First Wesleyan Church
Purity - Matthew 5:27-30
Locations & Times
First Wesleyan Church
3040 Marlin Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703, USA
Sunday 7:50 AM
Sunday 9:50 AM
1. Don't commit adultery.
2. Don't lust.
Never feed the flesh, Deliberately restrain the flesh, remember once again the price that was paid to deliver us from sin.
“God does not give a person a new body when he or she is saved: the body is the same, but a new disposition is given. God alters the mainspring—He puts love in the place of lust... Jesus Christ’s claim is that He can do for human beings what we cannot do for ourselves.” (Studies in the Sermon of the Mount, Chambers, 29)
3. Protect your eyes.
4. Protect your body.
Sermon Questions
1. Why do you think Jesus brings this up in his list?
2. Read I John 2:15-17 and talk about the lusts of the world and their trappings.
3. What is something you can do to commit to purity of mind and actions?
4. Does Jesus think we should pluck out an eye and cut off a hand? What is he ultimately saying here?
5. What practical ways to avoid images that challenge our eyes?
6. If God brings to mind any lust of the flesh, who could be one that you talk to about this?
1. Why do you think Jesus brings this up in his list?
2. Read I John 2:15-17 and talk about the lusts of the world and their trappings.
3. What is something you can do to commit to purity of mind and actions?
4. Does Jesus think we should pluck out an eye and cut off a hand? What is he ultimately saying here?
5. What practical ways to avoid images that challenge our eyes?
6. If God brings to mind any lust of the flesh, who could be one that you talk to about this?