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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.56,0:00:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you counsel people on \Nthe topic of sexual purity,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.42,0:00:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what advice do you find yourself giving
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.38,0:00:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time and time again to help believers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.28,0:00:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walk in purity?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.03,0:00:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesse: One of the areas I begin with
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.91,0:00:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in talking about sexual purity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.84,0:00:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the area of understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.29,0:00:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the depth of the gospel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.55,0:00:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the blood of Christ to forgive
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.64,0:00:24.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even in the area of sexual impurity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.85,0:00:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often, I see so many people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.16,0:00:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who struggle in this area
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.87,0:00:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are convinced -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.13,0:00:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I cannot come back to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.16,0:00:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't come back to Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.94,0:00:38.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I've done this this many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.27,0:00:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And often, I'll bring them to \NDavid's psalm of confession.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.02,0:00:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In verse 1, David says,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.76,0:00:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Have mercy on me, O God,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.84,0:00:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to Your steadfast love."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.99,0:00:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll just sit there \Nwith people sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.38,0:00:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go over that again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.98,0:00:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to believe that \NGod is able to forgive,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.74,0:01:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have to believe \Nthat He's willing to forgive.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.89,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to remember the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.64,0:01:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of His forgiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.36,0:01:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is not our performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.55,0:01:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when a brother or a sister struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.75,0:01:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the area of sexual purity,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.86,0:01:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so often I see them \Ntrying to earn their way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.62,0:01:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into a right standing with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.92,0:01:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's: I've got to be \Nmore committed next time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.75,0:01:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, my repentance needs \Nto be more perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.43,0:01:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I remind them you have to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.24,0:01:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basis of God's mercy is His love.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.18,0:01:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the basis of God's \Nlove is not performance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.34,0:01:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not saying God's indifferent
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.28,0:01:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to our repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.34,0:01:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or continuing in sin \Nthat grace may abound.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.83,0:01:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I see men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.74,0:01:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have genuine marks of conversion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.93,0:01:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggle in this area.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.34,0:01:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they do sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.40,0:01:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll spend sometimes days or weeks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.24,0:01:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laying around, if you will, \Nin the guilt of the sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.50,0:02:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There needs to be an urgency
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.51,0:02:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of coming back to God
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.71,0:02:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,believing that in Christ, \Nif they confess their sins,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.70,0:02:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's faithful and just to forgive them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.62,0:02:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cleanse them from all unrighteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.49,0:02:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In regards to proactively here -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.59,0:02:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a proactive \Nand a reactive sense
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.12,0:02:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how we guard against sexual impurity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.71,0:02:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think of the verse "Flee youthful lust."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.03,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'll say to the men sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.93,0:02:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, flee youthful lusts.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.82,0:02:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one way you can \Nguard against sexual impurity.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.88,0:02:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll say, \N"Amen. Flee youthful lust."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.02,0:02:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll say, "What's \Nthe rest of the verse?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.16,0:02:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we were in a men's meeting once
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.06,0:02:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the topic of sexual purity,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I stood up and I said, \N"Flee youthful lusts."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.10,0:02:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they all said, "Amen!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.46,0:02:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say, "Men, what's the \Nsecond half of the verse?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.91,0:02:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pursue.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.19,0:02:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, there is a putting off.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.16,0:02:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a guarding of the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.15,0:02:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we do flee.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.40,0:02:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We obey Proverbs 7.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.51,0:02:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't go on the corner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.22,0:03:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't tempt ourselves to be tempted.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.55,0:03:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We guard those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.62,0:03:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We run from those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.91,0:03:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's the other side of the battle
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.14,0:03:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against sexual impurity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.92,0:03:09.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the pursuing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.94,0:03:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is looking. It is the \Nputting on of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.94,0:03:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inevitably, James, what I find
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.72,0:03:18.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these areas when people have given in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.71,0:03:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sexual temptation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.46,0:03:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they've stopped nurturing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.63,0:03:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nourishing their soul;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.46,0:03:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guarding of their heart;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.99,0:03:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the reading of the Word;\Nthe meditation of the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.47,0:03:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the old saying goes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.39,0:03:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word keeps you from sin,\Nand sin keeps you from the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.52,0:03:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the majority of time I find is
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.31,0:03:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're trying to practice
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.98,0:03:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the guarding of things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.41,0:03:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're not fulfilling the pursuing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.86,0:03:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of righteousness, love, and Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.23,0:03:49.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if your heart is not satisfied
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.28,0:03:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in treasuring and savoring Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.77,0:03:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will look somewhere else to worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.54,0:03:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's not just \Nputting off; it's putting on.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.70,0:03:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Question: When someone comes to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.72,0:04:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you discern,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.96,0:04:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this a true Christian who's struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.22,0:04:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or is this someone who is lost?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.96,0:04:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how necessary is it \Nto even discern that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.27,0:04:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesse: I look where their struggle is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.74,0:04:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding their sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.78,0:04:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, is it a godly sorrow?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.01,0:04:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember Paul in Corinthians speaks about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.29,0:04:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a worldly sorrow versus a godly sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.13,0:04:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The worldly sorrow -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.67,0:04:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take an atheist who's caught
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.14,0:04:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with pornography.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.07,0:04:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's embarrassment. There's shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.04,0:04:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's guilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.96,0:04:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is my wife going to say?\NWhat are my kids going to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.31,0:04:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are my co-workers going to think?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.23,0:04:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that's not godly sorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.61,0:04:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the genuine Christian
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.06,0:04:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will think those same thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.04,0:04:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they will have a Godward sorrow
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.46,0:04:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding their sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.46,0:04:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I'm looking at where is
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.30,0:04:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sorrow for sin?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.70,0:04:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it merely for the embarrassment
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.50,0:04:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what they've just done?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.10,0:04:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it a Godward -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.82,0:04:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Against You and You only \Nhave I sinned, O God,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.60,0:05:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and done what is evil in Your sight."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.99,0:05:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think regeneration produces
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.48,0:05:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a love for God, a reverence for God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.83,0:05:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an affection for God and His glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when we sin, we are sorrowful
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.92,0:05:14.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only for what we have done
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.65,0:05:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we'll look before others,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.29,0:05:18.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we're sorrowful for \Nwhat we've done to God;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.59,0:05:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the robbing of His glory,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.11,0:05:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and against Him have we sinned.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.84,0:05:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's an indicator.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.15,0:05:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the trajectory of \Ntheir sin and their sorrow?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.09,0:05:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To view more resources \Non overcoming sexual sin
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.12,0:05:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visit illbehonest.com,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.02,0:05:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to Topics and select "sexual sin."