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What is the Problem?

What is the Solution?

—Matthew 5:27-32

What Is the

• The presence of temptation– Temptation has always been around

•Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise…

– Thus, lust has always been around•James 1:14 …drawn away of his own lusts…

What Is the

– Temptation has never been so available•4.2 million pornographic websites•34% of internet users received unwanted exposure to pornographic material

•Average 1st introduction to online pornography—11 years old

•Include movies, magazines, advertising, etc…

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– Temptation has increased with clothing trends•Temptation and lust are present regardless of dress

•But dressing immodestly can promote temptation, and therefore lust

WhatIs the

• The placement of the line– Matthew 5:27-28 Ye have heard that it was

said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

– The biggest questions today: What can I do? Where can I go? What can I listen to?

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• Avoid temptation– Matthew 5:29-30 And if thy right eye offend

thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

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– I Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil (NIV: Avoid every kind of evil)

– II Corinthians 6:17-18 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you…

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• Assist those around you– With communication

•James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much

•I Corinthians 10:13 ..but such as is common to man

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– With caution•Matthew 18:1-6 ...But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

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Recognize the problem

React with the solution

Consider

During the

Lord’s Supper

:I Corinthians 11:23-26 … That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.