TurningPoint Community Church
The Great Sermon - Part 4
Matthew 5:27-30: The Danger of Lust
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  • TurningPoint Community Church
    1039 22nd St NE, Auburn, WA 98002, USA
    Domingo 10:00 AM
  • TurningPoint Community Church
    Domingo 10:00 AM
CORPORATE PRAYER:

• Praise God for Who He is, and that He saved you.

• Pray about the greatest anxiety on your own heart this morning.

• Pray for our volunteers and for the organization of our Trunk or Treat Halloween outreach, and for some real connections with our neighbors for Christ.

• Pray for the testimony of the Church in these divisive, uncertain days.
• God measures our hearts before our actions.
• We must deal with whatever temptation we know is a snare to us.
• There is always a battle for our affections.
• The primary aspect of righteousness is not outward, but inward. Not action, but attitude, not movement, but motive.
Galatians 5:19. ESV
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness ....
1 Corinthians 7:2. ESV
Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality (fornication), let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
• The earlier sexual lust is put to death, the better.
• Do whatever it takes to reject lust in the heart quickly!
• Jesus’ followers must deal radically with sin.
• The control of the heart is due to the control of the eyes.
• Aggressively control the imagination!
• What we focus on will become our reality.
• Enjoy lots of sex with your spouse, so you don’t give the devil the opportunity to exploit your weakness!
• Grow so close to Christ that there is no room to disappoint Him!
LifeGroup Questions:

1. Why is sexual lust so pervasive in our society? (Also see Romans 1:18-25)

2. Review some of the ways we discussed on Sunday to quell sexual temptation.

3. Why is sexual immorality so grievous to God?

4. Why is sexual immorality so harmful to those who practice it? (1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Peter 2:11)

5. https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=1929

Next Step:

• I will pray Psalm 139:23 this week, so that God has access to my heart.