.279
 Genesis

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.960
 chapter 1

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.779
 verse 27.

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 So God

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.220
 created man

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.700
 in his own

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.120
 image.

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.720
 In the image

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.319
 of God,

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.359
 he created

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.799
 him.

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.139
 Male and

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:04.659
 female,

00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.259
 he created

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.699
 them.

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:09.079
 God created

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.839
 humans with

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:11.399
 two distinct

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.379
 genders,

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:14.679
 male and

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:15.159
 female.

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.740
 And he

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.579
 fashioned their

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.439
 bodies so that

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.899
 they might

00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:20.599
 naturally engage

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.559
 in this

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.139
 blessing.

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:24.559
 God's design

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.339
 for sex,

00:24:25.479 --> 00:24:25.839
 therefore,

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.819
 is made

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:28.240
 clear in

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:30.039
 human biology

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:31.140
 in the way

00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:31.599
 that he has

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.539
 created us.

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.000
 But we can't

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.500
 stop at

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.960
 biology,

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.420
 can we?

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:36.400
 If we just

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.880
 stop at

00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:37.460
 biology,

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.380
 we might get

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.900
 the male and

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.539
 female part

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.960
 right,

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:40.859
 but then we

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.519
 might assume

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.819
 that,

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:42.000
 well,

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.720
 it's permissible

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.640
 then to

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.559
 participate in

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.019
 this kind of

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.120
 behavior with

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:47.059
 any male or

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.900
 any female or

00:24:47.900 --> 00:24:48.420
 in any

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.359
 combination.

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.900
 So we can't

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.519
 just stop at

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:51.880
 biology,

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.200
 we have to

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.980
 move forward.

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.880
 And we learn,

00:24:54.099 --> 00:24:54.400
 secondly,

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.460
 that he sets

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.180
 the parameters

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.740
 relationally.

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:59.380
 He sets the

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.980
 parameters

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.540
 relationally.

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.880
 Genesis 2,

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.740
 verse 24,

00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:04.920
 therefore,

00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.860
 a man shall

00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:06.320
 leave his

00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:06.860
 father and

00:25:06.860 --> 00:25:08.000
 mother and

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.240
 hold fast to

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.940
 his wife,

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.280
 and they

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:12.380
 shall become

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:15.140
 one flesh.

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.880
 God designed

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.560
 the blessing

00:25:18.560 --> 00:25:19.340
 of sex to

00:25:19.340 --> 00:25:20.019
 be freely

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:22.240
 enjoyed within

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.240
 the bonds

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.599
 of covenant

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.539
 marriage.

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.099
 And within

00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.160
 this relational

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.160
 boundary from

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.579
 the very

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.200
 beginning of

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.759
 creation,

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.339
 we are free

00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.200
 to reap the

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.380
 benefits and

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.640
 blessings of

00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:38.740
 pleasure and

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.160
 procreation and

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:41.019
 promise.

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.200
 But there's one

00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:44.099
 more dynamic to

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.759
 understand.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.500
 And of course,

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.779
 we have to

00:25:46.779 --> 00:25:47.460
 understand this,

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:48.259
 especially as

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.740
 Christians.

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.559
 God sets the

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.779
 parameters biologically,

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.960
 he sets the

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.400
 parameters

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.539
 relationally,

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.779
 he sets the

00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.359
 parameters

00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.940
 spiritually,

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.559
 spiritually.

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.299
 And we might

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.200
 return to

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.000
 Genesis 2 to

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.799
 the one flesh

00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:05.500
 statement as

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.339
 being created by

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.720
 God and

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.380
 ordained by

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.640
 God.

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.259
 That's enough

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.539
 for us.

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.160
 Let me just

00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.680
 read a New

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.460
 Testament passage

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.220
 in relation to

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.539
 this.

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.960
 Hebrews 13,

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.579
 verse 4,

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.240
 let marriage

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.120
 be held in

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.400
 honor among

00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.900
 all,

00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.839
 and let the

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.900
 marriage bed

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:22.620
 be undefiled,

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:25.000
 for God will

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.620
 judge the

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.500
 sexually immoral

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.420
 and adulterous.

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.480
 Now what am I

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.840
 saying?

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:32.259
 The one flesh

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:34.820
 union is more

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:37.380
 profound than a

00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.300
 physical act.

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.680
 It's more than

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.060
 that.

00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:43.040
 Sex is the

00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:44.080
 physical fusion

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:44.840
 of a deeply

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.900
 spiritual union

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.960
 between a man

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:48.880
 and woman under

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.480
 God.

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.160
 God has

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.200
 designed it to

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.180
 connect the two

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.900
 consenting

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:56.120
 individuals in

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.960
 ways that go

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.960
 well beyond the

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.740
 physical act.

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.980
 And we understand

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.980
 that intuitively.

00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:02.280
 There is a

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:03.400
 spiritual nature

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.060
 to this.

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.740
 There is an

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:05.440
 emotional,

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.840
 psychological link

00:27:06.840 --> 00:27:07.480
 that comes

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.660
 through this

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.100
 act.

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:09.620
 And God

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.720
 created it so.

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.780
 He designed

00:27:11.780 --> 00:27:12.320
 it to do

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.880
 this.

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.580
 It is not

00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:15.080
 merely a

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.980
 physical activity.

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:17.380
 It is a

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.440
 spiritual one

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.400
 that is to

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.180
 be kept

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:21.420
 sacred,

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.220
 holy.

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.039
 Or in the

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.500
 terms of

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.400
 Hebrews 13,

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.880
 it should not

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:29.779
 be defiled.

00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.860
 Biologically,

00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.759
 man and

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.680
 woman only.

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.759
 Relationally,

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.519
 a specific

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.819
 man and

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.420
 woman only.

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:43.140
 spiritually,

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.779
 a sacred

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.759
 act to be

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.100
 held in

00:27:46.100 --> 00:27:46.320
 honor.

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:47.940
 Now back

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.940
 to 1 Thessalonians

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.300
 4.

00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:50.680
 This term

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:51.180
 sexual

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.820
 immorality,

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.220
 we need to

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.860
 understand it.

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.300
 All of

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.700
 God's

00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.200
 commands

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.740
 regarding

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.340
 sexual

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:57.980
 behavior in

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.460
 the Bible,

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.440
 they are

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.960
 not there

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.700
 to oppress

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.060
 you.

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.240
 They are

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.759
 not there

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.700
 merely to

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:07.080
 withhold from

00:28:07.080 --> 00:28:07.600
 you something

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.200
 that you think

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.740
 is good.

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:11.500
 He gave

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.420
 them graciously

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.920
 to us in

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.539
 order that

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.079
 He might

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.660
 protect the

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:18.240
 sanctity of

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.700
 marriage and

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.200
 the marriage

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.859
 bed.

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.039
 That's His

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.720
 design.

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.039
 And His

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:25.819
 design for

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.740
 human flourishing

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.460
 is always the

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:29.420
 greatest good.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.539
 Sexual

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.299
 immorality,

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:33.700
 then,

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:35.000
 refers broadly

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.700
 to any

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:37.079
 sexual activity

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.899
 that is

00:28:37.899 --> 00:28:40.099
 outside of

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.539
 God's

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.279
 design and

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.839
 protective

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:44.019
 demands.

00:28:44.919 --> 00:28:46.299
 It includes

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.299
 unnatural

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:49.019
 behavior that

00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:50.379
 violates His

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.079
 biological

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.819
 design.

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.960
 Homosexuality.

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.139
 The Bible

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.599
 enumerates

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.159
 bestiality.

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.659
 There's weird

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.179
 things happening

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.879
 with artificial

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.699
 intelligence now

00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:59.199
 that we need to

00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.939
 pay attention to

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.559
 in our world

00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:01.339
 and in our

00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:01.720
 culture.

00:29:02.439 --> 00:29:03.259
 We cannot

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.259
 excuse that.

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:05.980
 God does not

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.640
 excuse that.

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.700
 It also

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.200
 includes

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:10.500
 extramarital

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:12.740
 behavior that

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.740
 violates God's

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.839
 relational design.

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.620
 The biblical

00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.480
 terms for this

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.559
 are fornication

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.519
 and adultery

00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:20.120
 primarily.

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.220
 Sex before

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.740
 you're married,

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.240
 sex with

00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:24.700
 someone that

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.000
 you're not

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.660
 married to.

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.339
 Of course,

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.799
 we understand

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.420
 this to

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.799
 include

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.400
 pornography.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.200
 All of

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.660
 these things

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.120
 would be a

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:35.059
 violation of

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.079
 God's relational

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.739
 design.

00:29:37.739 --> 00:29:38.699
 It also

00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:39.359
 includes

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.779
 irreverent

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:42.419
 behavior that

00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:44.479
 profanes His

00:29:44.479 --> 00:29:45.679
 spiritual design.

00:29:46.959 --> 00:29:47.799
 That this is

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.359
 something to be

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.119
 held in honor,

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.919
 sacred,

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:52.779
 respectful,

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.899
 which means

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.559
 that anything

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.719
 that cheapens

00:29:56.719 --> 00:29:58.379
 or dishonors

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.899
 even within

00:29:59.899 --> 00:30:00.559
 the bond of

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.000
 marriage

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:03.039
 is prohibited

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.700
 by God's

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.180
 design.

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.900
 Loved

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.180
 ones,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.799
 God calls

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.220
 us

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.960
 to holiness,

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:15.720
 which means

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.140
 that He

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.079
 calls us

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.839
 to purity.

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.539
 It's not

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.140
 merely an

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.079
 option on the

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.779
 table that we

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.339
 can take or

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.640
 leave.

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.440
 It is the

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.099
 command of

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.740
 God given

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.279
 for our

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.240
 good and

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.599
 for His

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.099
 glory,

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.779
 and we

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.579
 must obey

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.119
 it if we

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.419
 are to

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.240
 please Him.

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.859
 And He

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.539
 has made

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:36.059
 it abundantly

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.679
 clear.

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.099
 It's not

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.719
 debatable.

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.079
 It's clear.

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.299
 Second,

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.419
 Paul shows

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.980
 us what it

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:48.279
 takes to

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.619
 abstain from

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.399
 sexual sin.

00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:51.399
 What it

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:51.879
 takes to

00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.399
 abstain from

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:53.000
 sexual sin.

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.279
 Look at

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.740
 verses 4

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.219
 and 5.

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:58.099
 He expands

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.719
 on that first

00:30:58.719 --> 00:30:59.139
 instruction.

00:30:59.140 --> 00:30:59.560
 He says

00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:00.100
 that each

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.540
 one of

00:31:00.540 --> 00:31:00.880
 you will

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.620
 do this

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.900
 by knowing

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.440
 how to

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.300
 control

00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:05.780
 his own

00:31:05.780 --> 00:31:06.220
 body

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.620
 in holiness

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.940
 and honor,

00:31:09.520 --> 00:31:10.660
 not in the

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.320
 passion of

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.560
 lust like

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:13.220
 the Gentiles

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.740
 who do not

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.259
 know God.

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.840
 Now just

00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:16.160
 quickly,

00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.300
 the pathway

00:31:17.300 --> 00:31:18.120
 to sexual

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.800
 purity that

00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.400
 pleases the

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.980
 Lord is

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:22.200
 self-control.

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.480
 Self-control.

00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:26.620
 And what's

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.160
 so helpful

00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.559
 on this

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.259
 point is

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:29.099
 the comparison

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.140
 that Paul

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.920
 uses to

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.839
 drive this

00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:32.339
 home.

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.940
 The Christian

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.000
 self-control

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.900
 that you may

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.640
 know how to

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.339
 control your

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.220
 body in

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.660
 holiness,

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.120
 the Christian

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.759
 self-control

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.640
 is set here

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:43.400
 against those

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.079
 who do not

00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.759
 know God

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.500
 and are

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.960
 therefore

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.779
 mastered

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:48.059
 by their

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.620
 passions.

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:51.699
 Now whether

00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.299
 Paul is

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.419
 using Gentile

00:31:53.419 --> 00:31:53.959
 here in the

00:31:53.959 --> 00:31:54.859
 technical sense

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.839
 of a non-Jew

00:31:55.839 --> 00:31:56.479
 or in the

00:31:56.479 --> 00:31:57.379
 figurative sense

00:31:57.379 --> 00:31:58.259
 of an unbeliever,

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:58.899
 the point

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.519
 remains the

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.879
 same.

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:01.279
 Sexual sin

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.839
 is the

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.259
 mark of

00:32:03.259 --> 00:32:04.079
 someone who

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.500
 is either

00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.599
 ignorant of

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:07.259
 or rebellious

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:09.139
 to God

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.819
 and his

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.319
 word.

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.199
 But the

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:13.500
 one who

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.899
 has been

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:14.579
 graciously

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.919
 freed from

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.819
 the bondage

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.959
 of sin,

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:18.799
 that has

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:19.559
 the ability

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:19.980
 of the

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.559
 control

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.079
 that God

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.059
 commands here.

00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.519
 Oh, he's

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.900
 marked by

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:24.680
 self-control.

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.640
 He masters

00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.539
 his passions

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:30.000
 rather than

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.539
 having his

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.440
 passions master

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.860
 him.

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.539
 And that

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.299
 doesn't mean

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.860
 that a

00:32:36.860 --> 00:32:37.180
 genuine

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.980
 Christian will

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.519
 never be

00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:39.120
 guilty of

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:39.799
 sexual sin.

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.319
 That's not

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.680
 the point

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.000
 Paul's

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.319
 making.

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.140
 After all,

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:43.900
 Paul confronts

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.819
 it in

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.660
 Thessalonica

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:47.079
 after having

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.480
 just

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.259
 acknowledged

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.599
 confirming

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.819
 that they

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.579
 are indeed

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.559
 in Christ.

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.679
 He says,

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.199
 I know,

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.960
 I'm confident

00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.779
 that you are

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.500
 chosen of

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:57.759
 God.

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.399
 I've seen

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.839
 his work

00:32:58.839 --> 00:32:59.439
 and the

00:32:59.439 --> 00:32:59.819
 perseverance

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.279
 of your

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.699
 faith is

00:33:00.699 --> 00:33:01.279
 what proves

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:01.439
 it.

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.359
 He's speaking

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:03.000
 to people

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.859
 that he

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.720
 believes to

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.279
 be genuine

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.799
 Christians

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.639
 who have

00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:07.259
 a serious

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.819
 weakness

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.599
 of sexual

00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.119
 sin in

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.619
 their lives

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:09.839
 and in

00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:10.319
 their midst.

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.359
 So he

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:11.779
 does not

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.199
 mean to

00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:13.319
 say that

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.139
 the presence

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.820
 of sexual

00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.840
 sin itself

00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.640
 means that

00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:17.240
 you're not

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.900
 a real

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.340
 Christian.

00:33:18.600 --> 00:33:19.020
 But the

00:33:19.020 --> 00:33:19.620
 point is

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.680
 clear that

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.020
 at the

00:33:21.020 --> 00:33:21.920
 very least

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.700
 engaging in

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.580
 sexual sin

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:24.980
 is to

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:26.040
 live as

00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:27.400
 if you

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.840
 do not

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:28.520
 know God.

00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:33.740
 So in

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.380
 the grace

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.160
 and power

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:36.320
 of the

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:36.640
 Spirit,

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.620
 we need

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.479
 to learn

00:33:39.479 --> 00:33:42.099
 self-control,

00:33:42.939 --> 00:33:44.479
 to take

00:33:44.479 --> 00:33:45.139
 our thoughts

00:33:45.139 --> 00:33:45.619
 captive,

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:47.899
 to employ

00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.539
 the help

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.819
 and the

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:49.239
 prayer and

00:33:49.239 --> 00:33:49.819
 the assistance

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:51.159
 of others

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.500
 in our

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.879
 Christian

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.359
 community

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.979
 to help

00:33:52.979 --> 00:33:53.539
 us through

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.119
 this,

00:33:54.979 --> 00:33:55.639
 to be

00:33:55.639 --> 00:33:56.019
 committed

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.619
 first to

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.139
 pleasing the

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.979
 Lord holistically

00:33:57.979 --> 00:33:59.559
 so that we

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.259
 might endeavor

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.739
 to learn

00:34:00.739 --> 00:34:01.479
 self-control

00:34:01.479 --> 00:34:01.819
 in the

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:02.500
 specifics of

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.879
 sexual

00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.299
 purity.

00:34:04.459 --> 00:34:04.979
 Third,

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.379
 he shows

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.759
 us the

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.459
 consequences

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:09.139
 of engaging

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:09.840
 in sexual

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.260
 sin.

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.260
 Verse 6,

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.139
 that no one

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.139
 transgress or

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.659
 wrong his

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.220
 brother in

00:34:16.220 --> 00:34:16.760
 this matter

00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:18.780
 because the

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.340
 Lord is an

00:34:19.340 --> 00:34:19.960
 avenger in

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.340
 all these

00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.679
 things as

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.260
 we told you

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.920
 beforehand

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:24.559
 and solemnly

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.079
 warned you.

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.599
 Paul takes

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.980
 his argument

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.480
 one step

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.019
 further here.

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.599
 He reminds

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.059
 us that

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.780
 sexual

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.440
 immorality

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:31.880
 is not

00:34:31.880 --> 00:34:32.480
 only a

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.920
 sin against

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.280
 God,

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.780
 it's a

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.159
 sin against

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.619
 others.

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.740
 when we

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.579
 engage in

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:39.780
 it,

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.039
 we violate

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.760
 the purity

00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.400
 of those

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.820
 with whom

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.619
 we engage.

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.960
 And that

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.659
 he mentions

00:34:46.659 --> 00:34:47.360
 this as a

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:48.579
 warning or

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.220
 wronging of

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.720
 a brother,

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.240
 he introduces

00:34:51.240 --> 00:34:52.340
 the potential

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.940
 of Christians

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.860
 engaging in

00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.400
 this behavior

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.019
 together,

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.579
 wronging one

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.179
 another and

00:34:58.179 --> 00:34:59.240
 transgressing one

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.960
 another before

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.380
 God.

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:02.840
 And whatever

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.559
 the precise

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.639
 cultural context

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.539
 was in Paul's

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.820
 mind,

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.180
 and there's

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:07.100
 many that

00:35:07.100 --> 00:35:07.420
 could have

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.680
 been in

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:08.080
 the forefront

00:35:08.080 --> 00:35:08.400
 of his

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.760
 mind,

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.660
 he doesn't

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:11.200
 explain that,

00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:11.780
 but the

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.700
 fact remains

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.980
 that sexual

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.380
 sin is a

00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:15.820
 sin against

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.260
 God and

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.720
 it's a sin

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.380
 against others,

00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:18.440
 which means

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:18.800
 that the

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.400
 warning here

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.100
 is serious.

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.240
 It's serious.

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.080
 The Lord is

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.860
 an avenger in

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.220
 all these

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.620
 things.

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.280
 He avenges

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.600
 those who

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:30.100
 are sinned

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:32.059
 against in

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.559
 this way.

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.900
 the Lord

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.440
 will judge

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.920
 those who

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.600
 engage in

00:35:38.600 --> 00:35:39.340
 sexual sin

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.080
 transgressing

00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:40.700
 others in

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.180
 the process.

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:42.160
 Jesus himself

00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.580
 said,

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.320
 it would be

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:44.380
 better that

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.080
 you wrap a

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.960
 millstone around

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.240
 your neck and

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:48.160
 jump into the

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:49.059
 sea than it

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.800
 would be for

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.519
 you to cause

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.260
 one of mine

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.160
 to sin.

00:35:53.580 --> 00:35:54.120
 Warning,

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.680
 warning,

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:57.080
 warning.

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.039
 Judgment

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.539
 awaits those

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.920
 who engage

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.519
 in this.

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.159
 Judgment

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.559
 in this

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.820
 letter always

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.639
 refers to the

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.380
 day of judgment

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.579
 at Christ's

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:09.960
 return.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.619
 Again,

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.039
 that doesn't

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.440
 mean a

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.019
 Christian who

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.679
 sins will

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:15.259
 have his or

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.960
 her salvation

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.219
 taken away

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.360
 and will be

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.500
 forced now to

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.460
 endure God's

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.639
 wrath.

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.579
 That's not what

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.039
 this means,

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:22.599
 but the

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.679
 implication is

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.460
 that those

00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.420
 who willfully

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.480
 participate

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:29.119
 prove

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:31.279
 not to be

00:36:31.279 --> 00:36:31.839
 saved.

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.259
 And they

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:35.259
 will stand

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.139
 before God's

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.659
 judgment in

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:37.179
 the end.

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:39.460
 Our behavior

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.179
 doesn't save

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.619
 us, but it

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.440
 does expose

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.199
 us in many

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.639
 ways.

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.239
 So Paul

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.739
 issues the

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.079
 warning.

00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.799
 The Lord is

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.599
 an avenger on

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.079
 these things.

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.799
 The Lord will

00:36:49.799 --> 00:36:51.659
 judge those

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:53.199
 who willfully,

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.920
 rebelliously

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:57.500
 engage in

00:36:57.500 --> 00:36:58.019
 sin against

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.619
 God and

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.139
 against his

00:36:59.139 --> 00:36:59.420
 brother.

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.659
 Finally,

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:03.059
 we get to

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.599
 the weighty

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.359
 conclusion of

00:37:04.359 --> 00:37:04.960
 verse 8,

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.019
 which is

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.699
 summarized in

00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.319
 this statement.

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.159
 To disregard

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:10.000
 the call

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:11.859
 is to

00:37:11.859 --> 00:37:12.339
 disregard

00:37:12.339 --> 00:37:13.039
 God.

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.679
 To disregard

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:16.339
 the call

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:17.599
 is to

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.000
 disregard

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.779
 God.

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.719
 It's

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.139
 straightforward.

00:37:20.299 --> 00:37:20.739
 Verse 8,

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.839
 therefore,

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.519
 it indicates

00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.039
 he's drawing

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:24.380
 one massive

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.279
 conclusion to

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.859
 everything he's

00:37:25.859 --> 00:37:26.339
 just said.

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.760
 therefore,

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:28.900
 whoever

00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.660
 disregards

00:37:29.660 --> 00:37:30.220
 this,

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.579
 disregards

00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:33.160
 not man,

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.780
 but God,

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:36.500
 who gives

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.880
 us his

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.480
 Holy Spirit.

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.019
 A huge

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:41.579
 portion of

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:42.280
 this text is

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:43.079
 given to the

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.900
 specific issue

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.420
 of sexual

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.720
 sin.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.539
 I said at the

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:46.240
 beginning that

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.680
 the main

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.539
 emphasis is that

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.420
 God calls us

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:49.260
 to be holy,

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:51.260
 not just about

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.760
 sex, but in

00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:52.420
 all of life.

00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.579
 I pointed

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:54.240
 out how many

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:55.480
 times Paul

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.860
 stressed that

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.619
 the imperatives

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.680
 he gave came

00:37:58.680 --> 00:37:59.460
 from God,

00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:01.039
 and then here

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.680
 at the end,

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.900
 he drives the

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.639
 emphasis all the

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:04.059
 way home.

00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:06.920
 Now, some of

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.659
 our consciences

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.440
 are bothered

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.099
 when we

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:12.039
 disobey people

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:13.059
 that we respect

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.860
 or love or

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.539
 that have some

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.079
 authority in

00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:15.579
 our lives,

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:18.480
 but generally,

00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.920
 it doesn't

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.760
 affect us too

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:22.720
 deeply to go

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.440
 against the

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.000
 commands of

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.700
 men, does

00:38:24.700 --> 00:38:24.860
 it?

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:26.040
 Some of us

00:38:26.040 --> 00:38:26.580
 enjoy it,

00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:30.700
 but when it

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:31.200
 comes to the

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.660
 commands of

00:38:31.660 --> 00:38:32.060
 the Bible,

00:38:33.020 --> 00:38:34.240
 it's not man

00:38:34.240 --> 00:38:34.760
 we disregard.

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:37.300
 It's God

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.820
 himself.

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.020
 Lest the

00:38:41.020 --> 00:38:41.820
 Thessalonians

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.480
 shrug off

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.280
 Paul's instruction

00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:43.820
 and say,

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.560
 oh, you know

00:38:44.560 --> 00:38:45.480
 how Paul is.

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.080
 He's not

00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:47.740
 married, he's

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.320
 celibate, he's

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.900
 given his whole

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:49.460
 life to this

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.300
 ministry thing,

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:52.460
 I get that

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.980
 he's on about

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:53.420
 this thing, but

00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.920
 it's really not

00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.500
 that big a deal.

00:38:54.580 --> 00:38:55.500
 After all, Christ

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.320
 has forgiven us,

00:38:56.360 --> 00:38:56.580
 right?

00:38:58.160 --> 00:38:59.060
 Paul says, look,

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.840
 if you're going to

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.360
 engage in this,

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.940
 don't think that

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.460
 you're shrugging

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.180
 off my command.

00:39:02.600 --> 00:39:03.320
 This is not my

00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:03.600
 command.

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.560
 This is coming

00:39:04.560 --> 00:39:05.040
 from the Lord

00:39:05.040 --> 00:39:05.460
 himself.

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.620
 To reject God's

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.620
 will is tantamount

00:39:10.620 --> 00:39:11.460
 to rejecting God

00:39:11.460 --> 00:39:11.900
 himself.

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.620
 To willfully

00:39:13.620 --> 00:39:15.060
 violate his

00:39:15.060 --> 00:39:16.800
 commands is to

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.300
 quench his

00:39:17.300 --> 00:39:18.820
 spirit by whom

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.020
 he writes his

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:21.139
 law upon the

00:39:21.139 --> 00:39:21.699
 table of our

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.119
 hearts.

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.259
 And particularly

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.019
 with sexual

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:26.940
 sin, it is to

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.719
 profane the

00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:28.400
 temple of the

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.059
 Holy Spirit,

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:31.239
 which is our

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.659
 bodies.

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.420
 So we cannot

00:39:34.420 --> 00:39:35.179
 dismiss the

00:39:35.179 --> 00:39:36.079
 biblical instructions

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.679
 on holiness.

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.340
 It's what God

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:40.440
 calls us to, and

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.219
 we must seek to

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:42.039
 please him in all

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.480
 things.

00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.199
 Now I want to

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:44.940
 finish the way I

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.739
 started.

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:50.019
 Paul was

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:52.079
 intentional in the

00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:52.699
 ordering of his

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.139
 material.

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:53.979
 We can't escape

00:39:53.979 --> 00:39:55.379
 that, and we

00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:56.719
 mustn't dismiss it.

00:39:58.899 --> 00:40:00.279
 The emphasis on

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.939
 righteous living

00:40:00.939 --> 00:40:02.599
 comes after he

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.519
 recognized the

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.459
 genuine faith of

00:40:04.459 --> 00:40:05.159
 the Thessalonian

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:05.619
 Christians.

00:40:06.339 --> 00:40:07.339
 He rejoiced

00:40:07.339 --> 00:40:08.939
 confidently in

00:40:08.939 --> 00:40:09.639
 their conversion,

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:11.159
 not because they

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.699
 were morally

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.119
 upright.

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:13.500
 clearly they had

00:40:13.500 --> 00:40:13.980
 some moral

00:40:13.980 --> 00:40:14.519
 problems.

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:17.000
 No, he

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.880
 rejoiced because

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.639
 they trusted

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:20.500
 Christ as Lord

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.119
 and Savior.

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.839
 Many people begin

00:40:24.839 --> 00:40:25.339
 to get this

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:27.500
 backwards, supposing

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.259
 that the way to

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:29.039
 salvation is

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.579
 morality.

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.619
 However, no

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:33.139
 present or future

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.359
 moral effort will

00:40:34.359 --> 00:40:36.519
 ever be enough to

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:37.799
 satisfy God's

00:40:37.799 --> 00:40:38.599
 perfect standard,

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.619
 which has already

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.659
 been broken by all

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.099
 of us.

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:41.960
 It's in our

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.339
 nature.

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.259
 In fact, you

00:40:45.259 --> 00:40:45.859
 come to a text

00:40:45.859 --> 00:40:46.299
 like this, and

00:40:46.299 --> 00:40:48.159
 you may sense the

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.839
 weight of that

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:52.619
 reality, recognizing

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:53.659
 that if pleasing

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:56.480
 God requires this

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:57.679
 kind of purity,

00:40:58.279 --> 00:40:59.879
 there's no way that

00:40:59.879 --> 00:41:00.739
 you'll ever be able

00:41:00.739 --> 00:41:02.440
 to please him.

00:41:04.399 --> 00:41:05.480
 And let me remind

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:07.940
 you that the weight

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.759
 of the law is a

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:10.560
 burden that not

00:41:10.560 --> 00:41:11.420
 one of us can

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:12.460
 actually bear.

00:41:14.520 --> 00:41:15.440
 We're crushed

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.080
 beneath it.

00:41:18.820 --> 00:41:19.720
 All of us are

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.720
 sinners before him.

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.920
 All of us destined

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.580
 for his wrath.

00:41:25.040 --> 00:41:25.860
 So what's the

00:41:25.860 --> 00:41:26.720
 solution then?

00:41:27.420 --> 00:41:28.480
 If the solution

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:30.040
 isn't just to try

00:41:30.040 --> 00:41:31.080
 to get things in

00:41:31.080 --> 00:41:32.480
 order and hope

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.380
 that God says,

00:41:33.520 --> 00:41:35.040
 ah, you tried

00:41:35.040 --> 00:41:35.660
 hard enough, I

00:41:35.660 --> 00:41:36.380
 guess I'll let you

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.640
 in.

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:38.139
 If that doesn't

00:41:38.139 --> 00:41:39.239
 work, what will?

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:43.259
 In his great love,

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:46.000
 God sent his

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:49.059
 son, who perfectly

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:50.859
 fulfilled all of

00:41:50.859 --> 00:41:51.239
 his law.

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.379
 He lived the life

00:41:54.379 --> 00:41:55.139
 we were meant to

00:41:55.139 --> 00:41:56.359
 live, never sinning

00:41:56.359 --> 00:41:57.199
 even one time.

00:41:59.279 --> 00:42:00.519
 But then he paid

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.239
 the penalty of God's

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:03.259
 wrath for sin in our

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.719
 place.

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:06.539
 On the cross,

00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.639
 Jesus became the

00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.919
 sacrificial lamb

00:42:11.919 --> 00:42:12.759
 pictured in the

00:42:12.759 --> 00:42:13.419
 Old Testament.

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.519
 And then God

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.500
 raised him from the

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.619
 dead, showing that

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:20.359
 his atonement, his

00:42:20.359 --> 00:42:21.699
 death was sufficient.

00:42:22.939 --> 00:42:23.679
 That it did

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:25.079
 everything that we

00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:26.559
 needed for it to

00:42:26.559 --> 00:42:26.799
 do.

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:28.359
 We need to add

00:42:28.359 --> 00:42:29.519
 nothing to it now.

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:33.599
 He is enough.

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:37.059
 And then he turns

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.820
 and he says,

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:39.219
 come to me,

00:42:39.940 --> 00:42:41.000
 if you will come

00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:41.480
 to me,

00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:43.539
 and receive this

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:43.940
 mercy.

00:42:44.860 --> 00:42:45.960
 Mercy is all that

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.719
 you will receive.

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.980
 On the cross,

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:52.019
 God treated his

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:54.159
 son as if he had

00:42:54.159 --> 00:42:54.519
 sinned,

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:56.980
 so that in the

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.780
 judgment at the

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:59.500
 end, he might

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.400
 might treat us

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:01.739
 as if we have

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.099
 not.

00:43:03.820 --> 00:43:04.679
 That's the hope.

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.880
 So if you're not a

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.539
 Christian, what are you

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.260
 supposed to do with

00:43:09.260 --> 00:43:09.519
 this?

00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:10.260
 I want you to

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:11.179
 recognize that Jesus

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:12.159
 is your only hope.

00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:13.079
 You'll never be good

00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.980
 enough, but you don't

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.519
 have to be.

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:16.119
 He was good for you.

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.219
 Turn from the

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:19.840
 ignorance and

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.199
 rebellion.

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.199
 Why wouldn't you?

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.699
 This is a great

00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:25.139
 gospel.

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:27.260
 There's none like it.

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:30.160
 And if you are a

00:43:30.160 --> 00:43:30.580
 Christian,

00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:34.540
 and perhaps you've

00:43:34.540 --> 00:43:35.480
 fallen in this way

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.160
 and it's a struggle

00:43:36.160 --> 00:43:36.620
 for you,

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.880
 can I just remind

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:40.640
 you that Christ's

00:43:40.640 --> 00:43:42.420
 mercy is greater

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.140
 than your sin.

00:43:46.240 --> 00:43:47.780
 His mercy is great.

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:50.880
 But I urge you,

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.280
 however,

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:53.780
 to live

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:56.000
 to please God

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:58.019
 and do not

00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.920
 disregard what he

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.300
 has said.

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.019
 Let's pray.

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:02.480
 through the

00:44:02.480 --> 00:44:02.480


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