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There's lots of practical things

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we can consider and implement,

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however you'll never be free

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if you fail to see in Jesus Christ

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the all-surpassing worth 
and glory and value

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and desire just to honor Him with 
every fiber of your being.

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He's worthy of it.

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It's possible to construct 
a life of self-denial

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and establish disciplines that can remove

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sexual immorality out of your life.

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That is possible.

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And yet, if the primary source

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of cutting off that from your life

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is rooted in just removal 
of guilt or shame,

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and it's not of love for Jesus Christ,

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it's not going to last.

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It won't last.

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Something of the worthiness

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and preciousness of Jesus

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is seriously missing in 
the porn-viewer's life.

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Those two things aren't even worthy

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to be mentioned in the same sentence.

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They're so distant and so opposite

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in what they yield.

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Let me just ask you, have you ever seen

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your sin to be the wicked 
and heinous thing

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that it is before a holy God?

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You realize what happened 
to Jesus is because of sin.

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That was God's judgment.

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That was God's judgment on His Son.

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His perfect Son

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in whom He was well pleased.

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He never sinned. He never 
had an impure thought.

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Not one.

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Do you fear God?

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Can you imagine Christ coming back

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in the splendor of His glory

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while you're over here pleasing yourself

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with some fake God-hating woman

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who will quickly become 
one of the most hideous,

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foul looking creatures imaginable

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once she falls under the 
divine judgment of God.

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She won't be looking like that.

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Is that how you want to meet Christ?

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I can't think you do.

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Do you imagine yourself to be worthy

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of anything outside of the pit of hell?

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Because you're not.

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Do you understand that if you're 
a true follower of Jesus Christ -

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I want you to get this,

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this is for Christians only here -

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if you're a true follower of Christ,

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He became that porn-viewer on that tree.

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He became it for you

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so that you might be made the 
righteousness of God in Him.

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That's beyond remarkable.

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Does that mean anything to you?

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That's only real to you

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if repentance is real in your heart.

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And repentance is real in your heart

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if an actual change happened in your life.

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This excerpt was taken 
from the full sermon:

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Choose Life or Lust, Christ or Sexual Sin

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by Craig Mussulman

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who serves as one of the pastors
at Grace Community Church

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in San Antonio, Texas.