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God’s Will For Your Life: Purity-
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8
ICC’s PM 9/25/22
I. Introduction
1. Opening-
2. Prayers
i. Jesus, sexual immorality is so powerfully destructive and we must fight against it
3. Catch- Sexual immorality destroys people
i. Talking sexual immorality… is this a youth group?
No… it is for us all, every age has the temptation for immorality
ii.
We live in a culture that wants to expose people to every form of sexual immorality.
In one survey I read, ¼ of all google searches are for porn
25% of people responded that they went online primarily for porn
iii.
And for recent generations, this pornographic culture is something they’ve been dealing with their entire lives:
· Average age of first internet exposure to pornography is 11 years old
· 15- to 17-year-olds having multiple hardcore exposures: 80%
· 8- to 16-year-olds having viewed pornography online: 90% (most while doing homework)
· 71% of tends hide online behavior from their parents
· 52% of pornography is viewed on mobile devices now
i.
Many in our church struggle with some form of sexual immorality.
&… its not just men….
This is a every Christian issue
1 Corinthians 10:13- No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1. 1 Cor 10:8 specifically mentions sexual immorality
1.
We can Listen to these words of wisdom, learn to fight as God would have us.
1.
This is not a description of a mature Christian getting to the point where he looks like a calm water and says, “how could I ever had been tempted.
1.
This is a promise that it can be fought.
iv.
Tim Challies argues that pornography will one day go like cigarettes
1. Cigarettes used to be glamorized, but as our society determined how unhealthy it was, restrictions started to be applied and culturally it was ostracized .
2. In the same way, porn right now is the thing of sitcom jokes… its considered normal, but as we start to see the horrible problems, the tide will turn.
4. Review
i. We’re in a new part of the book
1. Paul’s Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians (1)
2. Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians (2 ‑ 3)
3. Paul’s Exhortation of the Thessalonians (4 ‑ 5)
ii.
We saw Paul’s great love and care for them that they knew from personal experience and from this letter
1. Chapters 1-3 shows his care, now he calls them to care
iii.
Then we get to chapter 4
1.
We ask Christians to live holy (1a)
2. We instruct Christians to please God (1b)
3. Jesus commands people to be Holy (2)
So let’s see
II.
How the church reminds people of the need for purity
1. God’s will for your life is not a question (3-6a)
i. Explanation
1. Verse 3 reminds us why we dig into God’s word: To know his will
a.
All people understand how God wants us to live (rom 1:14-16), because of our sins, we could not know the full will of God had he not revealed we reject and suppress it.
b. we discover how God wants us to relate to him: in loving worship and reverence
c.
Theology hats for a moment:
God’s will is two fold
i. God’s will is his decision, or decree, about what shall happen—“his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass”
God’s will of events, referred to in Ephesians 1:11
1.
For instance, Moses says that “the secret things belong to the Lord our God” (Deut 29:29[i]
2. “If it is possible, let this cup pass from Me.”
But His voluntary resignation is, “not as I will, but as You will” (Matt 26:38–39).
ii. the will of God is his command, that is, his instruction, given in Scripture, as to how people should and should not behave: it is sometimes called his will of precept (see Rom. 12:2; Eph.
5:17;
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In this category belong “the things revealed … to us and to our sons forever” (Deut 29 29).
In other words, it is always God’s will that believers be progressively sanctified
d.
We more frequently wonder “What is God’s will?” when it comes to important life decisions.
Where should I go to school?
What job should I pursue?
Who will I marry?
What church do my spouse and I commit to?
Where will my family put down roots?
These might seem like they are the biggest life decisions, the places we most need direct guidance.
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But God’s will is not confusing… we do not need to pray about certain things… just obey
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.
Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks!
For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!
(Matt.
18:6–7)[vi]
2. If you are a Christian, you are to be different (3-5)
a. Sanctification
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The word means to be set apart
1. God sets us apart when he purchases us
Hebrews 10:10- And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
2. Sanctification is an ongoing transformation creating real righteousness within the frame of relational holiness.
b.
Abstaining from immorality like others
i.
The word abstain is a great image as it means to hold of, as ship from the shore
As the waves try to push a ship into the shore, the sailors work with different methods to keep it back
ii.
They’re holding themselves back from any type of sexual sin
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Since God created sex for the husband and wife relationship Immorality is any sexual action or desire outside of that
“Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure” (Heb.
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