I’m working on a semon this week about sexual purity. It seems like there is no more relevant message today than Jesus’ call to purity. I think it’s such an important issue because lust threatens to keep us from truly seeing and experiencing the wonder of the gospel. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God (Matthew 5:8).
John Piper, Future Grace
We must fight fire with fire. The fire of lusts’ pleasure must be fought with the fire of God’s pleasures. If we try to fight the fire of lust with prohibitions and threats alone – even the terrible warnings of Jesus –we will fail. We must fight it with the massive promise of superior happiness. We must swallow up the little flicker of lust’s pleasure in the conflagration of holy satisfaction.
Dr. Al Mohler
Men are tempted to give themselves to pornography – women are tempted to commit pornography. If a couple is driving down the street and they both see a seductive advertisement, they can both be tempted to lust but in different ways. The man might be tempted toward sexual pleasure with the woman in the ad. But women want to look like the woman in the ad because we know men want that.
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