WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.839 All right, I'm going to call for a show of hands. 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:11.240 Raise your hand if you have a family member, 00:00:11.380 --> 00:00:13.019 whether immediate or extended, 00:00:13.980 --> 00:00:17.900 if you have friends, neighbors, co-workers 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:23.199 who are presently outside the kingdom of God, 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:28.199 who are not Christians, who are living for themselves, 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:30.820 they're under God's wrath, show of hands. 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:32.060 That's everybody. 00:00:33.839 --> 00:00:35.140 So let me ask you this. 00:00:36.859 --> 00:00:40.640 We've got people whom we love that don't know Christ, 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:44.039 and I'm guessing that we regularly interact with them. 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:49.379 So how are we as Christians who are called to be holy, 00:00:50.420 --> 00:00:54.739 how are we to live among those who are blinded and living for themselves? 00:00:54.739 --> 00:00:57.439 How are we to do that? 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:00.400 Would you open up your Bible quickly, 00:01:00.580 --> 00:01:03.920 just to Ephesians chapter 5, verse 7? 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:10.379 It reads this. 00:01:11.100 --> 00:01:15.780 Therefore, do not be partners with them, 00:01:16.340 --> 00:01:17.740 them being non-Christians. 00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:20.659 Therefore, do not be partners, 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:22.900 an older ESV version reads, 00:01:22.900 --> 00:01:25.340 therefore, do not associate with them. 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:26.879 What does that mean? 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:34.699 Are we as Christians to steer clear of all interactions with non-Christians? 00:01:36.340 --> 00:01:38.699 I'm not sure if you're going to a Super Bowl party tonight. 00:01:38.819 --> 00:01:41.340 That might be out of the question now with all this snow. 00:01:41.759 --> 00:01:43.799 But let's say you go to a Super Bowl party, 00:01:44.039 --> 00:01:46.299 and you see a non-Christian walk into the door. 00:01:46.399 --> 00:01:48.840 Is Paul saying here that if you're a Christian, 00:01:48.939 --> 00:01:50.120 you need to go out the back door? 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:55.740 At family get-togethers, non-Christian family, 00:01:56.740 --> 00:01:59.340 whether it's Easter or Thanksgiving, Christmas, 00:02:00.080 --> 00:02:01.980 you know, the family get-together group, 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:03.960 birthday gatherings, you know what I mean? 00:02:04.180 --> 00:02:06.460 You see a non-Christian family member walk in. 00:02:06.520 --> 00:02:07.439 Does that mean you split? 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:09.280 Is that what Paul is saying? 00:02:10.219 --> 00:02:11.400 We're not to associate with them? 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:12.580 We're not to partner with them? 00:02:12.580 --> 00:02:17.640 You've been assigned to serve on a team at work. 00:02:19.100 --> 00:02:21.020 And you have non-Christians on that team. 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:22.200 Does that mean you've got to say, 00:02:22.320 --> 00:02:23.380 I can't serve on this team. 00:02:23.460 --> 00:02:23.920 They're Christians. 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:25.760 I can't do this. 00:02:26.660 --> 00:02:27.400 I'm prohibited. 00:02:29.660 --> 00:02:31.460 What happens if you have non-Christian children? 00:02:31.600 --> 00:02:33.040 What happens if you have non-Christian parents? 00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:34.580 What happens if you have a non-Christian spouse? 00:02:36.160 --> 00:02:37.600 What is Paul saying here? 00:02:37.599 --> 00:02:42.039 What does he mean do not become partners with them in verse 7? 00:02:43.079 --> 00:02:45.500 Well, verse 11 sheds light on it. 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:49.819 What Paul is saying is we are not to do something. 00:02:51.039 --> 00:02:57.319 What he's not saying is we're to cut off all relationships with non-Christians. 00:02:57.419 --> 00:03:02.939 In fact, what we'll see is Jesus actually wants us in relationship with non-Christians. 00:03:02.939 --> 00:03:08.240 What he doesn't want us doing is participating in sin with non-Christians. 00:03:09.219 --> 00:03:15.659 What he does want us doing in these relationships is exposing the sin of non-Christians. 00:03:18.859 --> 00:03:20.719 We are in the book of Ephesians. 00:03:20.979 --> 00:03:24.900 First half of Ephesians is all these truths of who we are. 00:03:25.579 --> 00:03:30.060 The second half of Ephesians are exhortations of how we are to live. 00:03:30.060 --> 00:03:32.539 Last week we are in Ephesians 5. 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:34.819 Remember, you are a child of God. 00:03:34.939 --> 00:03:36.199 You're an imitator of God. 00:03:36.300 --> 00:03:39.199 You are to walk in love as Christ loved. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.740 Upward and outward kind of love. 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:43.920 We love people to the glory of God. 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:46.340 And then in verses 3 and 4, Paul says, 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:52.120 Because you're this, sexual immorality, impurity, greed cannot be named among you now. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.300 You're the holy ones of God. 00:03:54.300 --> 00:04:01.820 Why would you participate in something in which people who don't know Christ live for? 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:06.040 Don't you know that these are the reasons why God's wrath is coming? 00:04:06.140 --> 00:04:06.820 That's his rationale. 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.320 And then in verse 7, he says this, 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:18.259 Therefore, therefore, do not become partners with them. 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:23.879 So here's what I believe God is saying to us this morning. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:28.980 Our God is essentially saying to us, my children, 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:31.480 Light in the Lord. 00:04:33.420 --> 00:04:37.319 Don't join the sons of disobedience in the deeds of darkness. 00:04:38.439 --> 00:04:42.599 Be with them to expose the deeds of darkness. 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.400 There's no question we've been called out of a lifestyle. 00:04:47.400 --> 00:04:49.080 But it's more than that. 00:04:49.820 --> 00:04:55.200 We've been called out of sin in order to shine light onto sin. 00:04:56.580 --> 00:04:58.439 We are light in the world. 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.260 We're to be separate from darkness. 00:05:02.080 --> 00:05:05.220 And we're to shine into the darkness. 00:05:05.220 --> 00:05:19.060 God has a holy, redemptive purpose for us in our relationships with non-Christians. 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:25.560 This call to live holy has more to it than living a squeaky clean life. 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.060 You're going to see that come out at the end. 00:05:30.060 --> 00:05:37.699 What I want you to know right now is we are not to partner in sin with non-Christians. 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:42.120 We are to expose the sin of non-Christians. 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:43.980 And so here's the command. 00:05:44.860 --> 00:05:48.240 Therefore, do not become partners with them. 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:56.660 And what we see in Ephesians 8, 9, and 10 is one reason why we are not to be partners with them. 00:05:56.660 --> 00:06:03.340 And then what we read in 11, 12, 13, and 14 is another reason why we are not to partner with them. 00:06:03.420 --> 00:06:04.980 The first one is essentially this. 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:07.160 We are not to partner with them in sin. 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:09.040 Remember who you are. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:14.100 We don't partner with them, darkness, because we are no longer darkness. 00:06:14.400 --> 00:06:14.879 We are light. 00:06:15.080 --> 00:06:15.800 That's his rationale. 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:20.020 And then the second reason he gives gets at purpose. 00:06:21.220 --> 00:06:25.500 We are not to partner with them because we are not of them anymore. 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:28.000 We don't practice these things with them. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:31.620 We expose these things. 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:38.759 And what you're going to see is God has a glorious redemptive purpose in that. 00:06:39.459 --> 00:06:44.079 So two reasons this morning of why we're not to partner with non-Christians. 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:46.860 So let's look at this first one in greater detail. 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:52.540 You are not to partner with them because you are not darkness anymore. 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:54.639 Would you look with me at verse 8? 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:57.459 Let me start in 7. 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:59.500 Therefore, do not partner with them. 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:07.079 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:12.740 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:14.600 Paul is making a case here. 00:07:14.699 --> 00:07:17.060 His reason is don't partner with them. 00:07:17.220 --> 00:07:18.639 It's not who you are. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:21.040 Don't participate with them in the deeds of darkness. 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.519 It's not who you are anymore. 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:24.620 You're light in the Lord. 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:29.139 Did you notice the then now language of verse 8? 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:37.379 At one time, formerly, you were once darkness. 00:07:37.379 --> 00:07:42.879 Paul doesn't say here, you were living in darkness. 00:07:43.620 --> 00:07:46.540 Paul says, you were darkness. 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:51.240 This is who we were before we became a Christian. 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:54.219 Paul has conversion on his mind. 00:07:54.220 --> 00:07:57.560 This is who you were then. 00:07:58.720 --> 00:07:59.600 Spiritually blind. 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:00.600 Spiritually dead. 00:08:00.820 --> 00:08:01.700 Spiritually ignorant. 00:08:02.040 --> 00:08:03.360 Spiritually hardened of heart. 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.300 Ephesians 4.18 00:08:04.300 --> 00:08:07.500 We had no inheritance in the kingdom of God. 00:08:07.580 --> 00:08:09.860 We were sons and daughters of disobedience. 00:08:09.980 --> 00:08:11.180 We were under God's wrath. 00:08:11.340 --> 00:08:12.100 That's who we were. 00:08:12.220 --> 00:08:13.760 We were darkness. 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:16.099 What were we living for? 00:08:16.099 --> 00:08:16.159 What? 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.000 Well, we were living for ourselves. 00:08:19.139 --> 00:08:21.620 And it showed up in things like sexual immorality. 00:08:21.740 --> 00:08:22.740 All kinds of impurity. 00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:23.980 Greed. 00:08:24.659 --> 00:08:25.420 Trash talk. 00:08:26.219 --> 00:08:28.099 That's what characterized our lives. 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:29.839 We definitely weren't living for God. 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:31.740 We weren't imitating God. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:34.200 We weren't living like Christ. 00:08:34.700 --> 00:08:35.740 Upward and outward. 00:08:36.019 --> 00:08:38.080 That was far from our minds. 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:43.420 And what Paul does here, he summarizes it all up with one word. 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:46.480 You were once darkness. 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:48.780 Spiritually dead. 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.300 Engaging in the deeds of darkness. 00:08:52.680 --> 00:08:55.500 But then we read in verse 8 those great words, but now. 00:08:56.820 --> 00:08:57.900 You were darkness. 00:08:59.020 --> 00:08:59.600 But now. 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:01.020 I love that. 00:09:01.460 --> 00:09:02.100 But now. 00:09:02.100 --> 00:09:07.780 In that but now is God's grace manifest through the gospel 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:08.860 to us. 00:09:09.740 --> 00:09:10.939 Radically changed. 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:13.179 We're no longer darkness. 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:15.480 But now. 00:09:16.120 --> 00:09:17.419 You are light. 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:19.159 In the Lord. 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:22.379 We've been transformed by the grace of God. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:23.839 We went from being darkness. 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:25.679 To being light. 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:29.860 And Paul uses that darkness light language very intentionally. 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:32.860 It draws a sharp contrast. 00:09:34.199 --> 00:09:35.899 We were not that anymore. 00:09:35.899 --> 00:09:38.100 We are light in the Lord. 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:43.059 Light is distinct from darkness. 00:09:44.259 --> 00:09:47.259 Light is separate from darkness. 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:49.419 It's one way or the other. 00:09:50.179 --> 00:09:52.220 This maybe a year and a half ago. 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:53.000 Two years ago. 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:54.000 My son Mark and I. 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:55.539 We got in the car. 00:09:55.639 --> 00:09:57.860 And we traveled to Cave of the Mounds. 00:09:58.379 --> 00:09:59.439 Outside of Madison. 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:01.140 And it was on a Monday. 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:02.680 And so all the kids were. 00:10:02.920 --> 00:10:03.820 Everybody was in school. 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:04.840 So just Mark and me. 00:10:04.900 --> 00:10:07.320 And we got this tour of the Cave of the Mounds. 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.420 Just he and I. 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:10.360 And this lady tour lady guy. 00:10:10.480 --> 00:10:11.560 Lady person. 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:17.540 And she brought us back all the way to the end of the cave. 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:18.720 And you know what she did? 00:10:19.580 --> 00:10:20.760 She turned off the lights. 00:10:21.900 --> 00:10:22.980 And so I was like. 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:24.840 I cannot see my hand. 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.519 I can feel the wind my hand is making. 00:10:29.460 --> 00:10:30.540 But it was pitch black. 00:10:30.740 --> 00:10:31.440 Couldn't see anything. 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:33.000 And then she flipped the switch. 00:10:34.040 --> 00:10:34.700 Lights on. 00:10:34.920 --> 00:10:35.840 I knew how to get out. 00:10:36.820 --> 00:10:39.800 I was so grateful that she flipped the switch. 00:10:40.040 --> 00:10:42.240 And the lights were on. 00:10:42.379 --> 00:10:43.500 It was no longer darkness. 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:46.220 It was now light. 00:10:46.420 --> 00:10:48.639 And I was overjoyed. 00:10:49.100 --> 00:10:50.740 Paul has conversion on his mind here. 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:52.660 We were darkness. 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:54.579 And God flipped the switch. 00:10:55.199 --> 00:10:57.860 In Christ we are now in the light. 00:10:59.879 --> 00:11:02.379 Which brings me to another thing I want you to see. 00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:06.539 Not only is it this but now language. 00:11:06.719 --> 00:11:07.939 Then now language. 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:11.480 I want you to see the source of light. 00:11:12.600 --> 00:11:13.860 We were darkness. 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:20.600 But now you are light in the Lord. 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.600 Light in the Lord. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:28.960 You see the difference of being in darkness and being in the light is whether you are in Christ. 00:11:29.899 --> 00:11:30.980 That's the difference. 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:35.620 So if you are in the darkness you are outside of Christ. 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:38.360 But if you are in the light you are in Christ. 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:45.480 His light shines through us. 00:11:46.180 --> 00:11:48.360 The moment you believed in Christ. 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.440 The moment you were united to Him. 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:55.060 You were placed into Christ. 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:57.759 Now this is where I want to help you make some connections. 00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:59.700 In John chapter 1. 00:11:59.960 --> 00:12:02.180 John talks about Jesus this way. 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:05.439 In Him Christ was life. 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:10.199 And the life was the light of men. 00:12:10.439 --> 00:12:12.079 The light shines in the darkness. 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:15.099 And the darkness has not overcome it. 00:12:15.859 --> 00:12:16.859 Jesus is the light. 00:12:17.979 --> 00:12:19.199 At your conversion. 00:12:19.359 --> 00:12:20.759 The moment you became a Christian. 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:23.599 You were formerly darkness. 00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.879 Darkness no more. 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:27.059 You were placed into Christ. 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.279 The light of life. 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.939 Or He radically changed you. 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.720 John 8.12 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.639 Jesus says this. 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.860 I am the light of the world. 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:41.539 Whoever follows me. 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.279 Whoever is placed into me. 00:12:43.939 --> 00:12:47.259 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness. 00:12:48.339 --> 00:12:52.839 But will have the light of life. 00:12:54.339 --> 00:12:56.139 When you first became a Christian. 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:58.199 You were placed into Christ. 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:01.240 And He lit you up. 00:13:02.520 --> 00:13:05.320 With His light of life. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:08.379 So Christian. 00:13:08.800 --> 00:13:12.460 You are now light in the Lord. 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:14.920 Here's what that means. 00:13:15.920 --> 00:13:17.640 Having been made alive with Christ. 00:13:18.640 --> 00:13:25.480 Christ is going to radiate His holy life through you. 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.639 Anybody here of Thomas Kincaid? 00:13:30.159 --> 00:13:32.420 He's a famous painter. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:36.300 And He has painted these pictures of little houses. 00:13:36.300 --> 00:13:39.600 With these warm lights shining through the window. 00:13:39.700 --> 00:13:40.600 It's very inviting. 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.720 Light shining through. 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:48.160 The moment you believed in Jesus. 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.759 He lit you up. 00:13:49.940 --> 00:13:51.120 Lights went on. 00:13:51.540 --> 00:13:53.879 You were made alive in Christ. 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.680 To shine in the darkness. 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:00.580 On a cloudy day. 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.680 You know the kind of cloud. 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:02.540 Patchy clouds. 00:14:06.040 --> 00:14:09.180 Sometimes you can see beams of sunlight coming through. 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.139 And it's like you can see the actual beam of sunlight. 00:14:12.139 --> 00:14:13.299 You know what I'm talking about? 00:14:14.539 --> 00:14:16.039 I want to take a picture of it. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:19.299 Christ in us. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.879 Shines through us. 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:25.240 In the radiant beams of holiness. 00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:29.220 We are light in the Lord. 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:32.159 And so when we read that. 00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:33.120 We are light in the Lord. 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:36.240 And then when we read in the second part of verse 8. 00:14:36.519 --> 00:14:39.460 That we are to walk as children of light. 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:41.639 We realize that it's a call to holiness. 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:44.240 It's called a Christ likeness. 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:47.179 Now when you read that. 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:49.100 Walk as children of light in verse 8. 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:50.179 It can be a little confusing. 00:14:50.299 --> 00:14:53.179 Because it seems like Paul might be mixing his metaphors a little bit. 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.840 But he's not. 00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:57.399 What he's saying is this. 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:03.659 We've been born of the light of life. 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:07.600 We are of God now. 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:09.940 Born of him. 00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:11.680 Which means this. 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.340 You've got to let your little light shine. 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:19.279 We are to live out the light in us. 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:20.800 Christ in us. 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:23.019 We're to walk in holiness. 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:26.980 If darkness is death and sin. 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.100 The light that Paul is talking about. 00:15:29.620 --> 00:15:32.259 Is life and holiness. 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:32.500 Holiness. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.120 So Jesus has given us new life. 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:41.179 In which we are to walk out in holiness. 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:43.620 And in verse 9 we see what that looks like. 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:45.779 Instead of sexual immorality. 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:47.580 All kinds of impurity and greed. 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.419 Verse 3. 00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:53.059 What we read here is the fruit of life. 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:56.179 The produce of holiness. 00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.399 Goodness. 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:00.659 Righteousness. 00:16:02.079 --> 00:16:03.000 Truthfulness. 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.699 We see that other places in Ephesians. 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.759 Ephesians 2.10. 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.639 We are created in Christ Jesus. 00:16:11.079 --> 00:16:11.939 Made alive. 00:16:12.579 --> 00:16:14.599 For good works. 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.599 Ephesians 4.15. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:19.360 That we were made. 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:21.740 Created in the likeness of God. 00:16:21.920 --> 00:16:23.320 For true righteousness. 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.399 And holiness. 00:16:25.320 --> 00:16:27.320 In Ephesians 4.15. 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:30.060 We have been made. 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.200 Built in together. 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:31.980 Knit together. 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:34.480 As part of this living body of Christ. 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.920 Under the head of Jesus. 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:37.220 Our life. 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.279 And we are to speak the truth. 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:40.660 In love to one another. 00:16:42.820 --> 00:16:45.220 Our life is to be marked by the fruit of holiness. 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:45.460 Goodness. 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:46.660 Goodness. 00:16:47.899 --> 00:16:48.460 Righteousness. 00:16:48.920 --> 00:16:49.420 And truth. 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.259 We live in the light. 00:16:51.540 --> 00:16:52.540 We've got nothing to hide. 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:54.519 That marks us now. 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:57.080 As children of light. 00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.639 We walk in the light. 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:01.120 And in verse 10. 00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:03.440 We see the hallmark. 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:07.200 Of walking as a child of the light. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:11.720 You know what your heart's desire is? 00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:15.440 Your heart's desire is to please the Lord. 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:17.259 Look at verse 10 with me. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:21.519 And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 00:17:21.940 --> 00:17:23.160 Walk as children of light. 00:17:23.340 --> 00:17:27.140 And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.440 I love that verse 10. 00:17:28.519 --> 00:17:29.460 It is in my Bible. 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:33.240 Try to find out what pleases the Lord, Michael. 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.279 Try to discern. 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:36.339 That word try to discern. 00:17:36.539 --> 00:17:39.480 It comes from a Greek word that means to approve. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:43.440 It actually comes from a word that was used of testing of metals. 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.960 To see what a metal was worth. 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:47.839 Value. 00:17:49.099 --> 00:17:49.660 Substance. 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.559 And what Paul is saying here is, 00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:54.920 Hey, you prove my will. 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.720 Walk in it. 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:58.120 Demonstrate it. 00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:58.980 Feel. 00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.559 Taste. 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.980 Experience the goodness of it. 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:07.579 We are always having to ask a question as children of light. 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.000 And it goes something like this. 00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:12.120 Is what I'm about to do pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.480 I'm a child of light. 00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.759 Is this walking in the light? 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:17.599 Is this pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:17.900 --> 00:18:20.319 Is this TV show I'm about to watch pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:22.500 Is this song I'm about to listen to pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:25.299 Are these words I'm about to say pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:29.120 Is this internet page I'm about to click on pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:29.119 --> 00:18:33.279 Is this purchase I'm about to make pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:38.519 Is the way I am conducting myself in this relationship pleasing to the Lord? 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.839 Is it upward and outward? 00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:44.619 Is it walking in the light? 00:18:45.679 --> 00:18:48.759 That question reveals who you are. 00:18:50.459 --> 00:18:51.359 Child of light. 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:55.479 You are light in the Lord. 00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.879 Let your light shine. 00:18:58.679 --> 00:19:03.279 The first reason that Paul gives for us not partnering with the sons of disobedience 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:06.819 in the deeds of darkness is you're not darkness anymore. 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:11.139 You are light in the Lord. 00:19:11.139 --> 00:19:19.959 He has lit you up to be shining holy among darkened sinners. 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:24.559 So it's a call to remember who you are. 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:28.900 The second reason we see here is verses 11 through 14. 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:31.480 And it gets that purpose. 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:36.500 As light in the Lord, this is who you are now, determines what you do. 00:19:37.819 --> 00:19:41.440 We don't participate in the deeds of darkness, verse 11. 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:46.759 We expose the deeds of darkness. 00:19:47.420 --> 00:19:51.680 We leverage our relationships with non-Christians. 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.700 We love them. 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.460 We love our God. 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:56.539 We walk in holiness and we love them. 00:19:57.620 --> 00:20:02.460 We realize that our lives will expose them. 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:07.660 Paul is saying here, don't join them in sin. 00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:10.740 Let your life expose their sin. 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:13.380 He assumes relationships. 00:20:14.340 --> 00:20:16.400 He assumes proximity. 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:20.600 He assumes that you're going to be in relationship with non-Christians. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:23.840 And he's saying, live like you are. 00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:26.180 A light in the Lord. 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:35.799 And it's going to expose the sin in our non-Christian family and friends and co-workers. 00:20:37.799 --> 00:20:40.259 Would you turn in your Bibles to John 17? 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.759 John 17. 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:46.340 John 17 is the high priestly prayer of Jesus. 00:20:46.560 --> 00:20:53.539 In which Jesus prays for his disciples and all who will believe through his disciples' witness. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.259 Us. 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:59.359 And so in John 17, Jesus says this. 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.460 This is verses 15 through 18. 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:05.039 He says, he prays, 00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:10.920 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:15.259 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:17.299 Sanctify them in truth. 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.700 Your word is truth. 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.740 Cause them to shine. 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:24.420 Then he goes on to say, 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:31.819 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:37.579 Jesus wants us in relationships with non-Christians. 00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:46.679 And he wants us in relationship with non-Christians so that our lights can shine on them. 00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.199 How? 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:55.480 How do we expose the sinfulness of their sin? 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:58.220 Do we need to be the self-righteous police? 00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.019 Blowing whistles? 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.860 Slapping hands? 00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:05.000 Not like that. 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:07.559 That's not what Paul is getting at here. 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:10.240 What he's getting at is this. 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:18.039 Your changed life will be a light of holiness that exposes the deeds of darkness. 00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.720 By contrast. 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.819 It will bring it out. 00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:24.379 And non-Christians know. 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:27.079 They experience it. 00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:30.059 Walking as children of light, 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:33.220 Your life will shine into the darkness. 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.440 In verse 12. 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:40.740 And it will make the shameful things done in secret visible. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.559 In other words, 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:44.159 Our lives, 00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.559 God will use our lives 00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:48.339 To bring non-Christians face to face 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:50.000 With their own sin. 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:54.119 They will realize something. 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:57.659 We live lives of holiness. 00:22:58.959 --> 00:23:01.159 And it has a witnessing effect. 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:04.339 It has a convicting effect. 00:23:04.739 --> 00:23:05.759 That word expose 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:07.459 Means to confront. 00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:09.000 It means to convict. 00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.599 It's challenging. 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.579 Our lives are to be challenging 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:15.079 To non-Christians. 00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:22.919 Let me give you some examples of this. 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.879 How this works out. 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:26.739 And maybe you've already experienced this. 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.099 And so, 00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:29.359 I just want to help you see what it is. 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.839 I have three examples. 00:23:33.979 --> 00:23:35.119 If I can get to the third, 00:23:35.479 --> 00:23:35.879 I will. 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:37.519 That's going to take the most time. 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:41.459 First example of how 00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:43.059 Our holy lives 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:44.259 Expose 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:46.539 The deeds of darkness. 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.779 Have you ever been somewhere 00:23:49.779 --> 00:23:51.219 And 00:23:51.219 --> 00:23:54.099 Someone swears 00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.619 In your presence 00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:57.079 Or takes the Lord's name in vain 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.599 And they're like, 00:23:57.719 --> 00:23:58.679 Oh, oh, I'm sorry. 00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.759 I didn't know you were there. 00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:00.740 I'm sorry. 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.659 Do you know what's going on there? 00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.759 Do you know what's happening? 00:24:07.719 --> 00:24:08.819 They're aware of you. 00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:12.379 They're aware that you 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.500 Stand for something. 00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:16.059 And they're aware 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.899 Of their own speech. 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.880 That's, 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.640 It's inconsistent 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.980 With who you are. 00:24:23.360 --> 00:24:23.960 Do you know what that is? 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.759 Exposing the deeds of darkness. 00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:30.240 And some people will apologize for it. 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:31.340 Oh, I'm so sorry. 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.780 If you weren't here, 00:24:33.820 --> 00:24:34.580 I would just be cussing 00:24:34.580 --> 00:24:35.220 All over the place. 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:39.340 Other people take issue with it. 00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.900 Man, you're holier than thou. 00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:44.040 What's your problem? 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:47.000 Man, can you lighten up a little bit? 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.720 There's one example. 00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.399 Speech. 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:54.319 Our speech will confront 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:57.200 Evil speech patterns. 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.819 By contrast. 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.960 Work. 00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.519 Remember we were talking about 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:05.379 The fruit of the light 00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.159 Is goodness, 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:06.799 Rightness, 00:25:06.879 --> 00:25:07.399 And truth. 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:09.159 Let's say that you are 00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.920 A type of worker 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:11.639 That you do good work. 00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:13.640 It's quality work. 00:25:14.040 --> 00:25:15.920 And that you do it rightly. 00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.660 You do it along the lines 00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:19.100 That have been told to you. 00:25:19.280 --> 00:25:20.480 And you do it truthfully. 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.100 Honestly. 00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.380 Have you ever experienced 00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:25.040 Anything like this? 00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:26.660 Hey man, 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.400 Would you just slow down? 00:25:28.520 --> 00:25:29.540 You're making the rest of us 00:25:29.540 --> 00:25:30.060 Look bad. 00:25:31.280 --> 00:25:32.380 You know what's going on there? 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:37.000 Your life is having effect. 00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.580 It's exposing something 00:25:38.580 --> 00:25:39.220 On other people. 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:41.799 They think it's making them 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.279 Look bad. 00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:43.180 You're just trying to live 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.640 For Jesus. 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.880 You're not trying to make 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.339 Them look bad. 00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:49.480 But your light is shining. 00:25:51.360 --> 00:25:52.819 Some people will rise to it. 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.259 You might get promoted for it. 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.480 Some people like that. 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.920 Other people don't. 00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:02.860 Our lives are to expose things 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:05.160 Because we are light in the Lord. 00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:07.319 He has us there for a reason. 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:11.460 The third area that I want to bring up 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:13.619 Is something that I wanted to bring up 00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:14.220 Last week. 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:19.240 Last week I was explaining 00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:21.159 The differences between 00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:24.159 Sexual immorality, impurity, and greed 00:26:24.159 --> 00:26:24.879 In verse 3. 00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.519 And when I was talking about 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.779 Sexual immorality 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:31.480 I listed out several different kinds 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.839 Of sexual immorality. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.539 And one I didn't say 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.579 Was pornography. 00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:40.500 Last week I tried to make the case 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.899 That to understand 00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:43.859 What is sexually immoral 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.879 We need to know 00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:47.139 What is sexually pleasing to God. 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.240 And that is this. 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:50.379 This good gift of sex 00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.460 That God has given us 00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.559 Is to be experienced 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.500 In one place 00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.639 In one place alone 00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.960 And that is marriage. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.299 The exclusive 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.939 Lifelong covenant 00:26:59.939 --> 00:27:01.220 Between one man 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.259 And one woman. 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:03.599 That is where 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.480 And only where 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.319 We would experience 00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.879 This good gift of God. 00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:08.279 He has got purposes for it. 00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.079 And so anything 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:11.079 Outside of that 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.279 Falls into this category 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.920 Of pornea 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:14.980 Sexual immorality. 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:18.519 Do you know what pornography is? 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:20.879 It is in the name. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.240 Porn 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.859 Sexual immorality 00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:26.299 Graphic 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.700 On display. 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:29.220 That is what it means. 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.279 Sexual immorality 00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:33.220 On display. 00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.539 That is what pornography is. 00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.900 And you know what? 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.059 God hates it. 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.940 Do you know why? 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.740 It is a distortion 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:43.080 Of his good gift of sex. 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.220 His design. 00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.480 He hates it. 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:52.360 Our lives 00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:54.099 Are to be lived 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.900 In such a way 00:27:54.900 --> 00:27:57.960 That we expose 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:01.240 This evil deed 00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.839 Of darkness. 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:04.220 We don't participate in it. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.500 We're not to even have 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.880 A hint of this. 00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.059 Ephesians 5.3 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:14.039 We live in a 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.059 Porn 00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:16.379 Saturated 00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.919 Culture. 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.839 Listen to this. 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.339 Pornography is 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:23.740 Is widely available. 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:25.220 It's easily accessible. 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.220 It's affordable. 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.259 It's alluring. 00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:27.819 And 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:29.259 Often times 00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.000 Most of the time 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.579 It's anonymous. 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.000 It's like the perfect storm. 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.279 In our lives 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.700 God is calling us to here 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:41.000 As light in the Lord 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.059 Is to 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:44.120 Have a sharp contrast 00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:45.380 To living 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.960 For pornography. 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:51.200 We are not just 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.200 Called out of it. 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.039 We're called to 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.880 Expose it. 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:54.680 Now this is where 00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:57.160 At the risk of 00:28:57.160 --> 00:28:58.539 Extending this too far 00:28:58.539 --> 00:29:00.799 I wanted to give you 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.680 Reasons why 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.779 You've got to give up porn. 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.140 In a book 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.299 By Tim Chester 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.680 It's called 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.900 Closing the Window 00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:11.660 Very helpful book. 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.640 In chapter one 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.640 He gives 12 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.380 Reasons to give up porn. 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.340 Here's why I'm going 00:29:16.340 --> 00:29:16.980 To tell you this. 00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.759 I want to expose it 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.500 For what it is. 00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.120 And so 00:29:21.120 --> 00:29:21.860 Out of a heart 00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.460 For that 00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.880 I'm going to list you 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.740 About these reasons. 00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.640 They're not graphic 00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.640 Because 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.740 Even the shameful 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:30.000 Things done in darkness 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.940 We're not going to utter. 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.460 But here are the effects. 00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:36.620 Porn will wreck 00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:37.819 Your view of sex. 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.720 Porn wrecks 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:41.279 Your view 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:42.240 Men of women. 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.799 You will objectify 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.140 A woman. 00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:45.220 She becomes a thing 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.319 Not an image bearer 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:46.680 Of God. 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.620 Porn wrecks 00:29:48.620 --> 00:29:49.559 Women's view 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.420 Of themselves. 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.680 The porn industry 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.740 Abuses women. 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.340 It's 00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:55.480 Sex trafficking. 00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.819 Porn is sin 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.819 Against your wife 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.299 Husbands. 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.379 It's a kind 00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.799 Of heart infidelity. 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:07.000 Porn wrecks marriages. 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.980 Instead of 00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:09.039 A father 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.000 Being a shield 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.899 To his family 00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:12.000 This becomes 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.299 A conduit of sin 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.159 Into his family. 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.539 Do you see? 00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:18.879 Porn is enslaving. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:19.940 It makes 00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:21.899 A horrible taskmaster. 00:30:22.379 --> 00:30:23.359 It just sucks 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.440 Joy out of 00:30:24.440 --> 00:30:25.460 Christians' lives. 00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.740 Out of anybody's life. 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:31.180 Porn erodes 00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.900 Character. 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.259 It makes people 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.799 Liars. 00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.059 Porn 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.740 Wastes 00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.579 Time 00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.200 Energy 00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.019 And money. 00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:43.920 Porn 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.599 Weakens 00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.599 Your relationship 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.240 With God. 00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.920 If you are 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.519 Worshipping 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.880 At the altar 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.640 Of porn 00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.680 You are not 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.319 Worshipping 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:52.099 The living God. 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.940 Porn 00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.900 Weakens 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:56.640 Your service 00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.859 In the church. 00:30:57.859 --> 00:30:59.819 You know 00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:01.019 That 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:02.219 You are struggling 00:31:02.219 --> 00:31:03.179 And it 00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:04.419 Undermines 00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.319 Your integrity. 00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:06.979 Weakens 00:31:06.979 --> 00:31:07.479 Your service 00:31:07.479 --> 00:31:08.139 In the church. 00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:11.079 Porn 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.539 Provokes 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:13.279 God's wrath. 00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.459 This is 00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:15.079 Kind of 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:16.439 Ephesians 5 00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:17.059 6 00:31:17.059 --> 00:31:18.819 Do you not 00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.479 Realize 00:31:19.479 --> 00:31:20.859 That the 00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.979 Wrath of God 00:31:21.979 --> 00:31:22.500 Is coming 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.799 Because of 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:23.979 Porn 00:31:23.979 --> 00:31:25.979 He hates 00:31:25.979 --> 00:31:26.279 It 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:33.660 This is 00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.339 Nasty 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.720 Stuff 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:37.680 And what 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.200 We're called 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.940 As Christians 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:40.420 Is we're called 00:31:40.420 --> 00:31:41.180 To separate 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.879 Ourselves 00:31:41.879 --> 00:31:42.359 From the 00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.660 Darkness 00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.119 It's not 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.619 Who we are 00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.019 Anymore 00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.799 And then 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.220 We're to 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:47.160 Expose 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.639 The deeds 00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.220 Of darkness 00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:50.119 With holiness 00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:51.859 And so 00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:52.799 Instead of 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.839 Wrecking 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.239 Our view 00:31:54.239 --> 00:31:54.899 Of sex 00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:56.379 As light 00:31:56.379 --> 00:31:56.599 In the 00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.799 Lord 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.279 We hold 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.599 To a 00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.000 Biblical 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.399 View 00:31:58.399 --> 00:31:59.039 Of sex 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.279 Instead of 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.779 Wrecking 00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.339 Our view 00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.119 Of women 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:05.079 We uphold 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.639 A biblical 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:06.639 View of women 00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.319 That they are 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.339 Made like men 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.099 In the image 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.819 Of God 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.939 And intrinsically 00:32:10.939 --> 00:32:11.519 Valuable 00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:14.740 Instead of 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:16.139 Embracing 00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.700 Something that 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.299 Wrecks a 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.720 Woman's 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.119 View of 00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.900 Herself 00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.559 We hold 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.019 To something 00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.440 That 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.660 Breathes 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.200 Life 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:24.779 Into a 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.019 Woman 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:27.220 She sees 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.639 Herself 00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.240 As God 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:28.779 Sees her 00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:32.259 You see 00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:34.059 You know 00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.500 What happens 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.759 When you 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.200 Start living 00:32:35.200 --> 00:32:35.720 That way 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:37.720 You start 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.079 Believing 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.740 These things 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.779 Your life 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.759 Takes a 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.079 Turn 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.019 It looks 00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.920 Different 00:32:44.920 --> 00:32:46.720 Instead of 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.480 Being enslaved 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.079 By sin 00:32:48.079 --> 00:32:48.440 You've been 00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.420 Freed from 00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:49.680 It 00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.599 There's 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.140 Joy 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:54.819 Instead of 00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.240 A weakened 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.980 Relationship 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.420 With God 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:56.940 There is 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.960 A vibrant 00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.640 Strong 00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.339 Relationship 00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.779 With God 00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.579 Instead of 00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.980 Weakening 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.519 Your service 00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:01.819 In the 00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.099 Truth 00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.779 You are 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.500 Strengthened 00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:03.799 In your 00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.119 Service 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.500 Of the 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:04.799 Church 00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.819 It is 00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.439 A sharp 00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:07.139 Contrast 00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:17.240 This is 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.619 An area 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:17.879 In our 00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.219 Culture 00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:19.619 In which 00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.279 We stand 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.019 Out 00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:23.399 We are 00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.819 Not to 00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.500 Participate 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.719 In the 00:33:24.719 --> 00:33:25.059 Deeds of 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.419 Darkness 00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.839 Rather 00:33:25.839 --> 00:33:26.319 We are 00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:27.459 To expose 00:33:27.459 --> 00:33:27.839 That 00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:31.139 It's not 00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.500 Who you 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.819 Are 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.519 It's 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.679 Not 00:33:33.679 --> 00:33:34.000 Who you 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.240 Are 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:35.059 Can I 00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.359 Just say 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.579 This 00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:37.139 If you're 00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.319 In the 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:37.480 Room 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.919 Right now 00:33:37.919 --> 00:33:38.179 And you're 00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.480 Struggling 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.679 With 00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.159 Pornography 00:33:39.159 --> 00:33:40.139 Do you 00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.480 Know what 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.359 Porn 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.079 Isn't 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.740 Stronger 00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.019 Than 00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.379 God's 00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:44.740 Grace 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:46.200 God 00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:46.740 If you're 00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.019 If you're 00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:48.380 God's 00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:50.380 God's 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:50.480 God 00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.720 Can get 00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:50.900 You 00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.120 Out 00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.240 Of 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.380 It 00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.680 And if 00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:52.900 There's 00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:53.160 A way 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:53.420 That I 00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.779 Can help 00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:53.960 You 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.579 Just see 00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:54.799 Me 00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.319 Afterwards 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.240 There are 00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:56.559 Men 00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.099 In this 00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.380 Room 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.200 Right now 00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.500 Who've 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.640 Been 00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.220 Delivered 00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.480 From 00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.660 It 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:03.560 Our 00:34:03.560 --> 00:34:04.700 Sexuality 00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.040 Our 00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.600 Holy 00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.340 Lives 00:34:06.340 --> 00:34:07.200 Will 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.200 Expose 00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.480 The 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.920 Sexually 00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.220 Perverse 00:34:11.220 --> 00:34:11.760 Deeds 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:12.079 Of 00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.659 Darkness 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:13.380 All 00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.720 Around 00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:14.200 Us 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.339 We 00:34:15.339 --> 00:34:15.500 Are 00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.019 Light 00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.419 In 00:34:16.419 --> 00:34:16.639 The 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.079 Lord 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.679 And 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.099 God 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.659 Wants 00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.099 Our 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:19.759 Holiness 00:34:19.759 --> 00:34:20.099 To 00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.460 Make 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.899 A 00:34:20.899 --> 00:34:21.839 Difference 00:34:21.839 --> 00:34:24.279 Which 00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.519 Leads 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.659 Me 00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:24.819 To 00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.099 My 00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.239 Closing 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.759 Thoughts 00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:26.939 Here 00:34:26.939 --> 00:34:30.399 Why 00:34:30.399 --> 00:34:30.699 Does 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.159 God 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:33.439 Who 00:34:33.439 --> 00:34:33.639 Has 00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.859 Made 00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.059 Us 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.439 Light 00:34:34.439 --> 00:34:34.639 In 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:34.779 The 00:34:34.779 --> 00:34:35.139 Lord 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.439 Why 00:34:36.439 --> 00:34:36.679 Does 00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:36.839 He 00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.159 Want 00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.759 Us 00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.419 To 00:34:38.419 --> 00:34:38.719 Use 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:39.019 Our 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.579 Lives 00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.339 To 00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:41.199 Expose 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.460 The 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.659 Sin 00:34:41.659 --> 00:34:41.819 Of 00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.239 Others 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:44.059 Why 00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.340 Is 00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.480 He 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.119 Kind 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:45.239 Of 00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.659 Pushing 00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:45.940 Us 00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.420 Into 00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.440 Conflict 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:48.460 Why 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.599 Is 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:48.719 He 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:48.900 Kind 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.019 Of 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.320 Pushing 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.559 Us 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:49.880 Into 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.840 Confrontation 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:51.420 Why 00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:51.639 Is 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:51.759 He 00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.059 Doing 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.500 That 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.579 Do 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.619 You 00:34:53.619 --> 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them and save them. 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:31.119 So brothers and sisters, you are light in the Lord. 00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:34.599 Let your little light shine.