Mark these Key Words: Body, Abstain, Honor
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
“Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.”
If your body, heart and mind is the place where Jesus lives and if indeed He purchased your being with His blood on The Cross, describe the standard of personal purity you need to live by.
The standard is “not even a hint” (Ephesians 5:3). Luckily, as we fall short of this standard, there is ever-lasting grace to reconcile us to God; however, this is the standard God has called us to strive for. He doesn’t set this as our standard to punish us or spoil our fun; after all, He is the one who thought up sex in the first place. God knows best, and wants us to have the best life possible!
2 Timothy 2:22
“Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.”
What is a “pure heart” and what does this verse tell you about your personal standards for movies, television and social media time?
A pure heart is one that is clean, blameless and unstained from guilt. This verse tells us to pursue righteousness, which means we should be careful about the media we allow into our hearts and mind.
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God.”
In terms of sexual themes, innuendos, and pictures; what standard would Jesus live? G, PG, PG-13, R, X? What standards is He asking you to live? (Describe your answer.)
Jesus would live by the standard “not even a hint” perfectly. This is the same standard He desires us to pursue.
Hebrews 13:4
“Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
How can you ensure that your marriage bed will be undefiled?
You can ensure that by believing you have become a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17), so Christ took all your sin and nailed it to the Cross. Also, by pursuing righteousness from this point forward and saving yourself for your spouse.
At what point in your relationship does sexual activity become acceptable? Dating, in love, engaged, marriage?
Marriage
A CLEAN SLATE
Romans 8:1
“Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Mark 1:15
“And saying, ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”1 John 1:9“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Galatians 2:20
“I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”
What is God saying to you about your past, present and future?
FOR FUTURE STUDY
Describe Dave’s fallacies and what you learn from his mistakes.
APPLICATION:
How do these passages relate to me today? What changes does it bring to my life?
LOCKER ROOM:
Who is the purest man you know? How can you start becoming more like Him?
MEMORY VERSE:
Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?”
MY PRAYER
Adoration: Father, today I praise You for…
Confession: Father, please forgive me for…
Thanksgiving: Father, today I’m thankful for…
Supplication: Father, the people and things that I wish to pray for today are…
