4 Principles to Help Us Avoid Sexual Immorality

Posted on April 26, 2010 in Blog, Congregational Resources, Listening, Recommended, Sunday Sermons

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In continuing with our sermon series through 1 Corinthians, Pastor Jay Jesuroga preached on “Four Principles to Help Us Avoid Sexual Immorality” from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.

The outline is as follows:

- 4 Principles to Help Us Avoid Sexual Immorality

  1. Know that sexual immorality is harmful and engenders bondage
  2. We need to have a high view of the body
    1. Two erroneous ways of thinking about the body:
      1. One’s sexual appetite is the same as other appetites (like eating and drinking) and thus must be satisfied however
      2. The body is just temporary so it doesn’t matter what you do with it
  3. We need to know who the rightful owner of our body is
  4. Our bodies of the temple of the Holy Spirit

After Pastor Jay explained why sexual sin will harm us and showed us how it also enslaves us, he drew out the principle dealing with how we should act when it comes to issues that the Bible neither affirms nor condemns. Asking whether or not it will enslave us or benefit us. (2 minute clip):

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Some wrongly think that our bodies don’t matter, but let us not forget that God has a plan for our physical bodies, so they DO matter. (3 minute clip):

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Because we (Christians) are the temple of the Holy Spirit, one of our best defenses against sexual immorality is simply to flee! (3 minute clip):

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As we learned in this sermon, sexual immorality is a serious sin. Thankfully God has much to say about this issue in His Word. Previously we featured on this blog The Resolved ’09 Conference that dealt with issues of sexual sin and fighting sin. Here are three of the many that would be beneficial to supplement yesterday’s sermon:

Listen or download “Four Principles to Help Us Avoid Sexual Immorality” from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 by Pastor Jay Jesuroga (from our sermon series through 1 Corinthians):