WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.280 Thank you. 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:22.359 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:00:22.359 --> 00:00:52.340 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:00:52.340 --> 00:01:22.320 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:24.340 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:01:24.340 --> 00:01:26.340 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:01:26.340 --> 00:01:30.340 Proverbs chapter 5. 00:01:30.340 --> 00:01:33.600 her steps lead straight to the grave. 00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:36.840 She gives no thought to the way of life. 00:01:37.240 --> 00:01:39.100 Her paths wander aimlessly 00:01:39.100 --> 00:01:42.400 but she does not know it. 00:01:43.960 --> 00:01:46.040 Now then, my sons, 00:01:47.020 --> 00:01:48.560 listen to me. 00:01:49.500 --> 00:01:51.980 Do not turn aside from what I say. 00:01:52.900 --> 00:01:55.180 Keep to a path far from her. 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.820 Do not go near the door of her house 00:01:58.819 --> 00:02:02.259 lest you lose your honour to others 00:02:02.259 --> 00:02:05.899 and your dignity to one who is cruel. 00:02:07.059 --> 00:02:09.840 Lest strangers feast on your wealth 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:13.280 and your toil enrich the house of another. 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:16.579 At the end of your life 00:02:16.579 --> 00:02:18.299 you will groan 00:02:18.299 --> 00:02:21.199 when your flesh and body are spent. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:22.459 You will say, 00:02:22.959 --> 00:02:24.379 how I hated discipline. 00:02:25.419 --> 00:02:27.620 How my heart spurned correction. 00:02:28.819 --> 00:02:31.400 I would not obey my teachers 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.799 or turn my ear to my instructors. 00:02:36.060 --> 00:02:38.759 And I was soon in serious trouble 00:02:38.759 --> 00:02:41.919 in the assembly of God's people. 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:47.479 Drink water from your own cistern. 00:02:48.139 --> 00:02:50.740 Running water from your own well. 00:02:50.740 --> 00:02:55.000 Should your springs overflow in the streets? 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.480 Your streams of water in the public squares? 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:01.879 Let them be yours alone. 00:03:02.820 --> 00:03:05.219 Never to be shared with strangers. 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.120 May your fountain be blessed. 00:03:10.420 --> 00:03:13.960 And may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.480 A loving doe. 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:18.760 A graceful deer. 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:23.120 May her breast satisfy you always. 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:27.800 May you ever be intoxicated with her love. 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:31.000 Why, my son, 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:34.460 be intoxicated with another man's wife? 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.420 Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman? 00:03:38.740 --> 00:03:42.780 For your ways are in full view of the Lord. 00:03:43.780 --> 00:03:47.240 And he examines all your paths. 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:51.100 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them. 00:03:52.040 --> 00:03:55.400 The cords of their sins hold them fast. 00:03:56.540 --> 00:03:57.860 For lack of discipline, 00:03:58.400 --> 00:03:59.800 they will die, 00:04:00.700 --> 00:04:01.560 led astray 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:04.900 by their own great folly. 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:07.360 Well, 00:04:08.080 --> 00:04:10.620 a serious text. 00:04:11.280 --> 00:04:12.600 Let's pray 00:04:12.600 --> 00:04:15.100 and ask for God's help. 00:04:15.099 --> 00:04:21.500 Father, 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:23.379 as we look at your word today, 00:04:24.379 --> 00:04:27.860 would you help me to carefully 00:04:27.860 --> 00:04:30.019 and truthfully 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:32.680 speak and declare it? 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:36.719 Would you also guard us 00:04:36.719 --> 00:04:39.459 from digging up our past 00:04:39.459 --> 00:04:44.279 where things have already been forgiven and dealt with? 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:47.260 May we rejoice and know 00:04:47.260 --> 00:04:50.100 that they are forgiven. 00:04:51.939 --> 00:04:52.920 And yet, 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:55.640 if there are things that we need to address today 00:04:55.640 --> 00:04:58.740 in our own personal lives, 00:04:59.660 --> 00:05:01.400 would you gently work in us 00:05:01.400 --> 00:05:02.480 by your spirit 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:04.439 leading us 00:05:04.439 --> 00:05:05.560 to Christ? 00:05:06.820 --> 00:05:08.320 Help us, we pray. 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:09.860 Amen. 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:09.939 Amen. 00:05:09.939 --> 00:05:24.439 A man dressed in a suit 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:26.439 sits down to dinner 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:28.159 after a busy day. 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:30.519 An elegant lady 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:31.800 walks towards him, 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:34.000 brushing against his shoulder. 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:35.000 mother. 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:37.079 She turns with a smile 00:05:37.079 --> 00:05:39.100 and apologises. 00:05:40.139 --> 00:05:41.879 She's got his attention. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:44.100 A conversation 00:05:44.100 --> 00:05:45.759 starts. 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:48.240 Social media 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:48.980 will reveal 00:05:48.980 --> 00:05:50.180 the rest of the story 00:05:50.180 --> 00:05:50.819 to us. 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:52.480 A well-known 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:53.620 community worker 00:05:53.620 --> 00:05:54.819 cheats on wife. 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:57.379 Pastor caught 00:05:57.379 --> 00:05:58.600 with prostitute. 00:05:58.600 --> 00:06:01.140 What we might call 00:06:01.140 --> 00:06:02.379 a honey trap, 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:04.480 Proverbs calls 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:06.140 honey lips. 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:07.939 Look at verse 3. 00:06:10.520 --> 00:06:11.400 For the lips 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:12.980 of the adulterous woman 00:06:12.980 --> 00:06:14.860 drip honey 00:06:14.860 --> 00:06:17.180 and her speech 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:18.340 is smoother 00:06:18.340 --> 00:06:19.100 than oil. 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:20.980 Or as we would say, 00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:22.140 smoother 00:06:22.140 --> 00:06:23.540 and softer 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:24.540 than silk. 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:26.360 You see, 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:27.080 the message 00:06:27.080 --> 00:06:28.360 of Proverbs 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:29.139 chapter 5 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:30.259 is very clear 00:06:30.259 --> 00:06:30.900 to us. 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:32.800 And it's simply this. 00:06:33.400 --> 00:06:33.720 Listen 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:35.120 to the wisdom 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:36.699 of God's words 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:38.639 so that you 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:40.040 stay clear 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.520 of free love's 00:06:42.520 --> 00:06:44.080 empty words. 00:06:44.900 --> 00:06:46.439 Listen to the wisdom 00:06:46.439 --> 00:06:47.560 of God's word 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:48.620 so that we 00:06:48.620 --> 00:06:49.960 stay clear 00:06:49.960 --> 00:06:52.300 of free love's 00:06:52.300 --> 00:06:53.900 empty words. 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:55.560 Verse 7. 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:57.020 Now then, 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:57.680 my sons, 00:06:57.879 --> 00:06:58.680 listen to me. 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:00.259 Do not 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:01.420 turn aside 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:02.379 from what I say. 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:04.319 Keep to a path 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:05.920 far from her. 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:07.780 Do not 00:07:07.780 --> 00:07:08.460 go near 00:07:08.460 --> 00:07:09.340 to the door 00:07:09.340 --> 00:07:10.740 of her house. 00:07:11.780 --> 00:07:12.560 Verse 20. 00:07:12.939 --> 00:07:13.300 Why, 00:07:13.439 --> 00:07:13.960 my son, 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:15.040 be intoxicated 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:16.300 with another man's wife? 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:17.540 Why embrace 00:07:17.540 --> 00:07:18.120 the bosom 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:19.180 of a wayward woman? 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:22.180 For your ways 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:23.740 are in full view 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:24.500 of the Lord. 00:07:24.500 --> 00:07:26.240 and he examines 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:28.519 all your paths. 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:31.120 Be careful 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.079 of the sweet 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:33.879 words 00:07:33.879 --> 00:07:35.579 from honey lips. 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:38.060 Sexual freedom 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:39.139 is good for you. 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:41.339 It's your body 00:07:41.339 --> 00:07:43.180 and your choice. 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.540 If it feels good, 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:47.819 then it must be good. 00:07:48.620 --> 00:07:49.540 Don't wait. 00:07:50.500 --> 00:07:51.819 Just do it. 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.339 An explosion 00:07:54.339 --> 00:07:55.639 of TV shows 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:56.800 entice us 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:57.759 to follow 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:58.800 our desires. 00:07:59.659 --> 00:08:00.740 Believe it or not, 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:01.920 this is what is 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:03.519 on your TV screens. 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:05.199 Naked attraction. 00:08:06.100 --> 00:08:07.000 Love island. 00:08:07.860 --> 00:08:08.819 I kissed a boy 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:10.240 or I kissed a girl. 00:08:10.899 --> 00:08:12.060 Too hot to handle. 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:13.659 Dating naked. 00:08:14.379 --> 00:08:15.079 The bachelor. 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:16.839 Ex on the beach. 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:18.859 The great sex experiment. 00:08:19.359 --> 00:08:21.019 And add to that 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:22.000 the plethora 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:23.239 of dating apps, 00:08:23.779 --> 00:08:24.659 porn sites, 00:08:25.419 --> 00:08:26.479 romance novels. 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:29.579 For the lips 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:31.219 of the adulterous 00:08:31.219 --> 00:08:31.839 man 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.399 or woman 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:35.319 drip honey 00:08:35.319 --> 00:08:37.639 and their speech 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:38.579 is smoother 00:08:38.579 --> 00:08:40.339 than oil. 00:08:41.439 --> 00:08:42.720 What harm is there 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:44.699 in a one-night stand? 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:46.860 Why limit yourself 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:47.580 to just 00:08:47.580 --> 00:08:48.879 one person? 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:50.600 You're free 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:51.680 to scroll through 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:53.400 endless porn videos 00:08:53.400 --> 00:08:54.240 on your phone. 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:55.720 You're free 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:56.740 to experiment 00:08:56.740 --> 00:08:57.920 and see 00:08:57.920 --> 00:08:58.860 what you 00:08:58.860 --> 00:08:59.800 like. 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:02.759 But there's a problem 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:03.780 with all of that. 00:09:04.660 --> 00:09:05.460 Honey lips 00:09:05.460 --> 00:09:07.379 only tells us 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:08.480 one side 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:09.280 of the story. 00:09:10.180 --> 00:09:11.120 Look at verse 4. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:14.139 In the end 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:14.779 she is 00:09:14.779 --> 00:09:16.240 bitter as gall 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.019 sharp as a 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.120 double-edged sword. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.560 It's like 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:22.259 biting into a lemon. 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:23.600 Your mouth 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:24.600 is immediately 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:25.340 full of 00:09:25.340 --> 00:09:27.240 sweet sensations 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.179 driving you wild 00:09:29.179 --> 00:09:29.759 but 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:31.100 the bitter 00:09:31.100 --> 00:09:32.379 aftertaste 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:34.340 lingers long. 00:09:35.700 --> 00:09:36.919 Verse 5. 00:09:37.680 --> 00:09:38.480 Her feet 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:39.240 go down 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:39.960 to death. 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:41.519 Her steps 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:42.500 lead straight 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:44.019 to the grave. 00:09:44.780 --> 00:09:45.680 Oh the promises 00:09:45.680 --> 00:09:46.940 for so much 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:47.540 pleasure 00:09:47.540 --> 00:09:50.200 but a life 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:51.160 of destruction 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:53.180 is the price 00:09:53.180 --> 00:09:54.379 for momentary 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.879 satisfaction. 00:09:57.639 --> 00:09:58.200 So whether 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:59.139 we are young 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:00.560 or old 00:10:00.560 --> 00:10:01.900 whether we are 00:10:01.900 --> 00:10:02.360 married 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:03.680 or single 00:10:03.680 --> 00:10:06.120 be careful 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.500 of 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.340 honey lips 00:10:08.340 --> 00:10:10.340 or 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:10.379 people 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:11.019 are young 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:11.340 or 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:11.980 people 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:12.139 or 00:10:12.139 --> 00:10:12.379 people 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.879 are young 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:12.879 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:13.379 people 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.000 are young 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:14.340 or 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:14.379 people 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:14.379 00:10:14.379 --> 00:10:14.560 ! 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:14.560 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:14.940 ! 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:14.960 ! 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:15.500 ! 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:16.679 Well first 00:10:16.679 --> 00:10:16.740 ! 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:18.139 The big thing 00:10:18.139 --> 00:10:18.700 that we need 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:19.159 to learn 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:20.320 is the folly 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:23.340 or the stupidity 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:25.100 of sexual 00:10:25.100 --> 00:10:25.679 freedom. 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:27.259 Verse 8. 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:30.019 Keep to a path 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.480 far from her 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:32.679 or him. 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:34.779 Do not go near 00:10:34.779 --> 00:10:35.500 the door 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:37.279 of their house. 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.019 Stay away 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:39.899 from honey 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:40.379 lips. 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:42.620 don't engage 00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:43.460 with free 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:44.100 love's 00:10:44.100 --> 00:10:44.580 offer 00:10:44.580 --> 00:10:45.340 because 00:10:45.340 --> 00:10:47.679 it's not 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:48.179 free. 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:49.879 It's 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:50.840 costly. 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:52.899 It will 00:10:52.899 --> 00:10:53.820 cost you 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:55.939 relationally. 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:57.820 Verse 9. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:10:59.639 Lest you 00:10:59.639 --> 00:11:00.659 lose your 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:01.120 honour 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:01.960 or your 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:02.799 relationships 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:03.659 to others 00:11:03.659 --> 00:11:04.460 and your 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:05.120 dignity 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:06.320 your respect 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.700 to one 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:08.259 who is 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:08.759 cruel. 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:10.360 The husband 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:10.919 who has 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:11.439 an affair 00:11:11.439 --> 00:11:12.419 the wife 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:13.620 who fantasises 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.220 about the 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:14.919 man at work 00:11:14.919 --> 00:11:15.919 is never 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:16.439 ever 00:11:16.439 --> 00:11:17.460 private. 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:19.740 It costs 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:20.179 you 00:11:20.179 --> 00:11:21.000 your 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:21.700 relationships 00:11:21.700 --> 00:11:22.439 your 00:11:22.439 --> 00:11:22.960 relationship 00:11:22.960 --> 00:11:23.460 with your 00:11:23.460 --> 00:11:24.159 spouse 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.019 with your 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:25.580 children 00:11:25.580 --> 00:11:26.379 with your 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.080 friends 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:27.799 with your 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:28.580 colleagues. 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:30.500 Well why 00:11:30.500 --> 00:11:31.000 do you say 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:31.480 that? 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:32.860 Well because 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.639 through your 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:34.240 actions 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:35.059 you've 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:35.379 broken 00:11:35.379 --> 00:11:36.059 trust 00:11:36.059 --> 00:11:36.539 you've 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:37.500 told lies 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.139 you've 00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:38.580 cheated 00:11:38.580 --> 00:11:40.460 and as 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:40.940 you give 00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:41.500 yourself 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.860 to one 00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:44.580 so you 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:45.320 are always 00:11:45.320 --> 00:11:46.100 withholding 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:46.740 your love 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:48.200 from others. 00:11:50.560 --> 00:11:51.560 It's the 00:11:51.560 --> 00:11:51.980 same 00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:53.600 for teens 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.160 and young 00:11:54.160 --> 00:11:54.560 men. 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.300 Hours of 00:11:56.300 --> 00:11:57.259 watching porn 00:11:57.259 --> 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00:21:33.879 is ultimately 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.939 found not 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.379 in the 00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:36.119 gifts that 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.779 God gives 00:21:36.779 --> 00:21:37.639 us but 00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.279 in God 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.099 himself who 00:21:39.099 --> 00:21:39.500 is the 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.899 giver. 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.639 Our joy 00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.079 is in 00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.619 God who 00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:43.399 made us 00:21:43.399 --> 00:21:44.239 who loved 00:21:44.239 --> 00:21:44.939 us and 00:21:44.939 --> 00:21:45.339 he only 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.000 gives what 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.500 is good 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.119 and best 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:48.000 for us. 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.479 It's in 00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.459 our relationship 00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:51.759 with God 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.399 that we 00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:54.299 are ultimately 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.219 and truly 00:21:55.219 --> 00:21:56.619 satisfied. 00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:59.479 So the 00:21:59.479 --> 00:22:00.379 joy of a 00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:01.259 faithful marriage 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:01.839 is this 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:03.439 sex within 00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.259 the boundaries 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.079 of marriage 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:06.000 is good 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.039 and beautiful 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.660 and gives 00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.640 you joyful 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.799 pleasure. 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.460 So first 00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.640 we've got 00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.359 the folly 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.660 of sexual 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.480 freedom and 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.519 its destruction 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.359 leading to 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:21.539 death and 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.099 then second 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.880 we have 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:24.380 the joy 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:25.519 of a 00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.079 faithful 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.759 marriage. 00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:28.119 God's good 00:22:28.119 --> 00:22:28.700 designs, 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.700 his boundaries 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:31.059 and the 00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.980 freedom to 00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:33.440 enjoy his 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.360 good gifts. 00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.580 But third, 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.480 the purity 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:41.279 for sinful 00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:42.039 choices. 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.860 I think 00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.539 there's two 00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.360 big 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.279 applications 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.980 from Proverbs 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:49.000 5 that I 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.620 think we need 00:22:49.620 --> 00:22:50.240 to consider 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.799 together this 00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.220 morning. 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.279 warning. 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.920 The first 00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.640 is this, 00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.960 the warning. 00:22:58.339 --> 00:22:58.819 Now you 00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.559 might be here 00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.900 and you're 00:22:59.900 --> 00:23:00.360 thinking, 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:02.519 well what's 00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.039 the harm? 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.680 What if I do 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.579 venture down the 00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.500 path of sexual 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.079 freedom? 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.839 It's only just 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.519 a bit of fun. 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.059 I can always 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:13.120 turn back 00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.519 onto the 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.380 right path. 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:17.620 Well you 00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.320 can't. 00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.060 You see 00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:21.100 sexual sin 00:23:21.100 --> 00:23:21.980 as with 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.060 any sin 00:23:23.060 --> 00:23:24.780 enslaves 00:23:24.780 --> 00:23:25.100 you. 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.360 It 00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:27.060 controls 00:23:27.060 --> 00:23:28.220 you and 00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:28.740 masters 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.100 you. 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.160 You think 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.680 you're in 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:32.420 control but 00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.700 sin's tentacles 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.680 are gripped 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.340 around you. 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.720 Look at 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.660 verse 22. 00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.620 The evil 00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.620 deeds of the 00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.860 wicked ensnare 00:23:41.860 --> 00:23:43.360 them, the 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.420 cords of 00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:45.200 their sins, 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:46.500 their tentacles 00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:48.160 hold them 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.380 fast. 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.259 For lack 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.920 of discipline 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:53.039 they will 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:55.019 die, led 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:56.580 astray by 00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.220 their own 00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:58.340 great folly. 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.140 You see 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:00.920 the rewards 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:01.640 of sexual 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.799 freedom, the 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.340 cost of all 00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.080 of our sin, 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.120 whatever that 00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.100 may be, is 00:24:07.100 --> 00:24:07.960 not ultimately 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:09.640 satisfaction but 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.360 death. 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.819 That's the 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.400 reason we 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.819 all die. 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.480 is because 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.879 we are 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.159 enslaved to 00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.619 sin. 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.279 A death 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.939 that is not 00:24:19.939 --> 00:24:20.740 just physical 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.980 but leads 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.500 to a 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.259 separation 00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:24.119 from God 00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.539 and from 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.240 all that is 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.759 good for 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:26.819 all eternity. 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.879 Honey lips 00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.819 may entice 00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.279 you with 00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:32.059 her lies 00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:33.159 or his 00:24:33.159 --> 00:24:34.779 lies but 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.399 all it does 00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.039 is lead to 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.639 a life of 00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.879 emptiness from 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.399 which we 00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.319 cannot break 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.839 free. 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:41.559 verse 6 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.639 she gives 00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.439 no thought 00:24:44.439 --> 00:24:44.839 to the 00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.599 way of 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.179 life. 00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.599 Her 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.039 paths 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.559 wander 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.199 aimlessly 00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:50.079 and she 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.639 doesn't 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.139 even 00:24:51.139 --> 00:24:52.240 know it. 00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.399 And that's 00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:54.819 what will 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.399 happen to 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:55.919 us. 00:24:56.959 --> 00:24:57.419 Sure a 00:24:57.419 --> 00:24:57.740 bit of 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.359 porn is 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.059 no harm. 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.179 A moment 00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.839 of playful 00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.579 sex with 00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.299 my boyfriend 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.980 or girlfriend 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.819 it's all 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.639 just fun. 00:25:06.079 --> 00:25:06.519 No. 00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:08.039 it takes 00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.480 you down 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.059 a path 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.859 of destruction 00:25:09.859 --> 00:25:10.740 and you 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.559 don't even 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.420 know you're 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.139 on it. 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.720 Wisdom's 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.619 message is 00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:19.019 don't come 00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.740 to the end 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.480 of your life 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.200 in regret 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.940 where you 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.160 face death 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:26.099 without the 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.619 forgiveness 00:25:26.619 --> 00:25:28.660 and love 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.799 and kindness 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.759 of our God. 00:25:32.139 --> 00:25:32.680 Accept 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.420 the discipline 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.059 of wisdom 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:35.299 now and 00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.980 repent 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:37.420 turn back 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.519 to God 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:40.660 and he 00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.599 will forgive 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.079 you 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:43.700 and he 00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.559 will renew 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.259 you and 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.160 restore to 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.299 you the 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.519 joy of 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.200 salvation. 00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.019 Which 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.720 brings us 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.160 to the 00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.559 second 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.920 application 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.940 and I 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.579 think perhaps 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:58.360 this is where 00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.779 it hits 00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:00.079 home for 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.620 most of 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.019 us. 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.140 Yes we 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.660 need the 00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.019 warning 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:05.559 but perhaps 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.119 for most 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.759 of us 00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:08.240 it's 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.779 cleansing. 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.859 We look 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.319 back on 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.940 our life 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:13.359 we look 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.659 at our 00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.179 present 00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.679 life 00:26:14.679 --> 00:26:15.839 and we 00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.359 see the 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.019 devastating 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.960 impact of 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.639 our sinful 00:26:18.639 --> 00:26:19.460 choices. 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.159 You see 00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:21.940 not one of 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.639 us here in 00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.179 this room 00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.839 can say 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:25.539 I am 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.579 pure. 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:28.119 Verse 00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:28.819 21 00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:31.699 for our 00:26:31.699 --> 00:26:32.500 ways 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:34.379 are in 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.339 full view 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.939 of the 00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.319 Lord 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:38.500 and he 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.379 examines 00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:40.619 all 00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.379 our 00:26:41.379 --> 00:26:42.019 paths. 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.599 God 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.319 sees all 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:44.679 my 00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.219 actions 00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:46.759 he knows 00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.439 all about 00:26:47.439 --> 00:26:47.719 my 00:26:47.719 --> 00:26:48.379 thoughts 00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:50.659 in fact 00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.339 for most 00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:52.059 of us as we 00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:53.000 listen and as we 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.599 think about 00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.619 this we can 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.639 become overcome 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.560 with guilt 00:26:56.560 --> 00:26:57.300 and shame 00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.320 because of 00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.140 our sexual 00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.660 sin. 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.780 We feel 00:27:01.780 --> 00:27:02.420 ashamed 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.060 and dirty. 00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:06.120 We long 00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.160 to be washed 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.780 and made 00:27:08.780 --> 00:27:09.240 clean. 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.400 We want 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:11.820 to be 00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:12.560 pure. 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.720 Well that's 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.280 the wisdom 00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:16.000 of God's 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.920 word to us 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.820 today and 00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.340 where it is 00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.000 pointing us. 00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.020 It is leading 00:27:20.020 --> 00:27:21.040 us to Christ 00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.759 who will 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.560 clean us 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.500 of every 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.419 stain 00:27:24.419 --> 00:27:25.859 and blemish. 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.700 You see 00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.359 the marriage 00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.759 that we 00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.259 were looking 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.519 at, 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.559 the joyful 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.359 marriage 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:33.980 is a 00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.759 relationship 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:36.779 pointing to 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.319 a better 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.139 and greater 00:27:38.139 --> 00:27:38.919 marriage to 00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.259 come. 00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.559 The sexual 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.500 pleasure of 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.460 marriage is 00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.200 only just 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.519 a foretaste 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.779 of the 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.240 ultimate 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.460 joy of 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.940 being in 00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.399 a right 00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:49.039 relationship 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:49.779 with God 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.659 and being 00:27:50.659 --> 00:27:51.179 with him 00:27:51.179 --> 00:27:51.639 in his 00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.159 eternal 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.600 kingdom 00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.259 forever. 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.300 Turn with 00:27:56.300 --> 00:27:56.940 me please 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.400 to 00:27:57.400 --> 00:27:58.480 Ephesians 00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.640 chapter 5. 00:28:01.540 --> 00:28:02.259 Ephesians 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.300 chapter 5. 00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:21.339 Ephesians 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.240 chapter 5. 00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.980 Here Paul 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.399 has been 00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.440 talking about 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.519 marriage. 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.019 A 00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:29.000 wonderful gift 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.759 from God. 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:33.299 He's been 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.940 talking about 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.299 how the 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:35.119 wife gives 00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.839 herself to 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.440 her husband 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:38.079 and how 00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.619 the husband 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:39.839 gives himself 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:41.160 to his 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.660 wife 00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:45.000 in every 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.720 way. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.759 But this 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.299 marriage 00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.960 relationship 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.720 points to 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:50.140 something 00:28:50.140 --> 00:28:50.700 better, 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.359 to someone 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.900 who is 00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.720 greater. 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.720 Let's pick 00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.180 it up in 00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.339 verse 25. 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.240 Husbands, 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:03.180 love your 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.799 wives. 00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:05.920 Well, how 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.420 do we do 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.880 that? 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.140 Just as 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:10.500 Christ loved 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.400 the church 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.140 and gave 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:13.960 himself up 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.559 for her. 00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.120 You see, 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.500 our earthly 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.940 marriages, if 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.559 we can call 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.019 it that, 00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.779 are pointing 00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.480 to a 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.880 greater 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.500 marriage 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.740 between 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.279 Christ 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.759 and his 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.200 people. 00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:30.240 Verse 26, 00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:30.960 to make 00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.740 her 00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.640 holy, 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.779 cleansing 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.620 her by 00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.299 the washing 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.240 with water 00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.940 through the 00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.519 word or 00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.940 through the 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.380 gospel, 00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:41.420 to present 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.079 her to 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.420 himself as 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.200 a radiant 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.120 church 00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.440 without 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.680 stain or 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.240 wrinkle 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:49.920 or any 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.220 other 00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.860 blemish, 00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:52.679 but 00:29:52.679 --> 00:29:53.319 holy 00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.659 and 00:29:54.659 --> 00:29:55.359 blameless. 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.079 Do you 00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:57.419 see what 00:29:57.419 --> 00:29:57.939 he's saying 00:29:57.939 --> 00:29:58.319 here? 00:29:58.919 --> 00:29:59.859 In all 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.219 that we 00:30:00.219 --> 00:30:00.779 have said 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.579 so far, 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.579 you who 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.259 are overcome 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.119 with guilt 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.839 and shame, 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.779 you who 00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.279 have the 00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.199 stain of 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.899 sexual 00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.479 sin, 00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:11.839 he's 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.079 saying, 00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.179 come to 00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.939 Jesus 00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:16.099 because he 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.159 loves 00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.959 you, 00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.619 because 00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.500 God sent 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.960 his son 00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.359 Jesus 00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.900 Christ 00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.799 into the 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.319 sexual 00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.160 chaos of 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.759 this world. 00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.619 He came 00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.299 to rescue 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.819 us from 00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.740 the brokenness 00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:28.160 of our 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:28.619 sinful 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.440 choices. 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.599 In 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.099 love, 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.500 verse 25, 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.940 he gave 00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.180 himself up 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.240 for her. 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.640 Jesus 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.720 gave himself 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.400 up for 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.680 us, 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.460 that is, 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.660 he died 00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.460 for us 00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.000 on the 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.519 cross. 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.180 He takes 00:30:45.180 --> 00:30:45.779 all of 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:47.019 our impurity 00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.440 on himself 00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.279 so that 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.839 we in 00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.460 turn might 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.039 receive 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.720 his 00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.339 purity. 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.299 He did 00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:54.299 this so 00:30:54.299 --> 00:30:54.839 that we 00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.319 would be 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.700 made 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.500 beautiful 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.220 for him 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.119 like a 00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.660 bride 00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.480 dressed 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.440 for her 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:00.879 husband. 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.879 How 00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.460 wonderful 00:31:03.460 --> 00:31:05.200 is that? 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.299 Come 00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.579 to 00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.220 Jesus. 00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.940 Let us 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.799 confess our 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.460 most hidden 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.099 and secret 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:12.480 sin. 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.579 Trust in 00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.460 him and 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.379 he will 00:31:15.379 --> 00:31:16.480 cleanse 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.019 us. 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.240 He will 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:20.240 wash away 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.380 your sin 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.299 forever. 00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.860 Verse 27, 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.880 he will 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:26.259 present her 00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.200 to himself 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.720 as a 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.200 radiant 00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:28.960 church 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.420 without 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.660 stain or 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:32.220 wrinkle 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:33.680 or any 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:33.960 other 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.680 blemish 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:36.620 but holy 00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.759 and 00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.440 blameless. 00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.640 You see, 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.319 as we 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.420 entrust 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.019 ourselves 00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.799 to Christ, 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.700 we are 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.580 in Christ, 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:46.100 the only 00:31:46.100 --> 00:31:46.620 one who 00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:47.299 is truly 00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:48.019 beautiful 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:49.160 and right 00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.940 and pure 00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.740 and so 00:31:50.740 --> 00:31:51.500 God will 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.960 look at 00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.799 you and 00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.340 see the 00:31:53.340 --> 00:31:53.819 beauty 00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.940 and purity 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.500 of his 00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:56.600 son and 00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.100 you will 00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.000 remain in 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.940 his presence 00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.279 and enjoy 00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.380 his good 00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:02.059 gifts 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:03.279 forever. 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.019 You see, 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.019 through Christ 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.600 all our 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.960 sin and 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.620 guilt is 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:10.920 dealt 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.279 with. 00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.620 We are 00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.680 now pure 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.320 ready as 00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.960 a bride 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:17.160 for that 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.600 ultimate 00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.420 marriage to 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.000 come when 00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.060 Christ comes 00:32:20.060 --> 00:32:21.279 again and 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.940 takes his 00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:23.039 church to 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.759 be with him 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.299 in the new 00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.940 heavens and 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.299 the new 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.759 earth. 00:32:27.120 --> 00:32:28.060 A life 00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.880 with Christ 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:30.220 where there 00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:31.380 is joy and 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.920 pleasures 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:34.240 now and 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:35.259 forevermore. 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.820 Don't 00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.660 listen to 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.380 the silky 00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.940 words of 00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.519 sexual 00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.140 freedom. 00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:45.240 It will 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:47.120 destroy you. 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.900 Instead, 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.620 let us 00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.140 together 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:51.400 listen to 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.039 the wisdom 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.799 of God's 00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.259 words 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:55.240 because they 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.000 are good 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:57.820 and they 00:32:57.820 --> 00:32:58.460 will save 00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.720 you. 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.120 Let's 00:33:01.120 --> 00:33:01.400 pray. 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.400 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.460 pray. 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.400 Let's 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:01.460 pray. 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.460 Let's 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:01.460 pray. 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:03.460 Let's 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.460 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.460 Let's 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:05.460 pray. 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.460 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.460 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.460 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:26.420 Father, 00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:27.320 thank you 00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:29.779 that your 00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.299 word 00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:32.059 is like 00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.600 honey, 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.019 sweet 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.660 as a 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.380 honeycomb. 00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:38.540 it is 00:33:38.540 --> 00:33:38.980 good 00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:40.620 and it 00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:41.260 is right. 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.620 Thank you 00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.100 for your 00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.040 good design 00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.920 of us 00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.560 for our 00:33:46.560 --> 00:33:47.060 lives 00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:48.920 and for 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.340 the good 00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.020 gifts that 00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.440 you give 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.200 to us. 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.640 Father, 00:33:53.760 --> 00:33:54.160 help us 00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.720 to live 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.620 according to 00:33:55.620 --> 00:33:57.140 your path 00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.620 and your 00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.040 wisdom 00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.560 and your 00:33:58.560 --> 00:33:59.080 ways. 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:01.440 Help us 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.320 forever to 00:34:02.320 --> 00:34:03.020 run to 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.539 Christ, 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.980 to receive 00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.740 from him 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:09.039 cleansing, 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.860 washing. 00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.699 Thank you 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.119 that in 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.079 Christ all 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.539 that is 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.079 freely 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.679 available 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:19.059 in abundance 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:21.179 for every 00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.840 kind of 00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.119 sin. 00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.679 Help us 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.219 to walk 00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.619 in your 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.420 paths this 00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.800 week. 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:29.199 Help us 00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:30.659 to reflect 00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.360 your good 00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.900 design 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.280 to the 00:34:33.280 --> 00:34:33.800 world in 00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.240 which we 00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.579 live. 00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.420 Help us 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.880 to point 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.360 others 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.320 to Jesus. 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.780 And it's 00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.119 in his 00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.599 name we 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.940 pray. 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.300 Amen.