SEXUAL MORALITY-GENERAL

Sexual temptation is an issue of the mind. The mind can only act on what has confronted it through sight, reading, or hearing. Therefore, to guard against sexual temptation we must be careful what we look at, read, or listen to. Images are planted which cause lust to take hold. Even when we do not act out immorality we can be polluted by a mental and emotional fixation on sex.

Jerry White

What are some of the best preventative measures against sexual sin?

1. Daily time with God in His Word and a commitment to spiritual growth.

2. A commitment to the battle for winning the lost.

3. A committed accountability relationship with one or two other [people].

4. A deepening marriage relationship with your wife.

5. A constant guard in your thought life and actions.

6. Determined and continually renewed commitment that you will not enter into sexual sin.

7. Defensive prayer.

Jerry White

The essence of loving living as a follower of Jesus isn’t in trying harder but in enjoying more. I’m not saying you can change without trying. I’m saying that enjoyment empowers effort. Pleasure in God is the power for purity.

Sam Storms
One Thing, Christian Focus, © Enjoying God Ministries, 2004, p.128. www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.

We should pursue purity because the purpose of our redemption is holiness, not impurity. Impurity runs counter to everything God had in mind when He created us, called us, and redeemed us in Jesus.

Sam Storms
Sexual Morality, November 6, 2006, www.enjoyinggodministries.com. Used by Permission.