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Things that will help give us victory

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over sexual immorality, sexual impurity,

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and victory over fornication -

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again, that's the Greek word porneia -

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things that will help us gain the victory.

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First is in 1 Thessalonians 4:3,

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"This is the will of God, 
your sanctification."

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In verse 7, "For God has not called us

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for the purpose of impurity,

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but in sanctification."

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It will help us to remember

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that this is the will of God,

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our sanctification.

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Specifically, sexual purity.

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Have you ever started out on some job,

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or studying some course,

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or out on some journey,

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and you begin to get confused

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and lose sight of the goal?

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And it helps you to remember again,

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this is where we're going;

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this is what it's all about;

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this is the purpose 
of this study after all;

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to remember, this is the point of it.

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And so, you want to know 
what the will of God is?

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You know, people go around -

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Christians go around:

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"What is the will of God for me?"

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And we're thinking in terms of

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what must I do;

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but here God is talking about

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what must we be.

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And so this is the will of God.

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You want to know what the will of God is?

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Right here it is.

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I know it's not everything, 
but it is real.

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It is a big thing - a main thing.

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This is the will of God - to clean you up.

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Your sanctification -

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to set you apart from your lusts;

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to set you apart from the world;

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and to set you apart and give you

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sexual purity.

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And God, in v. 7, has not called us

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for the purpose of impurity.

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Remember, this is one 
reason God called you,

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was to give you victory over lust.

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I mean, that helps, you know.

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To realize the big picture

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or the main point of it

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or the goal of the whole thing

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is to give you victory over sin

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and especially this Goliath sin,

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that is, sexual lust.

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A second thing that will help us

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in gaining victory is the next phrase:

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"that you abstain from sexual immorality."

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That word "abstain,"

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it will help you to realize

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that some of the New Testament teachings

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on victory over sin is just to quit it.

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I mean, it says lay aside, put aside,

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put off, abstain - abstinence.

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It will help you to realize

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that some of the New Testament

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way to victory is just this flat-footed.

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Just this straightforward,

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just this simple,

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just bare raw quit it.

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Stop sinning.

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Be a man.

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Be a woman.

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Take yourself in hand and just quit it.

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Abstain from it.

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And be radical about it.

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The Lord says, "if your eye 
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pluck it out."

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What does He mean? He means to be radical.

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He means to spare nothing.

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Take care of this thing.

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Radical purging.

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Radical dealing with sin.

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A radical dealing with it.

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It says in Romans 13

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regarding this matter of walking

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as children of the day,

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it says specifically,

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do not go on in sexual 
promiscuity or sensuality.

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He says right after that,

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"Make no provision for the flesh

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to fulfill the lusts thereof."

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Not just a little, but make none.

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No provision.

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A radical dealing.

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You're not allowing one thing to stand.

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Like one brother said,

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if the first domino falls,

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the other hundred go down pretty easy.

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You don't make an opportunity for it.

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You don't give an occasion for it.

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You learn how to eventually possess,

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control, manage your body.

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You learn your weaknesses.

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You learn these weak areas -

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things that make you go down,

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go into it,

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that will get you wrapped up in it,

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so you make no provision for that.

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You don't leave any bait out for the bear.

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"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ."

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Romans 13.

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We're talking about radical.

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Dealing with it radically.

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In Ephesians 5, it says

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don't let it even be named among you

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as becometh the saints.

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Not even named.

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Yeah, you stay right plumb away from it.

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There's no accusation.

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There is no condemnation.

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There's no blame.

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There's no opportunity for anybody to say

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what are you doing here?

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Job says, "I made a covenant with my eyes

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to not look on a young woman."

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Isn't that quite a way of putting it?

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I'm entering into a covenant with my eyes.

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There's an agreement 
here with this body part.

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And so you're on the computer,

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and you're looking at Fox News,

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and here they've got 
these little ads pop up.

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And you know, you glance at it,

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you see it's there.

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But you're not going 
to take the second look.

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You're not going to dwell on it.

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You're not going to camp there.

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You're not going to let 
it breed in your mind,

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but you turn your eyes away just like that

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and don't look anymore.

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Talking about radical abstaining.

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It says in another place -

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I already quoted it - 1 Corinthians 6,

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it says, "Flee immorality."

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You run from it.

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That's what Joseph did

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when Potiphar's wife tried to suck in him.

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He didn't stay there and talk

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and reason and chatter with her.

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No, he got out. He ran!

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Flee immorality.

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You realize you play with fire,

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you're going to get burned.

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That thing will build,

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that thing will grow,

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that thing will spread.

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It will get you.

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You cannot take fire in your bosom

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and not get burned.

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And so, you run from it.

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Get out of there.

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Don't give it a chance.

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This excerpt is from the full sermon:

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Abstain From Sexual Immorality.

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