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Day Seven: Lie #7 – Democracy of Lust

I love living in a free society. Democracy is where people’s ideas can be expressed and voted into law. Lust will capitalize on this belief by convincing you that your sexuality is a democracy. Lust will tell you that you get to vote or decide if you want to lust by whispering, “After all, you are the boss and you can do what you want.”

Jesus came to deliver us from what we want. He established a kingdom in which He is King and you and I are merely subjects—servants He desires to call “friend.”

Lust is prohibited to us. Simply put, by decree of the King, you and I are not allowed to lust. Both the law and the Spirit of the law tell us we are prohibited from lust. You don’t get to vote on this option. You relinquished your voting rights when you accepted Christ as your Lord.

Tell lust it will have to talk to Jesus in order for you to have permission to spend time with it. Lust already knows Jesus will say no, so follow His example as a subject in the kingdom.

Be aware of the lies lust is trying to sell you. I encourage you to continually keep an eye on the real problem: lust. Once you kill lust, the fruit of the Spirit can grow in its place, feeding those you love with good fruit. The real problem isn’t the actual behavior with which you have struggled. It’s lust. Lust is the fuel for sexual sin, period. When you eradicate lust, the fuel these behaviors feed upon is disabled, so the “little lust” really is the big problem to be solved in order to live a lust-free life.

Work it Out

1. In the past, has lust deceived you into the belief that you get to vote on lusting? 

2. What do you think about the deception that you get to vote or choose to lust?

3. What feelings do you have in accepting you have no right to lust?

4. On what day did you fully accept that you have no right to lust?

My encouragement to you is to join many others also combating the lies of lust, at the Integrity Journey Conference.  This powerful conference will give you an opportunity to learn many ideas on how to stay lust-free from some of the top professionals in this industry and will help you to continue your journey of destroying these lies in your own life, as well as in the church as a whole. www.integrityjourney.org