1.FLAMES OF DESIRE Matthew 5:27-30THE DISCIPLES HANDBOOKStudies in the Sermon on the Mount

2. THREE THINGS ABOUT SEXUAL SINCosts more than you expect 3. THREE THINGS ABOUT SEXUAL SINCosts more than you expect Sex is a powerful force 4. THREE THINGS ABOUT SEXUAL SINCosts more than you expect Sex is a powerful force Doesnt start with overt conduct 5. The Samson SocietyNATE LARKIN 6. THE DISCIPLES HANDBOOKWorship EconomyCode RelationshipsCharacter DisciplesChoices 7. THE DISCIPLES CODEGood Enough (5:17-20) 8. THE DISCIPLES CODEGood Enough (5:17-20)If Looks Could Kill (5:21-26) 9. THE DISCIPLES CODEGood Enough (5:17-20)If Looks Could Kill (5:21-26)Flames of Desire (5:27-30) 10. UNRESTRAINED DESIRE IS SINMatthew 5:27-28 11. Matthew 5:27-28"You have heard that it was said, Do notcommit adultery. 28 But I tell you thatanyone who looks at a woman lustfullyhas already committed adultery with herin his heart. 12. 1. Which do you think best expresses Jesus point in Matthew5:28? 2%8% Jesus is condemning all sexual desires Jesus is condemning all sexual fantasies90%Jesus is applying the Tenth Command to the Seventh Command 13. The key word is lustfully 14. 2. In your opinion, to what does the word "lust" refer? 5%32% 21%Desire for something good Desire for anything, whether good or bad Desire for anything forbidden42% Desire for sexual gratification 15. The key word is lustfully Luke 15:16 He longed to long for fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. 16. The key word is lustfully Matthew 13:17 For I tell you the truth, many long for prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. 17. The key word is lustfully Luke 22:15-16 And he said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this long for Passover with you before I desire suffer. 16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God. 18. The key word is lustfully Philippians 1:23-24 I am torn between the two: I long for desire to depart and be desire with Christ, which is better by far; 24 but it is more necessary for you that I remain in the body. 19. The key word is lustfully Romans 13:9 The commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not long for murder, Do not steal, Do not covet, and whatever desire other commandment there covetmay be, are summed up in this one rule: Love your neighbor as yourself. 20. The key word is lustfully 1 Timothy 6:9 People who want to get rich fall into long for temptation and a trap and desire into many foolish and harmful desires that covetplunge men into ruin and destruction. 21. The key word is lustfully Ephesians 4:22 NLT throw long for off your old sinful nature desire and your former way of life, which is corrupted by covetlust and deception. lust 22. The key word is lustfully Galatians 5:16 NKJV I say long for then: Walk in the desire Spirit, and you shall not covetfulfill the lust of the flesh. lust 23. What this verse does NOT meanDesire is/is just as bad as adultery 24. What this verse does NOT meanDesire is/is just as bad as adultery Sexual desire is wrong 25. Proverbs 6:25-29, 32Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let hercaptivate you with her eyes, 26 for the prostitute reducesyou to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon yourvery life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without hisclothes being burned? 28 Can a man walk on hot coalswithout his feet being scorched? 29 So is he who sleepswith another mans wife; no one who touches her will gounpunished. 32 But a man who commits adultery lacksjudgment; whoever does so destroys himself. 26. What this verse does NOT meanDesire is/is just as bad as adultery Sexual desire is wrongAttraction is wrong 27. PURITY IS IMPORTANTMatthew 5:29-30 28. Matthew 5:29-30If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it outand throw it away. It is better for you to lose onepart of your body than for your whole body to bethrown into hell. 30 And if your right hand causesyou to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is betterfor you to lose one part of your body than for yourwhole body to go into hell. 29. 3. When Jesus said to get rid of your hand or your eye, did he mean that literally? 5%Yes, he meant that we shouldengage in self-mutilationNo, he didnt mean for us to 95%literally gouge out our eye orcut off our hand 30. 4. In light of Jesus statement that "It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell," which of the following better expresses your belief? 15% Amputees will remain amputees in the resurrection There will be no amputees in85%the resurrection 31. Colossians 3:4-5When Christ, who is your life, appears, then youalso will appear with him in glory. 5 Put todeath, therefore, whatever belongs to yourearthly nature: sexualimmorality, impurity, lust, evil desires andgreed, which is idolatry. 32. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7It is Gods will that you should be sanctified: that youshould avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you shouldlearn to control his own body in a way that is holy andhonorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the heathen, whodo not know God; 6 and that in this matter no one shouldwrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord willpunish men for all such sins, as we have already told youand warned you. 7 For God did not call us to beimpure, but to live a holy life. 33. SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE 34. Desire is anRecognizeWatch yourDress alarmvulnerability inputthoughtfullyWatch yourThink Satisfy your Tell someonecircumstances consequencesspouse elseRely on GodsRun awaySpirit 35. DAVID & BATHSHEBAHope for the Despairing