WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.600 For us this morning, thanks, Christine. 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.359 So the reading is taken from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:26.519 ! I don't have a page number if someone has one. 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:35.700 1 Thessalonians chapter 4. 00:00:38.939 --> 00:00:46.820 As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. 00:00:47.820 --> 00:00:52.920 Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:59.120 For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:06.799 It is God's will that you should be sanctified, that you should avoid sexual immorality, 00:01:07.460 --> 00:01:14.020 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:18.899 not in passionate lust like the pagans who do not know God, 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:26.000 and that in this matter no one should wrong or take advantage of a brother or sister. 00:01:27.060 --> 00:01:33.620 The Lord will punish all those who commit such sins, as we told you and warned you before. 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:40.300 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:48.540 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being, 00:01:49.020 --> 00:01:54.200 but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit. 00:01:54.200 --> 00:02:07.240 Thanks, Christine. 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:15.340 Well, let's keep our Bibles there as we continue in our studies of Thessalonians. 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:22.120 Now we're going to pray and see what God has to teach us this morning. 00:02:22.120 --> 00:02:22.939 Let's pray. 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:35.219 Father, thank you that you have not left us in the dark, 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:43.000 but you have given us your word that has been written down for us today. 00:02:44.459 --> 00:02:50.560 A word that is powerful and able to change and transform. 00:02:50.560 --> 00:02:57.340 And so we ask that you would do a work in each one of us, 00:02:57.860 --> 00:03:04.699 that we would both become aware of our own hearts 00:03:04.699 --> 00:03:08.879 and the sin that needs to be dealt with, 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:15.659 but also that we would experience your grace 00:03:15.659 --> 00:03:21.680 and your power to change us. 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:29.219 So do a work amongst us individually and together as a church. 00:03:31.219 --> 00:03:33.219 And may it be for our good. 00:03:34.420 --> 00:03:35.800 In Jesus' name. 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:36.900 Amen. 00:03:36.900 --> 00:03:37.000 Amen. 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:46.180 So how would you feel if someone called you holy? 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:49.540 Is that a prized remark? 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:55.840 For most of us being called holy, it's something negative. 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:58.319 You're such a holy Joe. 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:01.219 Anybody ever say that to you? 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.560 Rather than a term to embrace, 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:07.579 we can see it as something to erase. 00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:09.579 To be called holy, 00:04:10.379 --> 00:04:12.280 well, you're just boring. 00:04:13.019 --> 00:04:14.639 You're judgmental. 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:16.439 You're just religious. 00:04:16.779 --> 00:04:19.439 Why don't you just go and live in a monastery somewhere? 00:04:20.039 --> 00:04:21.860 No one wants to be called holy. 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:25.659 Well, in our text today, 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:27.539 we're going to see that holiness 00:04:27.539 --> 00:04:31.139 is actually good for you. 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:33.560 In fact, everyone who says, 00:04:33.719 --> 00:04:34.439 I'm a Christian, 00:04:35.659 --> 00:04:38.219 should pursue holiness. 00:04:39.479 --> 00:04:40.659 Look at verse 1. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:44.060 As for other matters, 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:45.220 brothers and sisters, 00:04:46.260 --> 00:04:49.220 we instructed you how to live 00:04:49.220 --> 00:04:51.920 in order to please God 00:04:51.920 --> 00:04:55.540 as in fact you are living. 00:04:57.040 --> 00:05:00.860 We instructed you how to please God. 00:05:01.020 --> 00:05:04.160 So how do we please God with our lives? 00:05:04.860 --> 00:05:06.240 Well, if we read on, 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:07.080 it tells us. 00:05:07.200 --> 00:05:08.040 Look at verse 3. 00:05:08.040 --> 00:05:11.020 It is God's will 00:05:11.020 --> 00:05:15.900 that you should be sanctified. 00:05:16.220 --> 00:05:18.879 Sanctified simply means holy. 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:20.520 It is God's will 00:05:20.520 --> 00:05:22.640 that you should be holy. 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:24.400 Verse 4. 00:05:25.420 --> 00:05:27.060 That each of you should learn 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:28.700 to control your own body 00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:31.720 in a way that is holy. 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:34.400 Verse 7. 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.359 For God did not call us 00:05:37.359 --> 00:05:38.979 to be impure, 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:44.579 but to live a holy life. 00:05:46.159 --> 00:05:47.719 And the God who called us 00:05:47.719 --> 00:05:49.039 to live a holy life, 00:05:49.259 --> 00:05:50.759 look at the end of verse 8, 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:53.399 is the very God 00:05:53.399 --> 00:05:54.579 who gives you his 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:57.639 Holy Spirit. 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:00.120 You see, 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:01.079 we get ourselves 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:02.240 into such a mess 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:03.759 trying to figure out 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.319 what is God's will 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:06.240 for my life? 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:07.599 I mean, 00:06:07.659 --> 00:06:09.199 what course should I take 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:09.899 in college? 00:06:10.159 --> 00:06:12.519 Or what job should I apply for? 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:14.439 Or who am I going to marry? 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.339 Or where am I going to live? 00:06:16.919 --> 00:06:18.379 What's God's will for me 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:19.500 come breakfast time? 00:06:19.599 --> 00:06:21.459 What cereal am I going to have? 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:26.879 Well, God is much more concerned, 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:28.879 not so much with the jobs, 00:06:29.099 --> 00:06:31.039 or even the people we marry. 00:06:32.339 --> 00:06:34.079 He's much more concerned 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:35.359 about our character 00:06:35.359 --> 00:06:38.579 and our behaviour. 00:06:39.859 --> 00:06:40.740 Verse 3. 00:06:41.859 --> 00:06:43.339 It is God's will, 00:06:43.479 --> 00:06:44.799 it is God's design, 00:06:44.799 --> 00:06:45.919 his plan, 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:47.099 his purpose, 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:47.260 holiness, 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:50.140 that we should be 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:51.960 sanctified, 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:53.500 that we should be holy. 00:06:54.060 --> 00:06:55.200 This is what God 00:06:55.200 --> 00:06:57.140 wants us to pursue. 00:06:57.820 --> 00:06:58.420 Holiness 00:06:58.420 --> 00:06:59.780 is 00:06:59.780 --> 00:07:01.480 good for you. 00:07:03.020 --> 00:07:03.760 Now, 00:07:03.840 --> 00:07:05.040 before we move on, 00:07:05.780 --> 00:07:06.900 it's important for us 00:07:06.900 --> 00:07:08.040 that we understand 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:08.640 what 00:07:08.640 --> 00:07:09.860 holiness 00:07:09.860 --> 00:07:11.540 means. 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:12.480 Holy 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:13.680 simply means 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.860 to be set apart 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:17.620 for God. 00:07:18.300 --> 00:07:19.000 God is 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:19.980 different, 00:07:20.580 --> 00:07:21.620 he's separate, 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:23.060 and we are to be 00:07:23.060 --> 00:07:24.220 set apart 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:24.900 for God. 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:25.920 In other words, 00:07:26.340 --> 00:07:28.040 you belong to God. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.319 You live 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:31.379 for God. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:34.080 But there's something else 00:07:34.080 --> 00:07:35.120 we need to understand 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:35.879 about holiness. 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:36.939 Holiness 00:07:36.939 --> 00:07:38.400 is something 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:39.560 we are 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:41.660 and it's also 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:42.100 something 00:07:42.100 --> 00:07:43.199 we become. 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:44.680 Something we are 00:07:44.680 --> 00:07:45.180 and something 00:07:45.180 --> 00:07:45.920 we become. 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:47.420 And to help us 00:07:47.420 --> 00:07:48.199 understand this, 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:49.139 I want us to look 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:50.379 at a verse 00:07:50.379 --> 00:07:53.340 in Hebrews. 00:07:55.340 --> 00:07:56.459 See what it says 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:57.379 there on the screen? 00:07:57.900 --> 00:07:58.920 It's been talking 00:07:58.920 --> 00:07:59.939 about the death 00:07:59.939 --> 00:08:00.540 of Jesus 00:08:00.540 --> 00:08:01.860 and the effect 00:08:01.860 --> 00:08:03.100 that Jesus' 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:04.000 death has 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:04.639 on us. 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:07.019 For by one 00:08:07.019 --> 00:08:08.000 sacrifice, 00:08:08.939 --> 00:08:10.220 he has 00:08:10.220 --> 00:08:11.199 made perfect 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:11.979 or he has 00:08:11.979 --> 00:08:12.979 made holy 00:08:12.979 --> 00:08:14.139 forever, 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:16.519 those who 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:18.060 are being 00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:19.319 made holy. 00:08:21.060 --> 00:08:21.399 Do you know 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:22.459 your past tense 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:23.120 and your 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:24.659 present tense? 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:26.259 You see, 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:27.240 through the death 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:27.879 of Jesus, 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:29.360 all our 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:30.459 impure, 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:31.480 unholy, 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:32.379 sinful life 00:08:32.379 --> 00:08:33.679 is taken 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:34.639 by Jesus 00:08:34.639 --> 00:08:35.960 as we trust 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:36.379 in him 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:37.299 and in 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:37.980 its place 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:38.879 we receive 00:08:38.879 --> 00:08:39.860 the purity 00:08:39.860 --> 00:08:41.139 and the 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:41.600 holiness 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:42.820 of Jesus. 00:08:44.179 --> 00:08:45.259 So as I 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:46.019 trust in 00:08:46.019 --> 00:08:46.419 Jesus, 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:47.700 I am 00:08:47.700 --> 00:08:49.139 made 00:08:49.139 --> 00:08:49.960 holy 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.259 forever. 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:52.840 I am 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:53.600 declared 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:54.200 holy. 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:55.399 God looks 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:55.720 at me 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:56.419 right now 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:57.159 and he 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:57.980 sees me 00:08:57.980 --> 00:08:58.539 as holy. 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:00.720 He treats 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:01.639 me as being 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:02.360 set apart 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:02.820 for him 00:09:02.820 --> 00:09:03.500 and that 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:04.680 is unchangeable 00:09:04.680 --> 00:09:06.800 and irreversible. 00:09:07.940 --> 00:09:08.660 I am 00:09:08.660 --> 00:09:09.379 declared 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:09.920 holy. 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:11.000 That cannot 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:11.879 be changed 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:12.800 as I 00:09:12.800 --> 00:09:13.460 trust in 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:13.840 Jesus. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:16.920 But it's 00:09:16.920 --> 00:09:17.640 also saying 00:09:17.640 --> 00:09:18.100 to us 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:18.500 that not 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:18.940 only are 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:19.640 we made 00:09:19.640 --> 00:09:20.040 holy, 00:09:20.660 --> 00:09:21.280 we must 00:09:21.280 --> 00:09:22.260 now become 00:09:22.260 --> 00:09:23.780 what we 00:09:23.780 --> 00:09:24.260 are. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:25.760 So daily 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:26.500 I am 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:27.020 being 00:09:27.020 --> 00:09:28.180 made 00:09:28.180 --> 00:09:28.940 holy. 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:30.200 I am 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:30.700 becoming 00:09:30.700 --> 00:09:31.340 more and 00:09:31.340 --> 00:09:32.680 more like 00:09:32.679 --> 00:09:33.779 the Lord 00:09:33.779 --> 00:09:34.299 Jesus. 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:37.859 Think of 00:09:37.859 --> 00:09:38.199 it like 00:09:38.199 --> 00:09:38.459 this. 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:38.899 Imagine 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:39.500 that you've 00:09:39.500 --> 00:09:40.179 been elected 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:40.839 to be the 00:09:40.839 --> 00:09:41.120 next 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:41.620 president 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:42.319 of Ireland. 00:09:43.759 --> 00:09:44.539 At your 00:09:44.539 --> 00:09:45.439 inauguration, 00:09:46.299 --> 00:09:47.019 the position 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:48.219 of presidency 00:09:48.219 --> 00:09:49.799 is conferred 00:09:49.799 --> 00:09:50.299 upon you. 00:09:50.539 --> 00:09:51.199 You can't 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:51.599 take it, 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:52.299 you can't 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:52.919 just decide 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:53.579 for yourself. 00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:54.279 It is 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:54.699 something 00:09:54.699 --> 00:09:55.439 given to 00:09:55.439 --> 00:09:55.659 you. 00:09:55.939 --> 00:09:56.359 You are 00:09:56.359 --> 00:09:57.019 made 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:57.919 president. 00:09:58.939 --> 00:09:59.319 And so 00:09:59.319 --> 00:09:59.819 from that 00:09:59.819 --> 00:10:00.639 time forward, 00:10:00.979 --> 00:10:01.319 everywhere 00:10:01.319 --> 00:10:02.079 you go 00:10:02.080 --> 00:10:02.720 and all 00:10:02.720 --> 00:10:03.040 that you 00:10:03.040 --> 00:10:03.340 do, 00:10:03.620 --> 00:10:04.100 you will 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:04.300 be 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:04.700 treated 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:05.280 as 00:10:05.280 --> 00:10:06.280 president. 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:09.480 And now 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:09.940 that you 00:10:09.940 --> 00:10:10.600 are the 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:11.060 president 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:11.780 of Ireland, 00:10:12.620 --> 00:10:13.600 you must 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:14.460 start living 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:15.420 as the 00:10:15.420 --> 00:10:15.879 president. 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:17.879 So every 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:19.020 ceremony you 00:10:19.020 --> 00:10:19.500 go to 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:20.139 and all the 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:20.980 different places 00:10:20.980 --> 00:10:21.560 you're called 00:10:21.560 --> 00:10:21.860 to, 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.440 you become 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:23.960 more 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:25.860 presidential-like 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:26.680 with every 00:10:26.680 --> 00:10:27.420 event that 00:10:27.420 --> 00:10:27.920 you do. 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:29.939 and so 00:10:29.939 --> 00:10:30.259 it is 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:30.579 for the 00:10:30.579 --> 00:10:30.979 Christian. 00:10:30.979 --> 00:10:31.599 We're 00:10:31.599 --> 00:10:32.240 made 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:32.759 holy 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:35.059 and we 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:35.299 are 00:10:35.299 --> 00:10:36.000 becoming 00:10:36.000 --> 00:10:36.799 holy. 00:10:37.599 --> 00:10:38.199 Verse 00:10:38.199 --> 00:10:38.539 3, 00:10:39.419 --> 00:10:39.879 it is 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:40.519 God's 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:41.000 will, 00:10:41.819 --> 00:10:42.659 God's 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:43.179 plan, 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:43.799 God's 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:44.279 design, 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:44.740 that you 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:45.199 should be 00:10:45.199 --> 00:10:45.919 sanctified, 00:10:46.319 --> 00:10:46.779 that you 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:47.279 should be 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:47.939 holiness. 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:50.439 Pursue 00:10:50.439 --> 00:10:51.079 a life 00:10:51.079 --> 00:10:51.799 of holiness. 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:52.939 It will 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:53.579 be good 00:10:53.579 --> 00:10:54.419 for us. 00:10:54.419 --> 00:10:56.279 So what 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:56.719 does it 00:10:56.719 --> 00:10:57.319 mean for 00:10:57.319 --> 00:10:57.759 us to 00:10:57.759 --> 00:10:58.059 live a 00:10:58.059 --> 00:10:58.620 holy life? 00:10:58.879 --> 00:10:59.360 When we 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.319 leave this 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.399 building and 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:01.879 we go to 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:02.500 our homes and 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:02.939 as we 00:11:02.939 --> 00:11:04.079 enter into 00:11:04.079 --> 00:11:04.479 a new 00:11:04.479 --> 00:11:04.879 week, 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:05.860 what's it 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:06.319 going to 00:11:06.319 --> 00:11:06.799 mean for 00:11:06.799 --> 00:11:07.279 us to 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:08.399 be holy? 00:11:09.819 --> 00:11:10.159 Well, 00:11:10.199 --> 00:11:10.719 it affects 00:11:10.719 --> 00:11:12.079 every area 00:11:12.079 --> 00:11:12.579 of our 00:11:12.579 --> 00:11:13.000 life. 00:11:13.599 --> 00:11:13.819 Not 00:11:13.819 --> 00:11:14.559 least 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:15.919 is 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.740 sexual 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.620 holiness. 00:11:18.819 --> 00:11:19.639 God is 00:11:19.639 --> 00:11:20.279 concerned 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.860 with our 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:22.459 sexual 00:11:22.459 --> 00:11:23.059 holiness. 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:25.399 Two big 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:25.979 things we're 00:11:25.979 --> 00:11:26.379 going to 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:26.879 look at 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:28.240 from this. 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.360 First, 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:29.979 sexual 00:11:29.979 --> 00:11:30.519 holiness 00:11:30.519 --> 00:11:31.659 is 00:11:31.659 --> 00:11:32.459 best 00:11:32.459 --> 00:11:33.959 for you. 00:11:34.979 --> 00:11:35.719 So again, 00:11:35.839 --> 00:11:36.099 look at 00:11:36.099 --> 00:11:36.559 verse 3, 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:37.019 it's so 00:11:37.019 --> 00:11:37.319 key. 00:11:37.839 --> 00:11:38.139 It is 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:38.620 God's 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.139 will that 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:39.579 you should 00:11:39.579 --> 00:11:39.899 be 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:40.699 holy. 00:11:41.059 --> 00:11:41.259 Well, 00:11:41.299 --> 00:11:41.620 what does 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.059 that look 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:42.459 like? 00:11:43.299 --> 00:11:43.500 Well, 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:43.740 look at 00:11:43.740 --> 00:11:44.099 the rest 00:11:44.099 --> 00:11:44.519 of verse 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:44.860 3. 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:46.039 First, 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:47.079 that you 00:11:47.079 --> 00:11:48.099 should avoid 00:11:48.099 --> 00:11:48.939 sexual 00:11:48.939 --> 00:11:49.659 immorality. 00:11:51.099 --> 00:11:51.339 And 00:11:51.339 --> 00:11:51.879 second, 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:52.740 verse 4, 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:54.080 that each 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:54.379 of you 00:11:54.379 --> 00:11:54.600 should 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:55.060 learn to 00:11:55.060 --> 00:11:55.460 control 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:55.940 your own 00:11:55.940 --> 00:11:56.379 body. 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:58.379 And 00:11:58.379 --> 00:11:58.919 then verse 00:11:58.919 --> 00:11:59.480 6, 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:02.200 that you 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:02.720 should 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.600 do no 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:04.259 wrong or 00:12:04.259 --> 00:12:04.620 take 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:05.480 advantage of 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:05.940 your brother 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:06.639 or sister. 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:08.000 You see, 00:12:08.060 --> 00:12:08.960 it incorporates 00:12:08.960 --> 00:12:09.480 a whole 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:10.320 area of 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:10.840 our life. 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.560 So we're 00:12:11.560 --> 00:12:11.759 going to 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:12.039 look at 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:12.360 these 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:13.180 each in 00:12:13.180 --> 00:12:13.480 turn. 00:12:14.019 --> 00:12:14.580 First, 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:16.039 it means 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:17.100 that we 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:17.799 avoid 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:18.759 sexual 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:19.720 immorality. 00:12:19.720 --> 00:12:22.240 now hang 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:22.600 on a 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:22.759 minute, 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:23.279 you say. 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:24.759 Who are 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.639 you to 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:26.379 tell me 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:27.259 about how 00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:27.680 I should 00:12:27.680 --> 00:12:27.980 live? 00:12:28.240 --> 00:12:28.820 This is 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.820 my life, 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:31.460 my body, 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.879 so I get 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:33.460 to choose 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:34.180 how I 00:12:34.180 --> 00:12:34.560 live, 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:34.920 right? 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:37.180 No. 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:38.680 If you 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:38.960 are a 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:39.320 Christian, 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:39.800 remember, 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:40.240 we have 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:41.360 been made 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:41.820 holy. 00:12:42.139 --> 00:12:42.680 So we 00:12:42.680 --> 00:12:43.100 are now 00:12:43.100 --> 00:12:43.879 set apart 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:44.700 for God. 00:12:44.700 --> 00:12:45.660 We belong 00:12:45.660 --> 00:12:46.200 to God. 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:47.000 So we 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:47.759 become 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:49.620 what we 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.019 are. 00:12:52.220 --> 00:12:53.019 Now I 00:12:53.019 --> 00:12:53.539 know people 00:12:53.539 --> 00:12:55.019 think that 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:55.580 Christians 00:12:55.580 --> 00:12:56.759 think that 00:12:56.759 --> 00:12:57.580 sex is 00:12:57.580 --> 00:12:58.059 bad. 00:12:58.580 --> 00:12:59.080 It's not 00:12:59.080 --> 00:12:59.559 bad. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:01.019 It is a 00:13:01.019 --> 00:13:01.960 beautiful gift 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:02.779 from God 00:13:02.779 --> 00:13:03.779 for our 00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.319 good and 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:04.919 for our 00:13:04.919 --> 00:13:05.340 pleasure. 00:13:05.740 --> 00:13:06.139 However, 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:06.939 there's 00:13:06.939 --> 00:13:07.700 boundaries 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:09.179 for our 00:13:09.179 --> 00:13:09.639 life. 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:11.899 Sex is 00:13:11.899 --> 00:13:12.860 only good 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:13.600 and right 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:14.559 in the 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.539 context of 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:16.399 a faithful 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.399 and 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:18.139 exclusive 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:19.000 marriage 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:20.480 between 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:21.439 one man 00:13:21.439 --> 00:13:22.480 and one 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:22.879 woman. 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:24.659 Sex in 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:25.419 any other 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:26.699 context is 00:13:26.699 --> 00:13:27.179 to be 00:13:27.179 --> 00:13:27.720 avoided. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:28.500 In other 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:28.759 words, 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.360 it's not 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:29.759 going to 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.179 be good 00:13:30.179 --> 00:13:30.659 for you. 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.079 We 00:13:33.079 --> 00:13:33.480 should, 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:33.860 verse 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.299 three, 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:35.860 avoid 00:13:35.860 --> 00:13:36.720 sexual 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.579 immorality. 00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:39.139 So 00:13:39.139 --> 00:13:39.679 sleeping 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.340 with someone 00:13:40.340 --> 00:13:41.500 before you're 00:13:41.500 --> 00:13:42.120 married is 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:42.519 wrong. 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:44.399 So too 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:44.939 is sleeping 00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:45.480 with someone 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:45.980 who isn't 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:46.480 your husband 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.019 or wife. 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.379 If you're 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:47.700 married, 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.580 that's 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:48.920 wrong. 00:13:50.259 --> 00:13:51.080 But it's 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:51.980 much more 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:52.700 than that. 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.440 It's also 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:55.320 the programs 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:55.720 and the 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:56.259 films we 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.840 watch on 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:57.220 TV. 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:00.560 It's the 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:00.940 images 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:02.200 that we 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:02.980 scroll through 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.840 on Instagram. 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:06.519 It's the 00:14:06.519 --> 00:14:06.980 porn 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.060 that we 00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:08.659 watch in 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.460 the secrecy 00:14:09.460 --> 00:14:10.379 of our 00:14:10.379 --> 00:14:10.840 bedroom. 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:12.879 we are 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:14.759 to avoid 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.280 it. 00:14:16.280 --> 00:14:16.620 Literally, 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:17.259 it means 00:14:17.259 --> 00:14:18.040 make a 00:14:18.040 --> 00:14:18.720 clean 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:19.920 break from 00:14:19.920 --> 00:14:20.259 it. 00:14:21.000 --> 00:14:21.460 Remove 00:14:21.460 --> 00:14:22.200 the access 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:23.259 that we 00:14:23.259 --> 00:14:23.800 have to 00:14:23.800 --> 00:14:24.460 the things 00:14:24.460 --> 00:14:25.720 that trip 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:26.320 us up. 00:14:27.680 --> 00:14:28.180 Block 00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:29.480 the content 00:14:29.480 --> 00:14:30.360 that we 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:30.920 watch. 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:33.240 Stay away 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.639 from the 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.399 places that 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:34.940 cause our 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.480 eyes to 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:36.440 wander and 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.040 our minds 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:37.319 to 00:14:37.319 --> 00:14:38.379 fantasize. 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.099 Be 00:14:42.099 --> 00:14:42.500 holy. 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.339 It's 00:14:44.339 --> 00:14:45.039 good for 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.299 you. 00:14:46.620 --> 00:14:47.139 And that 00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:48.079 means avoiding 00:14:48.079 --> 00:14:48.959 sexual 00:14:48.959 --> 00:14:49.919 immorality. 00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:53.500 but it 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.459 also means 00:14:54.459 --> 00:14:57.639 control 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.539 your own 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.360 body. 00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.000 Verse 4. 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:02.860 It's 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.219 God's 00:15:03.219 --> 00:15:03.679 will that 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.000 you should 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.519 be holy. 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:06.139 Verse 4. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.899 That each 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:07.259 of you 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:07.879 should learn 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:08.740 to control 00:15:08.740 --> 00:15:09.419 your own 00:15:09.419 --> 00:15:10.039 body in 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:10.360 a way 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:10.819 that is 00:15:10.819 --> 00:15:11.479 holy 00:15:11.479 --> 00:15:12.659 and 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:13.199 honourable. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:15.079 Now, 00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:15.659 we've got 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.219 to take 00:15:16.219 --> 00:15:16.959 responsibility 00:15:16.959 --> 00:15:17.620 for the 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.319 choices and 00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:19.019 decisions we 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.339 make. 00:15:19.340 --> 00:15:20.399 Rather than 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:21.280 feed our 00:15:21.280 --> 00:15:22.300 sexual desires, 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.139 we're to 00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.360 control our 00:15:24.360 --> 00:15:24.920 desires. 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.440 We're not 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:27.240 to be ruled 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.940 by or 00:15:27.940 --> 00:15:28.879 mastered by 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.700 our sexual 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.600 appetites. 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:32.600 Now, 00:15:32.660 --> 00:15:33.000 in our 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.460 culture, 00:15:34.040 --> 00:15:34.420 if we're 00:15:34.420 --> 00:15:34.840 to say 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.580 that in 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.139 public, 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:37.220 people will 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:37.540 say, 00:15:37.980 --> 00:15:38.139 you're 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.600 backward. 00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:40.280 You're 00:15:40.280 --> 00:15:40.860 repressive. 00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:43.460 The message 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:43.879 in our 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.639 culture is 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.660 my body, 00:15:46.160 --> 00:15:46.860 my life, 00:15:47.400 --> 00:15:48.259 my choice. 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:49.820 If it 00:15:49.820 --> 00:15:50.780 feels good, 00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:51.780 if it 00:15:51.780 --> 00:15:52.280 makes you 00:15:52.280 --> 00:15:52.720 happy, 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:53.820 if it 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:54.420 satisfies 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.440 your desires, 00:15:55.680 --> 00:15:56.220 then go 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.620 for it. 00:15:56.680 --> 00:15:57.100 There's no 00:15:57.100 --> 00:15:57.620 boundaries. 00:15:58.139 --> 00:15:58.560 Do what 00:15:58.560 --> 00:15:59.200 you like. 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:00.540 Oh, 00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:01.399 there's just 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.980 one thing. 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:03.620 Just make 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.500 sure everyone 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.240 is cool 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.980 about it. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.740 As the TV 00:16:08.740 --> 00:16:09.580 advert keeps 00:16:09.580 --> 00:16:10.360 telling us, 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.580 have the 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:12.180 consent 00:16:12.180 --> 00:16:13.120 conversation. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:14.980 no. 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.019 As 00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:17.539 Christians, 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.299 we don't 00:16:18.299 --> 00:16:19.620 follow the 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:20.340 standard of 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.779 the world. 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.580 We don't 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.379 follow the 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:23.539 TV adverts. 00:16:23.940 --> 00:16:24.480 Look what it 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:24.879 says in 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:25.399 verse 4, 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.100 that we 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.720 should learn 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.440 to control 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:27.940 our own 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:28.440 body in 00:16:28.440 --> 00:16:28.919 a way that 00:16:28.919 --> 00:16:29.399 is holy 00:16:29.399 --> 00:16:30.019 and honorable, 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:32.379 not in 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:33.480 passionate lust 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:34.000 like the 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.259 pagans who 00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.700 do not 00:16:35.700 --> 00:16:36.299 know God. 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:36.899 In other 00:16:36.899 --> 00:16:37.100 words, 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.840 we don't 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.399 just take 00:16:38.399 --> 00:16:39.360 our cues 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.279 and our 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:41.100 standards 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.080 from the 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.480 world. 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.920 We know 00:16:44.920 --> 00:16:45.480 God. 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:47.100 We've been 00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.820 set apart 00:16:47.820 --> 00:16:48.500 for God. 00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:49.580 We belong 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:50.220 to God. 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:50.920 So we 00:16:50.920 --> 00:16:51.620 don't follow 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.320 the culture. 00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.180 We don't 00:16:53.180 --> 00:16:53.639 do what 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:54.740 society says 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.420 or how 00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.259 they describe 00:16:56.259 --> 00:16:56.700 what is 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.159 right. 00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:58.899 No, 00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.379 we follow 00:16:59.379 --> 00:16:59.860 God's 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:00.639 word because 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.220 God is 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.940 the creator 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:02.379 and the 00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.100 designer of 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.560 the universe 00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.460 and he 00:17:04.460 --> 00:17:05.000 knows what 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:05.480 is best 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:05.940 and right 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.559 for us. 00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:09.220 So be 00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:09.579 holy. 00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:13.199 control 00:17:13.199 --> 00:17:14.740 your body 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.199 and what 00:17:16.199 --> 00:17:16.579 you do 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.139 with it. 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.259 But there's 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.980 another one. 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.779 Verse 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.079 three, 00:17:25.199 --> 00:17:25.759 it's God's 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.199 will that 00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:26.559 you should 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.119 be holy. 00:17:28.219 --> 00:17:28.619 Verse 00:17:28.619 --> 00:17:29.119 six, 00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:30.699 and that 00:17:30.699 --> 00:17:31.240 in this 00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.919 matter no 00:17:31.919 --> 00:17:32.339 one should 00:17:32.339 --> 00:17:32.819 wrong or 00:17:32.819 --> 00:17:33.839 take advantage 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:34.879 of a 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.399 brother or 00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:35.759 sister. 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:37.679 You see, 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.299 the argument 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:39.179 goes like 00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.500 this, 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.179 that what 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.740 I do 00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.279 with my 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.000 life and 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:42.640 my body 00:17:42.640 --> 00:17:43.620 is private. 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.259 It's none 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.600 of your 00:17:44.600 --> 00:17:45.240 business. 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.700 As long 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.120 as my 00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.960 choices and 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.660 my decisions 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.759 don't affect 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.500 anybody else, 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:52.140 it's okay. 00:17:53.560 --> 00:17:54.279 But the 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:54.920 point here 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.340 of verse 00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:55.980 six is 00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:57.640 my actions 00:17:57.640 --> 00:17:58.799 and my 00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.340 choices 00:17:59.340 --> 00:18:00.900 are never 00:18:00.900 --> 00:18:01.340 ever 00:18:01.340 --> 00:18:02.400 private. 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:05.540 I can 00:18:05.540 --> 00:18:06.320 never say, 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:07.120 oh, 00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:07.900 it's just 00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.680 my life. 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.200 Think 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.920 about it. 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:12.940 An 00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:13.540 affair 00:18:13.540 --> 00:18:14.700 hurts 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:14.940 your 00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:15.640 spouse 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:17.180 and your 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.740 family 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:19.200 and your 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.540 wider 00:18:19.540 --> 00:18:20.259 circle of 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.800 friends. 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.160 Watching 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.800 porn 00:18:23.800 --> 00:18:24.800 is not 00:18:24.800 --> 00:18:25.600 just me 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.019 and an 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.560 image on 00:18:26.560 --> 00:18:27.220 screen. 00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:28.880 It hurts 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:29.920 real people 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:30.860 who are 00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.600 exploited, 00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.039 abused, 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.060 and very 00:18:34.060 --> 00:18:34.440 often 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.259 enslaved 00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:36.660 for my 00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.519 satisfaction. 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:40.300 Having 00:18:40.300 --> 00:18:41.019 sex with 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.480 multiple 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:42.580 partners is 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:43.140 not just 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:44.360 my choice 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.960 and my 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:45.440 decision, 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:46.440 it's actually 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.820 robbing their 00:18:47.820 --> 00:18:48.820 future spouse 00:18:48.820 --> 00:18:49.480 of what only 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.100 belongs to 00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.440 them. 00:18:50.440 --> 00:18:53.519 you see, 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.080 sexual 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:54.740 immorality, 00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:55.759 the choices 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.220 and the 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.940 decisions we 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.320 make, 00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.180 are never 00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.480 ever 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.019 private. 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.900 It's never 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.580 just about 00:19:01.580 --> 00:19:02.019 me. 00:19:03.360 --> 00:19:04.180 It has a 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.500 far wide 00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.539 reaching long 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:07.360 term effect 00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:08.380 on multiple 00:19:08.380 --> 00:19:08.920 people. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.160 It wrecks 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:11.900 and breaks 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.779 wider 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.720 relationships. 00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.400 Be 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:17.820 holy. 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:19.839 this is 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.259 God's 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:20.779 will for 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.039 you. 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.339 Don't 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.939 wrong 00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.839 your 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.240 brother 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.200 or 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:26.679 sister. 00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.539 Now, 00:19:29.619 --> 00:19:29.960 sexual 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.559 immorality 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:31.159 is not 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:31.559 only 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:33.220 affecting 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.839 me, 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.720 it not 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.339 only hurts 00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.759 others, 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.859 it also 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:37.279 has a 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:37.939 profound 00:19:37.939 --> 00:19:38.679 effect on 00:19:38.679 --> 00:19:38.859 our 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.399 relationship 00:19:39.399 --> 00:19:40.099 with God. 00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.039 Do you 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:41.339 see at 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:41.659 the end 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.019 of verse 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.399 six? 00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.960 The 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.419 Lord 00:19:46.419 --> 00:19:46.759 will 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.740 punish 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:49.000 all 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.400 those 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.599 who 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.000 commit 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.440 such 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.120 sins 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.839 as we 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.359 told you 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.859 and warned 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.039 you 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:54.519 before. 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:56.819 You see, 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.880 our actions 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.500 with other 00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:59.039 people, 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:01.140 whether in 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:02.039 person or 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.660 online, 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.099 are not 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.880 just objects 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.620 for pleasure. 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:07.539 People, 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.980 like us, 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.400 you and 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:09.740 me, 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.339 are God's 00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:11.839 special 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.500 creation. 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.259 We've been 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.960 made in 00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:15.880 God's image, 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.319 loved and 00:20:17.319 --> 00:20:17.899 treasured 00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.480 by him. 00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:20.419 Likewise, 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.439 sex is not 00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:21.899 just a 00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.379 commodity 00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:23.579 to satisfy 00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:24.359 my wants 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.099 and desires. 00:20:25.579 --> 00:20:26.279 Sex is a 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:27.079 beautiful gift 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:27.679 from God 00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.559 for our 00:20:28.559 --> 00:20:29.220 good. 00:20:31.159 --> 00:20:31.960 So if we 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.539 go about 00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.319 mistreating 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:33.960 God's 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:34.579 people, 00:20:35.939 --> 00:20:36.639 the people 00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.439 he designed 00:20:37.439 --> 00:20:37.819 and he 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.379 created, 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.439 and if we 00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:40.299 misuse 00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.319 the good 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.059 gifts that 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.500 God's 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:42.980 give to 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.240 us, 00:20:43.579 --> 00:20:44.119 the gift 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.859 of sex, 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:46.500 well, 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.879 it is 00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.599 serious. 00:20:48.639 --> 00:20:49.279 God takes 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.819 it very 00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.599 seriously. 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.819 Verse 6, 00:20:51.939 --> 00:20:52.359 the Lord 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.359 will punish 00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.739 those who 00:20:54.739 --> 00:20:55.479 commit such 00:20:55.479 --> 00:20:56.079 sins. 00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.719 But, 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.000 Johnny, 00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.939 I thought 00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:02.439 you keep 00:21:02.439 --> 00:21:02.959 telling us 00:21:02.959 --> 00:21:03.419 that God 00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.379 forgives us. 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.019 Well, 00:21:06.179 --> 00:21:07.079 good news. 00:21:07.899 --> 00:21:09.059 God does 00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.919 forgive us, 00:21:09.979 --> 00:21:10.439 and we're going 00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.000 to see a little 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.519 bit more of 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.039 that in a 00:21:12.039 --> 00:21:12.359 minute. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.819 But the 00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.460 problem is 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.119 not with 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.940 confessed 00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.880 sin. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.140 Verse 6 00:21:19.140 --> 00:21:19.579 here is 00:21:19.579 --> 00:21:20.420 talking about 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:22.180 unrepentant 00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:22.759 sin. 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.940 It's the 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:26.720 person who 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.599 doesn't deal 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:28.579 with sexual 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.339 immorality 00:21:29.339 --> 00:21:31.079 and can't 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.619 be bothered 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.440 with pursuing 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:33.559 holiness. 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.720 This is a 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.640 serious matter. 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.079 You see, 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.759 the sign 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.500 that I am 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.160 set apart 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.660 for God, 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.680 the evidence 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.079 that we 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.740 belong to 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:44.559 God is 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:44.980 that we 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:47.920 strive to 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.319 become 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:48.759 holy. 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.440 I've been 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.379 made holy, 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.599 and I 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.680 am becoming 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.259 holy. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.240 So, 00:21:59.400 --> 00:21:59.839 first, 00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:01.599 sexual 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.539 holiness is 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:05.400 best for 00:22:05.400 --> 00:22:05.680 you. 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.440 It really 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.079 is. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:09.899 second, 00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:12.059 sexual 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.220 holiness is 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.099 possible 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:15.259 for you. 00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.579 Well, 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.000 I'm not 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:18.699 so sure. 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.659 I don't 00:22:19.659 --> 00:22:20.139 think I 00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.859 agree with 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.079 you. 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:22.419 I mean, 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.059 it is just 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:24.099 so difficult 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.740 to avoid. 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.519 All those 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.119 images and 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:26.519 all those 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:26.960 pictures, 00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.099 they just 00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:29.059 keep bombarding 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.259 me. 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:30.519 I try so 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:30.899 hard, 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.259 but I 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.799 can't seem 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.359 to break 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:32.659 it or 00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.279 stop it. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.700 this holy 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.720 living stuff 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:37.059 just seems 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:38.259 impossible. 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.079 Well, 00:22:42.139 --> 00:22:42.879 I hear you, 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.519 and I'm 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.019 with you. 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.579 None of 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:48.279 us here 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.680 is perfect. 00:22:50.899 --> 00:22:51.480 Every one 00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.160 of us has 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.599 failed and 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.420 are flawed 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.399 in our 00:22:55.399 --> 00:22:56.160 sexuality. 00:22:56.160 --> 00:22:58.400 But in 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.840 the midst 00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.220 of our 00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.140 brokenness, 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.680 there is 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:03.060 good news. 00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.660 God wants 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.100 us to 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:06.080 know that 00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:07.140 sexual holiness 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:08.700 is possible. 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:10.019 And we're 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.200 going to 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:10.500 look at 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.240 two ways 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.240 in which 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.180 we can 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.680 see we 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.100 can do 00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.600 this. 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.200 Here's 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.600 the first 00:23:16.600 --> 00:23:16.960 one. 00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:19.440 Remember 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.680 our union 00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:22.040 with 00:23:22.040 --> 00:23:22.840 Jesus. 00:23:24.040 --> 00:23:24.820 Go back 00:23:24.820 --> 00:23:25.259 to verse 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.620 one. 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:28.540 He 00:23:28.540 --> 00:23:28.980 tells us 00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.160 we 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.420 instructed 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.100 you how 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.580 to live 00:23:31.580 --> 00:23:31.980 in order 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.560 to please 00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:33.019 God, 00:23:33.540 --> 00:23:34.259 as in 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.100 fact you 00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:35.600 are 00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:36.220 living. 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.800 Now we 00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.300 ask you 00:23:38.300 --> 00:23:38.960 and urge 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.360 you, 00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.700 in the 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.019 Lord 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.540 Jesus, 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.300 to do 00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:45.519 this more 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.600 and more. 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.759 His 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.580 motivation 00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:51.160 is to 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:52.240 remind us 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.340 that we 00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.240 are in 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.000 the Lord 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.500 Jesus. 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:56.779 God 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.540 and 00:23:57.540 --> 00:23:57.820 it reminds 00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.259 us that 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.740 when we 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.360 believe the 00:23:59.360 --> 00:23:59.740 gospel, 00:24:00.100 --> 00:24:00.580 that when 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.300 we trust 00:24:01.300 --> 00:24:01.940 in Jesus, 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.000 we are 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.060 united to 00:24:04.060 --> 00:24:04.440 Jesus. 00:24:05.060 --> 00:24:05.259 And I 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.600 know this 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.940 is very 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.360 simple, 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.940 but if this 00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.540 hand here 00:24:07.540 --> 00:24:07.960 of mine 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.580 is Jesus 00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.400 and this 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:09.860 is me, 00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:10.540 when I 00:24:10.540 --> 00:24:11.180 trust him, 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:11.940 I am 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.680 in him. 00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:13.820 So where 00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.440 he goes, 00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.160 I go. 00:24:16.519 --> 00:24:17.220 My life 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.980 is united 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.600 to him. 00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.740 His life 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.820 is my 00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.320 life. 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:23.559 one writer 00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.039 put it 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.740 like this, 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.579 we are 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.839 one with 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.339 Jesus, 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.359 members of 00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.519 him. 00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.200 It's not 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.700 just our 00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.519 souls that 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.039 are connected 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.619 to Jesus, 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.359 but our 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:34.359 very bodies 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.079 are too. 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.119 Our bodies 00:24:36.119 --> 00:24:37.240 are members 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.359 of Jesus, 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.799 inseparably 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.599 part of 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.159 who he 00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.799 is. 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.599 Now that 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.339 means Jesus 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.960 is always 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.579 with me. 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.980 he never 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.879 leaves me, 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.639 he never 00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.259 forsakes 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.659 me, 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:50.939 and he's 00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.559 with me 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.299 even when 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.919 I sin, 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.179 and he 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:55.000 won't leave 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.579 me when 00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.159 I sin. 00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.379 Now that's 00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.000 a wonderful 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.819 comfort to 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.220 know that 00:24:59.220 --> 00:24:59.619 when I 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.220 fail and 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.539 fall, 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.679 he doesn't 00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.259 run away 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:02.819 from me, 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.119 he doesn't 00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.679 abandon 00:25:04.679 --> 00:25:05.079 me, 00:25:06.419 --> 00:25:07.199 he's there 00:25:07.199 --> 00:25:08.220 when I 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.980 confess 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.599 to forgive 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.039 me. 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.359 But 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.199 united to 00:25:14.199 --> 00:25:14.539 Jesus 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.559 also means 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.679 he is 00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.579 with me 00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:20.200 when I 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.619 sin. 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.359 In other 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:22.639 words, 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.460 Jesus is 00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.619 so united 00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.339 to us, 00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.059 and we 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.700 are so 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.559 united to 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:27.919 Jesus, 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:29.099 that when 00:25:29.099 --> 00:25:30.119 we sin, 00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:30.980 when I 00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.639 fail and 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.019 fall, 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.279 I am 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.980 involving 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.759 Jesus 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.220 in that 00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:37.039 sin too. 00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.460 In the 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.240 letter to 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.619 the 00:25:42.619 --> 00:25:43.319 Corinthian 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.919 church, 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:45.480 Paul 00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:45.940 addresses 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.240 the 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.539 same 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:46.940 issue. 00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.360 And he's 00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.060 addressing an 00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:49.700 issue there, 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.580 particularly 00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.580 amongst the 00:25:51.580 --> 00:25:52.300 men in 00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:52.980 the church 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.220 who are 00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.320 sleeping with 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:56.080 and using 00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:57.200 prostitutes. 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.400 And he 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.920 wanted to 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.580 address the 00:25:59.580 --> 00:25:59.900 issue. 00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.800 And here's 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.080 what he 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.560 said. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:06.619 Do you 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:10.859 not know 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.200 that your 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.460 bodies are 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.599 members of 00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:15.000 Christ 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.599 himself? 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.519 Shall I 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.079 then take 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.859 the members 00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.679 of Christ 00:26:19.679 --> 00:26:21.220 and unite 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.700 them with 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.720 a prostitute? 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.720 Never. 00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.179 Isn't it 00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.679 shocking 00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.519 what he's 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.919 saying? 00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.800 He's 00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:30.160 saying that 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.519 if you 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:30.880 are a 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.360 Christian 00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.740 and you 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.360 had sex 00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:33.740 with a 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.480 prostitute, 00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.660 you are 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:37.019 also uniting 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.100 Jesus with 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.060 that prostitute. 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.340 That's the 00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.960 depth of 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.640 our unity 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.920 with Christ. 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.580 You see, 00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.180 we can never 00:26:46.180 --> 00:26:46.880 view our 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.320 sin as 00:26:47.320 --> 00:26:48.140 private and 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.539 separate. 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.420 We are 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.380 united to 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:50.700 him. 00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.740 Again, 00:26:52.820 --> 00:26:53.160 a writer 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:53.640 put it 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.620 starkly like 00:26:54.620 --> 00:26:54.900 this. 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.380 He says, 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.620 it means 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.839 we can't 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.479 spiritually 00:26:58.479 --> 00:26:59.259 unhitch 00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.779 ourselves 00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.679 from Jesus 00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:01.699 to go 00:27:01.699 --> 00:27:02.179 off and 00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:03.839 sin and 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.379 then come 00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:04.979 back to 00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.599 reattach 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.119 ourselves. 00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.139 We can't 00:27:08.139 --> 00:27:08.899 say, oh 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.579 Jesus, you 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.219 just stay 00:27:10.219 --> 00:27:10.819 here for a 00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.239 little minute. 00:27:11.639 --> 00:27:12.419 I'm going 00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:13.579 off here and 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.000 I'm going to 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.500 do what I 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.919 want to do. 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.759 My life, my 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.379 choice, my 00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:17.019 body, don't 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.519 tell me what 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.239 to do and 00:27:19.239 --> 00:27:19.619 then I'll 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.259 come back to 00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.059 Jesus again. 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:23.139 No, where 00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.919 I go, he 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.459 goes. 00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:26.640 Where I 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.180 am, he 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.640 is. 00:27:30.579 --> 00:27:31.400 You see, 00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.160 Jesus is 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.860 with you and 00:27:33.860 --> 00:27:34.319 will never 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.140 abandon you 00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.660 when you 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.100 sin. 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.940 Good news. 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.600 But he is 00:27:39.600 --> 00:27:40.200 also there 00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.660 with us 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.200 when we 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.500 sin. 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:43.299 When we 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.000 watch things 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.400 on our 00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.980 phones. 00:27:45.900 --> 00:27:46.620 When we 00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.019 let our 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.799 hearts dwell 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.340 on things 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:49.140 we shouldn't. 00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.600 What we 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.079 do with 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.740 our spouse 00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.420 or partner. 00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.920 We are 00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:55.420 involving 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.560 Jesus. 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.380 So 00:27:59.380 --> 00:27:59.960 remembering 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.759 our union 00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.380 with Jesus 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.180 will cause 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.880 us to 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.759 remember his 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.660 glory, his 00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:06.340 goodness and 00:28:06.340 --> 00:28:07.620 beauty so 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.080 that we 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:10.240 avoid sexual 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.940 immorality. 00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:13.240 So first 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.080 we remember 00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:15.400 our union 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:16.560 with Jesus. 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.580 Second, 00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:20.840 we remember 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.700 our source 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.220 of help. 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:22.880 Look at 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.480 verse 8. 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:26.320 Therefore, 00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.340 anyone who 00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.240 rejects this 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.779 instruction 00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.300 does not 00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:29.840 reject a 00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.580 human being 00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:32.120 but God, 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.580 the very 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:34.259 God who 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.960 gives you 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:36.539 his Holy 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.300 Spirit. 00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:39.240 It's good 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.660 news. 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.340 He hasn't 00:28:40.340 --> 00:28:40.840 left us 00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.460 alone to 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.000 live this 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.560 life. 00:28:43.060 --> 00:28:43.740 He's given 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.560 to us his 00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.779 Holy Spirit. 00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:46.960 It's 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.700 extraordinary 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.420 that the 00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.160 God who is 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.039 both pure 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.160 and powerful 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.600 lives in 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:54.300 us by 00:28:54.300 --> 00:28:54.920 his Spirit. 00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.860 He's taken 00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.700 up residence 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.680 in our 00:28:57.680 --> 00:28:58.200 life. 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.560 Again, from 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:00.960 the same 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.700 passage in 00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.279 Corinthians, 00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:04.120 Paul put it 00:29:04.120 --> 00:29:04.640 like this, 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.380 do you 00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.400 do you 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:06.000 not know 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.460 that your 00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:08.060 bodies are 00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.960 temples of 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.360 the Holy 00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:09.940 Spirit? 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.320 Who is in 00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:11.620 you? 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.500 Whom you've 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.120 received from 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.560 God? 00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:15.080 You are not 00:29:15.080 --> 00:29:15.720 your own. 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.440 You were 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.180 bought at a 00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:19.040 price through 00:29:19.040 --> 00:29:19.680 the death of 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.040 Jesus. 00:29:20.800 --> 00:29:21.180 Therefore, 00:29:21.580 --> 00:29:22.280 honour God 00:29:22.280 --> 00:29:22.840 with your 00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.259 bodies. 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.380 So the 00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.160 Holy Spirit, 00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.080 God himself, 00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.560 is living in 00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:29.280 you if you're a 00:29:29.280 --> 00:29:29.660 Christian. 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:31.180 But he's not 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.740 just a 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.200 lodger. 00:29:33.340 --> 00:29:33.759 We're not 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.299 just giving 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.060 him permission 00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.900 to stay. 00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.980 He's a 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.860 transformer. 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.660 He's not 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:41.200 just sitting 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.799 down in 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.680 our life, 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.200 as it were, 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.019 having a 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.400 cup of 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.720 tea. 00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.360 No, 00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.299 he's busy, 00:29:46.560 --> 00:29:47.320 he's working, 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.039 and his 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.740 goal within 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.480 us is to 00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:50.220 help us 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.539 to pursue 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:53.000 holiness. 00:29:56.060 --> 00:29:56.640 Now, 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.180 his help 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.820 comes to 00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.240 us in 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.000 two ways. 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.360 This isn't 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:00.700 on the 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.039 screen, 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.399 but if 00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.559 you're 00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.839 taking 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.299 notes, 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.240 here you 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.519 are. 00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.379 This help 00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:04.879 comes to 00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.200 us in 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.680 two ways. 00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.559 First, 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:07.799 the Spirit 00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:09.000 shows us 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.539 the beauty 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:12.220 of Jesus. 00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:14.119 He shows 00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.519 us the 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.259 beauty of 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.639 Jesus. 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.799 As we 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.899 read God's 00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.339 word, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.079 the Spirit 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.680 of God 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.599 helps us 00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.279 to see how 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.899 beautiful 00:30:22.899 --> 00:30:24.220 and good 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.639 and bright 00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:27.019 Jesus is. 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.440 You see, 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:29.180 gratifying 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:30.339 sex will 00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.700 never 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.279 satisfy 00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.740 us, 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.279 it will 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.580 never 00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:33.019 fulfill 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.440 us, 00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:33.980 it will 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.559 leave us 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.039 empty, 00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:36.319 the pleasure 00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.680 is always 00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.860 temporary. 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.960 But in 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.759 Jesus we 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.299 have one 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.640 who is 00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.080 altogether 00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:43.819 pure, 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.720 altogether 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.360 better, 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.220 one who 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.019 is beautiful, 00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.840 one who 00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:48.480 is good, 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.420 one who 00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.819 does 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.480 satisfy, 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.460 one who 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.279 is truly 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.900 pleasing. 00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:56.620 C.S. 00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.080 Lewis, 00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.920 the author 00:30:58.920 --> 00:30:59.400 put it 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.140 like this, 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.340 it's a 00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.800 well-known 00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.180 quote, 00:31:02.300 --> 00:31:02.660 I'll read 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:02.980 it to 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.240 you. 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.720 He says, 00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.060 we are 00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.900 half-hearted 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:06.780 creatures, 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.480 fooling 00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.240 about with 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.880 sex, 00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.820 when infinite 00:31:11.820 --> 00:31:13.160 joy is 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:14.060 offered us. 00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:15.560 We're like 00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.160 an ignorant 00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.980 child who 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.440 wants to 00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.820 go on 00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:18.580 making mud 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.339 pies in 00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.059 a slum 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.899 because we 00:31:21.899 --> 00:31:22.779 cannot imagine 00:31:22.779 --> 00:31:23.220 what is 00:31:23.220 --> 00:31:23.720 meant by 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.240 the offer 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.599 of a 00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:24.960 holiday 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:26.220 at the 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.579 sea. 00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.159 We're 00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:29.019 just too 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.000 easily 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.159 pleased. 00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.699 Look at 00:31:33.699 --> 00:31:34.279 the beauty 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.359 of Jesus 00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.579 who comes 00:31:37.579 --> 00:31:38.019 to us 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.599 to forgive 00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.939 and give 00:31:39.939 --> 00:31:40.859 grace and 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.439 mercy, 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.439 one who 00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:44.079 is altogether 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:44.720 better. 00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.339 First, 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:47.899 the Spirit 00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.559 shows us 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:49.099 the beauty 00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:49.659 of Jesus. 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:50.599 Second, 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.220 the Spirit 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.859 gives us 00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.740 the power 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:54.119 of Jesus. 00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.240 You see, 00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.779 we need 00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.519 the Spirit's 00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.879 help. 00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.480 And as 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.039 we ask 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.319 him, 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.259 he gives 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.819 us the 00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.519 power to 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.220 say no 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.679 to what 00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.559 is impure 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:06.220 and yes 00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:07.379 to what 00:32:07.379 --> 00:32:07.960 is holy. 00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.639 We come 00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:10.359 in humility, 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.960 we come 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.339 weak, 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.059 we put 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.539 our hands 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.240 before him 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.579 and say, 00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.319 I am 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.779 broken, 00:32:15.399 --> 00:32:16.139 I am 00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.839 lost, 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.399 fill me 00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:18.839 with the 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.299 power of 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.879 your Spirit 00:32:19.879 --> 00:32:20.599 to strengthen 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.480 me so 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.859 that I 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.279 can live 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.859 the life 00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.759 that will 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.559 please you. 00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.480 He will 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.500 provide what 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.139 we need 00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.480 in the 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.079 fight 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.799 and he 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.539 will forgive 00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:35.599 when we 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.000 fail. 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.139 He will 00:32:38.139 --> 00:32:39.019 provide what 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:39.539 we need 00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.899 in the 00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.379 fight 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:42.360 and he 00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.000 will also 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.500 forgive 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:45.220 when we 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.660 fail. 00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.200 Verse 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.580 3, 00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.680 it is 00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.220 God's 00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.580 will 00:32:52.580 --> 00:32:54.360 that you 00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:54.940 should be 00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.040 holy. 00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.800 Pursue 00:32:58.800 --> 00:32:59.860 holiness. 00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.000 It is 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.480 good for 00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.000 you and 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.380 it's not 00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.840 just good 00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.320 for you, 00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.980 it's 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.560 possible. 00:33:08.840 --> 00:33:09.440 Through 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.980 God, 00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.279 by the 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.840 power of 00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.000 his 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.519 Spirit, 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.880 who 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.259 enables 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.759 us to 00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.220 see the 00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.960 beauty of 00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.340 Jesus 00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:18.200 and gives 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:18.640 us the 00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.240 power of 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.600 Jesus. 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:21.779 Let's 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.240 just take 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.820 a moment 00:33:22.820 --> 00:33:24.680 where we 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.400 are seated 00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:27.900 in the 00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.680 quietness 00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.580 just to 00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:31.180 reflect 00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:34.340 and ask 00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:35.080 God right 00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:37.120 now to 00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.480 do a 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.940 work in 00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.140 our 00:33:38.140 --> 00:33:38.620 life 00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:40.680 that 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:42.320 will 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.320 --> 00:33:42.320 00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:48.639 holiness and turn from what is wrong. 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:32.360 As we began our time together this morning, 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:40.000 we said that God's word would make us aware of our sin, 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:45.500 but also that we would experience his grace. 00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:52.460 Father, we confess where we have fallen and failed, 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:56.840 where we have acted in purity, 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:01.559 and we ask for your forgiveness 00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:06.679 and ask for the help of your Holy Spirit 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:10.599 that you would continue to show us the beauty 00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.919 and the greatness of Jesus, 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:17.960 and that you would give us the power that we need 00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:21.679 to live the life that you have called us to. 00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:25.919 Thank you that you do not fail us, 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:28.500 but you are good. 00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:32.260 So help us now this week 00:35:32.260 --> 00:35:34.840 to pursue holiness, 00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:38.039 because it's good for us, 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:41.440 and it will reflect your glory. 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:45.180 In Jesus' name, amen.